Following recent reports, later denied by company executives, that Paramount is ready to abandon HD DVD for Blu-ray, Universal Studios is now said to be ready to go Blu-ray as well.

“Universal’s commitment to backing HD DVD exclusivity has ended,” Daily Variety reported on Wednesday. But, it added, neither studio is “ready to throw in the towel immediately.”

Besides DreamWorks Animation, Paramount and Universal are the only major Hollywood studios still backing Toshiba’s HD DVD format.

Late last

week, Warner Bros. went Blu-ray, and Sony, Disney, Fox, and Lionsgate are already there. New Line and HBO, part of the instance Warner family, additionally are going Blu-ray.

Microsoft Says It Could Switch

Even the marketing manager for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 videogame console, Albert Penello, has told news outlets that the company could support Blu-ray whether consumers chose it. Microsoft has been backing HD DVD, and makes an HD DVD […]

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