Thomson, the worlds leading DVD distributor says "all is in operation" for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD distribution.
Thompson, announced Today that its ready for manufactoring and distribution of both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. As a matter of fact, it has three replication lines available for each format and it has been fully operational since 2005. This includes complete custom printing, packaging, and distributing for all retail outlets across North America.
Thompson apparently does not want to bias one technology over the other, its all equal for them. This might be due to the fact that nobody knows who will win the next generation DVD race. It is obvious that both are being given an equal start by manufacturing and distributing and the "yes or no" vote is going to lie with the consumers.
MajorNelson's podcast a few weeks ago called out Blu-Ray as inferior to the HD-DVD encodings, and much of the Blu-Ray output seems "digital" and has artifacts on fast movements. A limitation of Blu-Ray or just a bad start? Not sure, but Thompson's Technicolor Home Entertainment Services buisiness isn't going to take judgement - they want to supply everyone with everything that is needed to have two competing next generation DVD brandings in the market.
The Camarillo, CA based manufacturing plant is ready to go, and they've been quoted as saying:
They've been ready since '05, will the market be ready this Holiday season? We'll find out soon enough.
Thompson, announced Today that its ready for manufactoring and distribution of both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. As a matter of fact, it has three replication lines available for each format and it has been fully operational since 2005. This includes complete custom printing, packaging, and distributing for all retail outlets across North America.
Thompson apparently does not want to bias one technology over the other, its all equal for them. This might be due to the fact that nobody knows who will win the next generation DVD race. It is obvious that both are being given an equal start by manufacturing and distributing and the "yes or no" vote is going to lie with the consumers.
MajorNelson's podcast a few weeks ago called out Blu-Ray as inferior to the HD-DVD encodings, and much of the Blu-Ray output seems "digital" and has artifacts on fast movements. A limitation of Blu-Ray or just a bad start? Not sure, but Thompson's Technicolor Home Entertainment Services buisiness isn't going to take judgement - they want to supply everyone with everything that is needed to have two competing next generation DVD brandings in the market.
The Camarillo, CA based manufacturing plant is ready to go, and they've been quoted as saying:
"As the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of DVDs, we are pleased to support all of our studio clients with the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of mastering, replicating, printing, custom packaging, anti-piracy, and supply chain management services for both next-generation DVD formats," said Quentin Lilly, president of Technicolor Home Entertainment Services. "As a trusted partner of the media and entertainment industries for more than 90 years now, Technicolor is proud to be at the forefront of this important industry transition, and we are committed to delivering the same high-quality products, services, and technologies for both HD DVD and Blu-ray as we have for years with standard-definition DVDs."Technicolor Home Entertainment Services manufactured and shipped the first titles for HD-DVD and there is no stopping from there. They are ready to go, confident, and willing to supply each and every one of us with our high definition desires.
They've been ready since '05, will the market be ready this Holiday season? We'll find out soon enough.
