To be fair, the Robocop fiasco predates Fox's involvement. That was to be an MGM/Sony release, but was pulled when MGM dumped Sony as their distributor.

What is funny is that the three Sony reps on the MGM board even voted for MGM to dump Sony as their distributor.

True, but I think Sony had an unrealistic expectation of how much they'd stand to benefit from MGM's catalog. MGM has an ungodly large number of titles on their hand, but I remember reading somewhere that the overwhelming amount of money their catalog generates is from a tiny percentage of titles. (90% of revenue from 10% of titles? Something like that.) I'm not sure Sony is equipped to handle that sort of catalog, whereas Fox is.

Yep I agree. Sony's primary intention for obtaining those catalog titles was to push Blu-Ray harder, but they failed miserably with it for the short time they had it. I have to wonder if Fox got the nod by that board, to pick up distribution rights, because of their Blu-Ray stance. WB had tremendous interest in the titles from day one but seemed to be passed over in favor of Fox. In this case, Sony wins because they keep the MGM titles on Blu-Ray, and they don't have to worry about creating more percentages for MGM from their back catalog.

Hopefully Fox will have more of an influence at getting films like Robocop cleaned up to be shown in HD. If they release the same crappy disc that reviewers hated months ago I give up!

Well, looks like they're still releasing the day-and-daters on time:

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Eragon 3/20 (blu-ray)
Night at The Museum BD Early April (blu-ray)

Rocky Balboa 3/20 (blu-ray)

Looks like Rocky Balboa will be a pretty full BD with all Hi-def extras:

ROCKY BALBOA

Sylvester Stallone’s Unforgettable Performance Shows the Ability to Overcome the Odds and Prove He is Still a Contender

Blu-ray Disc® Packs a Punch with Knockout Bonus Features in HD

Available on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and PSP™ March 20, 2007


Culver City, CA (February 12, 2007) – The final round of the Academy Award®-winning Rocky franchise is upon us, as Sylvester Stallone and former Light Heavyweight Champion of the World Antonio Tarver, duke it out in Rocky Balboa, arriving on DVD and Blu-ray Disc from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on March 20, 2007. Starring, written and directed by Sylvester Stallone, this “inspiring” (Newsweek) underdog story marks the “triumphant final chapter” Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun Times) of the Philadelphia-bred boxer with heart that the world has come to know and love as the Italian Stallion, Rocky Balboa. The DVD is loaded with bonus features, including hilarious boxing bloopers and deleted scenes, and the Blu-ray Disc presents these knockout features in high-definition on a 50GB disc. Jump in the ring with this action-packed title that will be available at a SLP of $28.95 for DVD, $38.96 for Blu-Ray Disc and $28.95 for PSP.

SYNOPSIS
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) has now been retired for some time, but hard-up for money, he decides to step back into the ring against a few small-time boxers. Everything changes, though, when Rocky is offered the opportunity to step in with the reigning Heavyweight Champion, Mason “The Line” Dixon. Does Rocky still have what it takes to make another Championship comeback?

DVD BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE*:
• Deleted Scenes including an alternate ending
• Boxing Bloopers
• Skill vs. Will: The Making of Rocky Balboa
• Reality in the Ring: Filming Rocky’s Final Fight
• Audio Commentary with Sylvester Stallone
• Virtual Champion: Creating the Computer Fight

*All features on Blu-ray in high-definition

I can not wait for this disc!

As for the Fox/MGM delays, supposedly The Digital Bits and High Def Digest spoke with a Fox rep today to confirm the delays. My problem is that, apparently neither site decided to ask the rep if the delay was to add extras to the discs. That would have been my first question. There really is no reason for this to be classified info. If anything it would get all of us geeks even more psyched up for their releases. I have said over and over that I am not huge on extras. I only watch them for certain movies and Silence of the Lambs is one that I want to see loaded. I was really contemplating not picking it up if it were bare bones. I just sent about 40 DVDs to DVD Planet, but kept SOTL and Hannibal because of this. You would think if they were adding extras, that would have been the first thing the rep said. Fox is really starting to bug me...

I can't vouch for the validity of these dates (in fact, they are probably wrong!) , but Bestbuy Canada has the following HD-DVDs for Pre-order that I didn't notice on the list here.

Meet Joe Black (1998) (HD DVD)
Release Date: 2/13/2007

The Matrix (1999) (HD DVD)
Release Date: 4/10/2007

Matrix Revolutions (2003) (HD DVD)
Release Date: 4/10/2007

Blood Diamond (2006) (HD DVD)
Release Date: 3/20/2007

West Wing: The Complete Seventh Season (HD DVD)
Release Date: 6/5/2007

Added to DVDEmpire today:

Dirty Dancing (blu-ray) 5/8
Secret Window (blu-ray) 4/24

I wouldnt be surprised if we see those WB titles, but that Universal one would have come out today. So, its suspect.

Davis DVD has the cover art up for Dirty Dancing.

Looks like Jaws is still on tap for this year...according to Kevin Smith and Universal.

http://viewaskew.com/theboard/viewto...light=#2020597

Titles that appear on dvdempire and dvdpacific:
The Natural DC (BD) April 3
Deja Vu (BD) April 24

Other Blu-ray titles appearing on one of the two sites:

Incubus Alive at Red Rocks: March 27
Volver: April 3
The Queen: April 24
Seven Years in Tibet: May 1
Dirty Dancing: May 8

"on it's way"...as in 35th anniversary in 2010.

Volver confirmed for April 3 by davisdvd.

Whether or not this means anything, I have no idea, but Newegg is listing Hoodwinked and the remake of Black Christmas -- both Weinstein titles -- for release on May 1st.

Looks like Sin City is coming to blu-ray soon

Hopefully, they re-master the audio track to remove that horrible high-pitched whine that made the home video versions literally unwatchable for me.

the theatrical cut... obviousily...

looks like Harsh Times for HD is moved back to 05/15/07

Yeah, Im hoping for a 2 disc BD50 monster set that includes all of the collectors edition special features AND the director's cut. I guess thats too much to hope for!

Personally, I think this movie looks SPECTACULAR upconverted. So, I might hold off on this unless it has all that I want.

Some more release dates:

HD-DVD:

Black Christmas: 05/15/07 msrp: $29.95


Blu-Ray:

Catch & Release: 05/08/07 msrp: $38.96

also Seven years in Tibet might be delayed/cancelled as well.

Couple of new blu-rays at DVDEmpire:

Destiny's Child: Live in Atlanta 3/6

Ultimate Avengers Collection 4/24

I also saw in Home Media Retailing magazine that Cars will be coming to Blu-Ray on 06/05/07.

Saving Private Ryan is now listed at Amazon for both Blu Ray and HD DVD. That would be awesome. Maybe an announcement by Dreamworks is finally coming?

http://www.amazon.com/Saving-Private...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd