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05-26-2006, 08:21 PM
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Paramount postpones it's first three titles
check out the news.
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Now they are not giving any new dates for Tomb Raider, U2 and Four Brothers.
I was looking foward in seeing Tomb Raider in HD DVD |
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05-28-2006, 11:01 PM
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Re: Paramount postpones it's first three titles
Ugh!
How is HD DVD ever going to get to 100 titles let alone 200 titles this year?
We are half way though 2006 and we have less than twenty titles in the US.
HD DVD will need more than 13 titles a month for the next 6 months to get to 100 titles or about 30 titles a month to get to 200 titles.
Good luck!
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HD should be for EVERYONE!
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05-28-2006, 11:43 PM
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Re: Paramount postpones it's first three titles
Call me an optimist, but I'm not terribly concerned. I believe (hope) that Paramount's foray into HD DVD has merely been delayed. Time will tell.
Not to quibble, but there are currently 21 HD DVD releases. And given the limited volume of players on the market, I believe it is more a question of studio policy / strategy vs. capabilities with regards to the number of HD DVD titles produced in 2006.
- Walter.
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05-29-2006, 12:11 AM
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Re: Paramount postpones it's first three titles
I'm sure we will see a ton of Hd's released between Oct-Dec for the holiday season, make up for the lag.
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05-29-2006, 11:51 AM
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Re: Paramount postpones it's first three titles
How did I miss this thread! I searched the forum before posting my own and still managed to totally not see it...
In any case,
Paramount has always had cold feet with new formats. In fact, I was surprised to see them giving support to *either* camp so early. Usually they sit it out and wait for the dust to settle.
It will be interesting to see what happens. They're not typically the type of studio to trumpet a cause based on principle... (ie, not wanting to put their neck out too soon).
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How is HD DVD ever going to get to 100 titles let alone 200 titles this year?
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I don't think that either camp will reach their targeted title count. Both camps have been pressured to make exaggerated estimates for title releases to try to "on up" each other in the marketing PR/BS. Neither will actually reach their announced release numbers. But it's ok! We'll have plenty of HD titles coming out over the long haul... don't need to get them all out the first week...
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05-29-2006, 04:43 PM
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Re: Paramount postpones it's first three titles
Maybe they were too pissed at their investment releasing way too many WMV HD disc in EU?  jk.
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06-02-2006, 01:54 PM
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Re: Paramount postpones it's first three titles
when was the 1st paramount SD-DVD?
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06-02-2006, 02:19 PM
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Re: Paramount postpones it's first three titles
I believe that Paramount's first DVD releases included The Saint, Face-Off, Kiss the Girls and Star Trek: First Contact on October 6th, 1998.
- Walter.
Fidelity to the source should always be the goal for Blu-ray releases.
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06-02-2006, 04:10 PM
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Re: Paramount postpones it's first three titles
FC was a pretty good transfer. '98 isn't that far behind the launch ('97 right). so we'll probably see similar strategem of '07-08 release of FC again =).
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06-04-2006, 03:51 PM
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Re: Paramount postpones it's first three titles
Did anyone ever find out why Paramount pulled their HD titles?
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06-04-2006, 04:06 PM
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Re: Paramount postpones it's first three titles
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I believe that Paramount's first DVD releases included The Saint, Face-Off, Kiss the Girls and Star Trek: First Contact on October 6th, 1998.
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That's true, and First Contact was even released with anamorphic enhancement (unlike Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country which followed in subsequent months. In fact, it wasn't until August 1999 that Paramount fully embraced the DVD format with basically all-anamorphic transfers of Widescreen movies from that date on.)
However, it should be remembered that Paramount *did* support Circuit City's DIVIX format from its inception. So it's not always true that Paramount waits before committing to a new format.
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