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Ben was accused today for being and HD-DVD secret supporter in the post on the new Sony BD player, let's see how long it takes someone to spin this toward the post being BD supportive.]]>Jun 4th 2007 4:55PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 4th 2007 4:55PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 4th 2007 4:59PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 4th 2007 5:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 4th 2007 5:08PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/]]>Jun 4th 2007 5:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 4th 2007 6:26PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/
ALSO: The HDDVD count last week was 203. Now you've added 5 movies this week, but your total is 207 ??. Again, not trying to give you a hard time, but please fix this.]]>Jun 4th 2007 7:37PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/05/29/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-may-29th-2007/

I will try to go back and count them all again, soon.]]>Jun 4th 2007 7:38PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 4th 2007 8:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 4th 2007 8:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 6th 2007 3:51PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/
Earlier post, somebody said "I watched Blood Diamond on HD-DVD months ago." - Again, NOT true, as it's not been released yet on HD-DVD, which will include special features NOT available on the recent Blu-ray. And Warner usually gives the HD-DVD edition the better audio-soundtrack specs.]]>Jun 4th 2007 9:59PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/
If the total movies increase that same 15% just represents more and more and more.

In one year we have about 250 titles out. By the holiday Season that Difference might be as large as 100 TV/movie titles.

Time is not on your side HD DVD]]>Jun 5th 2007 12:15AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 5th 2007 2:50AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/
I believe the fire sale was only for fathers day, and has now gone back up...

Didn't the Betamax thing teach anyone anything? You need media studios on your side. HD-DVD simply has not got that...]]>Jun 5th 2007 4:36AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/
The movie studios will follow the money...if Disney can turn a profit on HD DVD when there are more HD DVD players on the market..they will.

Consumers will go to save money..the studios will go to make money.]]>Jun 5th 2007 8:45AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/
Do prices go back up on the 18th? Doesn't seem likely.]]>Jun 5th 2007 12:06PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/
While I agree that they will follow the money, I continue to ask myself why they don't.

Warner right now is making more than anyone by selling to both sides. Meanwhile some studios pick sides and watch Warner make all the money. This makes me think that to them it's about the long term, so until either side gives up, no studio is going to change sides. One will only give up if the other is winning with so much conviction that the other side loses hope of ever being dominant.

Either way we are long way from that and both sides have quite a few tricks up their sleeves.]]>Jun 5th 2007 8:49AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 5th 2007 9:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/
But when Toshiba has 500,000 HD DVD on the market as opposed to 200,000 now (counting the 360 add on that only plays movies)...then I think releases will be more profitabe.

This is why blue ray is worried...]]>Jun 5th 2007 8:59AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/
I spoke with the VP of Home Media at one of these companies (he won't let me say which) and he said, "Our business decisions are based on ROI" so I asked him, "Do you make money on every title" and he said "Yes".

That being said, if and when a time comes that the ROI is so great, and their horse can't win, then they will switch, but if they are leaving all that money on the table now, how much are they willing to leave on the table before they give up?]]>Jun 5th 2007 9:02AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/
It's ironic that people above are using this phrase in relation to Blu-ray and HD-DVD, when according to an industry report a few months ago [end of 1st qtr '07], the two formats combined market penetration in software sales [the discs] is.. ONLY 1%!

Yes, just 1% combined(!), while VHS still gets 3% to 5% in sales, DVD is around 90%, and the remaining small percent is made up of download/streaming services, plus a very small percentage for PSP (UMD) movies [which is mainly supported by Sony's distributed content, as some studios no longer release content for PSP].

So, let's don't get bent out of shape in relation to HD disc sales, when they BARELY represent anything meaningful to studio profts right now!]]>Jun 6th 2007 4:57AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 5th 2007 10:03AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/06/04/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-june-5th-2007/Jun 5th 2007 11:59AM