Stringer: "We Remain Totally Committed to Blu-ray"

Once again, comments from Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony, have been taken out of context and plastered across news sites as proof Sony's diminishing commitment to Blu-ray (despite actual actions by the company, of course). And once again, Scott Hettrick of HiHD is forced to set the record straight - Sony "remain[s] totally committed to Blu-ray."

At a recent media roundtable in Japan, with both the Associated Press and CNBC present, Sir Howard made it clear that Blu-ray is the best high definition format available.

"We believe Blu-ray has the best picture, more particularly the best security, the best capacity for future improvements and the amount of content we generate. And this last week we sold more hardware than HD-DVD, the total number of Blu-ray capable devices in the US is at 2.7 million in the US compared to 750,000 HD-DVD. We're selling software 2:1 on titles in the US, 3:1 in Europe, and Blu-ray recorders here in Japan stand at 98% of the market."