High Definition Discussion Thread - Blu-Ray, HDTV, etc...

[dayday6]

I have an ATI Radeon 5500 with a DVI output. Movies in HD Quicktime and HD WMP look beautifull. Now, I read in PC tools magazine some moths ago, that current graphic cards can´t handle the HDTV format. You know anythig about this?

Some graphic cards don't have the HDCP chip on it, so the TV will not accept the encrypted signal & down convert it to 480p.

[grif32]

if you have an HDTV, it's totally worth it. $200 bucks is a bargain once you see the quality of some of these transfers.

Yeah I have a 42" panasonic Plasma in the bedroom and a 50" Sony LCD in the living room

Chris

[JaylisJayP]

My TV is 720p native with 1080i support and they look fantastic.

1080p will probably look a bit more smooth, but overall it'd be tough to tell the difference.

[PrimeBane]

I took advantage of a buy 2 get 1 free sale today.

Picked up Superman Returns, Miami Vice and World Trade Center for just under $70 CDN :D

[JaylisJayP]

I wish I could find a buy 2, get 1 free sale.

or better yet, a buy 1 get 2 free sale.

[Chugga]

Who is having a buy 2 get 1 free sale?

[PrimeBane]

Futureshop in Canada... in store only until Dec 31.

[Chugga]

booooo

[PrimeBane]

LOL... well, I'd offer to pick up some goodies on BD for ya, but I imagine it's probably still cheaper to buy them in the US. :(

[Chugga]

Yeah between shipping, higher prices, etc it's not worth it. I'd really like to see a place like best buy have a giant 1 day only sale on next gen dvd's. Something like "hop into 2007 with the next gen of theatre products". Then have ridiculous sales on players and disks. I loved targets 15.99 sale but target doesn't have enough titles to make me actually care.

[PrimeBane]

It might not be too bad.

If I bought the same 3 movies from Amazon.com at $27.95 US each minus 10% plus $6 shipping and conversion, I saved about $25 CDN. :)

I'm debating whether or not to go pick up 3 more... that is if I can find 3 more that I really want.

[Chugga]

I'm not really in a position to buy movies right now. After my christmas haul I've got alot of movie watching to do.

[JaylisJayP]

Finished up Kingdom of Heaven today....it's a little slower than I remember it, but still a good flick. Definitely strong PQ, although I didn't feel a whole lot of 3D effect from it, but still a sharp, clean image the whole way through.

Next I'm gonna pop in Talladega Nights that came with the PS3....not expecting much out of the PQ from what I've read.

[Chugga]

If anything just open up Talladega Nights for the rebates....$80's worth of Blu-Ray rebates inside that thing

[Chugga]

Actually I think it's $70 worth of rebates....not sure how many studios are included into the rebate. But it basically turns ever $25 blu-ray title you buy into a $15 title.

[JaylisJayP]

I got that booklet already out of the PS3 box...

[JaylisJayP]

There's a SonyStyle store near me that carries a crapload of Blu-Rays at a decent price. I picked up Underworld Evolution....almost got Tears of the Sun, too.

[dayday6]

What is a decent price?

I went to Target yesterday, but they were all out of Underworld. I DL the trailer and it looked really good, I remember they had it for $20.

[Chugga]

Target has by far the best Blu-Ray prices but it's selection is awful. I'm lucky if they have 10 different movies when I show up. My Walmart only carries 3 Blu-Ray movies but their prices are almost comparable with Target. Then of course you've got Best Buy....absolutely awful prices, sales are far and few between, but they eventually get every single title released so what can you do?

[dayday6]

Target has by far the best Blu-Ray prices but it's selection is awful. I'm lucky if they have 10 different movies when I show up. My Walmart only carries 3 Blu-Ray movies but their prices are almost comparable with Target. Then of course you've got Best Buy....absolutely awful prices, sales are far and few between, but they eventually get every single title released so what can you do?


Too bad you don't have a Fry's Electronics near you. When the PS3 launched that had several titles for $15. I didn't get any because I didn't have my PS3 yet. They have all the titles & prices are better than Best Buy & Circuit City.

[Chugga]

Yeah I went with targets $15.99 sale right before the PS3 launched. Thats where I picked up a decent bulk of my collection. I got like 8 titles between the 2 days I went there since I thought it was one of those things you just couldn't pass up. I've been waiting to see a deal like that from somewhere else now for a while but no luck.

But yeah I've always wanted a Fry's....hell I've always wanted a Circuit City just so that I could reap the benefits of them constantly trying to 1-up Best Buy but no luck on either front.

[JaylisJayP]

Underworld was $24.99, as were most of the ones SonyStyle had.

[Chugga]

Releases for January 2nd 2007

Blu-Ray

The Covenant

HD DVD

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Blah....awful way to start 2007

[PrimeBane]

Supposedly both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will have major announcements on the 7th or so at CES...

[JaylisJayP]

Supposedly both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will have major announcements on the 7th or so at CES...


Possible predictions:

Blu-Ray - Major title announcements, don't expect anything in the way of Universal going neutral yet.

HD-DVD - Possibly another company supporting hardware, maybe Onkyo? Bringing the players down in price?

I know many people are dying for Disney to go neutral and support HD DVD, but I don't see it happening, again just yet.

[JaylisJayP]

Also, my wife and I watched Sahara last night.

Man, this is a total showcase for the HD DVD format. Amazing Picture Quality, booming audio, and it's a fun, action-packed movie (I'd never seen it before).

I haven't seen King Kong yet, but Sahara has the best picture quality I've seen to date, better than Rid****, better than KOH on Blu-Ray.

[PrimeBane]

Then you NEED to see King Kong. :D

Didn't you get it with your 360 HD-DVD drive? If you don't have time to watch the entire movie, just watch the parts with the T-Rex's... WOW!

[JaylisJayP]

Then you NEED to see King Kong. :D

Didn't you get it with your 360 HD-DVD drive? If you don't have time to watch the entire movie, just watch the parts with the T-Rex's... WOW!


yeah i have the movie, i just haven't watched it yet. Maybe this weekend.

[edschmoe]

King Kong was a pretty bad movie. Me and the wife watched it on New years eve. However PQ and SQ are freaking excellent. A couple of other reccomendations from me are Serenity ( Sci Fi ) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Enjoyed both movies and they both are very nice disks.

[PrimeBane]

Serenity is a must have movie if you own an HD-DVD player... great movie with great PQ. :)

I didn't mind KK... I mean we all knew what was going to happen. Definately an eye candy movie.

[dayday6]

King Kong was a pretty bad movie. Me and the wife watched it on New years eve. However PQ and SQ are freaking excellent. A couple of other reccomendations from me are Serenity ( Sci Fi ) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Enjoyed both movies and they both are very nice disks.

Yeah, King Kong was horrible. I wish Serenity was on Blu-ray.:mad:

[JaylisJayP]

Both those movies edschmoe recommended are great. So is the picture quality on Training Day. Very sharp.

[Preditor74]

It must be me...but it amazes me that everyone LOVES the PQ on Serenity. Don't get me wrong...I love the movie (Saw it 8 times in the theater) and the PQ is a lot better than the SD DVD...however I find it amazing people on AVS are putting it in the Tier 1 category...I think it was just the way it was filmed...

[JaylisJayP]

I think it's definitely Tier 1. If you notice in the avs forum they don't take into account what the "director's intent" was or how it was filmed, just the overall result of the picture quality on the HD DVD. If you're only using that guideline, it's hard to argue against Serenity in Tier 1. It is so crisp and colorful with many examples of that 3D pop.

[Preditor74]

Oh yes! BEERFEST is coming to HDDVD and BluRay on Jan. 30th. I know many didn't care for the movie but I loved it...and it should look GREAT in HD!

[WingNut 25]

Oh yes! BEERFEST is coming to HDDVD and BluRay on Jan. 30th. I know many didn't care for the movie but I loved it...and it should look GREAT in HD!

Niiiiiiiice.

[JaylisJayP]

Where'd you see that?

[Preditor74]

www.highdefdigest.com


Anyways...on an EVEN BETTER NOTE!!!
2nd generation high definition freestanding Blu-ray players will be announced and displayed by the major CE manufacturers. Prices will drop as much as 50%. Blu-ray recorders are expected to debut as well with ship dates by late 2007.

Good...because there a lot of movies coming to BluRay I would like to watch in HD...just finished the Die Hard trilogy and can't imagine what that will be like!!!



HD DVD will announce new vendors and models and may have entry pricing as low as $299. HD DVD recorders will be announced and demonstrated, with deliveryexpected to be scheduled for 2007.


Cool cool! I wouldn't mind having an actual HD DVD player instead of just the drive running through my 360...



however...



LG Electronics has just announced it will introduce the first dual format high definiton disc player at CES. The player will accomidate HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. The new twin format HD player will be available for sale in the US in early 2007.


All I can say is...."Yippie Kay Yea Motherf-----!!!!"

[JaylisJayP]

The LG news is huge if true....now it just totally doesn't matter about the format war.

Personally, I wouldn't touch a movie on Blu-Ray that's also on HD DVD, so this will up the ante for Sony and force them to enhance the quality of their format.

[supertim]

King Kong was a pretty bad movie. Me and the wife watched it on New years eve. However PQ and SQ are freaking excellent. A couple of other reccomendations from me are Serenity ( Sci Fi ) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Enjoyed both movies and they both are very nice disks.

"bad" as in good or "bad" as in awful? The CGI in King Kong looked almost seamless with the real environments, to me. Even my wife noticed, and she said she "couldn't see a difference" when I fixed up my 360 to 1080 (with component cables). Her seeing a difference really means there is a difference. She never notices stuff like that.

