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JEDE3 on 31 August 2009

That would be awesome. I'd love to read it. Especially since I was saying this earlier in the thread.

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?id=2404857



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Vetteman94 on 01 September 2009

Well it seems Paramount is going to do Blu-ray headstarts, although not a big named title still a sign. it would be nice if they did Transformers 2 or Star Trek like this.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3198




JEDE3 on 01 September 2009
Vetteman94 said:
Well it seems Paramount is going to do Blu-ray headstarts, although not a big named title still a sign. it would be nice if they did Transformers 2 or Star Trek like this.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3198


Irony... lol



JEDE3 on 01 September 2009

"Disney was the first studio to try releasing BD versions ahead of DVD, with 'Bolt' and 'Bedtime Stories', but in both cases the release interval was under a week and many retailers broke the DVD street date, so the impact of the initiative was very limited. Now Disney is going a step further in the fall, and is releasing 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' on Blu-ray on Oct. 6, seven weeks before the new standard-def DVD version hits on Nov. 24."

One week isn't long enough. I'd say 3 - 4 weeks at minimum. Snow White is a bad movie to try it with...



Vetteman94 on 01 September 2009
JEDE3 said:
"Disney was the first studio to try releasing BD versions ahead of DVD, with 'Bolt' and 'Bedtime Stories', but in both cases the release interval was under a week and many retailers broke the DVD street date, so the impact of the initiative was very limited. Now Disney is going a step further in the fall, and is releasing 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' on Blu-ray on Oct. 6, seven weeks before the new standard-def DVD version hits on Nov. 24."

One week isn't long enough. I'd say 3 - 4 weeks at minimum. Snow White is a bad movie to try it with...

Exactly, its nice that Disney is doing this but it would be better if it was a title that would make a big impact with the high def people.

Your comment on Paramount is dead on as well,  although because Bay is a huge Blu-ray fan we may see them release Transformers 2 early, but I dont know if that is his call.



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JEDE3 on 01 September 2009

Bay is pissed off a Paramount right now. He told them he wanted to take a year off of Robots but they told him no and started production of the 3rd movie already.



Vetteman94 on 08 September 2009

Numbers for week ending 08/30/09

Pretty poor showing all around this week with Blu-ray only pulling in a 7:92 ratio.  Blu-ray sales are up but only up 49.9%.  DVD and total revenue were down.   DVD down 20% while total revenue is down 17.3%

Top 20 Sellers

Top 20 Blu-rays

And with the movies that released this week last week you can expect another couple mediorce weeks from Blu-ray,  although there are a few deals going on at Amazon right now and that may help Blu-ray.



Demotruk on 08 September 2009

Staggered release dates? What an anti-customer approach. Essentially trying to wrangle people into adopting the companies preferred format.



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Vetteman94 on 08 September 2009
Demotruk said:
Staggered release dates? What an anti-customer approach. Essentially trying to wrangle people into adopting the companies preferred format.

They did the same thing with DVDs when they first released against VHS.   I wonder how that turned out?



JEDE3 on 08 September 2009
Vetteman94 said:
Demotruk said:
Staggered release dates? What an anti-customer approach. Essentially trying to wrangle people into adopting the companies preferred format.

They did the same thing with DVDs when they first released against VHS.   I wonder how that turned out?


Everyone does it. Not just the BRA.