Quickie - Paramount + Blu Ray

It has been a while since I followed the latest format war. I stopped paying attention right around the time that Wal Mart went exclusive and Best Buy went 'recommended' on BD.

The last I remember is that Paramount had signed an HDDVD exclusivity deal, and would not be offering Transformers on BD. Well.... I recently received two Netflix rentals. Payback and Tomb Raider. Both had Paramount written all over them!!

So... I guess that deal no longer exists? Does this mean we get Transformers soon? Busy day here at the office, I don't have time to dig. Feel free to fill me in with comments....

P.S.

Farewell HDDVD. The Waltons just pwned you.

Short rant about HD...

Ok, so my rant isn't specifically with HD technology. It's with the people who spew "wisdom" in online forums about it. (This all being prompted by researching the Warner Bros. Blu-ray exclusivity.)

I constantly hear things like 1080i is not true HD. 720p is actually higher resolution than 1080i. Don't buy a PS3 because it doesn't play games in 1080p. HDDVD has superior sound/video to Blu-ray, or vice versa.

People just need to do some independent research. I don't have the energy to point out the facts... after all it's much easier to complain.