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[Petrarca]

I honestly don't see how the Blu-ray offerings for Oct 16 can compete with Transformers. Unless Robocop spills over from the previous week.

What is the release week of the week after?

Also, when is Shrek 3 coming out? I never liked the Shrek movies myself so never would have bought it on Blu-ray.

no not Robocop, but

28 Days Later (Fox)
28 Weeks Later (Fox)

 

[djkimothy]

no not Robocop, but

28 Days Later (Fox)
28 Weeks Later (Fox)

I must confess. I never liked 28 days later.

I'll rent 28 weeks later. Has anyone checked if BlockBuster is renting Blu-rays? When does that go into effect? I haven't checked mine as I usually rent from Rogers.

 

[VanMardigan]

All the Blockbusters I went to in Chicago had shelves for Blu Ray.

 

[djkimothy]

All the Blockbusters I went to in Chicago had shelves for Blu Ray.

Damn it. Time to get a membership.

 

[VanMardigan]

Is there Total Access plan in Canada?

That's the best deal in movies. PERIOD.

 

[OokieSpookie]

I doubt that very much, let's see the release schedule...

Blu-ray

October 09, 2007
28 Days Later (Fox)
28 Weeks Later (Fox)
The Amityville Horror (1979) (MGM)
Edward Scissorhands (Fox)
The Fly (1986) (Fox)
From Hell (Fox)
Reign Over Me (Sony)
RoboCop (MGM)
Surf's Up (Sony)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (Warner)

October 16, 2007
Hollow Man (Director's Cut) (Sony)
The Invisible (Buena Vista)
Masters of Horror: Season One - Volume One (Starz)
Masters of Horror: Season One - Volume Two (Starz)
The Reaping (Warner)
Return to House on Haunted Hill (Warner)

HD-DVD

October 09, 2007
Evan Almighty (Universal)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (Warner)

October 16, 2007
A Mighty Heart (Paramount)
The Reaping (Warner)
Return to House on Haunted Hill (Warner)
Transformers (DreamWorks)

I am going to be so broke in the next few weeks with :

9/11 Replacement Killers
9/18 House of 1000 Corpses
9/25 Underworld, Memoirs of a Geisha
10/02 Bram Stoker's Dracula, Halloween, Dawn of the Dead, Da of the Dead, Evil Dead 2
10/9 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Amityville Horror, Edward Scissor Hands, From hell
10/16 Masters of Horror V1 and V2

Christ....I am going to need to work OT :lol

 

[VanMardigan]

Looks pretty sparse for me. I ordered Blades of Glory, then it's

9/25 Knocked UP
10/2 Top Gun
10/9 Evan Almighty
10/16 Transformers,

 

[OokieSpookie]

Why'd you take me out of ignore??

edit:

I can see HD DVD taking Oct. 16

When's Shrek come out?

If HD can not take a week with NO blu ray movies coming out, and with Heroes being such a huge release for them how in the nine hells can you honestly think that they will take a week with maybe no big titles but at least a few titles :lol
I know I will be grabbing the Masters of Horror sets.

 

[Matrix]

This is winning the week for Blu-ray Oct 2nd.Just like Ghost Rider did,this will sell a shit load...

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Why'd you take me out of ignore??

edit:

I can see HD DVD taking Oct. 16

When's Shrek come out?

Because people quoted you anyway, and I wondered if I was just being silly. Not really, you're still infuriating. You never responded re: the fact that all year many pro-HD-DVD people including yourself assumed that HD-DVD standanlones were outselling BluRay dedicated players and that they would continue to... and not only are they not, they did not even consistently outsell Bl;uRay players throughout the year. All this noise about how well "standalones" were doing for HD-DVD, already discounting the hundreds of thousands of PS3 owners using BluRay... and it wasn't even based in fact.

 

[ManaByte]

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/harry-potter7.html

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray covers/info

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...s_Blu-ray,_HD_DVD_Date_Years_1-5_Also_Due/946

As the studio has done with several recent high-profile titles, however, the Blu-ray and the HD DVD editions will not be created equal.

Not unlike the recently-released '300' and 'Blood Diamond,' the HD DVD edition of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' will contain a trio of exclusive bonus features, including a "In-Movie Experience" video commentary featuring "the cast from Dumbledore's Army coming together to share memorable moments," the ability to "Pick Your Favorite Scenes" and assemble your favorite clips from the movie into a montage, and additional web-enabled content including downloads and other goodies to be announced.

Extras shared between the HD DVD, Blu-ray and two-disc standard-def DVD version include an A&E documentary, "Trailing Tonks" and "Fun and Games" featurettes, additional "Focus Points" making-of vignettes, and ten minutes of never-before-seen deleted scenes.

