Blu-ray vs HD DVD titles in January

[Sean4000]

Twister will sound AMAZING in PCM. I'll buy it for sure.

The film itself was meh......

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by ryoohki

That what i said... practically... it said that Warner had title announced until March on HD DVD (And Bluray)

Sorry, I read the below:

Originally Posted by ryoohki

No Warner announced title for HD DVD upto March (Justice League)

To read: "No announced titles for HD DVD until March".

Sorry...

~Alan

[xtop]

Originally Posted by john_nemesh

I disagree. A forum is only as good as the posts and ideas contained within. When I get "demerits" for posting ANYTHING about how the censors work, or ANYTHING concerning PRESS RELEASES showing blu winning....well, I believe that that forum lost any and all credibility.

Moderating death threats is one thing, moderating opinions or preferences is quite another. I think I will stick to forums that allow for a free flow of information and discussion as opposed to censorship.

well if you read any of my post you would have saw that i said ignore the blu-ray vs hd dvd petty crap. which obviously, you skipped right over. theres a lot of good info on that site, that doesn't pertain to hdm. the format war is ruining the whole forum.

but anyways, i'm curious what hd dvd is going to do once blu-ray is killing it all through jan

[RUR]

Originally Posted by xtop

thats a shame. contrary to what you hear on this forum. lots of excellent info on there. just gotta ignore the petty hd dvd vs blu-ray crap

What's your username over there?

[xtop]

Originally Posted by RUR

What's your username over there?

been a member for a few years, not one post.

[miokti]

So, HD-DVD supporters spouting "Just wait until January..." are clearly spouting FUD. It's incredible to see some of them still very optimistic about 2008.

[RUR]

Originally Posted by xtop

been a member for a few years, not one post.

An extremely prolific poster like you? That's hard to believe. What was that username, again?

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by miokti

So, HD-DVD supporters spouting "Just wait until January..." are clearly spouting FUD. It's incredible to see some of them still very optimistic about 2008.

Some expect some BD studios to go "neutral", which will help fill up the release slate.

Some expect new HD DVD owners to go out and purchase catalog like crazy... thereby beating BD in the Nielsen's.

BTW, I agree with you xtop, a lot of great forums... just not their HDM one!

~Alan

[xtop]

Originally Posted by RUR

An extremely prolific poster like you? That's hard to believe. What was that username, again?

haha. i guess i lied. 10 posts in over 2 years.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/member.php?u=7488499

good luck finding ammo to try to make me look bad

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

Sorry, I read the below:



To read: "No announced titles for HD DVD until March".

Sorry...

~Alan

Sorry, i should have wrote No, they have annonced titles for HDDVD until March.

I guess i was trigger happy on the KeyB

[roachxp]

Originally Posted by RUR

Wasn't that the famous Universal hiatus?

But Universal ended up releasing the most titles this year out of all of the studios on both formats.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Well, clearly there's a lot more coming out on BD in Jan than on HD-DVD, which is good for Blu-Ray.

Though for me, none of the titles on either side are impressing me, so if either side gets any of my money next month, it will be on releases that have already been out for some time.

I do kind of hope that the BOGO sales and all of that continue into next month and beyond, and don't suddenly stop because of the end of the Holiday season. Between buying christmas gifts for my family and other recent personal purchases, I really don't want to take advantage of any current sales because despite the good deals, I really still shouldn't spend the money.


As for new releases, I heard that in February, both Dogma and Run Lola Run are coming out on Blu-Ray, both of which I'd be very interested in owning. I could really see Run Lola Run looking excellent in Hi-Def if they do a good job with the transfer.

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by Dynamo of Eternia

As for new releases, I heard that in February, both Dogma and Run Lola Run are coming out on Blu-Ray, both of which I'd be very interested in owning. I could really see Run Lola Run looking excellent in Hi-Def if they do a good job with the transfer.

Yeah because Lola Run on DVD is ULGY.. i mean ... really Ulgy... so my expectation are not very high, but Sony has been good since many months now.. so..

