Blu-ray blues

The studios’ big plans to re-invigorate the slumping homevideo business with high-definition DVDs aren’t quite taking off.

PaidContent.org today caught an odd pair of conflicting stories. Reuters reports that Sony will launch its first seven titles in the Blu-ray format next Tuesday. (There are two formats: Blu-ray, backed by Sony with movies from every major movie studio except Universal; and Toshiba’s HD DVD which already launched with movies from Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros.)

The movies are supposedly coming out so there will be content for the first Blu-ray player to hit the market.

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