News from the CES

Universal announced to stick to HD-DVD in the future.

About an hour ago we got the official Universal announcement which says that Universal will stick to HD-DVD. Here is the important statement.

5:00 pm ET January 10, 2008 -- Universal Studios has officially dispelled the rumors from Variety that it will drop HD DVD and switch to Blu-ray."Contrary to unsubstantiated rumors from unnamed sources, Universal's current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format," said Ken Graffeo, executive vice president of HD strategic marketing for Universal Studios Home Entertainment and also co-president of the HD DVD Promotional Group.The response would have come sooner, but many HD DVD executives were on flights home from CES when the story from Variety broke.


Read up the whole Universal news at: http://www.betanews.com/article/Universal_Were_staying_with_HD_DVD/1199974983