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Old 02-04-2008, 07:58 PM   #1
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Default Highlight Video goes Blu-exclusive in Germany

Looks like another German distrib is dropping HDDVD. As of March 1st Highlight Video will be Blu-exclusive as well.

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Dem Beispiel des US-Majors Warner folgend, gab nun auch Highlight Video bekannt, in Zukunft nur noch die Blu-ray zu unterstützen und das Format HD DVD einzustellen. Diese Entscheidung tritt mit dem 1. März 2008 in Kraft. Wie uns von Highlight Video bestätigt wurde, werden Von diesem Termin an nicht nur alle neuen Titel nur noch auf Blu-ray erscheinen, sondern auch die Produktion bereits veröffentlichter HD DVDs eingestellt. Demnach dürfte "Lissi und der wilder Kaiser", der Ende März erscheinen soll, der erste Blu-ray-exklusive High Definition-Titel des Studios werden.

Als Gründe für die Entscheidung nannte gehen in die gleiche Richtung wie bei Warner: Das vergangene Jahr habe gezeigt, dass sich der Streit der beiden Formate nachteilig auf das Interesse der Konsumenten auswirke. Daher will man künftig nur noch einem Format den Rücken stärken und hat sich dabei für das in den letzten Monaten konstant verkaufsstärkere Format Blu-ray entschieden.

Franz Woodtli, Home Entertainment Vorstand der Constantin Film AG dazu: "Mit unserer Entscheidung für das Blu-ray Format orientieren wir uns eindeutig an der internationalen Entwicklung. Der jahrelange DVD-Nachfolgestreit hat vor allem im Jahr 2007 eine merkliche Verunsicherung bei den Konsumenten hervorgerufen und damit eine Verzögerung bei der Einführung von Hi-Def in den Mainstream bewirkt. Eine klare Positionierung bringt somit Vorteile für Verbraucher, Produzenten und Einzelhändler."

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Where are all the HD DVD fanboys going to get their imports from if everyone in Europe is going Blu-ray exclusive?
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Man, those Germans know how to put the hurt on those US HD-DUD importers. I am loving this. The war will be over in the not to long distant future.
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Looks like the Germans and Italians have choosen sides. Germans are pro blu and the Italians are pro red or at least their major distributors have choosen sides.

We all know that this news will "bounce" off of the Red team as they once again proclaim that the customers must decide.
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no there are still bigger fishes on the hd dvd side in germany.
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no there are still bigger fishes on the hd dvd side in germany.

No, there is no single HDDVD only supporter.
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