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[TheJollyCorner]

has anyone checked out the Blu-Ray version of American Psycho yet?

 

[Ckid]

looks like both pirates are up for pre order on amazon.

 

[chubigans]

I dont think this thread is as bad as AVS.

When it gets this bad:

Title:"Sony Giving BD Away Again to Increase Sales Numbers"

Today at frys all Sony BD are buy one get one free. They ran this promotion in dec 06 and Jan 07 at BB to artificially increase sales figures to compete with HD-DVD. Just one of the many tools Sony uses to create Spin.

...then we should all abandon ship. :lol

 

[The Main Event]

The Prestige HD-DVD has been announced in the UK for June 2007 courtesy of Warner Bros. (some people are saying March 12th) for those who don't mind paying a little more for imports and solely own an HD-DVD player.

 

[Blablurn]

Just one of the many tools Sony uses to create Spin.

This is business!
And it works ^^.

 

[The Main Event]

Another article talking about the recent HD sales.

As many have pointed out, Sony has been the principal backer of Blu-ray, and also the designer of the PlayStation3 games console, which uses a Blu-ray drive. With each console, Sony has bundled a copy of the Blu-ray movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, together with a gift certificate for $15 off the purchase of a second Blu-ray movie. Microsoft, on the other hand, also offers an HD DVD drive as a $199 add-on for its Xbox 360, which it has bundled with a copy of the HD DVD movie King Kong.

"Most people spend their gift cards in January and February. And because retailers can't count gift card sales until the cards are redeemed, those sales dollars are pushed out of December into the next year. Gift card sales now represent 5% of total holiday sales, so those dollars are having a significant impact on retailers' business in the months after Christmas. About 40% of card redemptions are made in the first week after Christmas. But the rest comes in January or early February."

This seems to be consistent with the curves as indicated by the graphs: a dramatic run-up in Blu-ray sales in January, followed by a flattening of the curve in late January. The PlayStation3 was launched on Nov. 17 in the U.S., about the time the Blu-Ray sales begin to head upward.

More here: http://www.channelinsider.com/article/Making+Sense+of+the+HighDef+DVD+Numbers/200828_2.aspx

 

[DarkJediKnight]

has anyone checked out the Blu-Ray version of American Psycho yet?

I have it. It's sort of spotty but far better than the DVD. Let's just say it's sort of middle of the pack.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

The Prestige HD-DVD has been announced in the UK for June 2007 courtesy of Warner Bros. (some people are saying March 12th) for those who don't mind paying a little more for imports and solely own an HD-DVD player.

Sweet! <3 Region-free HD-DVD

 

[Bad_Boy]

Got this today

O_O.... I want.

 

[acklame]

god, i want the prestige!

Now that contents are being rolled out, I'm actually going to start buying blu-rays regularly. Next is prestige, casino royale, and pursuit of happyness.

 

[Spiderjericho]

I asked this in the Official PS3 thread but no answer.

Does the Blu-Ray version of Ghost in the Shell Innocence have an English track or subtitles? I saw it while looking for VF 5 the other day.

 

[Bad_Boy]

pursuit of happyness.

when does that come out?

I swear these movies are gonna make me go broke.

 

[drohne]

it's got english subtitles, but no english audio track.

 

[Spiderjericho]

^^^^Thanks. Do you know of anyplace to purchase it for cheap? I saw it for 8000 yen at the shop downtown.

 

[Ckid]

when does that come out?

I swear these movies are gonna make me go broke.

Blu-ray on March 27

 

[jjasper]

god, i want the prestige!

Now that contents are being rolled out, I'm actually going to start buying blu-rays regularly. Next is prestige, casino royale, and pursuit of happyness.

Yeah I have been pretty much been averaging about 1 a week since I got my PS3 although over the next 2 weeks I will have to increase it to 2 a week with The Departed, Usual Suspects (still only have a VHS of it), The Prestige, and Babel.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Another article talking about the recent HD sales.





