Interesting points - both john AND Ted. So where do they draw the line? On one hand, going exclusively blu will help to eliminate customer confusion and pesumably bring more people into the dragging HD market. On the other hand, why give the middle finger to all the people that already have an HD DVD player? Might as well take every penny from either side.

I guess that's a decision for people who know much more than i do about the market, and get paid as such.

No, aside from our current bandwidth not being able to hand streaming 1080p content, the larger problem is that the overwhelming majority of consumers want to sit down, pop in a movie and enjoy it. They don't want to worry about internet connectivity, media players, software, and their collective interface with his/her living room.

Just look at how confused average consumers are over this HD DVD/Blu-ray fiasco. And you think they are ready to start streaming HD into their living rooms? HA!!
Us tech geeks will be all over it, but we are the minority.

Barricade was a new Mustang, was he not? Snazzy one too as I remember.

It's more than just promotion. Their contract actually states that Paramount can leave HD DVD if Warner goes blu. I don't care what their "official position" is now, Paramount is going blu, and very soon. Remember that just a month ago, Warner "officially" planned on supporting both formats.

Oh, and Paramount has a clause in their contract with Toshiba. If Warner goes Blu, they can too. So i wouldn't expect them to stay HD DVD for long, regardless of what they say right now. Remember that Warner's stance as of a month ago was firmly for both formats.