"HD DVD has NO Exclusive Studios" - Amir - Blu-ray Forum

Fozziwig · 02-17-2007, 06:45 PM

Amir speaks:

"Anyway, our relationship with Studio Canal is exceptionally good and positive. As is the large ecosystem of encoding/mastering/production partners in Europe. SC announced that they would have 30 titles on HD DVD and as such, we very much enjoy and appreciate their support of HD DVD/VC-1/HDi.

With that said, please note that I cannot speak on behalf of SC. What I can tell you is that we have checked with them and they say the report is incorrect. While they have never said they are "exclusive" to HD DVD (neither has any other studio regardless of whether they produce in one format or two), currently they are not producing BD titles. So they continue to be in “HD DVD camp” as I had mentioned before."

Souce: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...06#post9802806

Does he know something we don't?? There are No HD DVD exclusive studios!? Do Universal know about this?

Anyway, SC are now advertising their Blu-ray titles so he's wrong on that one.

JTK · 02-17-2007, 06:53 PM

LOL, amazing.

ceros · 02-17-2007, 06:54 PM

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&&#post9802806

Anyone else notice the post from paidgeek after amir's? Paidgeek says that the redo for the Fifth Element is done and could be distributed later this year.

phloyd · 02-17-2007, 06:55 PM

Amir makes stupid statements all the time... I wouldn't put too much weight on that.

Though, there are strange things afoot at Universal for sure... I am sure others have noticed/mentioned that there is no mention of HD DVD on the Universal home page anymore...

JTK · 02-17-2007, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceros

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&&#post9802806

Anyone else notice the post from paidgeek after amir's? Paidgeek says that the redo for the Fifth Element is done and could be distributed later this year.

Quote:

Originally Posted by phloyd

Amir makes stupid statements all the time... I wouldn't put too much weight on that.

Though, there are strange things afoot at Universal for sure... I am sure others have noticed/mentioned that there is no mention of HD DVD on the Universal home page anymore...

^^ The plot thickens.

Fozziwig · 02-17-2007, 07:04 PM

Here's another good one.

Anyone who can find a HD DVD title listed on Universal's website wins a goldfish.

http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...t_content.html

Maybe they are on a secret site somewhere?

Edit: Just noticed, mentioned already!

dialog_gvf · 02-17-2007, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amir

Please note that should SC decide to produce a BD title, I hope there is no expectation for me to come here to pre-announce it. I am sure Sony/Paid would not do this, should Disney decide to do the same . Their plans are theirs and only they can announce them.

Yet, he is pre-spinning that there are no HD DVD exclusive studios?

Sounds to me like an Universal announcement is imminent.

Gary

theknub · 02-17-2007, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

Yet, he is pre-spinning that there are no HD DVD exclusive studios?

Sounds to me like an Universal announcement is imminent.

Gary

we can only hope. of course, im not getting too excited about anything but it is nice to dream

JTK · 02-17-2007, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theknub

we can only hope. of course, im not getting too excited about anything but it is nice to dream

Nice weekend chat fodder, at the very least. Puts a

on my face.

theknub · 02-17-2007, 07:21 PM

my weekend chat fodder is normally sports and how drunk i got the night before... but this does put a

on my face

Blubaru · 02-17-2007, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phloyd

Amir makes stupid statements all the time... I wouldn't put too much weight on that.

Though, there are strange things afoot at Universal for sure... I am sure others have noticed/mentioned that there is no mention of HD DVD on the Universal home page anymore...

Holy Crap! There in no mention of HD-DVD anywhere on any of their sites

Petra · 02-17-2007, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fozziwig

Here's another good one.

Anyone who can find a HD DVD title listed on Universal's website wins a goldfish.

http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...t_content.html

Maybe they are on a secret site somewhere?

Edit: Just noticed, mentioned already!

really?! I like goldfish!

Blubaru · 02-17-2007, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Petra

really?! I like goldfish!

I prefer swedishfish myself

McBain · 02-17-2007, 07:59 PM

Universal lists HD DVDs and other versions under each movie title. For example:

Serenity
http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...p?titleId=2619
http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...?childId=36232

Apollo 13
http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...php?titleId=93
http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...?childId=36233

etc. etc. etc.

Jazar · 02-17-2007, 08:05 PM

Let's find the HD sections on other home movie websites!

http://disneyvideos.disney.go.com/

Yep there on the left

http://www.foxhome.com/foxhome_main.html

Also there on the top.

http://www.sonypictures.com/

Smack dab on the middle.

http://homevideo.universalstudios.com/

Hmm... maybe... no... um... hello?

Come on Universal END THIS!

Blubaru · 02-17-2007, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McBain

Universal lists HD DVDs and other versions under each movie title. For example:

Serenity
http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...p?titleId=2619
http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...?childId=36232

Apollo 13
http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...php?titleId=93
http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...?childId=36233

etc. etc. etc.