Huge news for the format war - I was kinda bummed that I'd never see The Incredibles or Spider-Man on HD-DVD, now it won't matter with the dual format players:)

Of course, what will I do with my 360 HD add-on once the combo players are released? Is a firmware/software update in the future going to allow BR play on the HD-DVD drive, or is that impossible?

[Preditor74]

"bad" as in good or "bad" as in awful? The CGI in King Kong looked almost seamless with the real environments, to me. Even my wife noticed, and she said she "couldn't see a difference" when I fixed up my 360 to 1080 (with component cables). Her seeing a difference really means there is a difference. She never notices stuff like that.

Huge news for the format war - I was kinda bummed that I'd never see The Incredibles or Spider-Man on HD-DVD, now it won't matter with the dual format players:)

Of course, what will I do with my 360 HD add-on once the combo players are released? Is a firmware/software update in the future going to allow BR play on the HD-DVD drive, or is that impossible?


Bad is a BAD movie. The CGI was hit and miss. Kong looked spectacular...and the T-Rex fight was amazing. But the stegasarus stampede scene was HORRENDOUS. It looked incredible bad and one could very much tell the Blue Screen effect.

Not possible to play BluRay with the HDDVD Drive. Perhaps they will release a cheap bluray drive though...

[supertim]

Bad is a BAD movie. The CGI was hit and miss. Kong looked spectacular...and the T-Rex fight was amazing. But the stegasarus stampede scene was HORRENDOUS. It looked incredible bad and one could very much tell the Blue Screen effect.

Not possible to play BluRay with the HDDVD Drive. Perhaps they will release a cheap bluray drive though...

Yes, the Kong and T-Rex parts were outstanding - I have always thought the stampede scene was second rate CGI, though.

Oh well, I'll grab a dual player when I have the time. For now, I'll stick with HD-DVD (since I just bought the add-on a month ago):)

[juicyjay504]

Maybe its just me but I liked Kong

[Preditor74]

Yeah I don't know...KONG was just not a good movie in my opinion.

The movie was full of pointless subplots (little jimmy and his black mentor...ugh)
Hit and miss CGI...
Bad casting decisions (Jack Black will always have the Tenacious D personna)
Jokes that were completly unfunny ("I knwo who made this large footprint...the abominable snowman!")

It was a major dissapointment form Peter Jackson...who I think is a great director. LotR...The Frighteners...DeadAlive....all great flicks...but this one just didn't do it for me.


By the way...as far as the duel player is concerned...rumors are floating around of a $1199 price tag....ouch:mad:

[UK_DaNnY]

quick question, is equilibrium scheduled for an hd dvd release on r1 as it is out in japan??

[MarkyMark]

Is there a website that will tell all BR movies available and ones that are coming out soon? I really want Jackass 2 on BR and even Vida Guerra exposed....:D

[JaylisJayP]

Is there a website that will tell all BR movies available and ones that are coming out soon? I really want Jackass 2 on BR and even Vida Guerra exposed....:D

go to avsforum.com, they have lists of all movies available and upcoming releases, but a thread ranking picture quality for both Bluray and HD DVD

[JaylisJayP]

Watched Underworld Evolution last night. Great quality Blu-Ray. I'd almost say it's better than Kingdom of Heaven if not for a few grainy scenes here and there.

[civictyperboy]

I just picked up Kingdom of heaven, Full Metal Jacket, and Total Recall on Blu-Ray, with football playoffs it's going to be a fun weekend

[edschmoe]

Gonna watch Seabiscuit and Firewall this weekend. I will report :)

[MPCanes]

Not to sidetrack too much, but count me in as someone who was disappointed with King Kong as a movie - even though I saw it twice in theaters.

In the movie industry, you almost always need someone to counter the creative genius to reel them in at times when they go overboard. Spielberg needed it on Jaws - he wanted the viewer to see the shark from start to finish.

A great editor could have made Kong a masterpiece. As it stands, it is a severely flawed, but fun, adventure film.

[MarkyMark]

go to avsforum.com, they have lists of all movies available and upcoming releases, but a thread ranking picture quality for both Bluray and HD DVD

Im on the front page but dont see where the available and release dates are....

[Chugga]

Im on the front page but dont see where the available and release dates are....

http://www.highdefdigest.com best place on the net for blu-ray/hd-dvd news. Has release dates months ahead of time and rumored/confirmed titles, etc.

[MarkyMark]

http://www.highdefdigest.com best place on the net for blu-ray/hd-dvd news. Has release dates months ahead of time and rumored/confirmed titles, etc.

Cool thanks

[JaylisJayP]

Im on the front page but dont see where the available and release dates are....

on the side menu click on HD DVD and Blu Ray section, then Blu Ray software.

[PrimeBane]

Here's the new HD-DVD/Blu-Ray hybrid player

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/

Steep price for now, but a nice solution if you want to purchase disks in both formats.

[JaylisJayP]

Here's the new HD-DVD/Blu-Ray hybrid player

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/

Steep price for now, but a nice solution if you want to purchase disks in both formats.

I think the BEST thing to come out of this is that Sony will have to continue to up the quality of the neutral-camp blu-ray discs, or people will just buy them on HD DVD for the better quality.

[PrimeBane]

New Releases until March

JANUARY 9
Crank (Blu-ray)

JANUARY 16
Employee Of the Month (Blu-ray)
GoodFellas (Blu-ray)
The Mummy Returns (HD)
Poseidon (HD Combo)
Scooby-doo: The Movie (Blu-ray & HD)
The Sting (HD)

JANUARY 23
Alice Cooper Live In Montreux 2005 (HD)
AVP: Alien Vs. Predator (Blu-ray)
Brokeback Mountain: Collector's Edition (HD Combo)
Casanova (Blu-ray)
Chicago (Blu-ray)
Courage Under Fire (Blu-ray)
The Guardian (Blu-ray)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Blu-ray)
Men Of Honor (Blu-ray)
Saw III (Blu-ray)

JANUARY 30
Flyboys (Blu-ray)
The Marine (Blu-ray)
Open Season (Blu-ray)

FEBRUARY 6
Hollywoodland (HD Combo)
Running With Scissors (Blu-ray)

FEBRUARY 13
Broken Arrow (Blu-ray)
Chain Reaction (Blu-ray)
Entrapment (Blu-ray)
Ladder 49 (Blu-ray)
Marie Antoinette (Blu-ray)
The Marine (Blu-ray)
Phone Booth (Blu-ray)
Planet Of The Apes (2001) (Blu-ray)
The Sentinel (Blu-ray)
The Usual Suspects (Blu-ray)

FEBRUARY 20
The Prestige (Blu-ray)
Babel: Special Collector's Edition (Blu-ray & HD)

MARCH
Commando (Blu-ray)
Dodgeball (Blu-ray)
Ice Age (Blu-ray)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Blu-ray)
Night At The Museum (Blu-ray)

Can't say any of these titles in either format really blow my skirt up, but the Blu-Ray library is growing in leaps and bounds.

[Preditor74]

Wait about 4 more hours...

CES is currently going on and the HD DVD group is supposed to be announcing their new titles tonight around 8:30 PST.

I am hoping for some HUGE announcments...such as Back to the Future from Universal and Harry Potter from Warner.

Also rumored New Line will finally unveil some titles tonight as well...probably not LotR yet but I would be more than happy with the Austin Powers Trilogy!

[PrimeBane]

I'm definately keeping my fingers crossed... I've been waiting to hear the HD-DVD announcements for weeks now :D

[Preditor74]

I think they've been saving them for tonight.

On another note...

Toshiba just announced their third 2nd gen HD DVD player. This one, the HD-A20, will output at 1080p and only cost $599.

Way to keep prices competitive Toshiba!

[edschmoe]

Only ended up watching Firewall. Pretty good movie overall. Harry needs to give up the action hero gig though. Picture was fine but the sound seemed a little muffled. Wouldn't buy it but with netflix I dont need too........oh yeah :cool: Gonna watch Seabiscuit and Firewall this weekend. I will report :)

[PrimeBane]

HD-DVD Press release

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-07-2007/0004501052&EDATE=

Nothing super ground breaking other than some ultra cheap players coming down the pipe.

I was sorta hoping to see another studio come over and support *cough*Disney*cough*, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards at this point.

I am however looking forward to the Matrix Trilogy and Harry Potter movies coming out. :) I might pick up Battlestar Galactica as well.

[PrimeBane]

Disney Blu-Ray releases

Chicken Little
King Arthur Director's Cut
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Cars
Con Air
Crimson Tide
The Rock
Finding Neverland
G.I. Jane
The Recruit
Open Range
Remember The Titans

Damn them for being a BD exclusive studio!

[PrimeBane]

50 GB dual layer HD-DVD

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/news/show/CES:_Toshiba_Surprises_with_50GB_HD_DVD/422

[JaylisJayP]

Disney Blu-Ray releases

Chicken Little
King Arthur Director's Cut
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Cars
Con Air
Crimson Tide
The Rock
Finding Neverland
G.I. Jane
The Recruit
Open Range
Remember The Titans

Damn them for being a BD exclusive studio!

I will definitely buy The Rock, Pirates 1.

[WingNut 25]

Looks like the war will continue. Definitely might have to look into a Blu Ray player of some sort.

[PrimeBane]

Blu-Ray disk releases for Fox and MGM

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/CES/MGM/Fox/Disc_Announcements/CES:_Fox,_MGM_Plan_2007_Blu-ray_Assault/424

[PrimeBane]

I tell ya, I do like the looks of the BD lineup of movies... not enough to buy a player yet, but it is looking pretty good.