Warner has not yet released tech specs for the high-def releases, so it's unknown whether or not high-resolution audio will be supported. We'll keep you posted.

List price will be $39.98 for the HD DVD version, and $34.98 for the Blu-ray.

The studio has also announced that they will bring a 'Harry Potter Years 1-5: Limited Edition Giftset' to both high-def formats concurrent with 'Order of the Phoenix' on December 11 for a list price of $149.98. However, full details on what will be included in the set -- as well as whether the first four installments in the series will be made available as separate stand-alone releases -- is set to be revealed shortly in a separate announcement.

 

[djkimothy]

Is there Total Access plan in Canada?

That's the best deal in movies. PERIOD.

I don't know what that is.

I'm currently renting from zip.

List price will be $39.98 for the HD DVD version, and $34.98 for the Blu-ray.

Is the HDDVD verison of Harry Potter combo?

 

[NekoFever]

Ugh...I hate these forced box sets with catalogue titles. When Die Hard 4 comes out I only want the first one but I can either buy Die Hard 4 or all of them. I only want Spider-Man 2 but it's a choice between Spider-Man 3 or all of them. Now with the Harry Potters it's the latest one or all of them, despite the fact that they brought out Goblet of Fire on HD DVD last year.

Oh, and we can't forget The Matrix. They spent 2006 advertising the first one as a solus release in HD DVD boxes and then you can only get it if you buy the shitty sequels. Bleh.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Yeah. I'd like to buy HP 3-5, but the first two are terrible and boring.

 

[mrmyth]

Not even Morgan Freeman being God saved Evan Almighty. Please do not buy that shitty movie in any medium.


I hopped in the Blu-Ray bandwagon by way of PS3 a week ago. Already have 15 movies, not includng the 5 free deal. I'm console agnostic, was waiting for a deal on a PS3. I figure even if Blu-Ray loses I still get GT5/MGS4/LBP/FF. And it'll be dirt cheap to pick up an HDDVD player later on if it come to that.

 

[Xater]

Over here (Germany) you can get all the Harry Potter movies seperately as it seems. The box is even Amazon exclusive.

@HP extras: Only the IME is interesting and that's something that I would watch only once. I know why Warner doesn't include those on BD at the moment but why don't they just put a second encode on the BD50 like Lionsgate did with the Descent for example? It's not like they use all the space with their VC-1 HD DVD encode...

 

[StoOgE]

I wonder if the HDDVD version of goblet of fire will still have all the extras the UK (i.e. US release deverted to the UK) got.

 

[Petrarca]

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...s_Blu-ray,_HD_DVD_Date_Years_1-5_Also_Due/946

Not unlike the recently-released '300' and 'Blood Diamond,' the HD DVD edition of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' will contain a trio of exclusive bonus features, including a "In-Movie Experience" video commentary featuring "the cast from Dumbledore's Army coming together to share memorable moments," the ability to "Pick Your Favorite Scenes" and assemble your favorite clips from the movie into a montage, and additional web-enabled content including downloads and other goodies to be announced.

What difference does it make? 300 HD-DVD has the so-heralded PiP, and yet 300 BD sale number just plain destroyed it

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Well, it matters to people who onw both formats and want to know which to get. As a playing piece int he format war it's useless, as an info point for dual-format buyers, it's significant.

 

[StoOgE]

What difference does it make? 300 HD-DVD has the so-heralded PiP, and yet 300 BD sale number just plain destroyed it

Yes, because the BD selling better is all that matters to someone who watches movies.

Enjoy your sales stats.

I'll enjoy the PIP.

Not everything has to be about the format war and who is winning. I cant wait for BDJ so BR fans will stop dissmissing awesome content as "stupid"

 

[Xater]

Oh and my other problem with Warner is if this IME stuff is sooo important to delay Batman Begins and Matrix on BD why do they have no problem to cut it out on releses like 300 or HP5? I just want my Batman Begins fix in HD. DO IT ALREADY WARNER!

 

[Petrarca]

Yes, because the BD selling better is all that matters to someone who watches movies.

Enjoy your sales stats.

I'll enjoy the PIP.

Not everything has to be about the format war and who is winning. I cant wait for BDJ so BR fans will stop dissmissing awesome content as "stupid"

if BDJ makes BD more expensive, then I could live without

 

[Matrix]

jesus I'm going to be so broke in Dec...

dec 4th....

Battlestar Galactica Season 1
Pirates 3

Dec 11th

Lost Season 3
Harry Potter 1-5

Dec 18th

Blade Runner 5 disc

Happy Holidays to me.

