BravesMG

Caught this article on Fox News today, they pulled it from PCMag:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201386,00.html

Nothing spectacularly new, except for this statement: "Eighty-four percent of all the movies released last year were made by studios that have announced support for Blu-ray," says Jim Sanduski, senior vice president of marketing for Samsung's Audio and Video Products Group. "That is a huge strike against HD DVD."

They go on to say that there are titles being released in both formats, that just sounds like an awfully huge number IMHO.

Supermallet

I wouldn't even want to see 84% of the movies released last year.

awmurray

A slightly more useful number would be of the 84%, what percentage will also release on HD-DVD.

The very next line in the article touches on this point...

BravesMG

Right, that's what I was trying to say when it says that there's a lot of crossover, but still 84%?! I can't rattle them off the top of my head, but aren't there major studios that are HD-DVD exclusive that represent more than 16% of the market share?

wewantflair

The only exclusive HD DVD studio is Universal.

BravesMG

Holy cow, I was not aware of that. If that's true then that number actually sounds correct, I'm now wondering about the HD-DVD percentage.

bboisvert

That statistic sounds impressive, but is ultimately meaningless. Neither format will live or die based on 2005/6 theatrical releases. Price, quality, and overall depth of catalog are the main issues.

Fettastic

Still, we're gonna rot on the vine unless some other studios cross over.

Derrich

Fox is supporting Blu-Ray. That report may not be 100% unbiased.

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Coral

With Blu-Ray, "announced support" isn't money in the bank.

Right now as I see it, only two studios support Blu-Ray... Sony and Lion's Gate.

Drexl

Yeah, and they're not taking into account how extensive the support is. With Warner, I don't think they're going to release nearly as many titles on BD as they will on HD-DVD (unless, and until, BD eventually wins).