CES rumor buzz

[Chris Beveridge]

This cropped up over on AVS:

OK, just got off the phone with my Sony Rep again who is currently in Las Vegas for CES. He told me of some more announcements expected at CES next week, they are:

Die Hard Trilogy - Fall 2007
Spiderman 1 & 2 - 04/30/07 (Updated Date)
Pirates of the Carribbean - Summer 2007
Alien - Fall 2007
Oceans 11, 12, 13 - Fall 2007
X-Men 1 & 2 - Summer 2007
Casino Royal - March 2007. Also look for catalog Bond releases starting to hit Blu- ray in the Fall of 2007.
There were more I couldn't write fast enough though!!

He also mentioned that Warner Brothers will reach parity between the two formats by Summer of 2007.

He also mentioned that Disney and Fox will make it clear during CES that they will continue to exclusively support only Blu-ray and they will try to put to bed the rumours that they may support HD-DVD during 2007.

Asked about LionsGate going nuetral and he had no information.

He also mentioned that Universal will solidly stay in HD-DVD's court for 2007 but he has spoken to "higher-ups" who say Universal will be releasing on Blu-ray in early 2008.

**** I STRESS THIS INFORMATION IS NOT OFFICIAL, SO PLEASE DO NOT TREAT IT AS SUCH ****

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=781991

Once more, if these bear out, why bother with anything else? Solid titles, particularly as both Fox and Sony are ranking high ont he PQ chart these days at places, and AQ is just top notch across the board... the resolve of many will falter in the face of the growing A-list titles.

[JTK]

Works for me. I'll be buying pretty much all of those at first sight, day and date on BD, that's for sure!

Big time content like that will wrap things up quite nicely for BD in 2007 if all of that truly comes to pass in a timely manner.

A LOT of people will be right behind me buying most, if not all, of those titles in droves! Those are system and platform selling titles for the most part.

I certainly hope that all ends up being true. I'll never miss Universal in the interim that they continue to be unbelievably stupid and short sighted and lacking in common business sense.

There's money to be made with BD Universal! Wake up! 2008 is a long time from now when you could be making nice cash NOW. Why throw another whole year down the tubes needlessly?

IF any of that is actually true...

[GoldenRedux]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

This cropped up over on AVS:



http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=781991

Once more, if these bear out, why bother with anything else? Solid titles, particularly as both Fox and Sony are ranking high ont he PQ chart these days at places, and AQ is just top notch across the board... the resolve of many will falter in the face of the growing A-list titles.

Nice, but we already knew about all of those titles. The interesting comments are about Universal and Warner. If the comments about Universal are true, then by the end of the year we'll be singing 'Happy Christmas, the war is over'.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=781991

Once more, if these bear out, why bother with anything else? Solid titles, particularly as both Fox and Sony are ranking high ont he PQ chart these days at places, and AQ is just top notch across the board... the resolve of many will falter in the face of the growing A-list titles.

Holy smokes! That's a near perfect storm of pro-BD stuff!

If this pans out, that's it for HD DVD. Some accelerated decline and Universal could even move that schedule up.

Gary

[JTK]

Originally Posted by GoldenRedux

Nice, but we already knew about all of those titles. The interesting comments are about Universal and Warner. If the comments about Universal are true, then by the end of the year we'll be singing 'Happy Christmas, the war is over'.

Not putting too much weight on this, but this idea of "format war lasting roughly a couple of years" concept keeps floating around and I think most people agree that the moment Universal blinks, that's pretty much it.

That 2008 figure, if it ends up being true, sure gels nicely with a lot of the rest of the talk, but who knows? *shrugs*

[phloyd]

Originally Posted by GoldenRedux

If the comments about Universal are true, then by the end of the year we'll be singing 'Happy Christmas, the war is over'.

I wonder if 'told you so' posts will be banned at 'the other forum'?

Though really I think it will be more drawn out than all this.

In 2009 there will be people saying 'I can still play my beloved HD DVDs on my beloved Toshiba player, so it ain't over yet'...

