Why not more movies on Blu-ray? - Blu-ray Forum

Incog · 07-13-2007, 02:41 AM

Why do you think there isn't more movies out right now on blu-ray? and only 5or so getting released each week at most?

There are so many Disney, Fox, and Sony movies that I'd love to buy on Blu-Ray, but are not avaialbe. Like indiana jones, or some of the Pixar movies. etc.

Oh, and do you think Transformers will be released on BD when the DVD is released?

PaulDubya · 07-13-2007, 03:07 AM

First let me say welcome. The reason why more Blurays havent been released is for alot of reasons. One is because studios are strategically releasing certain movies for max profit. Others are waiting on certain private studios ie Star wars is 20th century fox but is licensed under Lucasfilms. Be patient my friend you will see many more blu to be released. Check the coming soon section to get your fill of whats coming out soon. Transformers should be the same release date as the DVD, Stay tuned. . . .

07-13-2007, 05:22 AM

It may need some time.

coolwavepic · 07-13-2007, 05:32 AM

I strongly feel that Pixar is taking their time so they can add some Blu-Ray goodies and have the best possible picture. I think Cars was announced but then postponed.

Manco · 07-13-2007, 06:27 AM

I voted for Sept as the "tipping point" in the last pole. But I also think Sony, Fox & Disney are delaying releases and not saying much for basically a big splash of long awaited releases come Nov/Dec to basically slay the HD-DUD beast (once and for all) during the holiday shopping frenzy.

If you think about logically, with big hits like Spidey Trilogy, Cars, Transformers, etc all hitting the stores around Nov time frame, you gotta get a player to go with it. And an HD-DUD machine aint gonna fly! I reallly think Universal/Toshiba is going to wake up on Dec 26 feeling like they got ran over by a cement truck.

Dark_Prince · 07-13-2007, 07:12 AM

It makes no sense to release all the back catalogue stuff immediately.

1) some studio's will want to wait until there is sufficient market penetration before releasing big titles, like George Lucas with Star Wars and Indy, or Spielberg with his films. Just look at how prices have gone up on early Disney platinums like Snow White and Beauty and the Beast because DVD hadn't took off as the mass market media it is today when they were released.

2) people only have so much disposable income, and flooding the market with titles would be a bad move for sales.

gamer4eva · 07-13-2007, 10:40 AM

most movies that ppl want were released this summer so they are probably waiting to give box-sets as most releases this year were sequals so giving the old ones as well togeather will be great for new adopters. Also some of the old catalogue releases from disney like chronicles is on the way and cars was hinted. With the release of Ratatoille this will be gr8 time to release some other pixar movies.
My suggestion save up till October from then on its a shopping spree with all the PS3 games coming as well all the BD's it'll be a merry christmas...................... for yourself that is

goodstuff · 07-13-2007, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Incog

Oh, and do you think Transformers will be released on BD when the DVD is released?

Yes, Transformers will be released on BD for sure. And most likely with lossless audio now to boot!

baccusboy · 07-13-2007, 01:24 PM

They aren't really making much off of back-titles, anyway. One thing they've really seen on both sides is that new releases are what drives sales. Few want to re-buy old titles on BR or HD-DVD when they've already got them on VHS, DVD, Superbit, whatever. Too many people have played that game for too long.

It's the new catalogue titels that sell.

Rheologuy · 07-13-2007, 01:51 PM

I sympathize, Incog. Have to disagree a bit with you, baccusboy-- My main interest is in rebuying a host of great movies in BD. That's mainly how I will be building my collection. 1080p is almost like seeing them for the first time again. Think there are a lot of people like me, going by posts I've seen. Also have to say that I think the list of titles available in HDDVD in some ways is more attractive overall at the moment than for BD, a frustrating thing. Really don't understand the logic behind several of the choices in what's been released in BD this year, hardly seems calculated to create a surge toward BD, and aren't that many I would spend BD-bucks for. Am I the only one that feels that way?

atomik kinder · 07-13-2007, 01:55 PM

I used to work at a video store that sold and rented Laserdiscs exclusively. We were the first in town to rent DVDs also. You could still get them here even though we were not one of the 7 test cities. The fact is, there are more blu-ray releases now than there were DVD releases at this point. Some Studios hadn't even released anything at all and took them a while to get going. I remember one man coming in and was looking for Braveheart so he could show off his new DVD player to some visitors he was going to have. I told him that Braveheart wasn't out on DVD. His response was "I thought everything would be on DVD" I then informed him, to his shock, that Paramount hadn't (at that point) decided if they were going to release anything on DVD. Just give it time. The movie studios don't want to flood the market either. They want to get sales the discs they have released before they let out too many movies.

