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Blu-ray releases on September 15th 2009 {Engadget HD}
Sep 14th 2009 7:21PM Uh, Wolverine earned around $180 million. I think that qualifies as a blockbuster?
Toshiba applies for BDA admission, Blu-ray players and laptops coming soon {Engadget HD}
Aug 10th 2009 6:43AM "Sadly, Tosh doesn't bother to mention exactly what kinds of BD-capable wares it hopes to produce, nor is it ready to disclose product launch time frames. ."
Actually it does. From the press release:
"Toshiba aims to introduce digital products that support the Blu-ray format, including *BD players and notebook PCs integrating BD drives*, in the course of *this year*. "
Toshiba selects Norio Sasaki as next President and CEO {Engadget HD}
Mar 18th 2009 2:58PM Well the first thing he should do for his company's sake is dump that "Net Player" contraption they just unveiled
http://www.homecinemachoice.com/feature/toshiba+unveils+net+player+and+2009+lcd+tv+range+says+it+was+right+bail+out+blu+ray+14+03+09
and start work on a proper Blu-ray player.
Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending January 18th, 2009 {Engadget HD}
Jan 26th 2009 10:31AM Individual sales ratios are revelatory.
Comedies now selling on BD around 10 percent of DVD (and action movies doing upwards of 20 percent) is quite good.
Last year, movies such as First Sunday or The Bucket List were doing 3%.
National Treasure 2 or Vantage Point were doing 7-9%.
Now we see figures that are 2-3x that.
ABI Research points out the obvious: Blu-ray prices prices heading downward {Engadget HD}
Nov 7th 2008 1:23PM "We have two examples of sub-$200 players, one a mistake (the Samsung offer was removed from the website within an hour of EHD going public), the other a discontinued obsolete model on close-out."
That is not true. If you buy a Sony BDP-S350 (which goes now for $224) with four Warner titles, you get a $100 discount.
So for example you could get:
Sony BDP-S350 224.00
I Am Legend 17.95
300 17.95
Batman Begins 17.95
Goodfellas 16.95
Subtotal 294.80
Discount -100.00
Total 194.80
Yep- a Sony BD-Live player with PiP and high-resolution audio bitstreaming, for under $200 with four free movies.
Blu-ray releases on September 2nd, 2008 {Engadget HD}
Sep 2nd 2008 5:20AM Confirmation by Paramount themselves:
“We’re so happy to finally bring Michael Bay’s true vision to life with this release,” said Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount Pictures. “Because of Blu-ray’s expanded capacity, we are able to elevate the bit rate used for the picture as well as present uncompressed audio in the form of Dolby True HD.”
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?article_id=12858
More research asserts that Blu-ray adoption isn't apt to surge soon {Engadget HD}
May 14th 2008 4:42PM So 4% have a dedicated Blu-ray player and 9% intend to buy one.
Therefore, installed base will triple (4% to 13%) inside of a year. And that's not counting the PS3.
Is that bad news?
Engadget HD Podcast 084 - 05.07.2008 {Engadget HD}
May 7th 2008 5:25PM - The Orphanage is a SPANISH movie, not Italian.
- Paramount has announced it is going to re-issue its entire back catalog:
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Paramount/Disc_Announcements/Paramount_to_Re-Issue_Entire_Blu-ray_Back_Catalog/1715
Blu-ray releases on May 6th, 2008 {Engadget HD}
May 5th 2008 10:37AM "Actually only 6 of the 32 titles are being re-released on May 20th. So the asterisk will live on."
Actually not - go to dvdempire:
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_preorderpage.asp?userid=99366234616558&site_id=69&site_media_id=0&swit=3&sort=2&display_pic=1&week=5%2F20%2F2008
They're all there (except Norbit and Freedom Writers which for some reason are already in stock!)
Wal-Mart to officially discontinue HD DVD sales by June {Engadget HD}
Feb 15th 2008 11:57AM Confirmation here:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/15/technology/wal-mart_blu-ray/index.htm?postversion=2008021511
