Last week, Business Week reported
that Warner Home Video could choose a side in the war between Blu-ray and HD DVD. The article also included a rumor stating that Warner
was currently leaning towards Blu-ray. In a statement issued to Current.com.au, Warner Brothers Home Video Australia and New Zealand managing director Roger Clarke responds to these
claims, saying that their position has not changed and would continue to support both HD DVD and Blu-ray for the foreseeable future.
“Our position hasn’t changed and certainly any comments that were published in the US were not intended to suggest that
we had changed our stance. We support both formats and we have not made any decision towards that policy and nor are any such
announcements planned or in the pipeline,” he said.
“In terms of the short-term scenarios around the Q4 sales results, Warner
Brothers are always reviewing our strategies and we can’t say what might happen in five or ten years, but for now, there’s been no
decision made to change course.”
While there is probably some truth to these rumors, we probably won't hear any
official announcements until the Consumer Electronics Show in January. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here.
