Netflix: The HD DVD vs Blu-Ray war will continue
Recently, Reed Hastings, the Netflix CEO, commented that although Blu-Ray has the advantage, the war with HD DVD is not over yet and it will continue for a while.
Hastings said that Blu-Ray’s adoption by consumers would accelerate the end of that war but it is not still happening and “definitely the winds are shifting to Blu-ray but nothing done yet”… and he explains his reasons for thinking that way. The executive said that in order to get to the point when Sony would kill the Toshiba HD DVD because Blu-Ray would be widely accepted, it is necessary that the Blu-Ray players fall below $200 just like Toshiba players, and it hasn’t happened yet.
And another event to end the war would be the Blu-Ray’s adoption by Universal Studios and Paramount. None of the two things have happened and the war will continue, according to Hasting.
Netflix, which offers movie rentals by mail in United States, supports both formats.
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February 11th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Wow! this guy got it wrong. Two weeks later and Netflix drops HD-DVD.
February 11th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I think the war is over….
We’re Going Blu-ray
Dear Michael,
You’re receiving this email because you have asked to receive high-definition movies in the HD DVD format. As you may have heard, most of the major movie studios have recently decided to release their high-definition movies exclusively in the Blu-ray format. In order to provide the best selection of high-definition titles for our members, we have decided to go exclusively with Blu-ray as well.
While we will continue to make our current selection of HD DVD titles available to you for the next several months, we will not be adding additional HD DVD titles or reordering replacements.
Toward the end of February, HD DVDs in your Saved Queue will automatically be changed to standard definition DVDs. Then toward the end of this year, all HD DVDs in your Queue will be changed to standard definition DVDs. Don’t worry, we will contact you before this happens.
You can click here to change your format preferences.
We’re sorry for any inconvenience. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please call us at 1 (888) 638-3549.
-The Netflix Team