Universal needs to pick it up.

[Derb]

As of this posting they only have 3 announced titles. Heck Paramount has more.

Warner,

Appleseed Ex Machina
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
August Rush
Bonnie & Clyde
The Brave One
I am Legend
In the Valley of Elah
The Invasion
Justice League: The New Frontier
Michael Clayton
No Reservations
Twister

Universal,

American Gangster
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Fletch

Paramount,

Bee Movie
Beowulf
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 2
Things We Lost in the Fire

[Pirate]

No, Universal needs to drop it.

[dizzlle01]

Originally Posted by Pirate

No, Universal needs to drop it.

i agree

[sub780lime]

Paramount and Universal need to drop it. Holding out now is only hurting the consumer, because these companies are releasing only new titles and very few catalogs titles when some of them have awesome catalogs they could be releasing.

[SharpShooter5]

the title should be "Universal needs to give it up"

they are really only taking advantage of consumers and only causing further confussion in high def DVD marketplace right now

once there's one format joe six pack will be more likley to adapt and then bluray can focus on wiping out regular dvd's

its either a holdout for a sony payoff or just pure stubborness, but they need to drop HD sometime this year if we wish to have high def DVD become the norm in a few years

[dugpa]

I think given that the writing is more or less on the wall at this point, they probably don't want to start rushing product out when they know it will have low sales numbers and they'll just have to do the work all over again for blu-ray. I'm sure hd-dvd disc sales are probably suffering almost as much as hardware sales now. I know I stopped buying any hd-dvd discs and probably won't buy any more unless it's one of my all time favorite films I can't live without. Universal is just holding back so they aren't wasting any more money.

[Jast3r Rogu3]

I thought universal said at the beginning of 2007 that they were going to release 100 tittles exclusively on hd dvd for 2007.

what happend?

[dugpa]

Originally Posted by Jast3r Rogu3

I thought universal said at the beginning of 2007 that they were going to release 100 tittles exclusively on hd dvd for 2007.what happend?

I just counted their hd-dvd releases for 2007 and I count 85. That's pretty close. So you really can't knock them in the release department.

[videoworx]

Originally Posted by dugpa

I just counted their hd-dvd releases for 2007 and I count 85. That's pretty close. So you really can't knock them in the release department.

I bet that includes all the movies that were re-released as non-combos.

[dugpa]

Originally Posted by videoworx

I bet that includes all the movies that were re-released as non-combos.

You're thinking of Warner. Universal only re-released two titles as non-combos in 2007, Unleashed and Army of Darkness.

Universal's 2007 HD-DVD releases were:
Cat People (1982)
Eastern Promises
The Kingdom (2007)
Timecop
Balls of Fury
The Bourne Ultimatum
Battlestar Galactica: Season One
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Tremors
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Talk to Me
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Inside Man
Seed of Chucky
Evan Almighty
Evening
The Getaway (1994)
Knocked Up
Patch Adams
Elizabeth
For Love of the Game
The Last Starfighter
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Heroes: Season One
The Hurricane (2000)
Notting Hill
Erin Brockovich
Meet the Fockers
Mercury Rising
What Dreams May Come
Darkman
Hot Fuzz
Sea of Love
Shaun of the Dead
The Bourne Identity
In Good Company
Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps
Scent of a Woman
Streets of Fire
Billy Madison
Dante's Peak
The War
The Wedding Date
American Me
Army of Darkness (Re-issue)
Being John Malkovich
The Big Lebowski
Bulletproof
Dead Silence
Mallrats
Meet Joe Black
Mystery Men
Unleashed (Re-issue)
The Watcher
Born on the Fourth of July
Breach
Bruce Almighty
Daylight
Liar Liar
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Sneakers
Dragonheart
The Frighteners
Lost in Translation
Midnight Run
The River
The 40 Year Old Virgin
The Skeleton Key
Smokey and the Bandit
Alpha Dog
The Hitcher (2007)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Nutty Professor (1996)
The Game
The Jerk
Smokin' Aces
The Good Shepherd
Children of Men
Hollywoodland
Half Baked
Brokeback Mountain
The Mummy Returns
The Sting

[ganthc]

Universal is probably waiting for their contract to expire before they go neutral or bd exclusive. They probably have to fire Ken Graffeo. Paramount is probably waiting to see what happens to Universal. Really, Universal holds the key...kind of like the way it was before Paramount went exclusive. Where was that dominoes graphic again?