After the recent news of Warner Bros. joining forces with Blu-Ray and ditching the HD-DVD format, everyone wondered what would become of the "war" that has fueled on and on for a while now. There were even rumors of a possible Paramount switch to Blu-Ray, which were later shot down.

However, even though his company fully supports the HD-DVD format, Bill Gates is optimistic of another outcome, and it doesn't involve the success of his chosen format.

In an interview with USA Today, directly after his keynote at the CES convention in Las Vegas, Gates said he believed that downloadable HD content via the internet will eventually reign supreme.

"The announcement before that was Paramount putting exclusive support behind HD-DVD. HD-DVD did well over the holidays. The other trend we're seeing is that direct download over broadband - I think the greatest example of that is Xbox Live - (is) becoming an important choice. Over time, that will be the dominant way that people get their movies."

So, while recent news has put a major dampening on the possible future success of HD-DVD, it doesn't seem to matter all that much of Mr. Gates is anything to go by.

Submitted by Gaetano 09/01/2008 2

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