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<kevincol> For instance, the Matrix trilogy will be coming out this
year from WHV, Star Trek will be exclusive to HD DVD this year,
Babel and The Good Shepherd. All in all there will be over 600
HD DVD titles by EOY.
<RonEpstein> That's pretty incredible!
<kevincol> Also, don't forget that HD DVD does NOT have region
control, so you can get really good titles from Japan and Europe
and play them on your HD DVD player in the US. For instance, The
Rambo series is out from Studio Canal in Europe along with Basic Instinct.
In the US, these are BD titles.
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I wonder how much they paid for delaying Star Trek on BD? Disappointing, but hardly a format issue. I can get POTC, Casino Royale, or Cars but I can't get my fourth format version of Wrath of Khan (VHS, LD, DVD, HD disc) until next year?! Wow, I'm going HD DVD.
As for 600 titles. This is from the premise there are 300 now (is that right?). So:
- 300 titles in 12 months instead of 300 titles in eight months. That's massive rate REDUCTION when it should be accelerating!
- That is worldwide, so figure three markets (NA, Europe, and Asia) means 100 per territory.
- Of that 100, how many will be HD DVD exclusive? Right now, extremely few since Universal has announced squat, and Weinstein simply isn't putting out enough movies to matter.
- Sounds to me like some paid exclusivity for 2007 will gain them some difference.
What is the announced count so far for BD? 70 titles? And we expect that to accelerate.
By "cheap"-Chinese-time the gap will be staggering, and not recoverable. Content is king.
Oh, hasn't Kevin heard? Basic Instinct plays with a PAL speed up in North America! The examples are striking. I can't fathom how Europe ever put up with this. Voices are wierd, but music is completely destroyed!!!
Gary