GarettP · 07-13-2007, 02:42 PM

Have to quote good ol Wooderson here

"patience darlin, patience" This Holiday season is going to be Blu Christmas as Elvis said I believe?!

MasterXeus · 07-13-2007, 03:11 PM

I understand movie studios wanting to sales their Blu-ray moives before they release too many moives, but we all know sells would increase if the movies were price 19.99 or less.

I don't buy any Blu-ray title for more than $21.00, execpt for TV shows like Planet Earth and my preorder of Smallville Season 6. I'm missing alot of FOX titles because of their prices, even at Amazon there around $28 and BB and CC have them for $35.

Rheologuy I agree with you too. I really don't understand several of the choices in what's been released in BD this year. Some times I feel that Blu-ray isn't trying to end the war. I know Blu-ray is winning, but I don't feel their pushing hard enough. Hopefully the Holiday season will be the last major push to end HD-DVD.

Dark_Prince · 07-13-2007, 06:08 PM

I disagree about rebuying catalogue titles too. I was a bit cautious at first with Blu Ray, but after spending about 5 nights in a row watching Blu Ray discs, and then going back to a standard DVD, I couldn't believe the difference. I'm now clearing out alot of my movies on DVD, apart from Universal titles, and absolute favourites, in anticipation of being able to buy them on Blu Ray and experience them in Hi Def. I do think this will be the final purchase of many movies though.

jermwhl · 07-13-2007, 06:16 PM

If you remember when DVD first emerged, alot of titles weren't released immediately on that format either. Most were still coming out on VHS. This holds true for all new formats. As the format becomes more widely adopted more and more titles will start flowing.
Most of us on here are early adopters and are buying titles up left and right. Some of us have deeper pockets than others!

(myself not included)

I myself am buying all new releases on BD and being selective on titles I already have on DVD. Certain huge blockbusters will definately be converted to BD.

Dadds · 07-13-2007, 06:20 PM

Im getting rid most of my dvds and switching over 100% to blu. I have also become more selective when I buy movies from now on. Thats why Iam still only at 23.

atomik kinder · 07-13-2007, 06:26 PM

As for this pricing thing, does anyone remember how much DVDs were when they first came out? Some were priced at $$34.99-$39.99 retail. I still remember at Best Buy having to pay $30 to $34 for a single DVD. Warner was the exception since they were pushing DVD. They were $24.99, so you could pick up a DVD for $19.99, but they had those terrible cardboard snapper cases. With more sales, come lower prices. The studios aren't going to lower prices just yet as they really wouldn't be making any money on them. Wait until they hit 1 million units for a single movie.

WickyWoo · 07-13-2007, 06:36 PM

If nothing else shelf space. At most retailers have 2 racks devoted to Blu right now, and most have 1 Blu, 1 HD. They're not going to buy more than they've allotted space for

mctiller · 07-13-2007, 09:41 PM

I think I will keep my "old" DVD's for awhile. In other words I don't I will be rebuying movies on Blu-Ray that I already have. That maybe blasphemous, but I think the jump from VHS to DVD was MUCH greater, than the jump from DVD to BLu-Ray. (I totally missed out on Laserdiscs...)

But I will buy movies that I don't have on DVD for Blu-Ray. Probably will start with Letters from Iwo Jima.

Canada · 07-16-2007, 06:01 AM

I want more movie released also, but I would rather have studios take there time on a release, rather than rushing it and having inferior video/audio.

07-13-2007, 02:41 AM	#1
Incog Active Member Member since:Jul 2007	Why not more movies on Blu-ray? Why do you think there isn't more movies out right now on blu-ray? and only 5or so getting released each week at most? There are so many Disney, Fox, and Sony movies that I'd love to buy on Blu-Ray, but are not avaialbe. Like indiana jones, or some of the Pixar movies. etc. Oh, and do you think Transformers will be released on BD when the DVD is released?