[Chugga]

Lionsgate just released an announcement too saying they are going to continue to support blu-ray and then gave a pretty weak list of titles that they'd be releasing. (ultimate avengers and waiting being the only 2 I'd think of picking up)

Truth be told I'm VERY excited with what I read. I was afraid Blu-Ray was going to hold back on my favorite titles until there was more of a fanbase for the technology but seeing Man on Fire, Independence Day, Pirates, Finding Neverland, Big Fish, Remember the Titans, Glory, etc all right around the corner I can honestly say I'm really psyched for 2007.

Now of course comes the wait for Sony and New Lines press release. Both of those have a couple of titles I'd kill for

[PrimeBane]

IF the Spiderman movies all arrive in BD for Xmas there might just be a PS3 in my future (unless there is an afforadble BD player by then).

[Chugga]

Thats what I'm waiting for in Sony's annoucement. You might as well start making room for a PS3 in your entertainment center now because Spiderman is in all of the newest Sony release trailers....I can't imagine them putting a trailer to Spiderman in every movie they release then not actually coming out with it. It will be here by the fall.....I'd kill for a day/date release of the 3rd Spiderman.

[WingNut 25]

Spiderman seems like a no-brainer release to me.

[PrimeBane]

Interesting... I don't know how true this rumor is or not, but I've read that Fox will follow Warner's example and release combo HD-DVD/Blu-Ray/DVD disks sometime in the 2nd quarter.

I'm taking this with a grain of salt for now...

[Preditor74]

Interesting... I don't know how true this rumor is or not, but I've read that Fox will follow Warner's example and release combo HD-DVD/Blu-Ray/DVD disks sometime in the 2nd quarter.

I'm taking this with a grain of salt for now...

Where or where did you read this!?! :eek:

[JaylisJayP]

Lionsgate just released an announcement too saying they are going to continue to support blu-ray and then gave a pretty weak list of titles that they'd be releasing. (ultimate avengers and waiting being the only 2 I'd think of picking up)

Truth be told I'm VERY excited with what I read. I was afraid Blu-Ray was going to hold back on my favorite titles until there was more of a fanbase for the technology but seeing Man on Fire, Independence Day, Pirates, Finding Neverland, Big Fish, Remember the Titans, Glory, etc all right around the corner I can honestly say I'm really psyched for 2007.

Now of course comes the wait for Sony and New Lines press release. Both of those have a couple of titles I'd kill for

If Glory is a quality picture release, I'll be all over it. Actually, I'm dying for some great Glory extras to go with it.

[WingNut 25]

As much as I don't want a PS3, it may be the cheapest Blu Ray player I can find.

[PrimeBane]

Where or where did you read this!?! :eek:

Read it on a Canadian board I frequent... I'm 99% sure it's a load of crap.

[Chugga]

MGM/Fox for the most part said they would only be backing one horse for the foreseeable future so I'm not believing that idea too much either. I'm sure it would have been HUGE news at CES when they first started presenting and seeing as though their press release is already out I'm doubting it. I like what Warner is doing but the question I ask is what do the dual display boxes look like? And how expensive are these disks? It sounded like a great idea at first but I'd like to see a little bit more info on how much this is going to hurt my wallet first.

With that being said I don't really care about the picture quality of Glory....it's one of those movies that I'd buy on any format just to watch a million times. Extras would be nice, but I just love the movie so much that it doesn't really bother me either way.

[nhlnflcflmlbnba]

Interesting... I don't know how true this rumor is or not, but I've read that Fox will follow Warner's example and release combo HD-DVD/Blu-Ray/DVD disks sometime in the 2nd quarter.

I'm taking this with a grain of salt for now...

Makes me wonder why sony and whoever hddvd execs can't just co-operate and live happily ever after to begin with in this bluray - hddvd battle. With Total HD or whatever and now this, the studios seem to be "friends".

[PrimeBane]

It's all about money... if Sony crushed HD-DVD then they get all the royalties for Blu-Ray and vice versa.

If there's a dual disk, everyone is paying Warner royalties as well.

[Chugga]

Sonys announcement blew but they only talked about what would be coming out in the first half of 2007...looks like Spiderman may have to wait till the fall. I suppose Casino Royale is a big deal but I honestly don't really care that much.

[sweetmisery]

So far with CES, Blu-Ray's future seem to really be bright.

[PrimeBane]

Sonys announcement blew but they only talked about what would be coming out in the first half of 2007...looks like Spiderman may have to wait till the fall. I suppose Casino Royale is a big deal but I honestly don't really care that much.

The MPEG 4 was pretty big... if that works out it could be huge for HD disks

So far with CES, Blu-Ray's future seem to really be bright.

Very much so... IMO many HD-DVD supporters are now worried.

[sweetmisery]

^^ Yeah, check out the Blu-Ray software area in AVSforums, a lot of HD DVD supporters even admit to it. By the end of 2007, I think we can already see the clear winner of the two.

[Chugga]

I'm not going to say clear winner but anyone following the whole blu-ray/hddvd thing would have seen that Blu-Rays studio support if it ever actually "kicked in" would be a nice advantage for them. In 2007 it looks like studios (mainly disney which I'm suprised by) aren't going to sit back and let this play out they are going to actually deliver titles people want to see. This is still in it's infancy so I'm not going to proclaim anything but as a blu-ray supporter I'm just excited to see that alot of titles that I bought into this technology for are going to be coming out in 2007.

I still feel the need to pick up an HD DVD player one of these days (mainly because Weinstein is actually bringing out their heavy hitters) but I'm not going to rush out like I was planning to. Universals just gotta get out there and do more then the usual "we support HD DVD by releasing movies, thank you and goodnight". Gotta stop acting like Scottie Pippen and start acting like Michael Jordan. If HD DVD was a tripod Universal would be 2 of the freakin legs, they gotta make something happen, and right now I haven't heard anything out of CES from them....although it could very well be the calm before the storm.

[PrimeBane]

Gee, thanks a lot Universal :(

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/CES/Universal/CES:_No_New_HD_DVD_Announcements_from_Universal/429

[PrimeBane]

As suspected, Warner's BD releases are identical to their HD-DVD releases

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/CES/Warner/Disc_Announcements/CES:_Warner_Blu-ray_Announcements_Mirror_HD_DVD/428

[Chugga]

Gee, thanks a lot Universal :(

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/CES/Universal/CES:_No_New_HD_DVD_Announcements_from_Universal/429

Seriously they are slipping up. CES is what sets the new year in motion. It puts the technology out there that we should all be looking forward to and tells us why we should buy it. When you for the most part come out to CES and say "yeah we're going to keep on doing the same thing we've been doing" who is going to get excited about that?

CES has given Blu-Ray fans dozens of things to cheer about within a 2 day period and Universal the biggest HD DVD supporter that actually matters shows up with nothing. It's like forgetting to bring your project to the science fair.....where the winner gets himself a few billion dollars.

[Preditor74]

As an avid HD DVD supporter this whole CES thing is very dissapointing.

HOWEVER...there are things one must remember...

CES is not a place to show off your upcoming films...its a place for technology. The only reason this happened last year with both camps is that they needed software to go with their hardware. This year it is about what upgrades to the hardware you have coming up.
The BDA however felt they needed to release a list of their upcoming titles while HDDVD simply said "We have over 300 titles coming in 2007."

The other trump card for HD DVD is New Line Cinema. Right now we all know they are backing HD DVD even if they havnt released any info yet. If they are HDDVD exclusive then this fight is still anybodies game. Right now New Line is only listed on HDDVDs site and not BluRays and the BDA has yet to make ANY mention of New Line.

If HD DVD gets the Lord of the Rings...It's going to get really interesting.

Either way, I think I am going to pick up a PS3 in a couple months if only for Pirates and Die Hard...and perhaps 24 when it is released :D

[PrimeBane]

Is Newline even supposed to make any announcements at CES?

The LOTR Trilogy exclusive to HD-DVD would be HUGE for the format.

[JaylisJayP]

I don't know about everyone else, but I'm very happy with the announcements and the titles coming out this year...on a typical month I'll buy 2 movies, so even having 30 titles that are must buys for me will keep me busy with both formats in the year ahead.

Plus I need to save up money for the influx of video games coming out this year, including what I'm sure will run $100 in guitar hero for 360.

[WingNut 25]

Nothing from Universal huh? That's very disappointing. I think it's time to start setting some money aside for a PS3 so I can dive into Blu Ray and have both formats. No matter who takes the lead, I'll be able to enjoy HD movies without restriction.

[gaborikroenickguy]

son of a.....

I wanted to wait on Blu-Ray, but crap..There are alot of titles I want..

[grif32]

son of a.....

I wanted to wait on Blu-Ray, but crap..There are alot of titles I want..

I am with you on that. I want to wait but some great movies coming out on Blue-Ray.

Was going to buy the HD-DVD addon but might just save for the PS3.. Better movies coming out.

Chris

[UK_DaNnY]

today i received the following:

Mission Impossible HD boxset
T3 HD
The Rundown HD

and i also ordered Running scared and Equilibrium on HD :)

[Chugga]

Quick question when did it become common knowledge that New Line was only going to HD DVD? Despite the logo at the look and sound of perfect that doesn't really mean too much. New Line has the same issues Warner has...which is good for movie fans. Warner wanted to go 100% HD DVD but Time Warner and AOL completely stopped that idea from happening and now as you can see they are format neutral. New Line can for the most part say/do whatever they want to but the Time Warner/AOL hammer will strike down before they get to release even one movie telling them to support both formats for the most possible money.

