Summer Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD count - Blu-ray Forum

assur191 · 05-16-2007, 11:41 PM

I just added up the announced titles from highdefdigest from May 22 - July 31, and HD-DVD has 67 titles, whereas Blu-ray has only 47 titles. This seems like quite the discrepancy. Let's hope that we get a bunch more titles announced soon.

Jonalan34 · 05-16-2007, 11:59 PM

It does not matter. All you need is a faith.

Look, 300 men against thousand soliders, 300 men wins. So, because they have faith and believe in themselves and God limit number soliders that God told them to have 300 men to go war against thousand men, which sound impossible for us, but anything is possible to God.

Blu-ray is doing fine and still leading margin over HD DVD.

There are plenty Blu-ray titles for me to make purchases this summer.

Maximus · 05-17-2007, 12:01 AM

Fox and Sony still haven't made any huge announcements yet while Universal have done all the announcing they are going to do until September now. Sony alone will cancel out Universal, so don't fret.

assur191 · 05-17-2007, 12:04 AM

LOL. I think I'll leave the god comment alone.....
Yeah, let's hope that Sony and Fox have some big announcemnets. Although, we'd probably be on par with HD-DVD right now, if so many titles weren't already indefinitely delayed.

Jonalan34 · 05-17-2007, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by assur191

LOL. I think I'll leave the god comment alone.....
Yeah, let's hope that Sony and Fox have some big announcemnets. Although, we'd probably be on par with HD-DVD right now, if so many titles weren't already indefinitely delayed.

Just be patience.

jbuttler007 · 05-17-2007, 12:48 AM

Universal only makes so may good movies. Most of the movies they release weren't huge box office hits. Just look up the list of their HD-DVD release and compare it to Blu-rays. I think that they've changed the stradegy to quantity of movies not quality. To some this may be good enough.

phloyd · 05-17-2007, 12:50 AM

According to the HiDefDigest, there are roughly 233 BDs released and 198 HD DVDs. This is maintaining a 30 or so title lead that BD has had for some time.

It would be sad to see this lead erode, but at least in recent times even with Fox holding titles back, BD has been keeping pace with HD DVD releases.

Hopefully this will continue at least to be the case.

Forresttheman · 05-17-2007, 01:14 AM

think of the quality of the movies on BD. we get Pirates and HD gets Hitcher

LeoneFan · 05-17-2007, 02:00 AM

Someone should kick Fox and wake them up already. This is getting tiresome. Also, where the hell is Lionsgate? Looks like they ran and burried their heads in the sand too.

Jim L · 05-17-2007, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

Fox and Sony still haven't made any huge announcements yet while Universal have done all the announcing they are going to do until September now. Sony alone will cancel out Universal, so don't fret.

When BD+ is implemented soon, Fox will begin releasing and announcing. And don't forget, Fox also represents a huge MGM library as well. Sony and Disney both have big arsenals of classics and blockbusters, as well as popular new releases.

Universal doesn't really have squat, except a lot of Spielberg films which can't be released until Spielberg says so.

And another thing to consider -- catalog titles don't sell as well as popular new releases. They also cost alot more to put into Hi Def because some of them need restoration work.

Let's all sit tight. It's going to be an exciting summer!

ProvenFlipper · 05-17-2007, 05:07 AM

As soon as Fox announces some titles for summer, we should be good again.

The Don · 05-17-2007, 12:22 PM

quality over quantity....even though BD has both....

but I guarantee you the announced titles for BD will outweigh the HD-DVD movies in sales....all they have right now is the Matrix Trilogy as an advantage...but that's only temporary...

we have Pirates and then the spiderman series coming...and so-on...

Deciazulado · 05-18-2007, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by assur191

Although, we'd probably be on par with HD-DVD right now, if so many titles weren't already indefinitely delayed.

err with about 250 Blu-rays released and 210 HD DVDs released, I think we ARE on par.. Don't cha think?

Greenmatiz2 · 05-18-2007, 12:15 AM

What is the current target date for BD+?

I have a feeling that they will announce a few "test" titles to output with the new encryption, then wait quite a while before they put the big films out -- just to see how soon it is cracked.

We may never see many Fox titles on anything.

assur191 · 05-18-2007, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Deciazulado

err with about 250 Blu-rays released and 210 HD DVDs released, I think we ARE on par.. Don't cha think?

I was referring to what is scheduled for release between now and then end of July. I'm sure that after that, blu-ray should really be on a roll. It just seems that the next two months may be a bit sparse. That is all.

