For consumers that own a HD DVD player the problem is going to be content with movie makers and distributors along with retailers deserting the format for Blu-ray. The problem for retailers and vendors who sold the HD DVD devices did so on the basis that they would be able to play the latest movies in High Definition. However very few if any Hollywood studios will be cutting HD DVD movies.
A spokesperson for the NSW Department of Fair Trading said: "This is a curly one. If a consumer has been sold a product on the basis that it will play HD DVD movies and there are no movies available there may be a problem. However as there are HD DVD movies available now the issue is a difficult one to indicate which way the department would act if we got a complaint. Todate there have been no complaints about HD DVD sales."
Last week the world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart abandoned the flailing HD DVD format, potentially ending a war over next-generation DVDs as it joined Best Buy and Netflix in supporting rival Blu-ray technology. It is also exepected that Harvey Norman will quit selling HD DVD this week.
