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05-19-2007, 03:30 AM
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HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
According to the Home Media Magazine, 800 HD DVD titles will be shipped this year.
20 releases in May, 29 in June, 73 in July, 57 in August, 77 in September, 115 in October, 185 in November and finally 240 titles in December!
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ques...2007/index.php
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05-19-2007, 07:32 AM
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Re: HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
As someone in another forum pointed out, 240 movies in December is 60 movies a week. Does anyone find that very likely?
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05-19-2007, 08:45 AM
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Re: HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
Maybe if they're counting worldwide releases - and, say, the US/UK/French/Japanese/Australian/German/Spanish editions are each counted separately.
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05-19-2007, 09:26 AM
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Re: HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
I have $5 that says "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA No"
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05-19-2007, 09:46 AM
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Re: HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
800 titles would be fantastic  but I think anyone counting on this is in fantasyland. 
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05-19-2007, 09:51 AM
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Re: HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
That's fuzzy math.
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05-19-2007, 12:29 PM
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Tony Mascorro
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Re: HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
I think they're talking about actual units per month! 
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05-19-2007, 09:28 PM
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Re: HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
I'm guessing that 800 is more like 80, someone added the extra "0" by accident.
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05-19-2007, 10:07 PM
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Re: HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
did they get these numbers from replicators?
I would assume that the studios book line time well in advance of actual production, so it would seem that it would be fairly easy to get a close estimate of how much is coming, if you have access to a source inside.
as someone on another forum suggested, this would also seem to indicate advance knowledge of another studio (or studios) begining to release product as well.
Decembers numbers look suspect, but I would think Aug thru Novembers should be pretty close to the mark. And the entire 800 might end up being very close when you factor in porn, multiple foreign editions of the same film/content, anime, documentaries and other 'quickie' releases.
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05-20-2007, 05:28 PM
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Re: HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
Given their record, I don't doubt Universal compared to some other studios. The extra studios theory makes sense.
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05-20-2007, 08:03 PM
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Re: HD DVD: 800 titles by the end of 2007?
This makes me wonder if the production lines are convertible back and forth from DVD to HD DVD. This might explain the ability to produce discs in the capacity described in the story. I know HD DVD has been described as being an easy install from a standard DVD line, but maybe it's a fairly quick and easy switch to make from one to the other.
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05-20-2007, 08:28 PM
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