Eight studios only supporting Blu Ray - Blu-ray Forum

GTP · 01-28-2006, 03:35 PM

Disney
Miramax
Columbia Tri Star
Lions Gate
Sony Pictures
Pixar
MGM
Fox
Will only support Blu RAy, with only Universal holding out but probably not for long.
Add in dual support from Warner and Paramount and it seems 90+% of movies will be available on Blu Ray, and only about 30% on hd dvd.

I would suggest that any Toshiba player purchased could be used as a boat anchor later on when the format dies, except the Toshiba players are going to weigh 5-6 pounds....so maybe a paperweight instead

thunderhawk · 01-28-2006, 03:44 PM

LoL, quite true

zombie · 01-28-2006, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GTP

I would suggest that any Toshiba player purchased could be used as a boat anchor later on when the format dies, except the Toshiba players are going to weigh 5-6 pounds....so maybe a paperweight instead

LOL, I made the stupid mistake of buying a DCC (Digital Compact Cassette) player in the early 90's. Talk about a paperweight. I vowed to do a lot more research the next time I wanted to buy into a new format. While there's always a chance that things could improve dramatically for HD DVD, as it stands now I too think it would be quite foolish to buy into a format with such limited support. Unfortunately, I am talking from personal experience.

thunderhawk · 01-28-2006, 08:41 PM

Hehe... Wise decision to get closer to the Blu-ray Disc vs HD DVD war m8.

Jodi · 01-30-2006, 11:58 AM

It's gonna be Blu-Ray for me!

Jodi

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Originally Posted by n2blu

LOL, I made the stupid mistake of buying a DCC (Digital Compact Cassette) player in the early 90's. Talk about a paperweight. I vowed to do a lot more research the next time I wanted to buy into a new format. While there's always a chance that things could improve dramatically for HD DVD, as it stands now I too think it would be quite foolish to buy into a format with such limited support. Unfortunately, I am talking from personal experience.

Knight-Errant · 01-30-2006, 08:55 PM

I'm supporting BD.

I'll probably snap up some of the launch titles before getting a player in fact.

zombie · 01-30-2006, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight-Errant

I'll probably snap up some of the launch titles before getting a player in fact.

Interesting comment. I actually bought the original Jerry Maguire DVD five days before I purchased by first DVD player.

I suppose the same thing could happen with BD for me as well.

Guppa · 02-02-2006, 12:22 AM

I think you missed Touchstone Pictures and Buena Vista

RodChester · 01-17-2019, 04:17 PM

Looks like all the major studios and plenty of independent studios are supporting bluray now. That’s good.

BluProofie · 01-17-2019, 04:23 PM

Why was this bumped???

RodChester · 01-21-2019, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by BluProofie

Why was this bumped???

I thought it was important to note that everyone is supporting bluray now.

bonehica · 01-21-2019, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by RodChester

I thought it was important to note that everyone is supporting bluray now.

LOL! I am actually curious as to the nature of this place prior to Blu-ray. Some of the original posts are from members dating back to 2003. 3 years prior the first Blu-ray discs even being sold. WTF was this place called back then?

WeeBey · 01-21-2019, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by bonehica

LOL! I am actually curious as to the nature of this place prior to Blu-ray. Some of the original posts are from members dating back to 2003. 3 years prior the first Blu-ray discs even being sold. WTF was this place called back then?

This place was about Blu-ray/HD-DVD news back then. Not about movies, as their weren't any on the formats, but about the technology development.

here's a snapshot for 2003:

https://web.archive.org/web/20031228...lu-ray.com:80/

zeze · 01-21-2019, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BluProofie

Why was this bumped???

'cause you got to get that post count up

willieconway · 01-17-2019, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RodChester

Looks like all the major studios and plenty of independent studios are supporting bluray now. That’s good.

Almost 12 years. Impressive!

Doctorossi · 01-17-2019, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RodChester

Looks like all the major studios and plenty of independent studios are supporting bluray now. That’s good.

Uh... yeah, it's been pretty nice.

Petra_Kalbrain · 01-21-2019, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by RodChester

Looks like all the major studios and plenty of independent studios are supporting bluray now. That’s good.

With the excessive growth of voices championing the immediate death of physical media, it’s definitely a nice reminder that there is still plenty of support from the content creators.

yellowcakeuf6 · 01-21-2019, 05:34 PM

I remember back when I first started checking in on this site around 2005, there were big gaps of days between news posts. Things picked up in 2006 with the first Blu-ray Disc release announcements.
Is this the new record for a thread bump: 13 years!?

Petra_Kalbrain · 01-21-2019, 08:37 PM

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Is this the new record for a thread bump: 13 years!?

It’s definitely the largest necrothreading post that I have seen. My previous personally witnessed record stood at 9.5 years, I believe.

Zarak · 01-17-2019, 04:43 PM

What a weird thread to revive

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Originally Posted by GTP

Add in dual support from Warner and Paramount and it seems 90+% of movies will be available on Blu Ray

This was optimistic

01-28-2006, 03:35 PM	#1
GTP Expert Member Member since:Jan 2006 Trading Score:1	Eight studios only supporting Blu Ray Disney Miramax Columbia Tri Star Lions Gate Sony Pictures Pixar MGM Fox Will only support Blu RAy, with only Universal holding out but probably not for long. Add in dual support from Warner and Paramount and it seems 90+% of movies will be available on Blu Ray, and only about 30% on hd dvd. I would suggest that any Toshiba player purchased could be used as a boat anchor later on when the format dies, except the Toshiba players are going to weigh 5-6 pounds....so maybe a paperweight instead

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01-28-2006, 03:44 PM	#2
thunderhawk Moderator Member since:Jul 2004 Location:Belgium	LoL, quite true

01-28-2006, 08:41 PM	#4
thunderhawk Moderator Member since:Jul 2004 Location:Belgium	Hehe... Wise decision to get closer to the Blu-ray Disc vs HD DVD war m8.

01-30-2006, 08:55 PM	#6
Knight-Errant Power Member Member since:Aug 2005 Location:Sheffield, UK	I'm supporting BD. I'll probably snap up some of the launch titles before getting a player in fact.

02-02-2006, 12:22 AM	#8
Guppa Junior Member Member since:Nov 2005	I think you missed Touchstone Pictures and Buena Vista

01-17-2019, 04:17 PM	#9
RodChester Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jun 2009 Location:Illinois Home Theater Gallery:63 4K collection:333 Blu-ray collection:3380 DVD collection:141 Trading Score:129	Looks like all the major studios and plenty of independent studios are supporting bluray now. That’s good.

01-17-2019, 04:23 PM	#10
BluProofie Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Jan 2012 4K collection:833 Blu-ray collection:2272 DVD collection:110 Trading Score:100	Why was this bumped???

01-21-2019, 05:34 PM	#18
yellowcakeuf6 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2008 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 16	I remember back when I first started checking in on this site around 2005, there were big gaps of days between news posts. Things picked up in 2006 with the first Blu-ray Disc release announcements. Is this the new record for a thread bump: 13 years!?

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