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Person99
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: When will the studios catch up. |
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OK, now the we all got screwed into having to use blu-ray, when will the studios catch up?
Here is the list of titles available on HD DVD but not available on BD:
Picture This (Ally Distribution)
Apples & Oranges (Alterna)
Kukahi: Keali i Reichel Live In Concert (Alternative Distribution Alliance)
Galaxina (BCI)
My Favorite Brunette / Son of Paleface (BCI)
Road to Rio/Road to Bali (BCI)
Aquarium Impressions (C&B Productions)
Fireplace Impressions (C&B Productions)
Mystic Forests (C&B Productions)
Ten, The (City Lights)
Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Dreamworks)
Things we Lost in the Fire (Dreamworks)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection (Euroarts)
HDNet titles:
Best of GetOut! Volume 1
Best of GetOut! Volume 2
Best of World Report Volume 1
Best of World Report Volume 2
Bikini Destinations: Hawaii
Bikini Destinations: Lake Tahoe
Bikini Destinations: Mexico
Harlem Globetrotters: A Gift for the Troops
R. Kelly: Live - The Light It Up Tour (Image)
HDCandy (MaxDef HDTV)
Method Man: Live From The Sunset Strip (Video Music Distribution)
Paramount:
Arctic Tale
Mighty Heart, A
Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete First Season
Stardust
CREAM, Royal Albert Hall: London May 2-3-5-6 2005 (Rhino)
Eagles: Farewell 1 Tour - Live From Melbourne (Rhino)
James Taylor: A Musicares Person of the Year Tribute (Rhino)
Motorhead: Stage Fright (Steamhammer/SPV)
UFO: Showtime (Steamhammer/SPV)
P2 (Summit)
Surround Records: Jazz Standards (Surround Records)
Surround Records: Uncommon Mozart (Surround Records)
One Six Right (Terwilliger)
Dreaming Arizona (The Picture Company)
Dreaming Nevada (The Picture Company)
Universal:
12 Monkeys
2 Fast 2 Furious
Accepted
Alpha Dog
American Me
An American Werewolf in London
Apollo 13
Army of Darkness
Assault on Precinct 13
Atonement
Backdraft
Balls Of Fury
Battlestar Galactica - Season One
Being John Malkovich
Big Lebowski, The
Billy Madison
Bone Collector, The
Born on the Fourth of July
Breach
Breakfast Club, The
Break-Up, The
Brokeback Mountain
Bruce Almighty
Bulletproof
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way: Rise To Power
Cat People
Children of Men
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Cinderella Man
Dante's Peak
Darkman
Daylight
Dazed & Confused
Dead Silence
Deer Hunter, The
Dragonheart
Dune (1984)
Elizabeth
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Erin Brockovich
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Evan Almighty
Evening
Fast & Furious
Fast & The Furious, The: Tokyo Drift
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Field of Dreams
Fletch
For Love of the Game
Friday Night Lights
Frighteners, The
Game, The
Getaway, The (1994)
Good Shepherd, The
Half Baked
Happy Gilmore
Hitcher, The
Hollywoodland
Hot Fuzz
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Hurricane, The
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
In Good Company
Inside Man
Interpreter, The
Jerk, The
Knocked Up
Last Starfighter, The
Liar Liar
Lost in Translation
Mallrats
Meet Joe Black
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
Mercury Rising
Midnight Run
Mobsters
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Mystery Men
National Lampoon's Animal House
Notting Hill
Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps
Nutty Professor, The
Out of Sight
Patch Adams
Pianist, The
Pride & Prejudice
Ray
Red Dragon
River, The
Scent of a Woman
Sea of Love
Seabiscuit
Seed of Chucky
Shaun of the Dead
Skeleton Key, The
Slither
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokin' Aces
Sneakers
Spartacus
Spy Game
Sting, The
Streets of Fire
Talk to Me
Timecop
Traffic
Tremors
Unleashed
Van Helsing
Waist Deep
War, The
Watcher, The
Waterworld
Wedding Date, The
What Dreams May Come
White Noise
White Noise 2
You Me & Dupree
Channels (Vanguard Cinema)
Rain in the Mountains (Vanguard Cinema)
Warner:
Caddyshack
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Dukes of Hazzard, The
