Spielberg prefers Blu-ray, annoyed with Paramount

A noticeable stipulation in the Paramount deal yesterday was that films directed by Steven Spielberg would not be HD DVD exclusive, and could be distributed on either or both formats. At the time, it was not apparent if this meant the famous director was a fan of Blu-ray, but clarification received by High Def Digest suggests that the only Spielberg film coming out in high definition will be the recently announced 'Encounters of the Third Kind' and only on Blu-ray.

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[toughNAME]

gaming news?

[Whoooop]

That's why it's in the Tech section.

[Rooted_Dust]

Blu-Ray has a good deal to do with gaming(Included on PS3 increasing it's price, media for all PS3 games with possible benefits for game developers). HD-DVD has only a passing association with gaming(Stand alone peripheral for Xbox 360 with no impact on games or game development).

[madness]

misleading title?

[Mr Murda]

Show me how Spielberg is "Annoyed"?

[sticky doja]

Everyone knows he is a blu-ray backer, but no where did I see his is "annoyed with Paramount."

I don't see why he would be considering his movies will be realesed on both, if not both then blu-ray alone.

[tplarkin7]

The title is bogus. There isn't a single quote from Steven Spielberg, only his "spokesman". And there was nothing about him being "annoyed".

Also, when you post news, you are not allowed to change the headline!

The article's headline is, "Spielberg Feeling Blu Too".

[Imallvol7]

HD-DVD enthusiast and supporters are just making everyone miserable. They should be fined for trying to draw this battle out.

[chrno]

Right bubble 4 u. People like bloodmask and POW just want to see ps3 fail - fact.

[WilliamRLBaker]

because they are dumb now that they are hd dvd exclusive for 18 months, cause When Sony tricked all their playstation fans into buying what was a cheap blu ray player so as to give blu ray an advantage that worked. (ps3 accounts for 95% of all blu ray player sales, and 80% of blu ray movie sales...wow hd dvd would kill blu ray if not for ps3* its sonysmart?

[cdzie1]

Umm.. Sony split from the HD DVD group and is directly responsible for the format war. Don't blame the HD DVD group for playing by the same rules Sony is.

http://say-no-to-blu-ray.co...

[Primetimebt]

Dude you really need to get laid

[WilliamRLBaker]

thanks cd i was trying to find that website. *and its all fact look it up*

[Marceles]

your comment made me spit my drink out

[WilliamRLBaker]

So Steven remake my movies retard is pissed that paramount signed and 18 month exclusivity deal to use hd dvd, and his movies never had, nor never will have a part of said deal?

....So as I'm to understand it he's pisses that the deal some how Messes up his weird remake of encounters of the third kind where they removes all guns from the movie, and instead has them carrying radios when guns are turned on the main character?

Im confused why he has any opinion on this since none of his movies are part of the deal or affected by it..

[Panthers]

THis is turning bad. Paramount needs to reconsider before pissing off fans

[trueltie5]

Wow first Bay and now Spielberg ?...something was fishy about this Paramount ala MS/GTA4 deal...I wonder if Paramount is going to get Directors like Billy Walsh from Entourage who did Queens Blvd now ...LOL...Ice Cube the new Paramount Director ????

HAHHAHA: I agree this CDzie guy needs to get laid. I sure hope CDzie1 isn't one of those guys who is plotting to get back at his old high school...Get out more my friend...Let go that fact you were probably fired by Sony as some game tester...LOL

[PimpHandHappy]

I dont know but HD-DVD isnt being backed by many ppl other then Tosiba and there partners...

oh well

if i cant get a movie on blueray i want i can always buy it on DVD for cheap

[gsx-r]

Consdering the stance that Spielberg and Bay have on this, I wonder what will truly happen with transformers when it comes to DVD? Will it stay only DVD and HDDVD, or will it find its way to Blu-ray as well...

[monkey602]

well im hoping its on blu-ray i really wanted it

EDIT: a dissagree for saying i want transformers OH thats mature some people on this are fools

[damnwrx]

That is the calling of Paramount to go Blu-ray

[Makroyale]

Blu-ray supporter here... If Paramount wants to go HD-DVD and do without any of SS films than go ahead and do it. They don't have much without him. I'll wait for them to come crawling back to Blu-ray.

[WilliamRLBaker]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

http://imdb.com/company/co0...

2482 movies under their belt throughout the years and from different under companies.

yes! with out steven paramount has not a single damn movie right?!

[Bordel_1900]

Mr. Spielberg is my hero. Bubbles for you sir.

[MK_Red]

Spielberg is the man. Paramount should have stayed natural. First they fired Spielberg's friend, Tom Cruise who went to work for Sony's United Artists and now they have almost lost Michael Bay, a director that has had a great relationship with Spielberg. (Two of the lates Bay movies, namely the Island and Transformers were produced by Steven)

[Meus Renaissance]

Paramount will get burnt badly for their decision to go exclusive to HD-DVD. I honestly am not bothered between HD-DVD or Blu-Ray but if Blu-Ray is selling much better, then I hope the stupidity of Paramount gets punished.

What on Earth were they thinking

[KeMoBLUE]

since you 360 fanboys actually believe HD-DVD is the choice conduct an experiment with random people asking the which they prefer. im pretty sire the majority will say blu-ray.

edit: jesus christ when i say no one i don't mean it literally but more like majority. people can't pick up on simple things these days. i even noted later on "majority".

