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Hi-Def Media Lovefest: The war is over and we can all go home.

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ChrisJames

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Children of Men is at #27 on Amazon. Great sales for a great movie. Also, Happy Feet is at 39 and Planet Earth is at 42. HD DVD's are selling well now that we are actually seeing some releases.

If there really is a $100 HD DVD player coming out then this format war will be crazy. Why would anybody with an HDTV not pick up an HD DVD player for that cheap (I'm referring to your average consumer)? Obviously, Blu-Ray's not going anywhere, but HD DVD might also be in this for the long haul IMO if Blu-Ray doesn't counter with an uber-cheap player.
 
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ChrisJames

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DarkJediKnight said:
Oh SNAP!!

Lord of the Rings - Extended Editions. Exclusive on Blu-ray. WHAT WHAT!!!
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Link? or are you just kidding (dreaming)?

That would probably force me to buy a Blu-Ray player/PS3 sometime down the road.
 
ManaByte

ManaByte

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DarkJediKnight said:
Oh SNAP!!

Lord of the Rings - Extended Editions on Blu-ray. HD DVD gets Theatrical Editions. WHAT WHAT!!!

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=825463&page=1&pp=30

He has named a good number of titles that came true with the exact release date. Obviously, no official confirmation. We'll see.
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Um...no.

They already said LOTR will be on TotalHD.

The BRD virals on AVS will just have to jerk off to some other perverted fantasy.

I'd rather they'd be on normal BRD or HD-DVD since I HATE flipper discs (like disc art), but Warner/New Line already mentioned LOTR as a TotalHD release back around CES.
 
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chubigans

y'all should be ashamed
DarkJediKnight said:
Oh SNAP!!

Lord of the Rings - Extended Editions on Blu-ray. HD DVD gets Theatrical Editions. WHAT WHAT!!!

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=825463&page=1&pp=30

He has named a good number of titles that came true with the exact release date. Obviously, no official confirmation. We'll see.
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Josh seems to be good at these sorts of things; he announced that Fox would bring Independence Day and many others on BD before CES, and was right.

This sounds like quite the interesting scenario, if true.

And as far as I know, there have been no TotalHD releases announced whatsoever, just the format itself.
 
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snorggy

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errr.. I just got a newsletter from bestbuy.ca and here is what i saw:

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this has got to be an error right? a universal movie on blu-ray?
 
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Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
Yea thats an error.
 
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methane47

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Business Wire
Casino Royale BD Marks First High-Definition Title to Ship 100,000 Units -- Confirms Blu-ray Market Leadership
- 100% of SPHE's Newly Announced BD Titles Utilize Capacity Advantage of 50GB Discs - Business Editors/Entertainment Editors MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5364243 CULVER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2007--Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE)'s blockbuster Bond title, Casino Royale, released March 13 on Blu-ray Disc, has hit the 100,000 units shipped mark and is setting records at retail for greatest number of high-definition copies sold in one day, it was announced today by SPHE Worldwide President, David Bishop. The title debuted in the top 10 on Amazon's DVD top-sellers list - a first for any film in high definition. The film's director, Martin Campbell, extolled the disc quality and commented, "It's just unbelievable. Clearly, it's fantastic. The comparison between standard def DVD and Blu-ray is quite stunning and quite transparent to the master. It's precisely what would make me want to buy a copy."

Since the November launch of Playstation 3, sales of Blu-ray titles have risen exponentially - a more than 700 percent increase. "As a point of comparison, the first DVD title to ship 100,000 units took approximately 11 months (Air Force One, in February 1998)," said Mr. Bishop. "Casino Royale on Blu-ray has done it in far less time and is clearly demonstrating the format's robust growth in the marketplace." Sony DADC has replicated more than two million Blu-ray Discs for Sony Pictures since the launch of the format.

SPHE's Blu-ray Disc offering at retail has expanded with new release titles such as The Holiday (March 13), Rocky Balboa (March 20), The Pursuit of Happyness (March 27), Volver (April 3), Catch and Release (May 8) and Stomp the Yard (May 15) hitting shelves across the next two months. One hundred percent of the new release and catalog titles just announced from SPHE, detailed below, fully utilize the capacity advantage the Blu-ray format's 50GB dual-layer disc offers, with more than 20 50GB titles already in the marketplace.

"Blu-ray has accounted for approximately 70 percent of the high-definition market since the first week in January, and as that market share continues to grow, we are dedicated to providing consumers with the content they crave," added Mr. Bishop.

SPHE's Blu-ray releases will continue to utilize MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC codecs, uncompressed audio and feature high-definition added-value content.

