Lionsgate annonces 10 more Blu-Ray titles
We told you there would be more titles to
follow! We didn't expect it to be this soon, but we sure are glad it did and I am sure the next few days there will
many more. Lionsgate is bringing some
great titles to the party including: Lord Of War and The Punisher. In the months to follow they will release more
including: Reservoir Dogs, Total Recall, and Stargate. The newer movies will have a suggested price of $40 and $30 for
older titles. I am a little disappointed to see the suggested retail price, I had hoped they wouldn't cost that much more than DVDs, but I suppose that was just wishful thinking. I can see I will have to wait some time before I start to replace my DVD collection. I wonder when Netflix will start to let me add them to my queue?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Daniel Clausen @ Feb 28th 2006 9:08AM
$40 a pop is a little outrageous for a 2 hour movie. Sure HD movies look great but I'm not sure they look $20 better. My prediction, if Blue-Ray disc sale for $40 and HD-DVD is cheaper then Blu-Ray will die. I don't think the average consumer is going to be willing to spend $40 for a movie. Heck I'm a huge HD fan and I know I'm not willing to spend that much on movies.
Ben Drawbaugh @ Feb 28th 2006 9:41AM
I couldn't agree more, $40 is too much. I may buy one or two and rent the rest. I don't expect HD-DVD to be much cheaper per movie. The cost savings for HD-DVD will probabaly be limited to the players.
camaj @ Feb 28th 2006 10:41AM
Don't forget most of these will be $30 and that's the SRP, not the price most of us will pay
Luke @ Feb 28th 2006 11:59AM
Are we guaranteed that Blu Ray discs will all have the super special coating that makes them impervious to scratches? That would at least help the value equation - never having to replace it because the kids used it as a Frisbee.
hmurchison @ Feb 28th 2006 12:37PM
Lion's Gate better hope the "street" price is sub $30
http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_query=HD-DVD&search_constraint=0&ics=20&ico=0
Walmart has HD-DVDs listed already at $25
Plus HD DVD will be shipping as much as 3 months early. I like both formats but HD DVD makes the most sense from a consumer standpoint. You get the HD quality at the best pricing.