Since the end of last week, and without any surprise following the withdrawal of Toshiba from the race, the 6 Hollywood majors are now behind the Blu-ray format. Paramount, which had caused a sensation by announcing its exclusive support to HD-DVD (for $ 150 million, shared with Dreamworks), has been the last to takthe leap and certainly one that will have the most to lose.
The balance seems to be swinging in France too, where we start to find HD-DVD players below 100. This is not the same for movies which the majors do not want to let go on the cheap. This will certainly happen later in brokers' stores, far away from the eyes of the consumers.
[translation by jeremy]
