http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/ Engadget HD Comments for HD DVD and Blu-ray releases on July 31st, 2007 http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.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://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Jul 30th 2007 11:49AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Jul 30th 2007 11:50AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/
"HD DVD continues to catch up to Blu-ray and is now within seven,"

I would like to point out (since this site never does) that HD DVD actually has MORE titles than Blu-Ray, if you count international releases such as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Reign of Fire, Brother's Grimm, etc (yes, you can get BD "exclusive" titles for HD DVD, go figure). Since BD isn't region coded, these titles SHOULD count, but this site doesn't like to mention that despite numerous people bringing it up. Heck, HighDefDigest even reviews many of them for us!]]>Jul 30th 2007 11:54AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Jul 30th 2007 11:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/"All of those are factors why Joe Sixpack will never take advantage of importing the titles, and therefore they are not relevant to all but a few early adopters."

Newsflash for you -- everyone who buys HD DVD or Blu-Ray is an early adopter. The formats sells roughly 10,000 disks/month, compared to MILLIONS of DVDs/month.

And have you looked at the things posted on this site? They are NOT for J6P, they're almost entirely for early adopters. Not a very good argument.

PLUS - I frequently see articles on this site talking about products that are only available in Japan (for example). Why mention those if J6P won't be able to buy them in a store?]]>Jul 30th 2007 12:03PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Jul 30th 2007 12:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/
@Xyz

I agree with your sentiment. Importing discs is not as hard as some would make it seem. I bought the UK import of The Presige from an online retailer and had it in hand within 4 days. I think it shipped the day I bought it (from Ohio, no less!). Totally painfree and worth the premium - I could easily sell it on AVSForum for within $5 of what I paid. $5 is what I'd pay to rent the title at my local Blockbuster...oh wait, they're BR-only. Oh well.]]>Jul 30th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/
**checks Discovery Store online**

Son of a crapper. It looks like they don't. WHAT GIVES DISCOVERY?!?]]>Jul 30th 2007 2:40PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/
I'm interested in the IMAX movies. If anything, they have the best chance of being considered reference quality, at least as close as possible for a film-sourced HD disc. Hopefully they don't screw that up.]]>Jul 30th 2007 1:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Jul 30th 2007 2:29PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Jul 31st 2007 5:54AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/
Of course facts seldom matter to the BDA or their supporters. Heck even calling it Blu-ray is a lie; the diode is blue, but the "ray" is violet. ]]>Aug 2nd 2007 10:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Jul 30th 2007 2:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Jul 30th 2007 2:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/
I don't mind paying the extra for the HD DVD combo disks because I think the extra $4 is worth it to have both the DVD and HD DVD version on the disk. However, I will admit that it limits me from making blind buys of movies that "sound interesting," but that I don't know much about.]]>Jul 30th 2007 3:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Jul 30th 2007 4:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/
Cheap players help, but really, how much have you spent on movies in comparison to players over the last decade? ]]>Jul 30th 2007 4:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.300ondvd.com/ has the details. Their site is a bit tedious, so I apologize for not having better information.]]>Jul 30th 2007 3:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Jul 30th 2007 4:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/
Anyone know of an early review that might give a clue as to the encode quality on this US version?

-Christopher]]>Jul 30th 2007 4:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/
300 (Warner)
Hot Fuzz (Universal)
IMAX: Blue Planet (Warner)
Shaun of the Dead (Universal)
Shooter (Paramount)

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http://eproductwars.com/dvd/index.cfm]]>Aug 2nd 2007 5:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/
Start with these links:

http://www.hddvdstats.com/index.php

http://www.blu-raystats.com/index.php

Those numbers are accurate up until the 24th. So you have the following:
HD DVD BD
7-24 272 279
7-31 releases 8 5
total 280 284
Adult titles 30 5
new total 310 289
Imports 150 10
real total 460 299 ]]>Aug 2nd 2007 10:37PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/30/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-on-july-31st-2007/Sep 2nd 2007 3:07AM