"CES Blu-Ray conference + releases" und "Blu-Ray Outsells HD-DVD By 20%

Scheint ja richtig interessant zu werden, das neue Jahr. Und Blu-Ray rockt die CES.

Interessante news in englisch natürlich ;-)


"We are looking forward to this pivotal year and the ultimate establishment of Blu-ray as the high-definition packaged media standard. In fact, Blu-ray sales performance surpassed HD-DVD for the first time the week
of December 24 and did so by an impressive 20 per cent. What's more, by the end of the first quarter our research shows the sales gap widening to Blu-ray
outselling HD DVD by a 3.5-to-1 ratio," noted Mike Dunn, President Worldwide, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment."

http://www.newswire....ry2007/08/c3814.html

Und die release-liste einiger Studios.
Fluch der Karibik 1 + 2 = AWESOME!!

SONY

Resident Evil Apocalypse (50gb) (1/16)
Gridiron Gang (1/16)
Open Season (Mpeg 4 AVC 50gb lossless audio) (1/20)
Running With Scissors (2/6)
The tailor of Panama (2/6)
Vertical Limit (2/27)
Stranger than Fiction (2/27)
Casino Royale (Mpeg 4 AVC 50gb lossless audio) (3/13)
Layer Cake (50gb) (3/13)
A Few Good Men (TBA)
Hostel (TBA)
Jerry McGuire (TBA)


Buena Vista

Ladder 49 (2/13)
Reign of Fire (2/13)
The Prestige (2/20)
Chicken Little (3/20)
Finding Neverland (3/20)
King Arthur: Director's Cut (4/3)
G.I. Jane (4/3)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (May)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (May)
Con Air (6/8)
Crimson Tide (6/8)
The Rock (6/8)
Cars (Summer)
The Recruit (Summer)
Open Range (Summer)
Remember the Titans (Fall)

Fox (US)

24 Season 1 (Q1 2007)
Prison Break Season 1 (Q1 2007)
Alien Vs Predator (1/23)
Men of Honor (1/23)
Courage Under Fire (1/23)
The Sentinel (2/13)
Entrapment (2/13)
Broken Arrow (2/13)
Phone Booth (2/13)
Planet of the Apes (2001) (2/13)
Chain Reaction (2/13)
The Marine (2/13)
Ice Age (3/13)
Dodgeball (3/13)
Commando (3/13)
From Hell (3/13)
The Fly (1986) (4/3)
Tristan & Isolde (4/3)
Me, Myself & Irene (4/3)
Dude, Where's My Car? (4/3)
Turistas (4/17)
Master & Commander (May)
Man on Fire (May)
Edward Scissorhands (May)
Predator (May)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (May)
The Siege (May)
Independence Day (June)
I, Robot (June)
Cast Away (June)

MGM (US)

Flyboys (1/30)
Hart's War (1/30)
The Usual Suspects (2/13)
Dances with Wolves (3/13)
The Thomas Crown Affair (3/13)
Hoosiers (3/13)
The Silence of the Lambs (April)
Hannibal (April)
Platoon (May)
The Graduate (May)
Battle of Britain (May)
A Bridge Too Far (May)
Ronin (June)
To Live & Die in L.A. (June)
A Fistful of Dollars (June)
Out of Time (June)
Walking Tall (June)
Bull Durham (June)

Lionsgate *Updated*

* EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH (January 16)
* SAW II and III (January 23)
* AMERICAN PSYCHO (February 6)
* RAMBO FIRST BLOOD (February 6)
* RESERVOIR DOGS (February 6)
* YOUNG GUNS (February 6)
* ULTIMATE AVENGERS and ULTIMATE AVENGERS 2
* WEEDS (TV series)
* HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES
* NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER
* WAITING
* THE DEAD ZONE (TV series)
* REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
* PI
* CABIN FEVER
* MONSTER'S BALL
* DUNE TV Series (Not Dune the movie)
* BELLY
* BASIC INSTINCT
* DIRTY DANCING

Warner Home Video

Alexander Revisited: The Unrated Final Cut
Beerfest
Blood Diamond
Bullitt
The Departed
The Dirty Dozen,
Enter the Dragon
The Getaway (1972)
Goodfellas
Happy Feet
Harry Potter franchise,
The Matrix franchise
Oceans 11
Oceans 12
We Are Marshall
The Wicker Man


All movies from Fox, Disney/Buena Vista, Lionsgate, MGM, Sony are Blu-ray exclusives and includes 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 lossless audio.

