Europe's lack of Blu-ray titles?

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

I think there are several reasons and most likely a combination of the following

1) I think in most European countries movies have been traditionally more expensive

2) some studios got conned by Toshiba into assuming HD DVD would be cheaper and more easily adopted

3) The PS3 came out much later, The issue is that people in Europe knew it was coming and wit6h the more expensive BD players there and in limited numbers BD was not all that exciting. Now with the PS3 and BD's outselling HD DVD I am sure things will change

4) BD has region coding and Europe is in a different RC then US and Japan. A studio could have decided "I made the movie, let's distribute it there as well, but they need different masters, so my guess many waited to have a large enough demand to make replication worth it.

Myth busting time!

1) Very true.

2) Not so much, the movie scene in Europe is much the same as it is in the US, Hollywood rules!

3) PS3, yes, Blu-ray no. The Samsung BD-P1000 was out here way earlier than the Toshiba HD-E1.

4) Different region coding shouldn't require a whole new master unless it needs to be edited to suit different regulations in different countries.