Excalibur
Forbidden Planet
Grand Prix
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Poseidon
Smallville - The Complete Fifth Season
Taking Lives
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Weinstein:
Black Christmas
Derailed
Feast
Harsh Times
Matador, The
Pulse
Scary Movie 4
School for Scoundrels
Wolf Creek
Studio Canal:
Arizona Dream
Elephant Man
King Kong (1976)
Leaving Las Vegas
Three Days of the Condor
Army in the Shadows
Mulholland Drive
Ran
Serpico
France:
Chevaliers Du Ciel, Les (Fox Pathe)
Enemy at the Gates (Fox Pathe)
Triplettes de Bellville, Les (france televisions)
Zidane (Universal)
Coeur des hommes, le (Warner)
Esteban et Zia (Seven Cities of Gold) (Inedit)
Germany:
Bugs! (Ascot Elite)
Hooligans (Ascot Elite)
Wish You Were Here (Galileo)
CSI:NY season 2.1 Sommermorde (Imagion)
Herbert Gronemeyer (Imagion)
On Stage at World Café Live (in-akustik GmbH & Co.KG)
Strip Mind (Laser Paradise)
Ghost of Mae Nak, The (Nixbu)
Rides vol 1 (Nixbu)
Rides vol 2
Rides vol 3
Bis zum Anfang der Welt: Africa (rtv-studio)
Till Bronner (SPV)
First Descent (Sunfilm)
Bali (WVG Medien GmbH)
Peter & the Wolf (digim)
Italy:
Winx Club (01 Distribution)
Sconosciuta, La (Medusa)
Japan:
2006 Fifa World Cup Germany: Germany National Team (Fantasista)
2006 Fifa World Cup Germany: Italy National Team
2006 Fifa World Cup Germany: Japan National Team
Best Live: Jack Pot (Ogiyahagi)
Keitai Keiji - The Movie (Happinet)
Keitai Keiji - The Movie 2
Pacchigi! (Happinet)
Railway Story: Canada part 1 (Nest)
Railway Story: Canada part 2
Railway Story: China part 1
Railway Story: China part 2
Railway Story: France part 1
Railway Story: France part 2
Railway Story: Germany part 1
Railway Story: Germany part 2
Japan Pony Canyon:
Chuo Keiba G1 Race 2006 Sohu Hen
Chuo Keiba G1 Race 2007 Sohu Hen
Deep Impact
Kiyoshi Sugimoto historical horses to the 21st century is to choose BIG7 Stallion Chapter 1
Kiyoshi Sugimoto historical horses to the 21st century is to choose BIG7 Stallion Chapter 1
Kyoto: scenes of four seasons
Mayumi Ono Overture
Mountain Images
Overtime
Unfair the special - Code Breaking Ango Kaidoku
Virtual Trip: China
Virtual Trip: Hawaii
Virtual Trip: Hokkaido
Virtual Trip: Ibiza
Virtual Trip: Koyasan
Virtual Trip: Kumano
Virtual Trip: Maldives
Virtual Trip: Nostalgia
Virtual Trip: Snow Fantasy
Virtual Trip: The Movie
Yozakura
Aventuriers, Les (Showgate)
Magic Flute, The (Showgate)
Japan SHV:
Ashura-jo no Hitomi
Fall Guy
Fragile
Godsend
Hidden Blade, The
Love And Honor (Bushi No Ichibun)
Suna no utsuwa (Castle of Sand)
Twilight Samurai
Yellow Handkerchief Of Happiness (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi)
Japan Toshiba:
Blood Brothers (Velvet Rain)
Gift, The
Jersey Girl
Killing Me Softly
Naqoyqatsi - Life as War
Oliver Twist
Out of Time
True Blue
Uninvited, The
Volcano High
Tokyo Solo 2002: The 150th Concert In Japan (Video Arts)
Poland:
Arthur and the Invisibles (Monolith)
Swiadek Koronny (The State Witness) (TiM)
Testosteron (TiM)
Taxi 4 (TiM)
Oficerowie 1 (TVP)
Oficerowie 2 (TVP)
Spain:
American Haunting, An (DeA Planeta)
UK (film4):
East is East
In the Shadow of the Moon
Motorcycle Diaries, The
Sexy Beast
Touching the Void
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greg_mitch
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You are just making a point?! Certainly, you don't actually WANT all of those movies/videos?
I agree...I was just thinking about how much better HD DVD could be doing in this poor economy. I think my collection would be FAR larger.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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Judging by the prices I've seen for movies at Target and BestBuy, I'm starting to think Blu-ray could pretty easily become the next Laserdisc. I just can't see how the masses are going to bite on movies that are literally half-again more expensive than their DVD counterparts "that look just FINE on our HDTV." $30 for the new Batman on HD or $20 for the DVD. "DVD is just fine!", I can hear them saying.
Then, without the numbers, it's easy to see why some of the special interest and independent titles wouldn't be re-releasing right now.