Deciazulado · 05-18-2007, 12:36 AM

People are always mentioning Fox, but is interesting that Fox released in 3 months about more BDs than Paramount released HD DVDs in a year, and I don't see the brick red crowd wondering about Paramount's lack of support that much...

jubaiweaponx · 05-18-2007, 12:39 AM

all i want to see is happy blu dreams and hope for the the new transformers movie on blu now that would be a treat among other titles I have ordered and will order

Smallville206 · 05-18-2007, 01:24 AM

I still think if the studios did not drag their feet as much as they do, this war could well be nearing a conclusion. Blu ray may have the lead, but they are giving HD-DVD way too much breathing room. More should be done to show they are serious about becoming the dominant format. HD-DVD is like the underdog fighter who sticks around late in a fight and gets in that one lucky punch causing the surprise upset. I say take HD-DVD out as early as possible to avoid putting themselves in a situation where it could bite them later.
The only way to do that is overwhelm them with high quality releases and for studios like WB to pick up the pace. I have no doubt in my own mind Blu ray will win, I have 30 titles so far in support of the format, but I know a few lucky breaks for HD-DVD and they can be right back in this. What are the odds that the longer this stretches out that Blu ray only studios will likely go neutral taking one of their largest advantages, more studio support?

cdblu · 05-18-2007, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Smallville206

I still think if the studios did not drag their feet as much as they do, this war could well be nearing a conclusion. Blu ray may have the lead, but they are giving HD-DVD way too much breathing room. More should be done to show they are serious about becoming the dominant format. HD-DVD is like the underdog fighter who sticks around late in a fight and gets in that one lucky punch causing the surprise upset. I say take HD-DVD out as early as possible to avoid putting themselves in a situation where it could bite them later.
The only way to do that is overwhelm them with high quality releases and for studios like WB to pick up the pace. I have no doubt in my own mind Blu ray will win, I have 30 titles so far in support of the format, but I know a few lucky breaks for HD-DVD and they can be right back in this. What are the odds that the longer this stretches out that Blu ray only studios will likely go neutral taking one of their largest advantages, more studio support?

completely right smalls! BD should just crush hd-ded instantly with like 500 releases(JK). but yes, hd-ded is getting too comfortable if you ask me and stupid wb keeps encouraging them. i mean come on why would wb release the matrix the same date as the pirates release? BD should widen the release lead by at least 50 titles.

jrchisholm · 05-18-2007, 06:55 PM

In my opinion:
Phase 1: Universal is putting out as much of their catalog as possible on HD-DVD this year so they can maximize their sales on this format before next year. HD-DVD supporters are buying all the crap that Universal puts out to try and keep the numbers up for their format.

Phase 2: Next year Universal will go format neutral and we the Blu-ray supporters will finally be able to purchase the titles we want from them.

Phase 3: HD-DVD will slowly go away like DIVX. Without support for HD-DVD Universal will resale the Blu-ray versions of their movies to early HD-DVD supporters who now own both formats, but cannot find players for their old HD-DVD discs.

This is obviously only speculation and opinion, but who knows.

05-16-2007, 11:41 PM	#1
assur191 Active Member Member since:Aug 2005 Blu-ray collection:345	Summer Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD count I just added up the announced titles from highdefdigest from May 22 - July 31, and HD-DVD has 67 titles, whereas Blu-ray has only 47 titles. This seems like quite the discrepancy. Let's hope that we get a bunch more titles announced soon.

05-18-2007, 12:39 AM	#17
jubaiweaponx Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:collingdale,pa Blu-ray collection:304	its all good all i want to see is happy blu dreams and hope for the the new transformers movie on blu now that would be a treat among other titles I have ordered and will order

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05-16-2007, 11:59 PM	#2
Jonalan34 Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Harvest, Alabama, USA Blu-ray collection:973 DVD collection:69 Blu-ray reviews:1	It does not matter. All you need is a faith. Look, 300 men against thousand soliders, 300 men wins. So, because they have faith and believe in themselves and God limit number soliders that God told them to have 300 men to go war against thousand men, which sound impossible for us, but anything is possible to God. Blu-ray is doing fine and still leading margin over HD DVD. There are plenty Blu-ray titles for me to make purchases this summer.

05-17-2007, 12:01 AM	#3
Maximus Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2006	Fox and Sony still haven't made any huge announcements yet while Universal have done all the announcing they are going to do until September now. Sony alone will cancel out Universal, so don't fret.

