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Originally Posted by Steve Tannehill
I don't think Amazon is totally at fault here--the titles were only announced last week, which is unusually late, and a short lead-time. Instead of getting into regular distribution timelines, these were drop-shipped to stores like Best Buy in my area.
Now I still wonder why there is no advance listing on Amazon. Does no one own HD-DVD and take an interest in making sure their fledgling HD-DVD offering is up to snuff?
Or are they in bed with Sony, like half the people here seem to be?
- Steve
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I'm doing some consulting work with a DVD label (instructional, not features), so I have access to the weekly trades and solicitation materials from all of the studios. The HD (and Blu Ray) releases are *barely* announced and, as Steve noted, it's not a normal solicitation period. That's certainly accounting for the spotty distribution. One thing to remember is that Amazon does not generally buy direct from the studios, either. They use a distributor and last I looked, those titles were not in that distributor's system until last week.
Warner is not doing a good job getting these announced and available, but I think they're just being cautious about it. I'm sure they're just as frustrated with the distribution, however.