Highlights der Blu-ray Disc Association Press Conference:


Any Parsons take the podium and kicks off the show.
He introduces a panel of BDA members including representatives from Warner Disney and many others.


BDA has a content advantage, he goes on to explain how much more content Blu-ray will have than HD DVD.


Only 4 of the top 20 DVD last year are from HD DVD camp. Almost all the top 20 movies are only available on Blu-ray.

Understanding and solutions believe Blu-ray will sell more discs.

BDA really launched in mass in Q4 which is why they haven't had a hugh penetration into the market.

Blu-ray has 96% of the HD player market in Japan. "In terms of Japan the game is already over there."

Ever major CE company in the BDA is also a major provider of HDTV Displays.
5 of the 10 top CE companies have released a BDA player to market.
There are many devices available today, but only 2 were available before Q4.
HD video player forecast.

3. The PS3 Advantage.
Sony has shipped 1 million PS3 as of dec 31, 2006.
Survey from 10k respondents plan to purchase Blu-ray moves to view on their PS3.
75% of the respondents plan to use their PS3 as a primary device for watching movies.
80% of 1 million = an installed base of 800,000.
Same source estimates that PS3 will far outsell the X-Box Drive.
Largest variety of movies.
Largest variety of hardware.
Only gaming console with built-in HD movie playback.

3:11pm PST - Mike Dunn with 20th Century fox takes the stage.
On Dec 20th BD outpaced HD DVD.
Fox will continue to be aggressive with BDJ.
7-10 titles per month, most will be 50GB.
Will continue with day and date releases.

3:14pm PST - Steve Beeks from Lionsgate takes the stage.
First studio after Sony to launch the format.
The capacity and the CE support gives them confidence.
18 by the end of Feb.
The Decent was 50GB and is first with PIP, and has BDJ.
They announce more titles than we can type, look forward for the press releases, when they are available.

3:17pm PST - Kelly Avery from paramount takes the stage.
MI:3 one of the best selling BDA titles.
Flags of our Fathers.
Will release many Library titles including Payback, the directors cut.
She like those before her go on and on about how they will support BDA.

3:20pm PST - David Bishop President of Sony Pictures takes the stage.
He makes a joke about the Blue Man group that doesn't go over very well.
BDA has seen a 700% increase in software sales since mind-Nov. with the launch of PS3 and additional Blu-ray devices.
Top 5 Selling titles to Date in order: Underworld Evolution, Talladega Nights, Fifth element, Click , Ultraviolet.

Sony will target 90-100 titles for 2007.
Once again there were many movies including Casino Royal which will use AVC encoded. All the big releases from the middle of the year will be AVC.
Half of the Sony titles of BD50, despite what HD DVD said.

3;24pm PST - Ron Sanders from Warner Brothers takes the stage.
33 titles last year and the best selling titles. They will arm wrestle with Paramount about the total of MI:3.
The Matrix as well as Oceans series and Harry Potter in 2007.
No dates yet, but Blood diamond and we are marshal as well. Again all day and date with DVD.

Bob Chapek President of Disney.
Over 20 BDA titles in the first half of 2007, many world wide.
Mic makes loud noise, everyone jumps! Bob says "I didn't realize the other side wanted to win that bad" Everyone laughs.
He goes on to cover the perviously announced BDA titles.


Warner Home Video Blu-ray announcement:

Planned releases for 2007 include The Matrix franchise, all of the Harry Potter films and Oceans 11 and Oceans 12. Other classic titles to be released in the first quarter of 2007 include GoodFellas, The Dirty Dozen, Enter the Dragon, Bullitt and The Getaway (1972) starring Steve McQueen. Also being released in 2007 is Alexander Revisited: The Unrated Final Cut

Sony and Paramount will be announcing more titles in the next few days during CES