New This Week: September 26th Edition

[zombie]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

Due to the maximum # of 10 items in the poll, I dropped out Lethal Weapon 2 from the list, since it's both a dual release disc and one of the oldest titles on there. Just my own bias but unless someone has a better suggestion on how to do this when there are more than 10, let me know. (I run these weekly on my site and we have upwards of 30 releases during a week!)

Just send me a PM I can add more options manually. I just added LW2 for you.

[zombie]

I have the Corpse Bride BD on order. The others of interest to me I already own on HD DVD.

[phloyd]

Gotta get my Tim Burton movies (Corpse Bride and Sleepy Hollow)

[phloyd]

I just realised that there are Paramount movies in the list!

So... do we know what the codec is for these discs yet?

[emilsjr]

Originally Posted by bferr1

As crazy as this sounds, I've started "phasing out" Warner HD DVDs from my library. I've sold a few on ebay recently and replaced them with their BD counterparts. I've done this for three reasons: 1) curiosity about BD PQ versus the HD DVDs, which is a complete wash, IMO; 2) believe it or not, I think the Samsung is a more stable player than the Toshiba, especially after Tosh's 2.0 firmware; and 3) if HD DVD should tank, I want the risk to be minimized because I made the switch from Warner HD DVD to Warner BD early in the game. In other words, I have a crisis of confidence in HD DVD at the moment.

I am considering doing this same "phase out" for Paramount. I have far fewer Paramount HD DVDs than Warner, so that should be fairly easy to accomplish. Going forward, I will most likely do Warner and Paramount BDs instead of HD DVDs. However, I am still very much in the HD DVD game, but only for Universal and other true HD DVD exclusives.

Not crazy at all. I did the exact same phase out/compare thing.

[Applefiend]

Does seem to a BD drought, at least for me, until October 17th after this weeks releases. *whine*

[ProvenFlipper]

Originally Posted by Applefiend

Does seem to a BD drought, at least for me, until October 17th after this weeks releases. *whine*

October 10
Aeon Flux (Paramount)
Click (Sony)
16 Blocks (Warner)
Syriana (Warner)

I'm actually buying more on the 10th than I am on the 17th. The day I'm waiting for is Nov. 14th... Kingdom of Heaven, Black Hawk Down, and Layer Cake on BD-50... Yummy. I'll be getting other titles that day, but I'm really looking forward to watching some BD-50s.