I think I need to find a cheaper hobby

 

[NekoFever]

What difference does it make? 300 HD-DVD has the so-heralded PiP, and yet 300 BD sale number just plain destroyed it

It doesn't ultimately, but it means those of us without a fanatical devotion to one format can go for the superior one. You enjoy your sales stats and I'll enjoy my interactive commentary.

 

[OokieSpookie]

jesus I'm going to be so broke in Dec...

dec 4th....

Battlestar Galactica Season 1
Pirates 3

Dec 11th

Lost Season 3
Harry Potter 1-5

Dec 18th

Blade Runner 5 disc

Happy Holidays to me.

I think I need to find a cheaper hobby

Yeah December is tear inducing and you never know if anything else will get thrown into the mix also.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Stooge, few have called it stupid. Most have merely said it's negligible/bonus and not essential. Don't be inflammatory.

 

[plagiarize]

I am going to be so broke in the next few weeks with :

9/11 Replacement Killers
9/18 House of 1000 Corpses
9/25 Underworld, Memoirs of a Geisha
10/02 Bram Stoker's Dracula, Halloween, Dawn of the Dead, Da of the Dead, Evil Dead 2
10/9 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Amityville Horror, Edward Scissor Hands, From hell
10/16 Masters of Horror V1 and V2

Christ....I am going to need to work OT :lol

holy fuck balls at starz leading with an absolutely awesome series of library titles. i wish others would follow suit.

 

[ManaByte]

Oh and my other problem with Warner is if this IME stuff is sooo important to delay Batman Begins and Matrix on BD why do they have no problem to cut it out on releses like 300 or HP5? I just want my Batman Begins fix in HD. DO IT ALREADY WARNER!

Maybe Nolan doesn't want to release a gimped HD release? Same thing with the Wachowskis.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Dec 18th

Blade Runner 5 disc

My birthday, and my most wanted movie that's been announced, new or old.

 

[StoOgE]

Stooge, few have called it stupid. Most have merely said it's negligible/bonus and not essential. Don't be inflammatory.

Yes, dismissing content because it didnt make it sell more

Spoiler

Petraca cant have it

isnt inflammatory at all though.

 

[StoOgE]

My purchases for the rest of the year:

Anchorman
Bourne Ultimatum
Transformers
Harry Potter (maybe)
Star Trek (maybe)
Knocked Up
The Kubrick movies (most likely)
Face/Off
The cheap Blade Runner package

Im still also toying with buying BSG.. although, I didnt care for it much past S1... also toying with Heroes, but Ive never seen it. And if Im going to buy it, its gonna have to be soon so I can watch season 2 on TV.

 

[maynerd]

aww man why they gotta gimp the BR version of HP?

 

[MechDX]

http://www.betanews.com/article/New_Chinese_Involvement_Could_Trigger_HD_DVD_Price_Plunge/1189196071

If ever there were a time for either Blu-ray or HD DVD manufacturers to play a trump card, now may be the time, and this could be the one: A consortium of Chinese university engineers and government officials, in cooperation with a Chinese video standards group that includes globally recognized manufacturers, plus the DVD Forum, have come to an agreement on a standard specification for a blue-laser disc mechanism and format specifically for the Chinese market.

Now, the DVD Forum's involvement has evidently made it possible for Chinese manufacturers to produce components that play blue-laser, high-def discs using the Chinese national standard, though which are fundamentally compatible with HD DVD with only minor adjustments.

The upshot here is this: The same country that has literally upset the LCD TV industry on its ear in just the last year alone, now has the specifications it needs to do the same with high-def video discs. While it makes so-called CH-DVD players for the home market (the name is subject to change, the new consortium says), China can also produce HD DVD players for the rest of the world, at prices that can best be described as Chinese.

All of a sudden, the incentive for studios such as Warner Bros. to call a halt to exploiting new disc technologies its own engineers had patented, and for Paramount to jump ship and abort its Blu-ray support, may be becoming clear.

 

[djkimothy]

aww man why they gotta gimp the BR version of HP?

I'm not surprised. They would do anything short of declaring exclusivity to hurt blu-ray. So far. It has failed. At least their audio encodes are the same though.

 

[Xater]

Maybe Nolan doesn't want to release a gimped HD release? Same thing with the Wachowskis.

