HD & Blu-Ray titles

[Derb]

Bumped Digital Video Essentials - High Definition from Nov 14th to Dec 5th for HD DVD

Removed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for Blu-Ray, no new street date set.

Added Gridiron Gang & Resident Evil: Apocalypse for Blu-Ray

[dkny75]

The Mummy Returns and the Sting coming to HD DVD on Jan. 16.

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=63292

[Derb]

Originally Posted by dkny75

The Mummy Returns and the Sting coming to HD DVD on Jan. 16.

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=63292

Thanks for the update.

Added The Mummy Returns & The Sting for HD DVD

[Derb]

Bumped Casanova from Nov 21st to Jan 23rd for Blu-Ray

Added Chicago, The Guardian & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for Blu-Ray

[Derb]

Added The Sopranos: Season Six, Part One for HD DVD & Blu-Ray. Studio List updated.

Added The Architect for HD DVD & Blu-ray. Studio List updated.

[MRSMITH]

Originally Posted by Derb

Added The Sopranos: Season Six, Part One for HD DVD & Blu-Ray. Studio List updated.

Added The Architect for HD DVD & Blu-ray. Studio List updated.

All well & good that you're posting the hi-def optical disk releases, but who's buying 'em and the players, given an installed base of 30-million HDTVs worldwide(Reuters 9/17/06)?

Reality check: local Best Buy store had two big shelves of HD-DVD/Blu-Ray disks on display for sale, but I saw no one at all looking at them, and they appeared to be gathering dust end of last week. Last two days, Fry's had ads in the Orange County(CA) Register as did the L.A. Times; the former with a total of 13 hi-def optical disks on sale for $14.99, the latter with 6 Blu-Ray-only titles for the same price. Included were HD-DVD titles such as Terminator and The Italian Job. I believe the original MSRP on all these titles was $25-plus. This says it all. In addition, assuming you purchase most of these titles and have a portable DVD player or some such ancillary standard DVD medium, exactly what benefit are they for such use? Also, reports are that Hollywood Video is going to test-market in-store hi-def disk rentals since they can't seem to sell 'em.

Any wonder why the retailers are hollering about slow sales of these hi-def optical products(Reuters 9/17/06)? Just can't imagine why the regular Blu-Ray players at $999 to $1299 MSRP aren't flying off the shelves.

Perhaps all of this will shake up the manufacturers and the movie studios to fix the quality on these disks and offer players at prices attractive to the mass market. Otherwise, we've got another D-VHS on our hands for sure and we're going to be stuck with the old standard DVD technology for far longer than we should. It's time to move on.

Enjoy!

Milt R. Smith
mrsmith2002@yahoo.com

[Pirate]

Originally Posted by MRSMITH

All well & good that you're posting the hi-def optical disk releases, but who's buying 'em and the players, given an installed base of 30-million HDTVs worldwide(Reuters 9/17/06)?

2 things:

1. The reason for Derb's list is so that we (the early adopters) can keep up with the new HD releases. I've already spent a lot of money on HD-DVDs and so have most of the other EAs here. So…people are buying them.

2. I appreciate your input, but this really is an inappropriate thread for comments of this nature. They are not relevant or helpful in a thread that is obviously meant to be informative about upcoming releases.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by piratehunter

2 things:

1. The reason for Derb's list is so that we (the early adopters) can keep up with the new HD releases. I've already spent a lot of money on HD-DVDs and so have most of the other EAs here. So…people are buying them.

2. I appreciate your input, but this really is an inappropriate thread for comments of this nature. They are not relevant or helpful in a thread that is obviously meant to be informative about upcoming releases.

I Agree. This isn't the thread to discuss what is & what isn't being sold on HD DVD or BD. Don't like High-def MRSMITH, fine.. Post your comments on a related thread.

Thank You.

[Derb]

Added Hollywoodland for HD DVD

Added Tony Bennett: An American Classic for Blu-Ray. Studio list updated.

[Derb]

Added Saw III, Flyboys, Hart's War, Open Season & The Marine for Blu-Ray

With these announced titles both formats are equal with 173 titles a piece.

[Derb]

Added Glory & The Tailor of Panama for Blu-Ray

[Derb]

Removed Digital Video Essentials - High Definition for HD DVD. No new street date has been given.

[Pirate]

Originally Posted by Derb

Removed Digital Video Essentials - High Definition for HD DVD. No new street date has been given.

I hope all of these delays are to make the menus better.

[Derb]

1 more down, 35 to go.

Removed Poseidon for HD DVD. No new street date has been given.

[Derb]

Added Half Baked for HD DVD

[BoSoxMole]

There is a bunch more for BR.

February 6
American Psycho (Lions Gate)
Failure To Launch (Paramount)
First Blood (Lions Gate)
Glory (Sony)
Lost: Season 1 (ABC/Buena Vista)
Rambo: First Blood Part 2 (Lions Gate)
Reservoir Dogs (Lions Gate)
The Tailor Of Panama
Young Guns (Lions Gate)

February 13
Broken Arrow (Fox)
Chain Reaction (Fox)
Entrapment (Fox)
Ladder 49 (Buena Vista)
The Marine (Fox)
Phone Booth (Fox)
Planet of the Apes ('01) (Fox)
The Prestige (Buena Vista)
Princess Bride (MGM)
Reign Of Fire (Buena Vista)
The Sentinel (Fox)
The Usual Suspects (MGM)

[Derb]

Originally Posted by BoSoxMole

There is a bunch more for BR.