[Metalthrasher442]

I'm really shocked that HD DVDs releases are out numbered like that.

Good news for us.

Bad new for me. I'm not really looking forward to any of those titles really. Maybe Con-air, but I doubt it. If I do buy a BD released in Jan. It'll probably be the Monty Python movie towards the end of the month.

Resident Evil should be a pretty big hit..I'm not into it though.

[davidPS3]

And here I thought I was going to get a little break in January on the wallet. I see at least 10 titles that I want to pick up, and 6 of these I have already pre-ordered.

[U4K61]

Originally Posted by toocheezy

I counted 8 Blu's minimum that I will be getting. So you factor in the BOGO's and all the other sales. Its going to be a wonderful month

Perhaps its 'Sky Blu'

[Meerkat]

This does look weak for HD-DVD for the first quarter of 2008. Blu sales should maintain the lead first of 2008.

[darinp2]

I hope that we get some really good news by the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show (January 7th), but either way, if the release schedule stays as is then the Blu-ray side will probably be able to announce a big ratio for Nielsen First Alert data for the first week of 2008, during the show (like Wednesday, January 9th).

--Darin

[JackStraw]

The only ones that interest me are Saw IV and The Life of Brian. Other than that, there ain't much for me there. A little disappointed that we won't be getting Zodiac, I really wanted that one. I'm sure we'll be getting it eventually.

[BluOgre]

Originally Posted by ryoohki

Humm.. counting only movies here the release slate for January

HD DVD

January 08, 2008
The Invasion (Warner)
Mobsters (Universal)
The Pianist (Universal)
White Noise (Universal)
White Noise 2: The Light (Universal)
Zodiac: Director's Cut (Paramount)

January 22, 2008
Channels (Vanguard Cinema)

January 29, 2008
King of California (First Look)

Blu-Ray

January 01, 2008
Shoot 'Em Up (New Line)
War (Lionsgate)

January 02, 2008
Resident Evil (Sony)
Resident Evil Trilogy (Sony)
Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony)

January 08, 2008
3:10 to Yuma (2007) (Lionsgate)
Con Air (Buena Vista)
Dragon Wars (Sony)
The Invasion (Warner)
Killing Machine/Shogun's Ninja (BCI)
Man on Fire (Fox)
Night of the Werewolf/Vengeance of the Zombies (BCI)
The Rock (Buena Vista)
Sister Street Fighter/Sister Street Fighter 2 (BCI)
Sunshine (Fox)

January 15, 2008
Breaker Morant (Image)
Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate)
Mr. Woodcock (New Line)
Suburban Girl (Image)
Went To Coney Island On A Mission From God... Be Back By Five (Starz)

January 22, 2008
The Game Plan (Walt Disney)
Initial D (Tai Seng)
Saw IV (Lionsgate)

January 29, 2008
Daddy Day Camp (Sony)
Damages: The Complete First Season (Sony)
King of California (First Look)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (Sony)

What makes it even worse is the Day & Date is so skewed towards Blu-rays side people who rent New Releases will notice nearly all the titles are only available on Blu-ray.

Keep in mind this is what Feb kind of looks like with New Releases right now.

Feb 5th HD - Elizabeth Golden Age, Brave One
Feb 12th HD - No Reservations, Into The Wild
Feb 19th HD - AMERICAN GANGSTER
Feb 26th HD - Nothing (so far)

Feb 5th BR - Brave One, Jane Austen Book Club
Feb 12th BR - We Own The Night, No Reservations, Becoming Jane, Gone Baby Gone
Feb 19th BR -Nothing (so far)
Feb 26th BR - 30 Days of Night

Notice the week of Feb 19th.........I'm almost 100% postive Blu-ray is going to lose that week UNLESS Warner goes BR exclusive in Jan. American Gangster will be a top seller for HD and I can't think of how BR will sale enough product in a low selling month (typically) to make up the sales this title will be bring in.