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  • Blu-ray Founder Thomson Backs HD-DVD

    http://www.betanews.com/article/Blur...DVD/1102709949
    Blu-ray Founder Thomson Backs HD-DVD
    By Ed Oswald, BetaNews
    December 10, 2004, 3:19 PM

    Leading DVD manufacturer Thomson announced Friday that it will support both new competing high-definition DVD formats. However, in what could spell early trouble for Blu-ray, BetaNews has learned that the company feels there is a "greater opportunity" in HD-DVD. A founding member of the Blu-ray Disc Association, Thomson currently only has plans to produce HD-DVD players.

    Tom Bracken, Vice President of Marketing for Thomson told BetaNews that the company's movie studio customers have played biggest role in Thomson's decision to produce HD-DVD players initially. "Since there are few who have announced the availability of HD-DVD players, there appears to be a greater opportunity," he said.

    But Disney is also one of Thomson's biggest customers under its Technicolor brand, and has recently come out in support of Blu-ray. Thus, it was an "easy decision" to announce support for disc replication in the Blu-ray format, the company says.
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    http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsr...832536,00.html

    Warner Bros., New Line and HBO to Support HD DVD Format
    November 29, 2004

    Burbank, CA – After a lengthy evaluation of the two proposed formats for next-generation high definition video discs, Warner Bros. and its Time Warner sister divisions New Line Cinema and HBO will support the DVD Forum’s standard – HD DVD, it was announced today by Jim Cardwell, President, Warner Home Video and Kevin Tsujihara, Executive Vice President, New Business Development and Strategy, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

    “The DVD Forum reviewed HD DVD specifications for almost three years, including physical, file format and applications for recordable and ROM discs,” said Tsujihara. “After extensive research and careful consideration of the technological and business attributes of each proposed platform, we have determined that HD DVD has the highest quality of performance and offers key advantages in the areas of durability and reliability.”
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