More here: http://www.channelinsider.com/article/Making+Sense+of+the+HighDef+DVD+Numbers/200828_2.aspx

People are going to be really surprised when BDs keep selling.

First, it was "PS3 owners won't use their systems to play movies"
Then it was "PS3 owners just bought some BDs out of curisosity"
Now it's "PS3 owners are just buying BDs with the coupon that came with the system"

Right.

 

[jjasper]

People are going to be really surprised when BDs keep selling.

First, it was "PS3 owners won't use their systems to play movies"
Then it was "PS3 owners just bought some BDs out of curisosity"
Now it's "PS3 owners are just buying BDs with the coupon that came with the system"

Right.

Next it will be PS3 owners are only buying BDs cause there aren't any games coming out and once games start flowing they will stop.

 

[Mrbob]

As many have pointed out, Sony has been the principal backer of Blu-ray, and also the designer of the PlayStation3 games console, which uses a Blu-ray drive. With each console, Sony has bundled a copy of the Blu-ray movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, together with a gift certificate for $15 off the purchase of a second Blu-ray movie. Microsoft, on the other hand, also offers an HD DVD drive as a $199 add-on for its Xbox 360, which it has bundled with a copy of the HD DVD movie King Kong.

Only the first 500K systems.

One of my friends bought a PS3 last weekend. It did not include Talledega Nights, nor the gift certificate.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Next it will be PS3 owners are only buying BDs cause there aren't any games coming out and once games start flowing they will stop.

Then it will be Easter.

 

[Naked Snake]

I want Moulin Rouge on Bluray with lossless audio.

 

[LuCkymoON]

People are going to be really surprised when BDs keep selling.

First, it was "PS3 owners won't use their systems to play movies"
Then it was "PS3 owners just bought some BDs out of curisosity"
Now it's "PS3 owners are just buying BDs with the coupon that came with the system"

Right.

Well they gotta buy something, cuz they ain't buying the games!*

Spoiler

*In Japan

 

[chubigans]

"With each console, Sony has bundled a copy of the Blu-ray movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, together with a gift certificate for $15 off the purchase of a second Blu-ray movie."

...huh? I didn't get a coupon, just a rebate book.

 

[Ryu1999]

"With each console, Sony has bundled a copy of the Blu-ray movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, together with a gift certificate for $15 off the purchase of a second Blu-ray movie."

...huh? I didn't get a coupon, just a rebate book.

Yeah that quote was mentioned in that big FUD-fest thread on AVS when the Nielsen numbers first came out, but Fanboys (of either side) will latch onto anything that will help their cause

 

[Bad_Boy]

Blu-ray on March 27

thanks. add that to the list of blu-ray movies I gotta get.

 

[Pristine_Condition]

Damn...Amazon has:

Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl (2-Disc Blu-ray)

and

Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest (2-Disc Blu-ray)

...up for pre-order already.

$24.99 ea, release date: May 22.

[Edit: These two pre-orders are already #4 and #5 on the Amazon Blu-ray charts, so I must've seen this later than some folks]

 

[CurseoftheGods]

Is The Prestige any good?

 

[gigapower]

Is The Prestige any good?

I liked The Illusionist more, but The Prestige was pretty damn good too....come on its got David Bowie in it!

 

[Petrarca]

I like the Prestige is much much more than the Illusionist. The pace, the suspense, the mystery of what's next, etc. The Prestige is one of those movies that makes you contemplate long after you finish watching the movie

 

[Petrarca]

Latest concrete data

Blu-ray take the market share in high def disc sold 68.8% vs 31.2%

 

[Jumpman]

What exactly do I need to run Lossless, or HD audio properly with Blu-Ray? Will any reciever with HDMI inputs do? Do I need a reciever that has some sort of "HD Audio" stamp on it, like it was for DTS and DD 5.1?

I really want to be able to run the audio lossless, for the complete Blu-Ray experience, but with some minor searching, I'll still haven't found the answers I need.

