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09-11-2006, 02:22 PM
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SPIELBERG AND HI DEF DVD
I have noticed that there is nothing that Steven Spielberg has had a hand n coming to HD DVD. With all the Universal titles being released you would think that "Jurrasic", "BTTF", "Munich" or even non-Amblin titles "Jaws" and "Duel" would be in the works. Dreamworks has not even commited. Are we going to go through the same thing as Standard DVD when he waited to sign-off on letting his product being released? Why does he drag his feet on new technology? I'd love to have "Jaws" and "Munich" in Hi Def DVD. Not to mention Dreamworks titles.
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09-11-2006, 02:48 PM
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Re: SPIELBERG AND HI DEF DVD
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Originally Posted by Bradley-E
I have noticed that there is nothing that Steven Spielberg has had a hand n coming to HD DVD. With all the Universal titles being released you would think that "Jurrasic", "BTTF", "Munich" or even non-Amblin titles "Jaws" and "Duel" would be in the works. Dreamworks has not even commited. Are we going to go through the same thing as Standard DVD when he waited to sign-off on letting his product being released? Why does he drag his feet on new technology? I'd love to have "Jaws" and "Munich" in Hi Def DVD. Not to mention Dreamworks titles.
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Spielberg and Lucas always drag their feet on new technology because their big titles always generate their biggest sales on release week and they want to wait until there are a large enough amount of people who own these machines to make those release weeks as big as possible.
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09-11-2006, 03:03 PM
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Re: SPIELBERG AND HI DEF DVD
I can see your point. But what about Dreamworks titles and Amblin titles that are not as sought after? Titles like "Jaws" and "Duel" could be released at least. They are really part of the Universal library not Spielbergs.
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09-11-2006, 03:33 PM
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Re: SPIELBERG AND HI DEF DVD
Spielberg carries enough weight to do whatever he wants with his titles, and I don't see him coming on board for a LONG time.
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09-11-2006, 05:14 PM
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Re: SPIELBERG AND HI DEF DVD
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I can see your point. But what about Dreamworks titles and Amblin titles that are not as sought after? Titles like "Jaws" and "Duel" could be released at least. They are really part of the Universal library not Spielbergs.
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The 1st release of the original Jaws on HiDef disc will be bigger than you would think.
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09-11-2006, 06:46 PM
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Re: SPIELBERG AND HI DEF DVD
Jaws will be/is one of the most wanted titles for me. I can wait a few years for it though. But what kinda ticks me off is that, by default I also have to wait for Jaws 2, which is another film that is high up on my want list and unlikely to be released until the first movie is already available (I doubt Spielberg would consent to having any other Jaws titles released concurrently with his original classic).
It would be great if Universal kicked out the second film while we endure the long wait for Spielberg to 'bless us' with the original.
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09-11-2006, 09:06 PM
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Re: SPIELBERG AND HI DEF DVD
Spielberg will probably play the same game he played with SD DVD - wait 2 years down the road before jumping on the wagon. It's really disappointing to me that history seems to be repeating itself with high-def DVD. You've got studios split over formats (ala DVD and Divx), those same studios pretty much releasing crap titles, and those with enough clout to call their own shots sitting it out. Let's all do the time warp back to 1997/98, shall we? 
Wouldn't it be refreshing to see someone like Spielberg, who certainly shouldn't be focused solely on money at this point in his life, actually embracing and advocating this new technology? Same goes for Lucas, who makes a lot of noise about pushing the technological envelope. It's really too bad that the players in Hollywood always need to be dragged kicking and screaming into anything that improves the home video experience for their audience.
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09-11-2006, 09:50 PM
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Re: SPIELBERG AND HI DEF DVD
i wouldn't hold dvd and circuit city's divx in the same light as HD-DVD vs. BluRay. there was really only 1 format. and even on a new format it took both of them 2-4 years later... with 2 formidable formats, that means 4-6 years later. 2010 before we see star wars, indy, spielberg films and the like.
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09-11-2006, 09:59 PM
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i wouldn't hold dvd and circuit city's divx in the same light as HD-DVD vs. BluRay. there was really only 1 format.
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There are some slight differences, but comparing the Blu-ray/HD-DVD to DVD/Divx is perfectly valid and the parallels are astounding. Granted, Divx and DVD were basically the same technology, but then again so are Blu-ray and HD-DVD. The only real difference here, and it's an irrelevant one, is that even though you couldn't play a Divx disc in a standard DVD player a Divx player could play regular DVDs. Divx and DVD were effectively competing formats backed by different studios, some of which were releasing titles exclusive to Divx.
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09-11-2006, 10:39 PM
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Re: SPIELBERG AND HI DEF DVD
It's a shame too. Back to the Future, Jurrasic Park or Jaws would be MASSIVE for HD-DVD.
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