Warner Distribution problem continue

[BluOgre]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Isn't it Blu-ray, not BluRay?

Heck, it's better than calling it Blueray (which is how the president of my company spells it).

Maybe it's the hyphen that is confusing the customers and not the format war f

I type it BluRay because it saves me one key stroke....call me lazy.

[Teazle]

Originally Posted by BluOgre

I type it BluRay because it saves me one key stroke....call me lazy.

Same number of key strokes if you count the shift key.

[wisper9999]

I am still waiting on Smallville from the WB site.

[lokus]

Originally Posted by whippersnapper

Definitely not replication problems. They had a new system installed during the period from early August through early September. Didn't fill orders during that time but did take orders so a big backlog built up. Combine that with bugs in the new system that had to be worked out and there you had the origin of the problem. Mostly worked out now. Certainly for my orders.

By the way, the site was "equal opportunity" during this period; both Blu-ray and HD-DVD were affected (as presumably was DVD also).

Geez I wouldn't want to be the system engineer and project manager who worked on that implementation.

[psx3man]

i ordered TMNT 3 weeks ago still haven't got it

[RWebb74]

Yeah, I have 15 on order through the WB site that aren't pre-order and the only one I have received is Superman II. S.........L.........O..........W!!!
I couldn't pass up that 25% off. I'll be at Best Buy Sunday for the B1G1 sale too, not to mention the buy-a-thon this coming Tuesday where I plan to buy 5 or 6 more at Amazon. Sweet!!

[Joe Cain]

Originally Posted by lokus

Geez I wouldn't want to be the system engineer and project manager who worked on that implementation.

Yeah, I'd hate to be unemployed at Christmas.

[Clark Kent]

Whatever is going on with Warner's distribution problems has affected the Nielsen weekly sales ratio. It's the only explanation I can see why "We Are Marshal" HD-DVD outsold the BD release week, when every other dual format release the BD has dominated(the only real exception is Planet Earth and even that has become a better weekly seller on BD). Of course once the BD became widely available it naturally came back to beating the HD-DVD soundly in its second week of release.

[Slapper]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Whatever is going on with Warner's distribution problems has affected the Nielsen weekly sales ratio. It's the only explanation I can see why "We Are Marshal" HD-DVD outsold the BD release week, when every other dual format release the BD has dominated(the only real exception is Planet Earth and even that has become a better weekly seller on BD). Of course once the BD became widely available it naturally came back to beating the HD-DVD soundly in its second week of release.

I think you hit the nail on the head with that one. Hopefully this distribution and/or replication problem(s) from both Fox and Warner get straightened around soon.

I was off 3% this week with my guesstimate and I blame that squarely on the lack of availability of Fantastic Four 2 and The Day After Tomorrow on retail shelves (or, it could just be my incompetence).

And, don't even get me started on Fox's lack of advertising for their Blu-ray discs. I'm only letting it slide because this is their first month back from their 6-month hiatus. It's obvious that during that "vacation" from hi-def they weren't sitting on their hands, but were working diligently to make an even better product than they had put out before. I commend them for that. But, now they really need to get behind Blu-ray with some ads!

That way I don't have to read things like this: "Have you seen the new Fantastic Four commercial? They don't even mention the Blu-ray version! This is a sign that they may be going HD-DVD exclusive!"

ARRRRGH!!!

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Isn't it Blu-ray, not BluRay?

Come on, Deci... everyone knows it is "Blue-Rae"

[atomik kinder]

As of now, my order for The Reaping is still showing in "Items not yet shipped" and my The Invisible and Return to House on Haunted Hill are showing "Items shipping soon". So looks like at least The Reaping will be delayed. My Twilight Zone, which I preordered finally shipped Friday night, but of course it really hasn't gone anywhere yet since UPS doesn't pick up that late and doesn't do Saturday pick up.