Choo Choo...;)

SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRESS RELEASE

Pretty much confirmation and full specs for Casino Royale & Layer Cake and most of their 1Q titles. Look like all BD50's as well, with plenty of extras. :)

New titles listed:

A FEW GOOD MEN
JERRY MAGUIRE
HOSTEL

No Spidy here, but again these are only thier first quarter titles, so I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing 1 & 2 in May sometime :)

It looks like Sony will have alot of extras on these too....very nice.

Im sure also we will see Spidey before the 3rd one. Makes alot of sense.

I am not to worried about Disney , my Majority of disney buying comes from their animation , i rarely ever buy disney or buena vista movies , in fact Pirates is one their best release in a long time ,but beyond that i don't clamour to buena vista. ANd Buena vista has a bad track of releasing dvds , i mean they outright canceled Gargoyles on dvd , boy meets world and other stuff , i mean people who were collecting those , were done with no chance of completing their collections. Buena Vista has a record of doing this alot.

We also have to remember Universal is an Old dinosaur it dominated all the way thru the 90's. It has only been in th 2000 after they changed President that Universal has been making bad choices , but you know what that won't be forever and Universal hasn't been near as bankrup as Disney heck 3 times in the last decade. Also if all things go well George lucas and Steven spielberg will be returning to Universal after a long time , this could turn out to be a great for the company and put them back on top.

Now Sure Blu-ray has already schedual all those movies and that is great ,but what good is it they have alll those released and only 10 of 200 are even bought? it is like SOny We shipped 1 million Ps3 , but what good is that if you didn't sell 1 million? in the end of the day it is not what you are coming out with or what ur shipping , it is what is being sold and what is out. And There are ton of exclusivs already coming out on dvd that i won't be getting any time on HD DVd or Blu-ray.

Remember A war is never won by whom ever has the greatest army

remember the battle of thermapoly , The battle between Ceaser and Magnus and even WW2 the winners were never the favorites...

Wow...Jan 16th sucks for me. Clerks II, Pulse on HD and RE: Apocolypse and Employee of the Month BR. Gonna be EXPENSIVE.

Blu-ray Disc Association declares victory over HD DVD

:lol:
Sony...they must have the biggest balls in history. So they SHIPPED a millon PS3s...congratulations, lets take a walk into any store and see stacks of them on the floor. Lets congratulate them with software sales STILL below HD-DVD, lets congratulate them on STILL, with Blu-Ray inside of PS3, having a higher 'start' price then HD. Yeah Sony, lets give it up for that victory!

Wow. I can't even comment when a pack-in PS3 movie, a horriable transfer, the first 50GB disc, and a INCREDIBLY BAD movie are in the top 5. My god.

The extras on Casino Royale SUCK!!! In fairness, they're the same as the ones on the SD-DVD release, so we're not losing anything by going high def, but this still stinks of a future double dip.

That being said, it's a 50 GB disc and it's actually using MPEG4/AVC! Sony must really want to knock this one out of the park if they're avoiding MPEG2.

Ouch, very, very ouch.

Ive surprisingly never seen either show (seriously). Wonder if these will be priced similar to Lost, being $200 or the complete season?

I was REALLY hoping for Buffy, Angel, Firefly, or The OC. I can dream I suppose.

Wow the blows just keep coming from Blu-Ray are the HD-dvd guys asleep at the wheel ? If Firefly is coming am jumping the fence.

I SERIOUSLY think so. They better start doing some announcements soon or red cases will soon be overrun with blue on my shelf.

That was probably just some rumor that never panned out. We haven't heard a peep about it (or any Disney TV) since that posting on the Spanish site or wherever it came from originally.

24 on BD sounds killer, but I've gotta see the pricing on this one first....
Where is Universal???

Looks like the winds are changing in HD land. I really want to give HD DVD the benefit, but with all the problems I have had with my A1 and this horrible showing at CES I may move to Blu-ray much sooner than I thought. I have to give Blu-ray a lot of credit as they have their partners stepping up big for CES. Could this be the beginning of the end of HD DVD?