It would be fascinating to find out from one of these smaller producers that already had titles produced on HD DVD, how much more expensive it is to license and distribute for Blu-ray. I know it's more expensive; the question is how much more expensive.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Dave,
You have to much time on your hands. Go write some code. 
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| ecrabb wrote: | | Judging by the prices I've seen for movies at Target and BestBuy, I'm starting to think Blu-ray could pretty easily become the next Laserdisc. I just can't see how the masses are going to bite on movies that are literally half-again more expensive than their DVD counterparts "that look just FINE on our HDTV." $30 for the new Batman on HD or $20 for the DVD. "DVD is just fine!", I can hear them saying. |
I agree. Is that why the studios are not rushing to release these on BD?
I think DVD or HD VOD will be the "winner".
I was not just making a point. I don't want all of them on the list, but there are several that I would like to watch in HD and I don't want to buy them all (even though they are only $8-12 now). With Netflix dropping HD DVD now and who knows when Blockbuster online will, I just may not get to see some until BD release.
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Person99
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| drice1234 wrote: | Dave,
You have to much time on your hands. Go write some code. |
I post between compiles and reboots. And I don't type up lists like this, I cut and paste them from elsewhere. 
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I blame the studios. They are not releasing them on the format that the marketplace wants. BTW, how many of these are not available on D-VHS, or whatever that dinosaur tape-based HD solution was called.
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Person99
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| WanMan wrote: | | I blame the studios. They are not releasing them on the format that the marketplace wants. |
Actually, it seems the market has spoken. The Dark Knight sold 1.7 million blu-rays last week. Not bad. It sold 13.5 million DVDs. That's almost 8 times the amount! It seems pretty clear that the marketplace wants DVD as SC pointed out.
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I like to think of it that its clear the marketplace wants an at-home solution.
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| WanMan wrote: | | I like to think of it that its clear the marketplace wants an at-home solution. |
Perhaps, but the "not at-home" solutions are in their infancy. Give them a year and if BD doesn't catch on before that, it will be DOA.
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I mean at-home as opposed to having to go away from home to see things. Technology has become too affordable for folks to not do things in the home as opposed to the theater. Especially in this age.
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| ecrabb wrote: | Judging by the prices I've seen for movies at Target and BestBuy, I'm starting to think Blu-ray could pretty easily become the next Laserdisc. I just can't see how the masses are going to bite on movies that are literally half-again more expensive than their DVD counterparts "that look just FINE on our HDTV." $30 for the new Batman on HD or $20 for the DVD. "DVD is just fine!", I can hear them saying.
Then, without the numbers, it's easy to see why some of the special interest and independent titles wouldn't be re-releasing right now.
It would be fascinating to find out from one of these smaller producers that already had titles produced on HD DVD, how much more expensive it is to license and distribute for Blu-ray. I know it's more expensive; the question is how much more expensive.
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SC, i literally was in best buy the other day and i had the same issue. I WONT pay 30 bucks for a movie. Period. I had a little xtra dough and wanted to get a couple of B/R's ....
at 30 bucks a pop i walked out empty handed.
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| WanMan wrote: | | I mean at-home as opposed to having to go away from home to see things. Technology has become too affordable for folks to not do things in the home as opposed to the theater. Especially in this age. |
I think you are a bit correct here. But, I can tell you, there is still quite a bit of people going to my local theater. There are a few communities being served by theaters still:
1) Teens (they want to "get out of the house"),
2) People that want to see movies when they first open (though I think simultaneous release is coming much to the chagrin of theater owners).
3) People who want to "go out". Movies and food still remain the biggest entertainment options so for dating and people that like to "go out" the movies will continue to be a draw.
Sony might be onto something though, currently people can pretty much match the theater experience in their home. 4K projections, cameras and processing along with some other perks will mean the theaters will have something they can't get in their own home.
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All i can say then is that the studios and their chain owners can stop biching about how DVDs and HD is affecting their business.
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Thanks for finding this Dave. I was wondering what the list was just today.
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| emdawgz1 wrote: |
SC, i literally was in best buy the other day and i had the same issue. I WONT pay 30 bucks for a movie. Period. I had a little xtra dough and wanted to get a couple of B/R's ....
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I am with ya.....
Now not that my current projecter would make any difference with the format...but even still....
I'd get more enjoyment out of my theater with two titles in my hand as opposed to one reference quality flick...
Or just put the 15 bucks in the mattress to save for the next upgrade to the theater... either way I don't buy the BR disk...
But i have started a HD collection along with nabbing a super cheap HD DVD player.... Same bread as the SD DVD... that I can go for...
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