[WilliamRLBaker]

so I guess you can show me concrete numbers that hd dvd players never sell? and no one buys hd dvd movies right?

because thats what it means when NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE likes hd dvd it means it doesn't sell...

Just like NO ONEEEEEEEEE in japan likes xbox 360...yet it constantly sells every week 1500-2000 units...

[Komrad]

that paramount did that. stranger things have happened, and executives get fired all the time... we'll see...

[monkey602]

I'm in Ireland and the HD DVD/Blu-Ray war is almost non existant. There is very little support for HD DVD. Just blu-ray making an impact

EDIT: And before I get Flamed I dont have any hard facts to prove it I'm just stating what I see around me. You are just going to have to trust me or not listen at all its your choice

[Rims]

You are right. Go to any store and you will see Blu-ray everywhere. What chance does HD-DVD have?

[monkey602]

It seems its chances are low here. The only place to get a HD DVD here is gamestop and their selection is poor

[synetic]

same in portugal , you only find hddvd movies in online stores .

[joevfx]

Bay said on his Blog that he will not direct a transformers 2 because of paramounts desciion , and he is vey upset with them that transformers 1 wont be on blu ray, the better format.

[Ashira]

People tend to forget that before PS3 was released, HD-DVD was leading. And what if it isn't in stores - it's still available online and the Next-gen DVD format really hasn't taken up, so it really doesn't matter yet.
Myself I think it's good that Paramount goes HD-DVD only. I'm a supporter of this side and would love to see Blu-eay fail. But I guess we'll just have to wait and see who wins. This war has turned to and from all the time.

[LeShin]

I'm curious...why do you think HD-DVD is the better format?

[monkey602]

Of coarse HD DVD was leading before PS3 you do realise that the first blu-ray player came out like a week before the PS3 here in europe.

[Auron]

no TRANSFORMERS.

[gsx-r]

seeing how michael bay and spielberg responded to the news it wouldnt surprise me to see transformers still find its way to blu-ray...atleast i hope =)

[Anything but Cute]

Paramount was paid off, NY times confirms it. Watch out, I think things are gonna get interesting as no doubt this puts blu ray in a pretty desperate position.

[sak500]

Bluray = watch b3yond
ps3+bluray = wait b3yond
ps3 = play behind
bluray = trojon in ps3
ps3 = pray b3yond for games
ps3 = waitstation
ps3 = delaystation

K fanbois start your RROD comments.

[monkey602]

I have one question... What was the point in that comment?

[Anything but Cute]

Jay Raymond is a b*tch!

[P1MPDADDY]

All your comments are just sour grapes because you already invested in Blu-Ray when you purchased a PS3. STFU and let the consumers make thier choice. What you think Blu-Ray didnt pay off some movie studios for exclusive rights to movies either??? Oh ya Sony and Blu-Ray are the good guys right??? The reason your making a big stink is because your afraid that HD-DVD will win the format war and then your screwed because you bought an obsolete movie format. I wonder how many of you idiots bought UMB movies too. The smart consumer waits till the format war has been outright decided before upgrading to it. Thats what happened with VHS, and DVD for me!!!!! Thats why only 1% of all movie sales are high def format. Because the rest of us were smart enough to realize that it isnt worth the risk to upgrade. And most of the high def movies arent even using all the sound and video and space advantages the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray offer yet.

[Anything but Cute]

do you lift cars for a living or something? Your avatar

[gsx-r]

Go put a shirt on!! This isn't myspace, its a game site with a bunch of dudes on it! Unless you already know that and thats why you have the picture...hahaha

[trueltie5]

"Me Pimpdaddy Caveman pull women by hair"...Beefcake in a little shirt..this is silly though...who cares Paramount gets to laugh at HD-Dvd flaunting their $150 million around like Rockstar is doing to MS with their $50 million from GTA4

[Testo]

http://say-no-to-blu-ray.co...

This is bullsh!t if any idiot on this site believes this.

[Jdash24]

dude that site is full bs info........they were boasting the 30 gb of storage compared to 25 gb......but 30 is dual layered hd dvd and 25 is a single layer blu ray......that site is effing stupid and so r u for believing what it says

[green_ghost5]

The war contiues, man this gets really tiring for the consumer!!

[level 360]

Spielberg knows what his films deserves and it's the best format that can deliver at this very point in time - no compromise.
That is why he supports Blu-Ray, not because of Sony or even the PS3 console.
This is not about company backing or console wars, it's plain and simple who can deliver the very best picture quality and sound reproduction with the addition of features included on a video disc.

[junk56]

i walked into my local futureshop and bestbuy and so like 10 hd dvd discs on the shelves and no hd dvd players at all. seriously, even if paramount and universal released movies on hd dvd, nobody would know about them and nobody would buy them.

not to mention sony has a store (the sony store) to actually advertise bluray while HD DVD has nowhere it can be advertised. All ps3 owners are bluray supporters compared to like the 5000 hd dvd supporters.

[Ashira]

Leshin: Why do I like HD-DVD?
Cheaper. Less DRM (if only slightly; but it's been cracked already anyway, so...). Not backed by Sony, the evil company, and their proprietary (and failed!) formats.
Disclaimer: This is all in my opinion. I am not an employee of Sony or any other company that do not like Sony. This is my own opinion, what I think, and may not necessarily be true. However, everyone is entitled to an opinion.