I don't see how they could price 24 at an unreasonable level since it routinely shows up for 19.99 during sales. If it's over $60-70, there is a problem.

Hopefully not. Maybe this poor showing at CES will wake them up and make them do something. MS needs to flex its muscle.

Im hoping there is something up their sleeve.

Yep. It all comes down to studio support; sadly nothing else matters. HD-DVD cannot win the war unless BD studios change sides or become neutral. For a long time, there were rumors this would happen at CES. It didn't. The war is far from over, but this is a big blow.

WARNER BLU-RAY PRESS RELEASE

Best Films of 2006 and 2007 and Classic Favorites on Blu-ray from Warner Home Video
Superman Returns #1 Blu-ray title for 2006

2007 International CES
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kicking off 2007 with a bang, Warner Home Video (WHV) will continue to offer consumers a diverse choice of titles on Blu-ray Disc, including the critically acclaimed Martin Scorsese gangster drama The Departed on February 13. The Departed is the proud recipient of six Golden Globe™ nominations this year including Best Motion Picture, Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg), Best Director (Martin Scorsese) and Best Screenplay (William Monahan). The Departed will be available on Blu-ray Disc for $34.99 SRP.

Since August 2006 when WHV launched its titles on Blu-ray Disc it has released 33 titles on the Blu-ray format. Titles represented a combination of new releases and catalog favorites and included Superman Returns, which was the #1 selling title on Blu-ray Disc for 2006.

Also coming to Blu-ray Disc will be the riveting thriller The Wicker Man which will be available on January 30 and include an alternate ending not seen in theaters. Also debuting on the 30th will be the slapstick comedy Beerfest (Unrated) from the Broken Lizard comedy group. Both Blu-ray Disc titles will be available for $28.99 SRP. All bonus materials on the standard DVD version will be included on the high definition versions.

Warner Bros. recent theatrical hit Happy Feet and the critically acclaimed films Blood Diamond and We Are Marshall will make their Blu-ray Disc debuts in 2007. Dates and specifics for these titles will be announced soon.

WHV will be opening the vaults and bringing out fan favorites and top franchises for all genres. 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.

Warner Home Video, which has the largest film library of any studio, will continue to release a wide variety of the most successful titles from its collection on HD-DVD and Blu Ray Disc to bring the high definition viewing experience home to more consumers than ever before. Warner Home Video will also release Ultimate Collector’s Edition HD DVDs and Blu-ray Discs to meet high definition and collector consumer needs.

Warner Home Video Blu-ray Discs offer resolution six times higher than standard definition DVDs, as well as extraordinarily vibrant contrast and color and beautifully crisp sound. Blu-ray Discs also provide a higher level of interactivity, with instant access to extra features via a seamless menu-bar where viewers can enjoy features without leaving or interrupting the film.

With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.

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LOL, looks like Warner is the first to announce upcoming double-dips.

Not ready to quite say that yet, but its like a football game where HD took a huge lead but now the tide is starting to turn and they dont have much of an answer at this point. Hopefully they have some things left to pull out.

HD-DVD fanboy saying "God-damn" to the announcements coming out of from the BD camp.

If only I had enough money to be a BD fanboy. :)

Wow. Sounds like HD-DVD is getting spanked at CES. This is really disappointing. I was hoping to at least get some decent announcements for HD-DVD. Oh well.

It's not just that they got spanked, but it feels like they did not even bother to show up.

I can't fing believe the lack of news from the HD DVD camp... Blu-ray has been beating the shit out of them at CES so far... I mean come on, Casino Royale, Weeds, 24 and Pirates are the kind of titles that will get me to go blu. As many have said, where is Universal... they really need to bring some IMPRESSIVE titles to the plate SOON (Jaws, Jurassic Park, Battlestar and Office Seasons)... Frak this is getting to me.

Good point, here are some pics from the lackluster HD dvd showing.

http://www.cepro.com/ehx/spring2006/568.html