I think that's more your believe than anything else.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Yes, dismissing content because it didnt make it sell more

Spoiler

Petraca cant have it

isnt inflammatory at all though.

and I replied to him as well. I didn't try to reason with him to not be ininlflamatory because I have given up on him. :lol

 

[djkimothy]

http://www.betanews.com/article/New_Chinese_Involvement_Could_Trigger_HD_DVD_Price_Plunge/1189196071

The agreement announced early this morning US time is critical, because up until now, China has been reluctant to participate in the high-definition video disc industry unless it had an opportunity to bring its own video encoding standard to bear: AVS, a codec which incorporates elements of MPEG-2, but is otherwise different from -- and some argue, better than -- other MPEG encoding standards and VC-1 in important respects.

I don't think MS will like that.

 

[dallow_bg]

I can't believe all these Fox movies are all featuring DTS-HD MA.

How am I supposed to play that?
No player out right now can. (right?)

 

[XMonkey]

http://www.betanews.com/article/New_Chinese_Involvement_Could_Trigger_HD_DVD_Price_Plunge/1189196071

Chinese players!

 

[Xater]

I can't believe all these Fox movies are all featuring DTS-HD MA.

How am I supposed to play that?
No player out right now can. (right?)

You can play the DTS core don't worry.

 

[MechDX]

Chinese players!

Something else from the link that is chuckle worthy:

But before you get the idea that only China has an interest in CH-DVD, realize that the AVS Workgroup has a global membership list. Though many of the names on that list include Chinese universities and research labs, there are some other very interesting and notable members: the China branch of ATI, IBM, Intel, LG, Matsushita, NEC, Nokia, Philips, STMicroelectronics, TI, Tektronix, and of all the amazing ironies of this story... Sony.

:lol

 

[Costanza]

I'm now format neutral (but still leaning blu). Picked up an 360 addon with SOTD and I'll buy Hot Fuzz tommorow.

 

[JB1981]

it's starting to really irritate me that the interactive features for blu-ray aren't ready yet. i actually would really like to see what they're like on the harry potter 5 disk. that movie is so bought - i freakin' loved it. best movie of the summer

 

[StoOgE]

Something else from the link that is chuckle worthy:



:lol

sony format neutral... hddvd wins! :lol

 

[StoOgE]

I'm now format neutral (but still leaning blu). Picked up an 360 addon with SOTD and I'll buy Hot Fuzz tommorow.

jason bourne says hi.

 

[VanMardigan]

If HD can not take a week with NO blu ray movies coming out, and with Heroes being such a huge release for them how in the nine hells can you honestly think that they will take a week with maybe no big titles but at least a few titles :lol
I know I will be grabbing the Masters of Horror sets.

Um, Transformers is October 16th.

Because people quoted you anyway, and I wondered if I was just being silly. Not really, you're still infuriating.

Well then put me back on ignore. All you've done since taking me out is call me obtuse and infuriating, so why the hell bother? Your comments are mostly worthless and hypocritical anyways. No sense in us debating at all.

edit:

and what do you want me to respond to, the fact that people were debating all year long without facts? How's that a "win" in your argument? How's that change anything other than make people look foolish for debating without facts, and some (like you and onyx) to continue to debate me even when I had facts? Plus you called me obtuse and it turns out you were the ones who had no idea what the data was and what it meant. Like I said, you're worthless to discuss with, because all you do is wiggle around until you find an area where you don't look as foolish as you already did. Like when you started talking about $500 vs. $200 difference without doing any research.

 

[OokieSpookie]

Um, Transformers is October 16th.

Because people quoted you anyway, and I wondered if I was just being silly. Not really, you're still infuriating.

Well then put me back on ignore. All you've done since taking me out is call me obtuse and infuriating, so why the hell bother? Your comments are mostly worthless and hypocritical anyways. No sense in us debating at all.

edit:

and what do you want me to respond to, the fact that people were debating all year long without facts? How's that a "win" in your argument? How's that change anything other than make people look foolish for debating without facts, and some (like you and onyx) to continue to debate me even when I had facts? Plus you called me obtuse and it turns out you were the ones who had no idea what the data was and meant. Like I said, you're worthless to discuss with, because all you do is wiggle around until you find an area where you don't look as foolish as you already did. Like when you started talking about $500 vs. $200 difference without doing any research.

Either you are an asshat or you quoted the wrong person, I am well aware it was October 16th.

 

[Raistlin]

Call him a right angled triangle next and he'll put you on ignore.

:lol

 

[Raistlin]

dp

 

[VanMardigan]

Either you are an asshat or you quoted the wrong person, I am well aware it was October 16th.

When I posted:

I can see HD DVD taking Oct. 16

You quoted me and posted:

If HD can not take a week with NO blu ray movies coming out, and with Heroes being such a huge release for them how in the nine hells can you honestly think that they will take a week with maybe no big titles but at least a few titles

So now you clarify.