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Sony CEO downplays HD format battle
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Sony CEO downplays HD format battle
Posted by XanTium | 10-11-2007 0:14 EST

 
From gamesindustry.biz:
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Sir Howard Stringer said that Blu-ray is currently in a "stalemate" with HD DVD.
Speaking in Manhattan, Sony's CEO downplayed the importance of the battle, however, saying that it was mostly a matter of prestige whose format wins out in the end.

"We were trying to win on the merits, which we were doing for a while, until Paramount changed sides," Stringer said, in reference to the movie studio's recent decision to drop Blu-ray in support of HD DVD, for which it received USD 150 million from HD DVD proponents.

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irnchriz

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Sony CEO downplays HD format battle
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2007, 05:26:00 PM »

With Paramount going HD DVD only thats the 'War' over.


Trekkies will buy shed loads of Star Trek HD DVD's when they come out


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