New Line has been format neutral since day 1 anyways just waiting on the sidelines until more people had players in their homes. If anything much like their brother company you'll likely see these "THD" disks come from them....it's Time Warners/AOLs cash cow....it's basically like releasing a DVD, it completely negates all of the format boundaries.

[PrimeBane]

Tis amazing what google will find :p

http://www.newline.com/press/2004/1129_dvdformat.shtml

But until they actually release a disk, it doesn't really matter.

[Chugga]

Whats funny about that article is that Warner, HBO, and New Line all vow alliegence to HD DVD. But like I was saying in my last post....Time Warner/AOL simply won't let that vow happen....which is why as of today my local Best Buy's blu-ray section goes completely against anything that article just said.

The articles also VERY old though, I don't think Blu-Ray had many supporters what-so-ever as of when that article was released. Blu-Ray didn't pick up much steam until midway through 2005.

[johnnyknoxsvill]

I have the HD DVD add on But seeing the Blu-Ray Titles coming out in the next few months I will be buying a 20GB PS3 come tax time.

[PrimeBane]

I think it's pretty safe to say Chugga that LOTR will come out for both formats if it's still coming out this year.

[Chugga]

Unfortunately it's not. Last I heard on the LOTR's front was it's at the VERY earliest mid-2008. Peter Jackson was swamped with work and wanted to put forth alot of effort onto the HD release and his schedule wouldn't be cleared until 2008. If I had to place bets I'd put money on us not seeing it until christmas of 2008.

I'm still baffled about Spiderman, they gotta get those disks out quick so they can capitalize on a day/date release of Spiderman3 in HD. Very disappointed that Sony didn't even mention the word "Spiderman" so far in CES.

[WingNut 25]

I'm guessing Spiderman 1 and 2 on Blu Ray is being held back for the release of the 3rd film. They'll probably announce it when the movie comes out. Gotta have it be dramatic ya know?

[PrimeBane]

Man, forget the superversions of LOTR... just give me the movies! I was lucky enough to watch ROTK in HD over Xmas and it was [b]beautiful]/b] to say the least.

As for Spiderman, I bet Sony is waiting for a magic number of BD players on the market before taking that leap.

[Chugga]

But this is like the chicken/egg scenario. Do you wait for a certain number of BD players to be on the market before releasing the movie or do you release the movie and then the movie alone helps you sell those target amount of players.

I'm hoping Sony is taking the approach Wingnut talks about...the big hype of releasing all the Spiderman movies at the peak of his popularity (the 3rd film sounds like it's going to be flat out amazing). Best case scenario they are waiting for a giant PS3 shipment so they can sell the Spiderman movies in Gamestops, ToysRus, Best Buy, where-ever. But from what I've seen no one should have any problems finding a PS3 as of right now.

[PrimeBane]

Perhaps there will be a PS3 Spiderman bundle?

[JaylisJayP]

Are the Descent or Crank good movies? They're getting great PQ reviews.

[MPCanes]

The Descent is an OK horror movie (and I hate horror movies) - it's no 28 days later but its pretty decent. I'd call it a definate rental.

Haven't seen Crank but its an action movie so it may be a good demo disc.

[WingNut 25]

Pick up Crank.

[JaylisJayP]

Pick up Crank.


I may just do that it's only 25 bucks.

[Cleavage Sculpt]

Here's a question,

When do new releases of Blu-Ray movies come out? Cause on Tuesdays, i dont see any new BD's when new DVDs come out. I was hoping to find Snakes on a Plane if it will be released on BD.

[PrimeBane]

They're "supposed to" come out on Tuesday just like regular DVDs. But most employees at stores have no clue about next gen disks and tend put them out late (sometimes early if you're lucky).

In my experience, if a movie comes out in Blu-Ray or HD-DVD on a particular day, you probably won't find it until the next week.

[JaylisJayP]

They're "supposed to" come out on Tuesday just like regular DVDs. But most employees at stores have no clue about next gen disks and tend put them out late (sometimes early if you're lucky).

In my experience, if a movie comes out in Blu-Ray or HD-DVD on a particular day, you probably won't find it until the next week.


My Best Buy is useless for putting them out on release dates. And even then only the big budget movies apparently get shipped to that store.

Amazon is probably the best way to get the movies for price and release date these days.

[PrimeBane]

No official announcement, but Children of Men should arrive later in the year as an HD-DVD exclusive :D

[dayday6]

No official announcement, but Children of Men should arrive later in the year as an HD-DVD exclusive :D


Yeah right.:p
Exlusive

[PrimeBane]

Universal is still an HD-DVD company... you'll have to wait for both Serenity and Children of Men :p

[Chugga]

Just a heads up to correct some of the stuff I was talking about yesterday.

1. First and foremost New Line is currently working on LOTR's in hi def so it may not be as far off as we had thought.

2. Supposedly the THD technology isn't going to cost some ridiculous amount to make...the materials cost the same as DVD...just wondering how much it costs to put 2 movies on 1 disk...could get pricey but from the sounds of it they are trying to keep costs down

3. The THD box art looks awful.....I'll just leave it at that.

4. In order to get more studios on board you don't actually have to pay royalties to Warner for the THD technology

5. New Line and HBO have officially signed on for the THD project. So looks like that Time Warner/AOL hammer I was speaking of yesterday has already been swung.

[Chugga]

My Best Buy is useless for putting them out on release dates. And even then only the big budget movies apparently get shipped to that store.

Amazon is probably the best way to get the movies for price and release date these days.

My best buy has actually finally come around. My best buy gets ALL of the Blu-Ray movies that are released...the question is how long do you have to wait to actually find them. Usually it's a week. But like I was saying my Best Buy is coming in....Crank was out day 1 and covenant was out only a couple days after release.

Amazon is technically the best place but if you have no willpower that place is awful you can spend all day buying stuff....so I try to stay away from amazon, I don't think I've ordered anything from them in over a year.

[dayday6]

Just a heads up to correct some of the stuff I was talking about yesterday.

1. First and foremost New Line is currently working on LOTR's in hi def so it may not be as far off as we had thought.

2. Supposedly the THD technology isn't going to cost some ridiculous amount to make...the materials cost the same as DVD...just wondering how much it costs to put 2 movies on 1 disk...could get pricey but from the sounds of it they are trying to keep costs down

3. The THD box art looks awful.....I'll just leave it at that.

4. In order to get more studios on board you don't actually have to pay royalties to Warner for the THD technology

5. New Line and HBO have officially signed on for the THD project. So looks like that Time Warner/AOL hammer I was speaking of yesterday has already been swung.

2.If that is the case Blu-Ray & HD-DVD cost the same to make as DVD, and what I have read that is not the case. Whoever makes a disc will have to pay both camps though, so won't the disc be more expensive?

5.New Line is part of Warner, so they have to support it right? That is really nothing
HBO & New Line formed a joint venture last year, so who knows were this is really going.


We need some concrete evidence.

[YlhandlZ]

I can't say that I've read every post on this thread, but I don't remember seeing any discussion about this...

No porn on Blu-Ray!??!?! (http://www.sgknox.com/2007/01/11/no-porn-on-blu-ray/) :rolleyes:

[Chugga]

2.If that is the case Blu-Ray & HD-DVD cost the same to make as DVD, and what I have read that is not the case. Whoever makes a disc will have to pay both camps though, so won't the disc be more expensive?

5.New Line is part of Warner, so they have to support it right? That is really nothing
HBO & New Line formed a joint venture last year, so who knows were this is really going.


We need some concrete evidence.

It's going to be more expensive but the big issue was the cost of the disk itself. There was alot of grey area on what the new technology would cost and now with this new information it's on par with DVD so the main cost you'll be having to pay is that to the camps themselves like you said....not the disk.

As for New Line it's a part of Time Warner/AOL....Warner Bros the studio have connections with New Line but nothing big enough where Warner Bros could say "make this!" and they'd be at their mercy. Time Warner/AOL on the other hand if they say "make this!" then they are making it. New Line was another one of the grey areas....they've got a giant catalog of great movies but they've always been very secretive with their plans. One would guess that anything Warner Bros did New Line would eventually follow suit but you never know, it's better to have it in writing. And now seeing as though New Line has adopted the THD idea Lord of the Rings is no longer a "god I hope I get it" title...it's a "I can't wait to get it".

You can't really get much more concrete evidence as to who New Line is supporting then hearing that New Line was the first studio to sign up for Warners THD program. A program based upon format neutrality.

[Chugga]

I can't say that I've read every post on this thread, but I don't remember seeing any discussion about this...

No porn on Blu-Ray!??!?! (http://www.sgknox.com/2007/01/11/no-porn-on-blu-ray/) :rolleyes:

I read about this today....very stupid move but once again I honestly believe porn is getting overplayed in modern format wars. Sure porn was huge for the VHS/Betamax format war but that was also before the internet. I'm telling you right now....high def porn is a BAD thing.

Another giant issue is where is the HDTV in the consumers house? I bet 8 times out of 10 it's in the living room. Good luck keeping the volume down while your kids 1 room down. This isn't VHS where you could get a player for 2 dollars and put one in every room in the house and little timmy could quietly watch a bootleg tape he got from a friend of his at school. These pornos are going to be played in the family room.

[dayday6]

I read about this today....very stupid move but once again I honestly believe porn is getting overplayed in modern format wars. Sure porn was huge for the VHS/Betamax format war but that was also before the internet. I'm telling you right now....high def porn is a BAD thing.

