Fox movies on HD-DVD in Germany...

[zipbags]

I was checking out the HD-DVD software forum and their was a thread discussing how Fox movies were being released in Germany on HD-DVD. The hd-dvd fans were crowing how it was sticking it to Sony. Whats the story?

Also, on a side note. You read the threads on the HD-DVD forum. You would think their is no concern about the 70/30 sales split. Its amazing. What's the story?

[Kirsty_Mc]

If there are any, then it could be that paramount or Universal have the distribution rights in them countries.

Or more likely it's BS

[Blu As Hell]

Originally Posted by zipbags

I was checking out the HD-DVD software forum and their was a thread discussing how Fox movies were being released in Germany on HD-DVD. The hd-dvd fans were crowing how it was sticking it to Sony. Whats the story?

Also, on a side note. You read the threads on the HD-DVD forum. You would think their is no concern about the 70/30 sales split. Its amazing. What's the story?

In Europe and other parts of the world, movies can have a different distribution company than the one they have in the U.S. Now that distribution company may release the movies on the HD DVD format, in fact if you go to the german Amazon.com site you can get Rise of the Silver Surfer on Blu-ray and HD DVD, it just costs an arm and a leg to order them and import them over. It's the same thing with Face/Off, Paramount has distribution rights in the U.S. but Disney has the rights in Japan and the U.K. So don't worry yourself about it HD DVD is still being crushed worldwide and even if the HD DVD fanboys imports them they don't count towards the U.S. Nelsen numbers.

[atomik kinder]

There will typically be a few titles that aren't distributed by Fox and even Disney in Europe and may show up on HD DVD, but not the majority of them. Likewise, there are a few HD DVD only titles in the US that have been released on Blu-ray in Europe. In the big picture, it is not going to make a difference to the general buying public as they will never be available for sale in say Best Buy and most people will never know they exist. They are still not going to get the big movies like anything from Pixar or Disney's Pirates movies. The only one from Disney that I know that is available is Bridge to Terabithia.

[Neo65]

imdb.com is a good source to find global distribution rights for each movie.

Buying movies from international sources is not cheap. Granted there might be irresistible movies you just have to get, the reality is that they can cost up to 3x a comparable local HDM would sell for.

Although the well heeled may do this a lot, typically, for ordinary people, only those who can expense these purchases actually do this repeatedly.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by zipbags

I was checking out the HD-DVD software forum and their was a thread discussing how Fox movies were being released in Germany on HD-DVD. The hd-dvd fans were crowing how it was sticking it to Sony. Whats the story?

It's funny how the HD DVD fans always try to twist everything into some conspiracy against them, or against Sony, blah, blah, blah.

There are various distribution deals. Fantastic Four is distributed by Highlight Films in Germany, and is available on HD DVD from there.

I have Face/Off and Bruce Almighty on Blu-ray. Maybe Paramount and Universal are sticking it to Toshiba? Or, maybe it is because they are distributed by Buena Vista in the UK.

Gary

[ryoohki]

well import from Germany are about 40-45$ a piece.. save the money and you'd get a BR player in less than 6 months... and buy them here way cheaper..