August 9th: Digital Bits' Blu-ray Rant, Part 2

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Originally Posted by Esox50

We've heard this before from numerous sources. I'm at the end of my patience with waiting for Fox. They officially don't support Blu-Ray at this point (as far as I'm concerned), and IMHO are the laughing stock of this format war. Even more so a laughing stock than Universal who at least attempts to back up what they say (no matter how futile we all know their efforts will be).

I understand the frustration here, but I can assure you that Fox is definitely behind Blu-Ray. Hollywood in High-Def just launched their site recently and Fox is one of the companies providing support for the site. If you sign up there, you'll notice that the sign-up email process actually utilizes Fox resources/assets. Fox would not be pouring resources into a new website dedicated to Blu-Ray if they were not fully behind it.

Granted, they haven't released any titles in a couple months, but that doesn't mean they've abandoned Blu-Ray...far from it. I agree that it would be better if Fox were releasing titles right now, but remember...one of the main reasons Fox chose Blu-Ray over HD-DVD is the safeguards against piracy. If it takes perfecting BD+ in order to alleviate their piracy concerns, then I'm happy to wait.

There's no way that Fox will let the holiday season go by without releasing any titles on Blu-Ray. No way. Don't forget how Fox sprung the X-Men Last Stand surprise last year when the PS3 was launched. They literally gave something like one or two weeks advance notice (oldtimers, correct me if I'm wrong here).

Have no fear...Fox will be here!