Another giant issue is where is the HDTV in the consumers house? I bet 8 times out of 10 it's in the living room. Good luck keeping the volume down while your kids 1 room down. This isn't VHS where you could get a player for 2 dollars and put one in every room in the house and little timmy could quietly watch a bootleg tape he got from a friend of his at school. These pornos are going to be played in the family room.

Porn was huge for VHS/Betamx days because you could copy your friends and own a copy. That is the main reason it was big you could own it and watch it on demand. Porn effect will be less than 1%.

[PrimeBane]

1. First and foremost New Line is currently working on LOTR's in hi def so it may not be as far off as we had thought.

Good news... can't wait to get them :D


2. Supposedly the THD technology isn't going to cost some ridiculous amount to make...the materials cost the same as DVD...just wondering how much it costs to put 2 movies on 1 disk...could get pricey but from the sounds of it they are trying to keep costs down

I think the average cost of the HD-DVD/DVD combos was about $7 US more per disk that just an HD-DVD. Hopefully it's similar for these THD disks.



3. The THD box art looks awful.....I'll just leave it at that.
Definately, but I think that was just a slip cover. Have they shown pics of the plastic case yet?


4. In order to get more studios on board you don't actually have to pay royalties to Warner for the THD technology
Really? I would have thought for sure Warner would be charging... but then a two sided disk is hardly new.


5. New Line and HBO have officially signed on for the THD project. So looks like that Time Warner/AOL hammer I was speaking of yesterday has already been swung.
Hopefully more studios sign on soon. :)

[YlhandlZ]

....high def porn is a BAD thing.Agree 1000% You can only get so much lipstick on that pig...

[PrimeBane]

I can't say that I've read every post on this thread, but I don't remember seeing any discussion about this...

No porn on Blu-Ray!??!?! (http://www.sgknox.com/2007/01/11/no-porn-on-blu-ray/) :rolleyes:

I read about this today....very stupid move but once again I honestly believe porn is getting overplayed in modern format wars. Sure porn was huge for the VHS/Betamax format war but that was also before the internet. I'm telling you right now....high def porn is a BAD thing.

Another giant issue is where is the HDTV in the consumers house? I bet 8 times out of 10 it's in the living room. Good luck keeping the volume down while your kids 1 room down. This isn't VHS where you could get a player for 2 dollars and put one in every room in the house and little timmy could quietly watch a bootleg tape he got from a friend of his at school. These pornos are going to be played in the family room.

The movies come out after the kids are in bed Chugga... or at the grandparents... or so I'm told ;)

By the looks of it, these aren't your "cheesy shot in the basement" movies... I don't think you have to worry about bad HD adult films for a few more years.

I can't say I blame Sony for wanting nothing to do with adult films. They've taken enough flack over the last year.

[MPCanes]

Porn won't have nearly the outcome it had in previous wars.

Sorry, but that's just how it is shaping up at this point. As people have said, sometimes details are better left covered up.

I'll never understand why people get so riled up over format wars - I paid $200 dollars to get into this "war", so I could watch 10-15 certain films in gorgeous HD with great surround sound. If my format loses, my player doesn't blow up and my DVDs give read errors. I'll just shrug and buy the prevailing player (assuming HD-DVD doesn't win), and go about my business. I've spent $200 on far worse things that gave me far less in return, so I'm hardly going to get riled up.

So long as I get Children of Men, Blade Runner, and The Fountain (all of which are slated for 1st half of 2007 releases, assuming they are day and date and these studios follow the typical 6 month release pattern from Theater ---> DVD, cept for Blade Runner of course), it + the other 10 movies I own have made this purchase well worth while.

[PrimeBane]

An interesting read

http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/01/format_wars_bol.html

[PrimeBane]

Looks like some in the the porn industry doesn't have a clue...

http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_blu_ray/


there are more HD DVD players in homes than there are Blu-ray players, for example in the Xbox 360.

[JaylisJayP]

Must.....have.....porn.

[JaylisJayP]

Big heads up for Blu-Ray owners for next week (starting Sunday I believe)

This will be at Best Buy...

Blu-Ray DVDs:

Buy 1, Get 1 Free This Week - Offer Good only on these 7 Titles:


$24.99 Each:


House of Flying Daggers
Kung Fu Hustle
Black Hawk Down


$29.99 Each:


Monster House
Click
Talladega Nights: Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Underworld: Evolution

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=488953&page=1


i'll be getting Blackhawk Down for sure....I know House of Flying Daggers was a horrible transfer, but apparently Kung Fu Hustle has great PQ...has anyone seen that movie? Is it any good?

[dayday6]

Big heads up for Blu-Ray owners for next week (starting Sunday I believe)

This will be at Best Buy...

Blu-Ray DVDs:

Buy 1, Get 1 Free This Week - Offer Good only on these 7 Titles:


$24.99 Each:


House of Flying Daggers
Kung Fu Hustle
Black Hawk Down


$29.99 Each:


Monster House
Click
Talladega Nights: Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Underworld: Evolution

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=488953&page=1


i'll be getting Blackhawk Down for sure....I know House of Flying Daggers was a horrible transfer, but apparently Kung Fu Hustle has great PQ...has anyone seen that movie? Is it any good?

Kung Fu Hustle is an ok movie, it is one of those quirky Hong Kong comedies. House of flying Daggers was a bad movie.IMO Too many flaws with no payoff at the end, combine that with the low rating for PQ and I will pass.
Blackhawk Down I got at Fry's for $19.99. I will pick up Monster House & Underworld, which both have great PQ.

If I had not seen HOFD I would of bought it, I was expecting way more from the film. They hyped it up like it was in the same class has Crouching Tiger, which I loved.

[JaylisJayP]

I think what I may end up doing if I get around to it is buy BHD X2 and sell 1 on ebay...basically get 2 movies for around $30 bucks if it works out.

[Chugga]

Big heads up for Blu-Ray owners for next week (starting Sunday I believe)

This will be at Best Buy...

Blu-Ray DVDs:

Buy 1, Get 1 Free This Week - Offer Good only on these 7 Titles:


$24.99 Each:


House of Flying Daggers
Kung Fu Hustle
Black Hawk Down


$29.99 Each:


Monster House
Click
Talladega Nights: Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Underworld: Evolution

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=488953&page=1


i'll be getting Blackhawk Down for sure....I know House of Flying Daggers was a horrible transfer, but apparently Kung Fu Hustle has great PQ...has anyone seen that movie? Is it any good?

I was going to say "wow great deal". But I own all of those movies aside from Click and Underworld and I can't really justify picking up either of those movies. Kung Fu Hustle I popped into the PS3 for a couple minutes just to check it out haven't seen the full movie yet but from what I've seen it was a good movie. Best movies on that entire list is Monster House and Black Hawk Down.

[JaylisJayP]

I was going to say "wow great deal". But I own all of those movies aside from Click and Underworld and I can't really justify picking up either of those movies. Kung Fu Hustle I popped into the PS3 for a couple minutes just to check it out haven't seen the full movie yet but from what I've seen it was a good movie. Best movies on that entire list is Monster House and Black Hawk Down.

Can't justify picking up Underworld?? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I loved Underworld Evolution.


On another awesome note, I was surprised when I went into my Best Buy today and they had completely redone the HD department....there are now 5 full shelves each dedicated to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD and they even had some new arrivals.

I picked up Crank, it's being put in Tier 0 for Blu-Ray over at Avsforum and heard it was a fun movie.

[dayday6]

Can't justify picking up Underworld?? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I loved Underworld Evolution.


On another awesome note, I was surprised when I went into my Best Buy today and they had completely redone the HD department....there are now 5 full shelves each dedicated to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD and they even had some new arrivals.

I picked up Crank, it's being put in Tier 0 for Blu-Ray over at Avsforum and heard it was a fun movie.

My BestBuy needs to get their act together, no more Underworld & no Crank.:mad:
I will have to get them at another BestBuy, by my job.

[JaylisJayP]

Picked up BHD and Kung Fu Hustle as part of that Blu Ray deal today...26 bucks, damn good deal if you still need any of those movies.

[YlhandlZ]

Anyone have a list of which Blockbusters are renting HD DVD and Blu-Ray? Can't seem to find one anywhere and I'm too lazy to call up my Blockbusters.

[PrimeBane]

I'm not positive there's an online list... best to email Blockbuster customer service directly and ask them about locations in your city.

[JaylisJayP]

Just fyi, was out at a mall this weekend and saw that FYE has started carrying Blu Ray and HD DVD titles.

It's weird, the store had a full endcap of them, and then many titles mixed in with their DVD counterpart, with a Blu-Ray/HD DVD divider placed in there to let people know about it.

The prices were predictably higher, but they had a good selection, including Deer Hunter, which I haven't seen at Best Buy or CC around here yet.

Haven't bought anything from them yet, but it's good to see another store finally carrying them.

[JaylisJayP]

Did anyone else take advantage of Best Buy's Blu-Ray deal?

[HappyHarvick]

I picked up Black Hawk Down and Monster House. Great deal!!! I wish they would have had more titles to choose from but it's still the best deal anybody's had so far.

[owenstar]

Porn didnt just push VHS....it pushed DVD's as well....there was a time when porn made a big deal about multiple angles and all that jazz...not that I am a big porn guy....but I remember it clearly...as I jumped on DVD's early...I am playing the waiting game with HD as I dont wanna re-buy all of my DVD's....but with my old player on the fritz it may be time to **** or get off the pot

[WingNut 25]

I wonder if Best Buy will do a sale like that for HD DVDs the following week. I can only hope.