I must say though, the normal DTS and DD 5.1 tracks I've been hearing on the discs so far seem cleaner than DVD already. Am I insane, or is this actually the case?

 

[mckmas8808]

Latest concrete data

Blu-ray take the market share in high def disc sold 68.8% vs 31.2%

WOW! And POTC 1 and 2 will be mines on Blu-raysss.

 

[Suikoguy]

Latest concrete data

Blu-ray take the market share in high def disc sold 68.8% vs 31.2%

That chart is the definition of tables turning

 

[Raistlin]

0_o

Errr ... wow. Did not expect that sort of switcharound.

Things seem to be cascading a bit quicker than most had expected.

 

[Forsete]

Looking good, lookn' p r e t t y goood.

 

[mckmas8808]

0_o

Errr ... wow. Did not expect that sort of switcharound.

Things seem to be cascading a bit quicker than most had expected.

Yeah the PS3 just pushed the Blu-ray sales out the door. Are you going to get POTC 1 and 2 on Blu-ray?

 

[DarkJediKnight]

What exactly do I need to run Lossless, or HD audio properly with Blu-Ray? Will any reciever with HDMI inputs do? Do I need a reciever that has some sort of "HD Audio" stamp on it, like it was for DTS and DD 5.1?

I really want to be able to run the audio lossless, for the complete Blu-Ray experience, but with some minor searching, I'll still haven't found the answers I need.

I must say though, the normal DTS and DD 5.1 tracks I've been hearing on the discs so far seem cleaner than DVD already. Am I insane, or is this actually the case?

What do you have, the PS3? Since it has no analog outs, you can hear 5.1 lossless through HDMI only. Any receiver that can accept PCM audio through HDMI will do the job.

 

[The Main Event]

Latest concrete data

Blu-ray take the market share in high def disc sold 68.8% vs 31.2%

If you want to spin, please spin right and provide the article giving the details behind that graph junior. Why didn't you provide the source and the article?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2093290,00.asp

Normally, this would be enough to justify a news story, as others have done. However, I think the numbers make more sense in this more informal context, primarily because Neilsen has refused to comment on or to analyze the numbers. That means I have to do my own analysis, which is difficult to do in an otherwise objective news story.

Probably the most telling point is one that is not reflected in the graphic: the "inception-to-date" figures, which tally up all of the sales for each format. Although the graphs seem to indicate a considerable decline on the part of HD DVD in favor of Blu-Ray, this isn't true at all: to date (Jan. 28), 53.3 percent of all next-gen DVDs have been in the HD DVD format, compared to 46.7 percent for Blu-ray. This contrasts quite strongly with reports that the Blu-Ray format is widely outselling HD DVD.

Figures from another analyst firm, The NPD Group, which also tracks U.S. retail sales, also seem to support this: sales of hardware players (not movies) from April through December 2006 also give HD DVD a slight edge, 52 percent to 48 percent for Blu-ray. Unfortunately, they are reserving the most recent data for their paying clients.

As the graphic clearly shows, the momentum seems to have recently swung in Blu-Ray's favor. However, a few issues still need clarification.

As many have pointed out, Sony has been the principal backer of Blu-ray, and also the designer of the PlayStation3 games console, which uses a Blu-ray drive. With each console, Sony has bundled a copy of the Blu-ray movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, together with a gift certificate for $15 off the purchase of a second Blu-ray movie. Microsoft, on the other hand, also offers an HD DVD drive as a $199 add-on for its Xbox 360, which it has bundled with a copy of the HD DVD movie King Kong.

According to Erin Crawford, the general manager of Neilsen VideoScan, the bundling of Talledaga Nights – and, by inference, King Kong – was not included in the Nielsen numbers, as it does not represent a conscious buying choice on the part of the consumer. However, since a consumer must make the choice to buy another disc, the effects of the gift certificate would influence the Neilsen numbers. Crawford declined to estimate how many disc sales could have been a direct result of the gift certificate. Also, the Blu-Ray sales do not include the sales of games.

