After Time Warner Inc.’s announcement today that they’ve chosen to support Blu-ray exclusively, here’s the current breakdown of studio support for each format—and things aren’t looking good for HD DVD.

20th Century Fox Walt Disney Lionsgate Warner Bros Sony     – MGM/UA     – Columbia TriStar New Line & Fine Line		Paramount NBC Universal

So the future is tilting more and more toward Sony’s Blu-ray format, it seems. Honestly, though, will anyone be buying movies on discs by the time this is all settled?

[8:14pm 1/4/08: Updated to include more studios pointed out in the comments below.]

“Warner Bros to back Blu-ray DVD format exclusively” [Reuters]
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