[PrimeBane]

I don't imagine they will... BB appears to be favoring Blu-Ray at this point.

[civictyperboy]

If anyone is interested I have blu-ray demo disks from Sony, people on avsforums were looking for them but no one responded, if anyone is looking for them let me know

[dayday6]

If anyone is interested I have blu-ray demo disks from Sony, people on avsforums were looking for them but no one responded, if anyone is looking for them let me know


What is it?

Is it that one at BestBuy where the line moves from one side to the other, showing the difference between DVD & Blu-ray?

[civictyperboy]

What is it?

Is it that one at BestBuy where the line moves from one side to the other, showing the difference between DVD & Blu-ray?

Bingo that would be the one

[YlhandlZ]

I'm not positive there's an online list... best to email Blockbuster customer service directly and ask them about locations in your city.
Well, it was a pretty good idea, but Blockbuster's customer service is about what I expected it to be. Essentially, they told me how to use the 'store locator' and then how to 'browse movies'. The second email at least apologized for not giving me any useful info.

More interestingly though, the Blockbuster site links all of the HD DVDs and Blu-Rays back to the Standard Def DVDs when you go to look for availability (which doesn't help much if you're trying to find stores carrying HD DVD). They're all listed at $21.99 (including normally higher priced titles like MI 3), which I'd guess would correspond to the SD DVD price. Anybody want to gamble on buying a few titles and seeing if Blockbuster will correct their mistake for sending you the wrong version (a la the TRU.com chase scam that's so en vogue on the sportsboard).

It probably won't amount to anything since it shows up as 'DVD' format when added to your cart, but if their customer service is good, then you could end up getting the DVD for free or getting the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray shipped at no additional cost since it's their screwed up website.

HD DVD (http://www.blockbuster.com/online/catalog/listDetails?listRef=hdDVD&sortField=&currentPage=5&viewType=row)
Blu-Ray (http://www.blockbuster.com/online/catalog/listDetails?listRef=bluRayDVD&sortField=&currentPage=1&viewType=row)

[PrimeBane]

Thanks too bad... I know the Canadian customer service was giving out addresses in major Canadian cities as to which locations would be carrying HD-DVD and Blu-Ray movies for rent and for sale.

[YlhandlZ]

Oh, scrub my scam idea. They do list out the format sales availability separately if you dig deep enough. Still no help regarding in store availability...not even answering their phones anymore.

[UK_DaNnY]

got equilibrium and running scared on HD today. my dad got Fog (original) HD n on the leaflet inside it shows Terminator 2 coming out in march on HD

[PrimeBane]

I believe the UK HD-DVD releases differ from the NA releases.... but since HD-DVD is region free, I might have to pick up a UK copy of T2. :)

[moviemaniac4]

How are the additional features on a HD movie compared with a regular DVD? Is it the same or there is less material?

You imagine a superbit HD? :D

[PrimeBane]

From what I've seen, the extras are pretty much the same as most special ed DVDs. And it depends on the HD-DVD... some have tons of extras while others just have the basics.

The cool part is, you can access them at anytime while the movie is still running (at least with HD-DVD... I don't know about Blu-Ray).

As for a superbit HD disk, with today's codecs I'm not sure how much benefit one would see... but I'd definately like to see it. :)

[Cleavage Sculpt]

Just fyi, was out at a mall this weekend and saw that FYE has started carrying Blu Ray and HD DVD titles.

It's weird, the store had a full endcap of them, and then many titles mixed in with their DVD counterpart, with a Blu-Ray/HD DVD divider placed in there to let people know about it.

The prices were predictably higher, but they had a good selection, including Deer Hunter, which I haven't seen at Best Buy or CC around here yet.

Haven't bought anything from them yet, but it's good to see another store finally carrying them.

How are FYE's prices? I went into Suncoast and chuckled to myself seeing how high the prices for BD's were.

So far, you cant beat the BB price tag of 24.99 to 29.99. Plus that 2 for 1 deal on select Sony Pictures releases. I picked up BHD, Underworld, Monster House and Talladega Nights cause it didnt come with my PS3.

Can anyone here shed some light as to where some great BD prices are at? Online retailers or stores like Fry's Electronics?

[Cleavage Sculpt]

From what I've seen, the extras are pretty much the same as most special ed DVDs. And it depends on the HD-DVD... some have tons of extras while others just have the basics.

The cool part is, you can access them at anytime while the movie is still running (at least with HD-DVD... I don't know about Blu-Ray).

As for a superbit HD disk, with today's codecs I'm not sure how much benefit one would see... but I'd definately like to see it. :)

You can access all the menus (pop-up menus) while the movie is running on BD's as well.

[Cleavage Sculpt]

How are the additional features on a HD movie compared with a regular DVD? Is it the same or there is less material?

You imagine a superbit HD? :D

It depends on the release. With X-Men 3 on BD, the special feautures were very small. A few deleted scenes, alternative endings and movie trailers. Im sure the DVD had a helluva lot more. The main reason why the special features were slim is cause X-Men 3 was released on a single layer BD.

But with MI:III, there is a whole second disc filled with special features. I wish X-men 3 came with a second disc given the 34.99 price tag. The most expensive regular movie BD i've seen so far.

Im sure when more BD's become burned on dual-layer, we'll start getting a hail storm of bonus extras since it will be a 50gb disc. The reason why the majority of these first releases of BD are on single layer is cause they've had problems successfully burning on dual layer. I read that the problems have been remedied and more releases will be on dual layer discs.

[civictyperboy]

I purchase my disks from amazon.com they had the 10% BD/HD-DVD disks and I just signed up for amazon prime (free trial) and I get free second day shipping or 3.99 for next day, I just picked up Goodfellas for 21.60 something shipping overnight, I also picked Crank up on BD from BB and wow it was an awesome movie

[JaylisJayP]

How are FYE's prices? I went into Suncoast and chuckled to myself seeing how high the prices for BD's were.

So far, you cant beat the BB price tag of 24.99 to 29.99. Plus that 2 for 1 deal on select Sony Pictures releases. I picked up BHD, Underworld, Monster House and Talladega Nights cause it didnt come with my PS3.

Can anyone here shed some light as to where some great BD prices are at? Online retailers or stores like Fry's Electronics?

They're high....mostly in the 30's.

[JaylisJayP]

The Descent looks very good on Blu-Ray in my opinion, I watched that one over the weekend. Movie was pretty entertaining, too...above average horror flick.

[Cleavage Sculpt]

The Descent looks very good on Blu-Ray in my opinion, I watched that one over the weekend. Movie was pretty entertaining, too...above average horror flick.

I thought that film rocked. Does the Blu-Ray release have the UK version with the better ending or the US version with the dumb ending? Or is the better ending included nonetheless? Those creature dudes scared the bejesus outta me. :D

[Chugga]

Is that buy 1 get 1 free thing still going on at best buy. I'm horribly behind the times since my blu-ray christmas haul and tomorrow is when I go back out to brave the inconsistant best buy blu-ray section.

[PrimeBane]

Good news for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray owners for the LOTR Trilogy :)

http://hd-insider.com/

[SBrooks1]

Good news for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray owners for the LOTR Trilogy :)

http://hd-insider.com/

The movies will be the Theatrical Versions of each film.

That's hardly good news.... :(

[PrimeBane]

Theatrical will do just fine for me. :)

[johnnyknoxsvill]

Ive been using www.bestprices.com You get the $10 off google checkout. Ive been creating muli. email accounts to take advantage of that. They have alot of HD/BD starting at $18.99. I get 2 movies for the price of 1 from that site compared to if i went to BB or FYE

[Preditor74]

Be careful...people on AVS have been figured out and google cancels their orders...and warns them if they do it again that they will be suspended indefinetly.

[sweetmisery]

Be careful...people on AVS have been figured out and google cancels their orders...and warns them if they do it again that they will be suspended indefinetly.

Eh?

[JaylisJayP]

Be careful...people on AVS have been figured out and google cancels their orders...and warns them if they do it again that they will be suspended indefinetly.

yeah, I read this too.

[JaylisJayP]

Is that buy 1 get 1 free thing still going on at best buy. I'm horribly behind the times since my blu-ray christmas haul and tomorrow is when I go back out to brave the inconsistant best buy blu-ray section.

yes it's all week...and it's online at bestbuy.com also.

[UK_DaNnY]

with the lotr hd/blue ray what is meant by both discs will be encoded with vc1? thanks for the help

[PrimeBane]

That's the codec... there's mpeg2, mpeg4, vc1, etc

VC1 seems to be the current standard

[SBrooks1]

That's the codec... there's mpeg2, mpeg4, vc1, etc

VC1 seems to be the current standard

VC-1 is the standard for HD-DVD. Why some movie studios still use MPEG2 for Blu-ray is beyond me.

[JaylisJayP]

Watched Crank on Blu-Ray last night....by far the best Blu-Ray picture and arguable the best of either format I've seen so far.

Plus the movie rocked.

[Chugga]

Yeah Crank was so amazing because if you actually go over the special features the entire movie was shot without any CG and the entire movie was shot with HD cameras. The directors were huge tech nerds so the end result is an amazing looking movie.

[JaylisJayP]

anyone buying anything this week?