"We are wholly committed to bringing consumers the best picture and sound quality available, with the most innovative format features, and will continue to expand our high-definition slate in 2007 and beyond," said Mr. Bishop.

SPHE has also announced a broad selection of catalog titles including: Big Fish (March 20), Identity (April 3), Donnie Brasco (May 8) and Closer (May 22). Other catalog titles scheduled for upcoming release are Warriors of Heaven and Earth (March 27), Secret Window (April 24) and Revenge (May 8). Please refer below for more details on SPHE's new release and catalog Blu-ray Disc line-up.
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Bluray setting records :D
 
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djkimothy

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DarkJediKnight said:
Oh SNAP!!

Lord of the Rings - Extended Editions on Blu-ray. HD DVD gets Theatrical Editions. WHAT WHAT!!!

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=825463&page=1&pp=30

He has named a good number of titles that came true with the exact release date. Obviously, no official confirmation. We'll see.
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I find it hard to believe that Warner would release it that way because they want to "even it out" with Blu-Ray owners over the Ultimate Matrix issue.

It would have been more plausible if they just said, "due to capacity constraints of the respective disc formats" or something to that effect.

And when they eventually release these in HD format. Please! 1 movie, 1 disc! I did not pay a premium to swap discs mid waythrough a movie.
 
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Blablurn

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Of course, this is a nice news for every supporter of HD technology. James Bond is just the beginning. Not too long ago, such sales didn't seem reachable but this satisfies me.
 
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StoOgE

First tragedy, then farce.
If you really want to listen to Beatboy for news go ahead.. according to him Matrix is day and date with HDDVD :lol

The guy is a troll and it doenst make since. WB isnt releasing matrix on HDDVD to shove it in blu rays face.. they have been sitting on the Matrix (the original, not the trilogy) for nearly 6 months waiting on BDJ.
 
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SpacLock

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Just picked up Casino Royale on BD last night. It's the best BD transfer i have seen so far. It's up there with King Kong on HD-DVD in the insane HD greatness.
 
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Mmmkay

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Some website has compiled a list of US and European Blu-ray movie releases indicating which are region free. This is pretty good news for European consumers since we have **** all in terms of content on shelves at the moment.

http://bluray.lindsite.dk/
 
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RumFore

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Do you guys think if the 360 had bit the bullet and included HD-DVD it would be the winner? BD seems to be winning solely because of the PS3. The backers of HD-DVD should have really looked past cost so that the format would get to the masses and the 360 could have done that.
 
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Kabuki Waq

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RumpledForeskin said:
Do you guys think if the 360 had bit the bullet and included HD-DVD it would be the winner? BD seems to be winning solely because of the PS3. The backers of HD-DVD should have really looked past cost so that the format would get to the masses and the 360 could have done that.
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definately it would be doing way better. But then again i am glad i didnt not have to pay 600 for it.
 
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djkimothy

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RumpledForeskin said:
Do you guys think if the 360 had bit the bullet and included HD-DVD it would be the winner? BD seems to be winning solely because of the PS3. The backers of HD-DVD should have really looked past cost so that the format would get to the masses and the 360 could have done that.
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I don't know if it would be the winner, but it would make the war a little more heated and closer than it is now. The format would then be chosen based on studio support. Alas, we'll never know.

MS can still make things difficult for the BDA by releasing an HDDVD 360, but when will that happen?
 
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Ryu1999

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StoOgE said:
If you really want to listen to Beatboy for news go ahead.. according to him Matrix is day and date with HDDVD :lol

The guy is a troll and it doenst make since. WB isnt releasing matrix on HDDVD to shove it in blu rays face.. they have been sitting on the Matrix (the original, not the trilogy) for nearly 6 months waiting on BDJ.
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He's an enigma. He knows a lot of insider information, but he also spews a lot of bs. Even though I'm a BD-supporter, his rhetoric turns me off so much that I added him to the ignore list on AVS. Figured his worthwhile posts would be quoted by someone less annoying
 
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painey

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just ordered my first 4 blu rays to go with my new Pal PS3. 1 US Import and 3 UK Blu Rays that i got thanks to a 10% off easter code on a website :) cant wait.
 
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distantmantra

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painey said:
just ordered my first 4 blu rays to go with my new Pal PS3. 1 US Import and 3 UK Blu Rays that i got thanks to a 10% off easter code on a website :) cant wait.
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Do US Blu Ray discs work on UK players? I thought Region A was just North America and Asia?
 