[GoldenRedux]

Originally Posted by phloyd

I wonder if 'told you so' posts will be banned at 'the other forum'?

Though really I think it will be more drawn out than all this.

In 2009 there will be people saying 'I can still play my beloved HD DVDs on my beloved Toshiba player, so it ain't over yet'...

It'll be over, because no one will be putting out titles on their beloved format anymore.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by phloyd

I wonder if 'told you so' posts will be banned at 'the other forum'?

Perhaps if they are couched as recipes for crow dishes?

Gary

[blukrank]

Wow those are great tittles looking forward to getting Die Hard,but Die Hard is no longer a trilogy Die Hard 4 is now in the works and It's going to hit theaters this summer.

[GoldenRedux]

Originally Posted by blukrank

Wow those are great tittles looking forward to getting Die Hard,but Die Hard is no longer a trilogy Die Hard 4 is now in the works and It's going to hit theaters this summer.

Perhaps that is why they are going to release the original three in the Autumn, perhaps along with the fourth also on BD.

[KenThompson]

There are several Universal Titles I'd love to have, in fact first in line but till they release in Blu they have lost me as a customer.

[hyperdine]

I'll be buying all of those titles. I hope the Universal rumor is true. It would only make sense though. I really don't think it's a stretch to think that it will come to pass.

[Rolo]

Thanks Chris! That's great news!

[PeterTHX]

2009 eh?

Well, it means that if folks want OTA signals and discs with HD content they have to have:

1. A TV with an ATSC tuner
2. A Blu-ray player

[WriteSimply]

Those are truly solid releases by Disney, Fox and Sony PE. Disney just had to release Pirates 1 and 2 to bump up the anticipation for the third. Dreamworks need only to release Shrek 1 & 2 to get things going for 3 & 4 (2008).

Wonder if I should buy X-Men 3 now or should I just wait until the bundle comes out?


fuad

[Deciazulado]

Well since we're talking about rumors, this is from a just compiledHD DVD list...

Universal

January
Mummy Returns
Sting
Brokeback Mountain
Half Baked

February
Hollywoodland

As for the release date, it is not yet decided
American Pie Presents: A Naked Mile
American Pie
Battlestar Galactica
Black Dahlia
Blues Brothers
Conan the Barbarian
Dante's Peak
Idlewilde
The Return
Scoop
40 Year Old Virgin


So exciting?
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[Blubaru]

I am so burning a copy of Battlestar Galactica

[Chris Beveridge]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Well since we're talking about rumors, this is from a just compiledHD DVD list...

Universal

January
Mummy Returns
Sting
Brokeback Mountain
Half Baked

February
Hollywoodland

As for the release date, it is not yet decided
American Pie Presents: A Naked Mile
American Pie
Battlestar Galactica
Black Dahlia
Blues Brothers
Conan the Barbarian
Dante's Peak
Idlewilde
Ocean's Twelve
The Return
Scoop
40 Year Old Virgin


So exciting?
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Thanks to Mr. Yamamoto for special assistance

More amusing than anything; weren't a lot of those already on their planned list at last years CES?

[JTK]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

More amusing than anything; weren't a lot of those already on their planned list at last years CES?

Yup, it's deja vu all the way.


EDIt: I just had some HD-DVD fanboy tell me he heard a rumor that Toshiba was going to bring out a $200 HD-DVD player.

I told him to stop drinking the Kool Aid and sang "When you wish upon a star" to him.

The most I could see happening is maybe the A1 drops to that price? Probably not even that.

[phloyd]

Greetings from Las Vegas!

I was just at the Fry's on LV Blvd and there was a lot of activity around the HD discs.

This Fry's has equal shelf space for both formats, though the end cap has a huge Sony TV and BD player plus a rotating display of yet more BD discs. Seems like they have a preference!

It is apparent that folks are picking up titles from both formats for demonstration purposes.

Anyways if I get a chance I will post info as I hear it during the show. My work commitments may make it a little slow going but feel free to ask me to look for specific details from BD associated demonstrations and booths at the show.

Cheers!