Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Star Trek coming *exclusively* to HD DVD
Now this is interesting. Although I'm not a fan of Star Trek, Kevin Collins, an HD DVD insider, has revealed during a HomeTheaterForum.com Chat, that all of the Paramount Star Trek films will be released exclusively on HD DVD in 2007. Now, whether this means that the title will be exclusive to HD DVD period, and is released in 2007, or exclusive to HD DVD in 2007 but due for Blu-ray release in 2008, is unknown, but given the number of fans this franchise (sorry to use that word) has, it's a pretty big score for the format.
Why is this newsworthy though? It's because Paramount Home Entertainment has, so far, been "the most neutral of the neutral" companies in this "format war". Unlike other studios, every one of the few HD titles released by Paramount on HD DVD has also been released on Blu-ray. This is the first title that will be exclusive to HD DVD, even if it is only for a year (it could be for good, though).
Here's the exact quote from the chat, which, by the way, is a great read:
For instance, the Matrix trilogy will be coming out this year from WHV [Warner Home Video], Star Trek will be exclusive to HD DVD this year, Babel and The Good Shepherd. All in all there will be over 600 HD DVD titles by EOY [end of year].
Posted at 8:48 PM
