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Fox Revs Up Blu-ray Launch Plans
Tue Jun 27, 2006 at 04:00 PM ET
Tags: Disc Announcements, Fox (all tags)
Six months after Fox pledged support for Blu-ray at CES 2006, the studio is nearing an official announcement of its initial software launch plans for the format, reports Broadcasting & Cable.

During a private demo held last week for select members of the press, Fox executives showed off clips of a number of its upcoming planned Blu-ray releases.

The studio plans to have nearly two dozen Blu-ray titles available by the end of the fourth quarter, including such recent hits as 'Ice Age 2,' 'X-Men: The Last Stand' and the recent remake of 'The Omen.'

Fox reps also pledged to fully exploit the video and audio capabilities of Blu-ray, including encoding their discs at full 1080p resolution. The studio is also planning to exploit the internet connectivity built into Blu-ray hardware, allowing for additional supplementary content to be downloaded by users months or even years after a title has been released, such as additional language tracks and other extras.

Though Fox has not yet publicly commented on the Broadcasting & Cable story, trade reports indicate the studio is expected to officially announce its initial Blu-ray launch plans in the coming days.

I guess this sucks for anyone who bought the Samsung player...

Yeah, but that's pretty much the prognosis anyway.

why is it that this whole Blu-Ray fiasco comes across as one big clusterfuck of a situation?

"You said it, Chewie."

I totally agree that it's a clusterfuck at this point, but since it's not really visible to much of the public at this point anyway, I am worried that if they ever get their shit together before HD-DVD takes off it still could pay off. If this somehow all culminates with the release of the PS3, it actually might catch the right place in the market. Given the track record of BD at this point, I know it's unlikely, but I don't think it's really hurt them yet. I think it's going to come down to price once they actually hit the market running.

anyone know where I can find sales figures for HD DVD, Blu-ray, the Tosh and the Samsung?

Nope...because you can't.

The only thing I know of that comes even close to sales stats right now is the dvd wars page.

I don't understand why that page doesn't say anything about player stats on amazon, though. They should definitely be comparing that.

According to Amazon, the Toshiba is selling far better than the Samsung, and actually comparable to several far cheaper upconverting DVD players.

Not much, but here's an article saying that they expect to have 1.6 million HD-DVD & BD units shipped in 2006.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21...200-per-hd-dvd

"ISuppli forecasts that factory shipments of all high-definition DVD equipment, both HD DVD and Blu-ray, will rise from 1.6 million units in 2006 to 65 million in 2010."

I'd love to see the math behind that calculation. That has "wild-assed guess" written all over it.

it's sony including PS3's

I thought they said they'd sell that many by March 2007?