 

[jjasper]

I never got this $15 dollar off thing and they don't come with TN anymore.

 

[The Main Event]

I never got this $15 dollar off thing and they don't come with TN anymore.

Then go tell that to the author, not me.

And I don't think that graph got the adjusted data for the HD-DVD Combo format.

 

[Petrarca]

If you want to spin, please spin right and provide the article giving the details behind that graph junior. Why didn't you provide the source and the article?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2093290,00.asp

what is there to spin, the data clearly shows the blu-ray's momentum. why should I care how BDA achieved that momentum, whether it's a gift certificate, best buy or fry's sale promotion.

 

[Ryu1999]

I never got this $15 dollar off thing and they don't come with TN anymore.

There was the 10 dollar off coupon book that came with the PS3, didn't know they stopped packing it with the PS3s

 

[chubigans]

There was the 10 dollar off coupon book that came with the PS3, didn't know they stopped packing it with the PS3s

This isnt directed towards you or anyone in particular, but just to get it off my chest...

THERE WAS NEVER ANY DOLLARS OFF ANYTHING, JUST REBATE OFFERS! THATS IT!

Whew, I feel better now.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Didn't HD-DVD's outsell Blu-ray discs for the third week of January? If so, not sure how that chart is accurate at all.

 

[fortified_concept]

Latest concrete data

Blu-ray take the market share in high def disc sold 68.8% vs 31.2%

Wow! I wonder what will be the damage control this week.

 

[Days like these...]

Someone please, please, please for the love of whatever you hold most dear explain to me what is impeding most in the Bluray camp (those that actually put their money where their mouth is not the ones sitting on the sideline cheerleading/trollling)

Spoiler

Yes, petrarca I'm looking at you

from enjoying their superior format and awesome selection of movies? Why all the obsessing over HD DVD's impending death? Like I said if Bluray wins I'll pick upa PS3 eventually and I'll only be $200 out for having supported HD DVD and will still have a nice selection of movies that i can still enjoy.

P.S. picked up Lucky Number Sleven last night and will be picking up Departed, Babel and Children of Men on the day/date of their release. Anyone have a date for Scarface?

 

[Ryu1999]

This isnt directed towards you or anyone in particular, but just to get it off my chest...

THERE WAS NEVER ANY DOLLARS OFF ANYTHING, JUST REBATE OFFERS! THATS IT!

Whew, I feel better now.

I consider rebates and "dollars off" the same thing, just delayed gratification

 

[sonycowboy]

Didn't HD-DVD's outsell Blu-ray discs for the third week of January? If so, not sure how that chart is accurate at all.

No.

There were two different charts going around. One with and one without the HD-DVD combo sales. Blu-Ray has been extending it's lead every week this year.

 

[fortified_concept]

Someone please, please, please for the love of whatever you hold most dear explain to me what is impeding most in the Bluray camp (those that actually put their money where their mouth is not the ones sitting on the sideline cheerleading/trollling)

Spoiler

Yes, petrarca I'm looking at you

from enjoying their superior format and awesome selection of movies? Why all the obsessing over HD DVD's impeding death? Like I said if Bluray wins I'll pick upa PS3 eventually and I'll only be $200 out for having supported HD DVD and will still have a nice selection of movies that i can still enjoy.

P.S. picked up Lucky Number Sleven last night and will be picking up Departed, Babel and Children of Men on the day/date of their release. Anyone have a date for Scarface?

My problem with HDDVD is that I don't have Universal movies because of a dying format. The sooner it dies the sooner we'll have Children of men on BluRay.

Didn't HD-DVD's outsell Blu-ray discs for the third week of January? If so, not sure how that chart is accurate at all.

Where did you hear that?

 

[ManaByte]

My problem with HDDVD is that I don't have Universal movies because of a dying format. The sooner it dies the sooner we'll have Children of men on BluRay.

There are also Warner Bros. movies you don't have on BRD because the format can't yet duplicate the HDi features those discs use.