Blu-ray appears to have won the high-def DVD format war, as Paramount announced on Monday that it would dump HD-DVD in favor of Sony’s Blu-ray format. Last week, Warner Bros. plus threw its weight behind Blu-ray.

The developments likely mean the end of HD-DVD as a viable format. Based on the studios’ decision, Japanese composition producers and hardware manufacturers said they would likely leave the HD-DVD Promotion Group, according to published reports.

Pony Canyon, a subject matter producer

that is part of Fuji Television, predicted it would “choose Blu-ray in the end.” Some 20 members of the HD-DVD coalition said their continued membership was “under review.” Universal is the only remaining U.S. studio backing HD-DVD, along with one other major corporation that continues to support the format: Microsoft.

Convergence Picks Up Steam

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