It still doesn’t mean that they aren’t thinking twice about continuing support for HD-DVD. If they truly believed in HD-DVD and that HD-DVD was the format of the future they would proudly display it on their website.

They had the HD-DVD logo all over their page in the past but why all of the sudden is it completely missing?

ProvenFlipper · 02-17-2007, 08:15 PM

Come on Universal... Let's get this over with... We'll even accept ports of HD-DVD encodes for now.

Jeff® · 02-17-2007, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Petra

really?! I like goldfish!

Deciazulado · 02-17-2007, 08:50 PM

ecosystem? Studios and digital products are ecosystems now?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amir

please note that I cannot speak on behalf of SC. What I can tell you is that we have checked with them and they say the report is incorrect. While they have never said they are "exclusive" to HD DVD (neither has any other studio regardless of whether they produce in one format or two), currently they are not producing BD titles. So they continue to be in “HD DVD camp” as I had mentioned before."

Isn't that special?

So what is THIS?

I see the word Blu-ray somewhere there. maybe currently means today Saturday..

.

MFS3Kiryu · 02-17-2007, 08:52 PM

Sorry, where does it say Blu-Ray in that link?

EDIT: Oh, sorry, I found it. Awesome.

Also, does anyone have a screenshot of Universal's page when it was advertising HD-DVD?

02-17-2007, 06:45 PM	#1
Fozziwig Senior Member Member since:Feb 2007	"HD DVD has NO Exclusive Studios" - Amir Amir speaks: "Anyway, our relationship with Studio Canal is exceptionally good and positive. As is the large ecosystem of encoding/mastering/production partners in Europe. SC announced that they would have 30 titles on HD DVD and as such, we very much enjoy and appreciate their support of HD DVD/VC-1/HDi. With that said, please note that I cannot speak on behalf of SC. What I can tell you is that we have checked with them and they say the report is incorrect. While they have never said they are "exclusive" to HD DVD (neither has any other studio regardless of whether they produce in one format or two), currently they are not producing BD titles. So they continue to be in “HD DVD camp” as I had mentioned before." Souce: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...06#post9802806 Does he know something we don't?? There are No HD DVD exclusive studios!? Do Universal know about this? Anyway, SC are now advertising their Blu-ray titles so he's wrong on that one.

02-17-2007, 07:04 PM	#6
Fozziwig Senior Member Member since:Feb 2007	Here's another good one. Anyone who can find a HD DVD title listed on Universal's website wins a goldfish. http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...t_content.html Maybe they are on a secret site somewhere? Edit: Just noticed, mentioned already! Last edited by Fozziwig; 02-17-2007 at 07:11 PM.

02-17-2007, 08:05 PM	#15
Jazar Active Member Member since:Jun 2006	Let's find the HD sections on other home movie websites! http://disneyvideos.disney.go.com/ Yep there on the left http://www.foxhome.com/foxhome_main.html Also there on the top. http://www.sonypictures.com/ Smack dab on the middle. http://homevideo.universalstudios.com/ Hmm... maybe... no... um... hello? Come on Universal END THIS! Last edited by Jazar; 02-17-2007 at 08:08 PM.

02-17-2007, 08:52 PM	#20
MFS3Kiryu Active Member Member since:Dec 2006	Sorry, where does it say Blu-Ray in that link? EDIT: Oh, sorry, I found it. Awesome. Also, does anyone have a screenshot of Universal's page when it was advertising HD-DVD? Last edited by MFS3Kiryu; 02-17-2007 at 09:28 PM.

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02-17-2007, 06:53 PM	#2
JTK Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2006 Location:www.blurayoasis.com	LOL, amazing.

02-17-2007, 06:54 PM	#3
ceros Junior Member Member since:Feb 2007	http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&&#post9802806 Anyone else notice the post from paidgeek after amir's? Paidgeek says that the redo for the Fifth Element is done and could be distributed later this year.

02-17-2007, 06:55 PM	#4
phloyd Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2003 Location:California Trading Score:5	Amir makes stupid statements all the time... I wouldn't put too much weight on that. Though, there are strange things afoot at Universal for sure... I am sure others have noticed/mentioned that there is no mention of HD DVD on the Universal home page anymore...

02-17-2007, 07:21 PM	#10
theknub Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2006	my weekend chat fodder is normally sports and how drunk i got the night before... but this does put a on my face

02-17-2007, 07:59 PM	#14
McBain Senior Member Member since:Oct 2006	Universal lists HD DVDs and other versions under each movie title. For example: Serenity http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...p?titleId=2619 http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...?childId=36232 Apollo 13 http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...php?titleId=93 http://homevideo.universalstudios.co...?childId=36233 etc. etc. etc.

02-17-2007, 08:15 PM	#17
ProvenFlipper Special Member Member since:Jun 2006 Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:332 Blu-ray collection:898 Trading Score:1	Come on Universal... Let's get this over with... We'll even accept ports of HD-DVD encodes for now.

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