Why all the bad movies - Blu-ray Forum

Deciazulado · 12-20-2006, 01:34 AM

Universal has put out 55 movies on HD. It's the studio that has more titles out. Even more that Warner! (And Warner has already 30 on BD). For a studio that comprises about 10% of the box office in recent years, they're certainly playing all stops! There's about 199 movies in between both High Definition discs formats (of the 199, there are 118 on BD). Of the 199, 28% is Universal. 28/10 is almost 3x so Universal is pumping out movies like there's no tomorrow. 3 times more than any other studio. Think why.

If you care to count the 'bad movie vs good movie" titles between the two formats, first it's a subjective call, then HD DVD has been out about 60% more time than BD accumulating titles (but even with that, there's just about a 10% difference in movie titles numbers) so to make a fair comparison you'd have to calculate lets say HD DVDs first 5-6 month of titles against BD's first 5-6 months of titles. I haven't counted what I consider a "Good movie" vs "Bad movie" so I wouldn't really know. I just buy movies I like or want. I like "bad movies" on occasion too.. I love movies.

It takes a while for a format to accumulate the big guns. On CD the Beatles took 5 years to come out. The RS were out earlier.

The studios have their marketing strategies and bean counters. Maybe the BDA strategy is more like it would be if there wasn't a "War" going on, maybe they counted on (or are still counting on, in a smaller manner) that they're big enough that they can introduce a format as business as usual, while the HD DVD group (specially Universal and their partner) knowing what they're up against, are using up as much "artillery" as they can (3 times as much as they normally would). If you don't like a title, you don't buy it, and that sends a message to the Studio. If you like a title, you buy it and the Studio may get the trend. Inertia slows this process, and of course, the Studio tends to do what it wants and considers best for them to make money. It's their movies we are buying. So it's their choice. (A possible extreme example: See what happened with the Blade Runner SE edition over the years, apparently the party that had ownership seemed not interested on doing it, no matter what the consumer demand on it was). Or just look how George, or Disney, plan their release strategy on DVDs.

If you want a better selection on BD, write to the studios, ask your store managers, do the amazon request thing. and buy titles you consider good.

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12-20-2006, 01:34 AM	#11
Deciazulado Site Manager Top contributor Member since:Aug 2006 Location:USiberia Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:1161 Blu-ray collection:7055 DVD collection:4063	Universal has put out 55 movies on HD. It's the studio that has more titles out. Even more that Warner! (And Warner has already 30 on BD). For a studio that comprises about 10% of the box office in recent years, they're certainly playing all stops! There's about 199 movies in between both High Definition discs formats (of the 199, there are 118 on BD). Of the 199, 28% is Universal. 28/10 is almost 3x so Universal is pumping out movies like there's no tomorrow. 3 times more than any other studio. Think why. If you care to count the 'bad movie vs good movie" titles between the two formats, first it's a subjective call, then HD DVD has been out about 60% more time than BD accumulating titles (but even with that, there's just about a 10% difference in movie titles numbers) so to make a fair comparison you'd have to calculate lets say HD DVDs first 5-6 month of titles against BD's first 5-6 months of titles. I haven't counted what I consider a "Good movie" vs "Bad movie" so I wouldn't really know. I just buy movies I like or want. I like "bad movies" on occasion too.. I love movies. It takes a while for a format to accumulate the big guns. On CD the Beatles took 5 years to come out. The RS were out earlier. The studios have their marketing strategies and bean counters. Maybe the BDA strategy is more like it would be if there wasn't a "War" going on, maybe they counted on (or are still counting on, in a smaller manner) that they're big enough that they can introduce a format as business as usual, while the HD DVD group (specially Universal and their partner) knowing what they're up against, are using up as much "artillery" as they can (3 times as much as they normally would). If you don't like a title, you don't buy it, and that sends a message to the Studio. If you like a title, you buy it and the Studio may get the trend. Inertia slows this process, and of course, the Studio tends to do what it wants and considers best for them to make money. It's their movies we are buying. So it's their choice. (A possible extreme example: See what happened with the Blade Runner SE edition over the years, apparently the party that had ownership seemed not interested on doing it, no matter what the consumer demand on it was). Or just look how George, or Disney, plan their release strategy on DVDs. If you want a better selection on BD, write to the studios, ask your store managers, do the amazon request thing. and buy titles you consider good.

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