HDD's Peter Bracke: studios should give high-def exclusive titles and content

[WickyWoo]

3> Release the hi-def version 3 or 4 weeks prior to the regular DVD.

That's simply not going to happen. They have an advertising budget per title, and they're not going to blow their wad on one version early, and have to do it again a month later

Exclusive releases to HD? Yes

Exclusive features to HD? Yes

Early release? No way

Personally I still think the osmosis factor is going to drive HD adoption the most. In 3-5 years, all they're going to be selling in stores are Blu players. So when your Chinese piece of crap dies every 18 months, eventually you'll have to buy a Blu player, and with it, you'll buy Blu discs.

Next Christmas when this crap is over, they can really start pushing it at the forefront of store displays and such

[Bullseye]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Next Christmas when this crap is over, they can really start pushing it at the forefront of store displays and such

Thats what i like to hear. Positive on Blu Hopefully WB and Uni make a move and soon.

[The Big Blue]

Like an 8-track, except it's round.

Edit to add... This thread put me in the mind of this > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EgjZaVnlyY

[Clark Kent]

This is nothing more than fantasy. There is not one studio today who would exclusively release a title to HD without a concurrent dvd release. The market is just not mature enough. The economics of the situation dictate this. The real threat to HD taking off is this silly format war being foisted upon us by Toshiba and Microsoft. The HD market would be very healthy right now if a certain inferior format wasn't confusing customers and hindering Blu-ray adoption rates.

[The Don]

to stop releasing in DVD would be a horrible idea...

there are a large number of people who just purchased their 1st DVD player in 2004/05 when the prices started dropping like crazy...

to just cut off DVD would be marketing suicide...

maybe only release new movies in DVD and cut off the catalog titles?...that can work so you can start cutting down on the shelf space for DVD and begin expanding on HD content..

[Verbal]

Peter Bracke = Captain Obvious

Of course it has to happen, but now is FAR too soon. We're at least another 2 years from that point. What Mr. Bracke seems to forget is that HDTVs are only in some 30% of homes in North America. It's not like the VHS to DVD format change because here you're required to replace more than just the player in order to see any real benefits.

[The Big Blue]

You obviously didn't bother to read the rest of his plan that involves bands of hd dvd supporters breaking into people's homes, kicking in the screens on their sd 4:3 sets then driving them to Wal-mart with Star Trek phaser remotes pointed at their heads to buy hd Visio's on Bill Gates' Visa.

[DaViD Boulet]

Why does everyone have to take an extreme and pretend that Peter didn't have balanced points to offer as well? Is this AVS?

He also said HDM could be released in advance of SD DVD, or offer additional bonus material to encourage adoption. That would influence the HD market... and the DVD would still be released.