February 6
American Psycho (Lions Gate)
Failure To Launch (Paramount)
First Blood (Lions Gate)
Glory (Sony)
Lost: Season 1 (ABC/Buena Vista)
Rambo: First Blood Part 2 (Lions Gate)
Reservoir Dogs (Lions Gate)
The Tailor Of Panama
Young Guns (Lions Gate)

February 13
Broken Arrow (Fox)
Chain Reaction (Fox)
Entrapment (Fox)
Ladder 49 (Buena Vista)
The Marine (Fox)
Phone Booth (Fox)
Planet of the Apes ('01) (Fox)
The Prestige (Buena Vista)
Princess Bride (MGM)
Reign Of Fire (Buena Vista)
The Sentinel (Fox)
The Usual Suspects (MGM)

Havn't seen the below titles announced yet, Do ya have a link/source. Thanks. The rest are already on the list.

Feb 6th,

Lost: Season 1
Young Guns LGF

Feb 13,

Ladder 49
The Prestige
Reign Of Fire

[BoSoxMole]

Well I got it at AVS http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=761244 and he got it from blu-ray.com.

But I am looking at blu-ray.com and I don't see LOST anywhere.

[Derb]

Well I did miss one.

Added Saw II for Blu-Ray.

As for the link from AVS,

Entrapment - Dec 5th
Entrapment - Feb 13th

http://www.amazon.com/Entrapment/dp/...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

[Derb]

Missed another.

Added Chronos for HD DVD. Available now through Amazon. Street Date is Dec 5th thou. Studio List Updated.

[Derb]

Bumped all Discovery Atlas titles to Jan 30th for HD DVD & BD. They are available through their own site, but the retail street date is Jan 30th

[Pirate]

http://davisdvd.com/news/bluray.html

The Prestige
Reign of Fire
Flightplan
Ladder 49

For Blu-Ray

[Derb]

Originally Posted by piratehunter

http://davisdvd.com/news/bluray.html

The Prestige
Reign of Fire
Flightplan
Ladder 49

For Blu-Ray

Thanks! I'm sure Lost & Young Guns will street according to BoSoxMole's link as well but will wait for more news before adding those 2.

Added Poseidon, Scooby-Doo for HD DVD

Edit - Removed Poseidon for Blu-Ray. Woops.

Added Scooby-Doo, Goodfellas, The Prestige, Reign of Fire & Ladder 49 for Blu-Ray

Bumped Flightplan to Dec 19th for Blu-Ray

[Derb]

Removed From Hell for Blu-Ray. No new street date set.

[Derb]

Bumped Clerks II, Lucky Number Slevin & Pulse from Jan 2nd to Jan 16th for HD DVD

Added Crank & Employee of the Month for Blu-Ray

[Derb]

Added Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time for HD DVD & Blu-Ray. Studio List updated.

Bumped Employee of the Month from Jan 9th to Jan 16th for Blu-Ray

[BoSoxMole]

Is Hulk still coming out on the 12th?

[Derb]

Originally Posted by BoSoxMole

Is Hulk still coming out on the 12th?

Yep.

Added Vertical Limit for Blu-Ray

[Derb]

Added Dodgeball, Ice Age & Mr. & Mrs. Smith for Blu-Ray

Bumped Commando from Jan 23rd to Mar 13th for Blu-Ray

[jbat31]

add these to blu ray

http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=413

[Derb]

Added Dances With Wolves, Hoosiers, Silence of the Lambs & The Thomas Crown Affair for Blu-Ray

Though not officially announced, dvd empire has added the 4 MGM titles to their Recent Additions Blu-Ray header. Hence, not set in stone.

[Derb]

Added The Prestige for Blu-Ray

[Pirate]

Originally Posted by Derb

Added The Prestige for Blu-Ray

I hope we can get a UK version of this for HD-DVD.

Also, where is the A Scanner Darkly HD-DVD?!

[Pirate]

http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=00415

Marie Antoinette for BD.

Damn you, Blu-Ray!!!

[Derb]

Added Alexander - The Unrated Final Cut for HD DVD

Added Alexander - The Unrated Final Cut & Marie Antoinette for Blu-Ray

[BoSoxMole]

Wow, HD-DVD realllllly needs to step it up.

[Derb]

Added Babel & Payback Straight Up: The Director's Cut for HD DVD & Blu-Ray

[BoSoxMole]

You know, Blu Ray is looking better and better everyday. They have TONS of releases coming out and I might, just might, pick up a Samsung on eBay for cheap. Maybe.

We'll see after CES and if HD-DVD has more titles coming out.

[Derb]

Removed The Princess Bride for Blu-Ray. No new street date has been set.

[Derb]

Added Running With Scissors for Blu-Ray