http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/ Engadget HD Comments for The Dark Knight shatters sales record, moves 600,000 Blu-ray Discs on day one http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 9:21AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 9:25AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/
I'd rather select all my options from a menu, THEN start the movie.]]>Dec 11th 2008 9:30AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 9:31AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/(Rented a Blu copy from my local Block Buster, Ripped it and Decrypted it using AnyDVD and burned it to a Double Layer DVD) ]]>Dec 11th 2008 9:37AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 10:36AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 2:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 9:46AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 10:22AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 2:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 3:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 12:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/
"No...This...Is...TRUEHD!"

::Kicks standard 5.1 sound into the death pit::]]>Dec 11th 2008 1:23PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 10:15AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 10:10AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/
"These sandwiches look delicious! Hey, is that the Dark Knight? I should buy that!"

Two hours later...

"Why doesn't this work in my DVD player?!" ]]>Dec 11th 2008 10:16AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 11:21AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/
Blu-ray use a silly blue plastic strip of colour at the top and bottom whereas HD DVD used a silly red strip of colour.

Both rather sad ideas IMO. ]]>Dec 12th 2008 2:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 11:52AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 11:20AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/
My local comic book shop (which happened to break street for TDK) usually only has DVDs in stock (they carry movies that would cater to the Sci-Fi/Comic book loving crowd). Yet for the Dark Knight, they had Blu-Rays in stock. This movie is going to be to Blu-Ray what the Matrix was for DVDs.

And cover for every copy says "only working in Blu-Ray Players/PS3s" so I wouldn't be too worried.]]>Dec 11th 2008 11:31AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/
I honestly wonder how many people bought it for the movie and how many more bought it simply because it was Heath Ledgers last fully completed film.]]>Dec 11th 2008 11:44AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 11:48AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 6:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/
I'm confused. I'm really slowing getting sick of pumping up numbers as they see fit just to show higher numbers. It was not questionable whether or not this movie would sell good but let's have numbers that are unified and not all over the place.]]>Dec 11th 2008 1:01PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 1:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 1:33PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 2:38PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 11th 2008 2:40PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/
Blah, blah, blah ruining director intent. 2.3:1 is superior to 16:9, you lose detail. I wonder how the cinema purists are feeling. Are they applauding the aspect ratio shifts?

Removing the mask adds more detail and more picture, just like the Iron Man deleted scenes where the mask is imposed over the initial cut. Then you see the final scene and notice peoples heads are cut off.]]>Dec 12th 2008 3:01AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/Dec 12th 2008 7:34AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/11/the-dark-knight-moves-600-000-blu-ray-discs-on-day-one/
I'm not holding my breath.]]>Dec 12th 2008 2:12PM