I know I talk about it all the time, but this situation makes it worth repeating. HD (the two major flavors of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray) will never get my business until there is 1 standard and common format. This week’s DVD charts highlights why.
The 2 top selling HD movies are Transformers and Ratatouille, two films I LOVED this year (Actually, I strongly believe Ratatouille should be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars this year… yes it’s that good). But here’s the rub…
If you want to watch either of these in HD, Transformers is only available on HD-DVD, and Ratatouille is only available on Blu-Ray. That means if I was an HD owner, I’d be completely out of luck for one or the other (unless of course you want to be a sheep for corporate america and buy both systems). I refuse to be a sheep, and I refuse to pick sides, and I refuse to risk getting screwed.
No my friends… until there is 1 standard universal HD format (like DVD) I won’t be wasting my money. And withholding money is the only language these corporations hear and understand from the consumers.