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Raistlin

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RumpledForeskin said:
The backers of HD-DVD should have really looked past cost so that the format would get to the masses and the 360 could have done that.
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While MS may want HD-DVD to win, they do not have the type of financial invenstment in HD-DVD that Toshiba has.

With that in mind ... how would this work? Why would MS take extra losses on the 360 simply to help HD-DVD? Similarly, do you honestly think Toshiba would be willing to absorb the cost delta between an HD-DVD drive (and any necessary decoding, etc. HW/SW) and a DVD-ROM in every 360 manufactured - because that is the only way MS would have conceived of doing this.

I can't imagine Toshiba would be willing to take that kind of loss even if HD-DVD 'won'. Now consider how much money they'd be losing if HD-DVD actually loses? They'd be forced to fab the components for a dead platform, at a loss, for the life of 360. That would be a absolute financial disaster.
 
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Zen

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Then they could just switch it to a Blu Ray drive considering all of their games will always be on DVD and not using the next gen media format.
 
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Zombie James

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http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...ith_Army_of_Darkness,__Unleashed_Reissues/553

In the first example of a studio "demoting" a combo release, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will re-issue 'Army of Darkness' and 'Unleashed' as stand-alone HD DVD titles this June.

Universal first released both 'Army of Darkness' and 'Unleashed' last year as HD DVD/DVD combos, at the format's slightly higher $34.95 price tag. The studio is now discontinuing those versions from the market, and re-issuing both as $29.95 HD DVD-only versions on June 26.

Specs and features remain the same -- Universal is simply dropping the standard-def DVD side, with no other changes to the discs' content.

The move comes as a bit of a surprise, since only a couple of months ago, the studio was touting an aggressive release strategy that would see an estimated 90 percent of its entire HD DVD 2007 line-up go combo. However, over the past several weeks, the studio has announced its HD DVD release schedule all the way through July, and not a single catalog title is a combo.
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Oh darn, I guess trying to get DVD consumers to buy a $35 HD-DVD combo disc in the hopes that they'll buy an HD-DVD player sometime in the future isn't working out too well. Shucks.
 
Forsete

Forsete

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Ordered three more BD movies today.

Open Season
Syriana
The Prestige

I'll get OS in 2 days. The other two will be released this month I think.
 
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Ignatz Mouse

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Since Casino Royale, I have notced a lack of anything compelling out or coming soon.

I wish they'd fix the BDi stuff, that would open a floodgate of stuff like Batman Begins and V for Vendetta that I'll be willing to re-buy.
 
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Midas

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It's really weird, what WB and Fox is doing when Blu-ray is selling quite well. Shouldn't the studios make profit on HD movies?

Who knows but we just hope they get their act together soon as we know you want to watch Aston Kutcher and his award-winning role in Dude, Where's My Car.
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:lol
 
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Meier

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I saw that Planet Earth HD DVD is up to #21 on Amazon. Children of Men was out of stock so it's slipping, but is still in the top 100.
 
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DarkJediKnight

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A sony insider at AVS has confired that Fox is doing new encripted keys for their catalog titles to prevent piracy as well as retooling some specs for the discs. The keys Fox is working is supposed to benefit all Blu-ray studios.

jet1911 said:
I want The Incredibles on BR. Now. :(
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I don't. I want it when all the BD-J stuff is finished, so there will be plenty of interactive stuff. And no one pushes interactivity like Disney. Disney has plenty of titles coming. Just wait.
 
ManaByte

ManaByte

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Midas said:
It's really weird, what WB and Fox is doing when Blu-ray is selling quite well. Shouldn't the studios make profit on HD movies?



:lol
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WB can't put out the releases when the special features wouldn't work on BRD. It's as simple as that. No working BD-J = no Batman, V for Vendetta, or The Matrix until they get it working to completely replicate the HDi features of those discs 100%.
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
ManaByte said:
WB can't put out the releases when the special features wouldn't work on BRD. It's as simple as that. No working BD-J = no Batman, V for Vendetta, or The Matrix until they get it working to completely replicate the HDi features of those discs 100%.
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give. me. the. movie.

Let me double dip on a super dooper box set in 12 months time.

I've seen all the extra shit on the DVD years ago. Most early BD adopters will have already had the DVD.
 
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jjasper

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ManaByte said:
WB can't put out the releases when the special features wouldn't work on BRD. It's as simple as that. No working BD-J = no Batman, V for Vendetta, or The Matrix until they get it working to completely replicate the HDi features of those discs 100%.
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They really should just release them anyway for people like me that never ever touch any of the extras in movies.
 
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