07-13-2007, 09:41 PM	#19
mctiller Junior Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Richmond, VA	Keeping old DVDs for awhile I think I will keep my "old" DVD's for awhile. In other words I don't I will be rebuying movies on Blu-Ray that I already have. That maybe blasphemous, but I think the jump from VHS to DVD was MUCH greater, than the jump from DVD to BLu-Ray. (I totally missed out on Laserdiscs...) But I will buy movies that I don't have on DVD for Blu-Ray. Probably will start with Letters from Iwo Jima.

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PaulDubya Senior Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Miami Florida "305" Blu-ray collection:68 Blu-ray reviews:16	First let me say welcome. The reason why more Blurays havent been released is for alot of reasons. One is because studios are strategically releasing certain movies for max profit. Others are waiting on certain private studios ie Star wars is 20th century fox but is licensed under Lucasfilms. Be patient my friend you will see many more blu to be released. Check the coming soon section to get your fill of whats coming out soon. Transformers should be the same release date as the DVD, Stay tuned. . . .

07-13-2007, 05:32 AM	#4
coolwavepic Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray reviews:9	I strongly feel that Pixar is taking their time so they can add some Blu-Ray goodies and have the best possible picture. I think Cars was announced but then postponed.

07-13-2007, 06:27 AM	#5
Manco Special Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Tucumcari	I voted for Sept as the "tipping point" in the last pole. But I also think Sony, Fox & Disney are delaying releases and not saying much for basically a big splash of long awaited releases come Nov/Dec to basically slay the HD-DUD beast (once and for all) during the holiday shopping frenzy. If you think about logically, with big hits like Spidey Trilogy, Cars, Transformers, etc all hitting the stores around Nov time frame, you gotta get a player to go with it. And an HD-DUD machine aint gonna fly! I reallly think Universal/Toshiba is going to wake up on Dec 26 feeling like they got ran over by a cement truck.

07-13-2007, 07:12 AM	#6
Dark_Prince Member Member since:Jun 2007	It makes no sense to release all the back catalogue stuff immediately. 1) some studio's will want to wait until there is sufficient market penetration before releasing big titles, like George Lucas with Star Wars and Indy, or Spielberg with his films. Just look at how prices have gone up on early Disney platinums like Snow White and Beauty and the Beast because DVD hadn't took off as the mass market media it is today when they were released. 2) people only have so much disposable income, and flooding the market with titles would be a bad move for sales.

07-13-2007, 10:40 AM	#7
gamer4eva Special Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Sydney, Australia Blu-ray collection:64 Blu-ray reviews:18	most movies that ppl want were released this summer so they are probably waiting to give box-sets as most releases this year were sequals so giving the old ones as well togeather will be great for new adopters. Also some of the old catalogue releases from disney like chronicles is on the way and cars was hinted. With the release of Ratatoille this will be gr8 time to release some other pixar movies. My suggestion save up till October from then on its a shopping spree with all the PS3 games coming as well all the BD's it'll be a merry christmas...................... for yourself that is

07-13-2007, 01:24 PM	#9
baccusboy Banned Member since:Feb 2007 Location:South Korea Blu-ray reviews:3	They aren't really making much off of back-titles, anyway. One thing they've really seen on both sides is that new releases are what drives sales. Few want to re-buy old titles on BR or HD-DVD when they've already got them on VHS, DVD, Superbit, whatever. Too many people have played that game for too long. It's the new catalogue titels that sell.

07-13-2007, 01:51 PM	#10
Rheologuy Active Member Member since:Apr 2007	I sympathize, Incog. Have to disagree a bit with you, baccusboy-- My main interest is in rebuying a host of great movies in BD. That's mainly how I will be building my collection. 1080p is almost like seeing them for the first time again. Think there are a lot of people like me, going by posts I've seen. Also have to say that I think the list of titles available in HDDVD in some ways is more attractive overall at the moment than for BD, a frustrating thing. Really don't understand the logic behind several of the choices in what's been released in BD this year, hardly seems calculated to create a surge toward BD, and aren't that many I would spend BD-bucks for. Am I the only one that feels that way?