[PrimeBane]

I might consider picking up Wickerman this week... and I'll probably rent Beerfest. :)

[PrimeBane]

January 30, 2007
Beerfest (Blu-ray)
Beerfest (HD DVD)
Flyboys (Blu-ray)
Half Baked (HD DVD)
Hart's War (Blu-ray)
Open Season (Blu-ray)
The Wicker Man (2006) (Blu-ray)
The Wicker Man (2006) (HD DVD)

[PrimeBane]

And interesting interview with MS's Amir Majidimehr about HD-DVD

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/feature_microsofthddvdinterview.html

[JaylisJayP]

Damn i may be all over Half-Baked if the review is half decent.

[JaylisJayP]

And interesting interview with MS's Amir Majidimehr about HD-DVD

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/feature_microsofthddvdinterview.html

Definitely a good read...the one question I do want answered, though, is why HD DVD has been lagging lately with the 2007 title announcements. Although I guess a Microsoft guy isn't really the one to answer it.

[civictyperboy]

just pre-ordered The Departed, Borat, Casino Royale, and the Hitchhikers guide all on BD...

[PrimeBane]

Definitely a good read...the one question I do want answered, though, is why HD DVD has been lagging lately with the 2007 title announcements. Although I guess a Microsoft guy isn't really the one to answer it.

That's what all HD-DVD owners want to know... I don't care who it's from, just let us know when stuff is coming out.

[JaylisJayP]

just pre-ordered The Departed, Borat, Casino Royale, and the Hitchhikers guide all on BD...

haven't seen either Departed or CR, but heard they're both great and I'll probably be adding them to my BD collection, too.

[PrimeBane]

Finally some Universal releases for HD-DVD

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Universal/Disc_Announcements/Universal_Announces_The_Jerk,_The_Game_on_HD_DVD/446

Doesn't exactly blow one's skirt up, although I did really like "The Game".

[WingNut 25]

Watched Crank on Blu-Ray last night....by far the best Blu-Ray picture and arguable the best of either format I've seen so far.

Plus the movie rocked.

Told ya it was worth picking up. :D

[PrimeBane]

So it looks like you Blu-Ray pervs get your adult content as well. ;)

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Vivid/Disc_Announcements/Blu-ray_PornGate_Ends_with_the_Return_of_Debbie_Does_Dallas/445

[johnnyknoxsvill]

just pre-ordered The Departed, Borat, Casino Royale, and the Hitchhikers guide all on BD...


Where did you pre-order those from?

[PrimeBane]

School for Scoundrels on HD-DVD

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Weinstein_Co./Disc_Announcements/Weinstein_Co.s_School_for_Scoundrels_in_Session_on_HD_DVD/447

Anybody actually see this? Was it anygood or just another bomb?

[JaylisJayP]

Yeah The Game on HD DVD will be a buy for me. I was so into that movie when it came out, but watched it to death on DVD. Haven't seen it for a while, though, so it'll be nice to pick up on the new format.

[Chugga]

May 22nd is the big day. Both Pirates of the Caribbean films get released. I loved the first movie and I was too stubborn to bother watching the 2nd one....I didn't want to buy the DVD only to have it come out for Blu-Ray....so I'm definately psyched for the 22nd.

[PrimeBane]

And Cars on June 5th.

This is the first time I wish I had a BD player...

[Chugga]

It's never too late to join the Dark Side....it worked wonders for Anakin.

[PrimeBane]

For the price of $659 CDN plus tax for the 60 gb PS3 (I'd want the built in WiFi), I think I'll rely on my 360 as a progressive scan 480p player. Curse of the Black Pearl still looked pretty damn good on my Panny plasma...

When BD players hit $300ish I'll bite... but I'm not expecting that for at least 3 years.

[JaylisJayP]

May 22nd is the big day. Both Pirates of the Caribbean films get released. I loved the first movie and I was too stubborn to bother watching the 2nd one....I didn't want to buy the DVD only to have it come out for Blu-Ray....so I'm definately psyched for the 22nd.

I was exactly the same way with the 2 Pirates movies to a tee.

[JaylisJayP]

It's never too late to join the Dark Side....it worked wonders for Anakin.


and Chef.

[johnnyknoxsvill]

I just bought the 20GB PS# for the main purpose of the BD player. I will eventullay get games for it as more are released. As far as Wi-Fi goes Im just getting a Wire-less Bridge so I will have the net for both my 360 and PS3.

[johnnyknoxsvill]

I posted a new thread in the General BST board.
http://board.spawn.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6528314#post6528314

I can move it here if they will allow it. Just thought it would be a good idea to start something like this.

[JaylisJayP]

I posted a new thread in the General BST board.
http://board.spawn.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6528314#post6528314

I can move it here if they will allow it. Just thought it would be a good idea to start something like this.

great idea...hopefully one that will be utilized.

[PrimeBane]

FINALLY... about time there was a Universal announcement :)

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents


Afternoon, everyone. I just wanted to jump in here with some late-breaking high-def news. Universal, presumably to make up for their relative silence at CES, has just announced that they're planning more than 100 exclusive releases on the HD-DVD format in 2007... and they've revealed at least a few new titles that are on the way (if not specific release dates). The first 40-50 of these will be available in the first half of 2007, starting with Brokeback Mountain (now available) and Hollywoodland (on 2/6). Also on the way to HD-DVD in 2007 according to the studio (90% of the titles as DVD/HD-DVD Combo releases) are new films like Children of Men, The Good Shepherd and Smokin' Aces, as well as classic catalog titles like Scarface, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Bruce Almighty, The Bourne Identity, Meet the Fockers, American Pie, Inside Man, Pride & Prejudice, The Big Lebowski, Liar Liar, Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Brazil, Erin Brockovich, Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Slap Shot and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The studio also confirmed that the first season of Sci-Fi's new Battlestar Galactica will be released on HD-DVD this year, as well as additional TV series titles yet to be announced. There's definitely some cool titles in that list, and presumably more (and more details) will be announced at a later date. It'll be great to see Lebowski and Brazil in HD, that's for sure... and the prospect of Battlestar has us pretty excited too.


Children of Men :D
Battlestar Galactica :D

The rest aren't must buys for me, but I imagine I'll pick up the odd title.

It's not the thunder that Disney brought down for Blu-Ray, but it's not bad. :)

[sweetmisery]

It's never too late to join the Dark Side....it worked wonders for Anakin.

Actually were the good guys. Blue. Not the red light sabers.

[Chugga]

Not exactly blu-ray or hd-dvd news but still exciting for my blu-ray experience....

Finally getting surround sound in the game/sports room. After doing some crazy ebay work all of the speakers and sub come in tomorrow. Now the hard part is getting the wires.

[PrimeBane]

Awesome news Chugga :D

Will you be taking advantage of TrueHD lossless sound?

[Chugga]

Yeah....I've had my receiver for MONTHS now, with no speakers what-so-ever. I've kinda had to piece it together since about September. Right now the hardest part is locating all of the wires I need and banana plugs. Best Buys selection isn't all that impressive unless you are cool with dropping $500 on wires.

[PrimeBane]

Have you checked out www.monoprice.com for wire to see how they compare?

[PrimeBane]

http://hd.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=100209&afterinter=true

Not exactly the affordable model, but the less expensive model is also an excellent machine... and a very nice upconverter to boot. :)

[johnnyknoxsvill]

Yeah....I've had my receiver for MONTHS now, with no speakers what-so-ever. I've kinda had to piece it together since about September. Right now the hardest part is locating all of the wires I need and banana plugs. Best Buys selection isn't all that impressive unless you are cool with dropping $500 on wires.


I have been using Acustic Research wire for about 2 years now. I havent had any problems and it sounds great.

[PrimeBane]

Interesting article from Digital Playground founder on the Adult Industry and the formats.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/759/759068p1.html

[johnnyknoxsvill]

Ive been going a lil nuts this past month with HD/BD movies

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/johnnyknoxsvill/movies.jpg

[PrimeBane]

LOL... it's so easy to get carried away isn't it?

When I had my 1st DVD player I was buying just about every new title that came out each week. I hope to be more picky with my purchases this time around.

Out of Curiosity johnnyknoxvill, when it comes to a movie in both formats what is the deciding factor for you? I see you have the Italian Job in HD-DVD and World Trade Center in Blu-Ray both of which are in each format.

[johnnyknoxsvill]

With some titles it comes down to price, Some titles are only avail. on BD. But lately I haven't been too impressed with some of the BD disks like Hitch for example. and overall it comes down to what titles me and the wife like.

[johnnyknoxsvill]

I was like that also with DVD's as well. This time around we are only buying movies we know we will watch more then once. It's really hard too since no video stores rent HD or BD yet.

[grif32]

Man just got the HD-DVD addon for the 360 with King Kong and picked up MIP3..

Holy bleeping crap!!! Simply amazing. Even the GF was really impressed.

I was going to wait but went ahead and bought it today and glad I did. Best $200 I have ever spent.. This is what Movies should be like

The only thing that sucks about HD DVD is you notice everything on someones face now. Like in MIP3 you could see every wrinkle, every zit everything on their faces. Not sure how Hollywood stars are going to like this..

Anyone have any HD-DVD's they are not found of and want to sell? LMK and if its something I might want then we can work a deal for them.

Chris

[JaylisJayP]

Ive been going a lil nuts this past month with HD/BD movies

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/johnnyknoxsvill/movies.jpg

how's the PQ on 4 brothers?

[JaylisJayP]

I've been eyeing Bourne Supremacy in Target for months now....how's the movie? Worth buying?

[PrimeBane]

Watched World Trade Center last night... amazing PQ for the most part, espeically the landscape shots. The darker scenes were a little grainy.

[HappyHarvick]

I just picked up Pear Harbor, Italian Job (blue ray) and Friday Night Lights (HD). I haven't watched any of them yet to see how their PQ is but I will soon. Was thinking about getting S.W.A.T. and Memento on blue ray. The Meijer store near me has them for $21.95 each. I think that's a fair price.