05-17-2007, 12:04 AM	#4
assur191 Active Member Member since:Aug 2005 Blu-ray collection:345	LOL. I think I'll leave the god comment alone..... Yeah, let's hope that Sony and Fox have some big announcemnets. Although, we'd probably be on par with HD-DVD right now, if so many titles weren't already indefinitely delayed.

05-17-2007, 12:48 AM	#6
jbuttler007 Active Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Ayase-Shi, Japan	Universal only makes so may good movies. Most of the movies they release weren't huge box office hits. Just look up the list of their HD-DVD release and compare it to Blu-rays. I think that they've changed the stradegy to quantity of movies not quality. To some this may be good enough.

05-17-2007, 12:50 AM	#7
phloyd Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2003 Location:California Trading Score:5	According to the HiDefDigest, there are roughly 233 BDs released and 198 HD DVDs. This is maintaining a 30 or so title lead that BD has had for some time. It would be sad to see this lead erode, but at least in recent times even with Fox holding titles back, BD has been keeping pace with HD DVD releases. Hopefully this will continue at least to be the case.

05-17-2007, 01:14 AM	#8
Forresttheman Active Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Seattle, Washington Blu-ray reviews:2	think of the quality of the movies on BD. we get Pirates and HD gets Hitcher

05-17-2007, 02:00 AM	#9
LeoneFan Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007	Someone should kick Fox and wake them up already. This is getting tiresome. Also, where the hell is Lionsgate? Looks like they ran and burried their heads in the sand too.

05-17-2007, 05:07 AM	#11
ProvenFlipper Special Member Member since:Jun 2006 Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:285 Blu-ray collection:848 Trading Score:1	As soon as Fox announces some titles for summer, we should be good again.

05-17-2007, 12:22 PM	#12
The Don Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Apr 2006 Blu-ray reviews:12 Trading Score:2	quality over quantity....even though BD has both.... but I guarantee you the announced titles for BD will outweigh the HD-DVD movies in sales....all they have right now is the Matrix Trilogy as an advantage...but that's only temporary... we have Pirates and then the spiderman series coming...and so-on...

05-18-2007, 12:15 AM	#14
Greenmatiz2 Banned Member since:Apr 2007	What is the current target date for BD+? I have a feeling that they will announce a few "test" titles to output with the new encryption, then wait quite a while before they put the big films out -- just to see how soon it is cracked. We may never see many Fox titles on anything.

05-18-2007, 12:36 AM	#16
Deciazulado Site Manager Top contributor Member since:Aug 2006 Location:USiberia Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:932 Blu-ray collection:6053 DVD collection:3811	People are always mentioning Fox, but is interesting that Fox released in 3 months about more BDs than Paramount released HD DVDs in a year, and I don't see the brick red crowd wondering about Paramount's lack of support that much...

05-18-2007, 01:24 AM	#18
Smallville206 Active Member Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Seattle, Washington	I still think if the studios did not drag their feet as much as they do, this war could well be nearing a conclusion. Blu ray may have the lead, but they are giving HD-DVD way too much breathing room. More should be done to show they are serious about becoming the dominant format. HD-DVD is like the underdog fighter who sticks around late in a fight and gets in that one lucky punch causing the surprise upset. I say take HD-DVD out as early as possible to avoid putting themselves in a situation where it could bite them later. The only way to do that is overwhelm them with high quality releases and for studios like WB to pick up the pace. I have no doubt in my own mind Blu ray will win, I have 30 titles so far in support of the format, but I know a few lucky breaks for HD-DVD and they can be right back in this. What are the odds that the longer this stretches out that Blu ray only studios will likely go neutral taking one of their largest advantages, more studio support?

05-18-2007, 06:55 PM	#20
jrchisholm Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Location:USA 4K collection:214 Blu-ray collection:3770 Trading Score:77	In my opinion: Phase 1: Universal is putting out as much of their catalog as possible on HD-DVD this year so they can maximize their sales on this format before next year. HD-DVD supporters are buying all the crap that Universal puts out to try and keep the numbers up for their format. Phase 2: Next year Universal will go format neutral and we the Blu-ray supporters will finally be able to purchase the titles we want from them. Phase 3: HD-DVD will slowly go away like DIVX. Without support for HD-DVD Universal will resale the Blu-ray versions of their movies to early HD-DVD supporters who now own both formats, but cannot find players for their old HD-DVD discs. This is obviously only speculation and opinion, but who knows.

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