07-13-2007, 01:55 PM	#11
atomik kinder Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Omaha NE 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	I used to work at a video store that sold and rented Laserdiscs exclusively. We were the first in town to rent DVDs also. You could still get them here even though we were not one of the 7 test cities. The fact is, there are more blu-ray releases now than there were DVD releases at this point. Some Studios hadn't even released anything at all and took them a while to get going. I remember one man coming in and was looking for Braveheart so he could show off his new DVD player to some visitors he was going to have. I told him that Braveheart wasn't out on DVD. His response was "I thought everything would be on DVD" I then informed him, to his shock, that Paramount hadn't (at that point) decided if they were going to release anything on DVD. Just give it time. The movie studios don't want to flood the market either. They want to get sales the discs they have released before they let out too many movies.

07-13-2007, 02:42 PM	#12
GarettP Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Montrose, CO Blu-ray collection:75 Blu-ray reviews:21	Have to quote good ol Wooderson here "patience darlin, patience" This Holiday season is going to be Blu Christmas as Elvis said I believe?!

07-13-2007, 03:11 PM	#13
MasterXeus Power Member Member since:Mar 2007	I understand movie studios wanting to sales their Blu-ray moives before they release too many moives, but we all know sells would increase if the movies were price 19.99 or less. I don't buy any Blu-ray title for more than $21.00, execpt for TV shows like Planet Earth and my preorder of Smallville Season 6. I'm missing alot of FOX titles because of their prices, even at Amazon there around $28 and BB and CC have them for $35. Rheologuy I agree with you too. I really don't understand several of the choices in what's been released in BD this year. Some times I feel that Blu-ray isn't trying to end the war. I know Blu-ray is winning, but I don't feel their pushing hard enough. Hopefully the Holiday season will be the last major push to end HD-DVD.

07-13-2007, 06:08 PM	#14
Dark_Prince Member Member since:Jun 2007	I disagree about rebuying catalogue titles too. I was a bit cautious at first with Blu Ray, but after spending about 5 nights in a row watching Blu Ray discs, and then going back to a standard DVD, I couldn't believe the difference. I'm now clearing out alot of my movies on DVD, apart from Universal titles, and absolute favourites, in anticipation of being able to buy them on Blu Ray and experience them in Hi Def. I do think this will be the final purchase of many movies though.

07-13-2007, 06:16 PM	#15
jermwhl Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Virginia	If you remember when DVD first emerged, alot of titles weren't released immediately on that format either. Most were still coming out on VHS. This holds true for all new formats. As the format becomes more widely adopted more and more titles will start flowing. Most of us on here are early adopters and are buying titles up left and right. Some of us have deeper pockets than others! (myself not included) I myself am buying all new releases on BD and being selective on titles I already have on DVD. Certain huge blockbusters will definately be converted to BD.

07-13-2007, 06:20 PM	#16
Dadds Special Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:South NJ Blu-ray reviews:3	Im getting rid most of my dvds and switching over 100% to blu. I have also become more selective when I buy movies from now on. Thats why Iam still only at 23.

07-13-2007, 06:26 PM	#17
atomik kinder Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Omaha NE 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	As for this pricing thing, does anyone remember how much DVDs were when they first came out? Some were priced at $$34.99-$39.99 retail. I still remember at Best Buy having to pay $30 to $34 for a single DVD. Warner was the exception since they were pushing DVD. They were $24.99, so you could pick up a DVD for $19.99, but they had those terrible cardboard snapper cases. With more sales, come lower prices. The studios aren't going to lower prices just yet as they really wouldn't be making any money on them. Wait until they hit 1 million units for a single movie.

07-13-2007, 06:36 PM	#18
WickyWoo Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2007 Trading Score:2	If nothing else shelf space. At most retailers have 2 racks devoted to Blu right now, and most have 1 Blu, 1 HD. They're not going to buy more than they've allotted space for

07-16-2007, 06:01 AM	#20
Canada Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Victoria, BC Home Theater Gallery:17 4K collection:305 Blu-ray collection:1201 DVD collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:42	I want more movie released also, but I would rather have studios take there time on a release, rather than rushing it and having inferior video/audio.

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