[johnnyknoxsvill]

The PQ on 4 Brothers is great. Esp. when they are out on the ice at the end of the movie

[grif32]

Here Is a good article to read about Porn and the new formats.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/759/759068p1.html

This is the part I find interesting. And why I dont think Porn will help either format like some think.. It will help it but not make it the "Winner"

"For the first time ever the industry went into a recession last year, due to the glut of product in the marketplace and all the free porn that's on the internet. At this point the small to middle tier companies can't make it because of the internet. Most of these people can't afford to go the Blu-ray route at this point".

[PrimeBane]

^^ see post 461 man :)

I thought the same when I read that quote... but then who knows, maybe more folks will decide they like "pulling the goalie" to HD

[JaylisJayP]

i may pick up 4 brothers soon, i liked that movie.

[grif32]

^^ see post 461 man :)

I thought the same when I read that quote... but then who knows, maybe more folks will decide they like "pulling the goalie" to HD

sorry must have missed it.

Chris

[PrimeBane]

No worries.. I do it all the time ;)

[owenstar]

I've been eyeing Bourne Supremacy in Target for months now....how's the movie? Worth buying?

Do you mean the movie or the HD version? The film is great...havent seen it in the HD format yet...but it will be tops on my list

[JaylisJayP]

Picked up 4 Brothers and Bourne Supremacy on HD-DVD tonight. Can't wait to pop those in tomorrow to check 'em out.

[johnnyknoxsvill]

I hope the new releases tomorrow will be at a decent price at places

[JaylisJayP]

I hope the new releases tomorrow will be at a decent price at places

i just hope they'll be at some places around here.

[PrimeBane]

Decent prices and new formats don't tend to go hand in hand. :(

Anyone see Wickerman? Is it worth a buy or rent?

[JaylisJayP]

Decent prices and new formats don't tend to go hand in hand. :(

Anyone see Wickerman? Is it worth a buy or rent?

i heard it was kinda crappy but I haven't seen it myself.

[Chugga]

I went to Walmart today on just some weird hunch that they might actually have more then the 2 blu-ray movies they normally have (X-men&Mission Impossible). I came up big, found both the guardian and pearl harbor. The guardian was impressive....not only did I like the movie but the transfer was one of the best I've seen. Some of the ocean scenes are just ridiculous....word of advice if you are picking up the movie....don't read the back of the dvd case - biggest spoiler in the world is on it.

Also news to blu-ray fans the buy 1 get 1 free deal is back at best buy the week of febuary 4th. This time with Into the Blue and House of Flying Daggers added. I've been toying with the idea of picking up Click and Into the Blue next week but I don't know if I can justify buying Into the Blue just to see jessica alba in high def. I already have Fantastic 4 for that.

[johnnyknoxsvill]

the PQ on Into the Blue is really great. The water sceens are awesome!

[JaylisJayP]

I went to Walmart today on just some weird hunch that they might actually have more then the 2 blu-ray movies they normally have (X-men&Mission Impossible). I came up big, found both the guardian and pearl harbor. The guardian was impressive....not only did I like the movie but the transfer was one of the best I've seen. Some of the ocean scenes are just ridiculous....word of advice if you are picking up the movie....don't read the back of the dvd case - biggest spoiler in the world is on it.

Also news to blu-ray fans the buy 1 get 1 free deal is back at best buy the week of febuary 4th. This time with Into the Blue and House of Flying Daggers added. I've been toying with the idea of picking up Click and Into the Blue next week but I don't know if I can justify buying Into the Blue just to see jessica alba in high def. I already have Fantastic 4 for that.

HOFD was part of the deal the last time around, also. There's a different second title this time, but I can't think of the name of it off the top of my head.

[Chugga]

the PQ on Into the Blue is really great. The water sceens are awesome!

Yeah but even with great picture quality I don't want to buy crappy movies that just look really good. It was a huge problem I had with dvds. I joined in on that fad really early too and found myself buying alot of "oh I guess that movies ok". So when it was all said and done I had a giant dvd collection filled with a ton of stuff I'd never actually want to watch a second time (some things a first time). Granted I've had that problem a bit with blu-ray...I mean I did buy stealth when it was on sale for $15....but otherwise I've been trying to steer clear of that.

By the way the other newly added title was The Fifth Element. But unfortunately I already have that or I would have gotten it this time around.

[ilas]

The only thing that I don't understand is replacing all of your movies with HD and/or Blu-ray.

No offense to anyone's collection but do you really need HD versions of Blazing Saddles or 50 First Dates?

I can understand big movies that are SFX driven like The Island, The Mummy, King Kong, Pearl Harbor, etc. Or simply your favorite movies.

[PrimeBane]

You're bang on ilas... I think a lot of people that were early adopters of DVD, like myself, are trying to avoid the "buy it all" mentality again.

Granted, I think a lot of us have mental lapses (I'm still not sure why I bought World Trade Center and Miami Vice), but for the most part I think most are trying to just replace the movies where the formats really show off the PQ. (that and who knows what the format of choice will be in 5 years... BD, HD-DVD, HVD, downloads?)

[WingNut 25]

You're right ilas. I've only been picking up random movies that I really, really like and felt that it was worth it to invest in the HD version as it would enhance the experience (i.e. replacing my Batman Begins DVD w/ an HD version).

[PrimeBane]

Interesting... ET, Jurassic Park and Jaws have been added to the "coming soon" section of the HD-DVD promotions list. :)

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Universal/Steven_Spielberg/Disc_Announcements/HD_DVD_Promotions_Group_Touts_Spielberg_Classics_Jaws,_Jurassic,_E.T._/454

Can't say I care much for ET or Jaws, but JP in HD and TrueHD sound... one word... WOW!

But as the article notes, just because its on the list, doesn't mean it will be released. :(

[WingNut 25]

I'd pick up JP.

[PrimeBane]

Some "ballpark" dates for possible Warner releases... fyi these are for France so don't get too excited, especially about the HD-DVD only part.

April 25
The Island

May
Flags of Our Fathers

June
The Prestige
Natural Born Killers
Matrix (IME) (HD DVD only)

July
Mad Max 2
Matrix Reloaded (IME) (HD DVD only)

August
The Goonies
Matrix Revolutions (IME) (HD DVD only)

Letters from Iwo Jima

September
L.A. Confidential
Blade Runner
Poltergeist

300 (IME) (HD DVD only)
Blood Diamond (HD DVD only)
Zodiac

October
Dirty Harry
The Enforcer
Sudden Impact
Magnum force
The Dead Pool

Music and Lyrics
The Reaping

November
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (IME) (HD DVD only)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(IME) (HD DVD only)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (IME) (HD DVD only)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (IME) (HD DVD only)

December
2001 A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Eyes Wide Shut
Ocean's eleven (1960)
Ocean's eleven (2001)
Ocean's twelve
The Shining
The Wizard of Oz

[WingNut 25]

Some solid stuff in that lineup. Hope it all hits here.

[PrimeBane]

For the blu-ray folks if you need to convince the wife or gf :)

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Announcements/Sony_Adds_The_Holiday_to_March_Blu-ray_Lineup/453

[Chugga]

For the hd-dvd folks if you need to convince the life partner or boyfriend :)

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/brokebackmountain.html

[Chugga]

In unrelated news I picked up Beerfest and Open Season today. Beerfest is for me and Open Season is for the kids....and by "the kids" I mean "me - when no ones looking".

[grif32]

ET, Jaws and Jurassic Park now part of the 100 HD-DVD movies to be released this year..

Man if this happens it would be just plain heaven

Chris

[JaylisJayP]

In unrelated news I picked up Beerfest and Open Season today. Beerfest is for me and Open Season is for the kids....and by "the kids" I mean "me - when no ones looking".

I was at Best Buy today and noticed Beerfest was 29.99 for Blu-Ray and 36.99 for HD DVD. Didn't make any sense to me at all since it's not an HD DVD combo.

Either way, it's pretty expensive, but things like this and the forced HD DVD combos are driving me to buy Blu-Ray instead for those titles that are released on both formats at the same time.

[JaylisJayP]

ET, Jaws and Jurassic Park now part of the 100 HD-DVD movies to be released this year..

Man if this happens it would be just plain heaven

Chris


The thing that kinda sucks is that 90% of Universal HD DVD movies in the year ahead supposedly will be combos, which means 5-10 bucks more expensive.

Hell, they're already pretty pricey for one movie, I can't ever see myself spending 35-40 bucks on these things.

[Chugga]

I went to Walmart today to get my Blu-Ray movies not Best Buy like usual. After going around shopping today at a number of different locations I've come to the conclusion that Best Buy doesn't suck as much as I originally thought they did....although they do suck.

First and foremost Walmarts are finally starting to put out the family oriented titles. Within the last 2 days I've been able to land The Guardian, Pearl Harbor, and Open Season for AT LEAST $5 less then the Best Buy counterparts (although Best Buy didn't even have them).

But to top it off Best Buy actually gets Blu-Ray titles in...they just sell out because they get a laughable amount of copies in.

I just hope Walmart keeps up the good work. I'll take $19.95 and $24.95 any day of the week.

[johnnyknoxsvill]

I also picked up Half Baked $23.95 (HD) Open Season $24.99(BD)

[PrimeBane]

For the hd-dvd folks if you need to convince the life partner or boyfriend :)

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/brokebackmountain.html

So you're rushing out to get the 360 addon then? ;)

:D