Surprise surprise, new movies on HD DVD outsell catalog releases
By Richard Lawler 
posted Jun 30th 2006 4:19PM
posted Jun 30th 2006 4:19PM
In the least surprising news of this century, VideoBusiness is reporting that the titles that are selling the fastest on HD DVD, are new releases, and movies including HD DVD-specific interactive features. 16 Blocks, Syriana, The Bourne Supremacy and Constantine are all noted as having excellent performance in the marketplace, blowing away older titles like Blazing Saddles.Please take this time to allow the shock you are feeling in response to that wash over you.
Ready to move on? Ok. We've begged, pleaded, cajoled and done...unspeakable things hoping to convince executives of the various movie studios like Warner, Universal and Sony Pictures to put out more (and better) content on HD DVD and Blu-ray but to no avail. Hopefully these cold unflinching numbers can achieve what our time on the casting couch didn't. Convince executives that early adopters won't buy just anything we want premium content in high definition and are willing to pay for it.
It's not that we don't like Blazing Saddles, it's just not exactly what we were dreaming of showing on our 1080p HDTVs.
Oh, they make Constantine! My prays were heard :). Well, I hope they will make Matrix trilogy at last
Have you guys seen Blazing Saddles on HD DVD?? The PQ of the new transfer will knock your socks off. The PQ kills alot of newer HD DVDs.
Its called 'desperation'. When you are use to having 10,000 or more titles available on DVD and much less than one-hundredth that amount on HD-DVD for that shiney new HD-DVD player, you tend to let desperation get the better of you and buy artistically-challenged titles.
I forgot that most of the new titles are better than anything in the history of film.
My bad.
This trend exists merely because people would rather buy new passable titles, than rebuy their old ones in higher definition.