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It was among the most highly anticipated press events of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, but following today’s announcement from Warner Home Video, this Sunday’s press conference from the HD DVD Promotions Group has been cancelled.
Organizers sent out a note to members of the media and invited guests late Friday, attributing the cancellation to the timing of Warner’s announcement. A rep for the group told us this evening that the press conference will not be rescheduled, but that the group will still have a presence at the show from its booth on the convention floor.
The full text of the HD DVD Promo Group’s email follows below:
Based on the timing of the Warner Home Video announcement today, we have decided to postpone our CES 2008 press conference scheduled for Sunday, January 6th at 8:30 p.m. in the Wynn Hotel. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
We are currently discussing the potential impact of this announcement with the other HD DVD partner companies and evaluating next steps. We believe the consumer continues to benefit from HD DVD’s commitment to quality and affordability – a bar that is critical for the mainstream success of any format.
We’ll continue to keep you updated on new developments around HD DVD.
[Via HighDefdigest]
Well, this is coming from the previous post about Blu-ray!! Check out that Article to see about the War. I do not like what they did, but I will not go there. I thought people who are or has some interests in CES thought you should know about this little situation.
It’s only a day and some hours left before CES starts. CNN does something totally awesome. They talk about one of my Favorite Podcasts. GNC or Geek News Central on there website. Some of the major hitters Engadget, InTune Network, SlashGear, and Chip Chick. Which is a lot for these blogs. Means there will be people who read CNN and they will click these other Sites. I am so glad for Todd and these other sites because there will be more people to share the joy of podcasting and have them come our way. As you know Todd is the major contributor for Techpodcasts.com, which all the podcasters that I know are from that site. So more people will find more podcasts to listen. I am so overjoyed in this little adventure. It means Todd’s site is going to be busy the next few weeks. I hope we all help support his little endeavor and show our support for what he does. Good for you, Todd. You sure are setting a good example for podcasters.
While rumors of Warner potentially dumping HD DVD have been circulating for the past few months, the timing of the announcement right before the start of the Consumer Electronics Show seems designed to inflict maximum damage to Toshiba’s planned HD DVD push at the show. With lower prices on its standalone players and the Paramount deal, Toshiba and HD DVD backers like Microsoft appeared to be gaining some momentum in the format war. But now the company is faced with a PR nightmare. (An HD DVD event is scheduled for Sunday in Las Vegas; it should be interesting). No one knows at this point what it took for Warner to say sayonara to HD DVD, but you can bet it involved a truckload of something.
[Via Crave Blog]
Well, Is it true that HD is going down the tubes. After HD DVD selling there players for less than a 100$ they were gaining so much momentum from people buying there HD players. Now Blu-Ray did this and now does it look like Blu-ray is the winner, I do not know. Here’s what I know:
