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06-19-2007, 02:23 PM
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Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
http://www.homemediaretailing.com/ne...ticle_ID=10786
Interesting and exciting news. How about some Evil Dead in HD? Groovy.
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06-19-2007, 03:02 PM
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Re: Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
No thanks, already bought WAY too many editions of that movie. When they get up to speed and release Halloween, then I'll be interested.
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06-19-2007, 03:08 PM
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Re: Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
One would think an edition of Halloween would be right around the corner... Anyway, one can hope. Frankly, I thought it would have taken at least another year for an independent to choose a side.
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06-19-2007, 03:21 PM
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Re: Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
Well, they are releasing yet another edition of Halloween later this year...
*crosses fingers*
It would MAKE my October to be watching a high def version of Carpenter's classic...
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06-19-2007, 03:24 PM
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Re: Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
This is incredibly disappointing news for me, as an HD DVD buyer.
The more developments that come in the more sorry I am that I jumped into the game this early.
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06-19-2007, 03:28 PM
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Re: Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
as someone who is now format neutral, but still considers himself an HD DVD supporter first, this news is more disappointing than the Blockbuster announcement.
I was really hoping that lower production costs would have weighed more in the favor of smaller indepenedant labels. Guess that was wrong.
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MGM’s Simmons said another 10 to 12 titles are set for Blu-ray release within the next year, including The Sergio Leone Anthology (A Fistful of Dollars/For a Few Dollars More/The Good, The Bad and The Ugly/Duck, You Sucker).
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So is that what we can expect over the next 12 months...a whopping one title per month average from MGM.
so in essence, If you want a particular title from MGM, you have to buy Blu-ray.
But you will also have to live to 140 to ever see it released. Go Blu! |
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06-19-2007, 03:32 PM
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Re: Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
Being a dual format owner, as long as they bring out the Big Guns in horror I'll be happy - still waiting for a dang Warner announcement for The Exorcist!
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06-19-2007, 03:33 PM
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Re: Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
Bring me on some Dawn of The Dead!
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06-19-2007, 03:34 PM
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Re: Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
Most of the stuff I didn't sell off from my SD collection was Anchor Bay titles (Halloween titles, Evil Dead titles, Romero Zombie films, Near Dark, etc). As soon as they start announcing some of these titles, it will be time for their SD counterparts to hit eBay (with the exception of titles that are not likely to be Blu or HD for a few years).
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06-19-2007, 03:36 PM
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Re: Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
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Frankly, I thought it would have taken at least another year for an independent to choose a side.
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Well, First Look is supposedly releasing HD DVD, although their first release is a month or two away.
It'll be interesting to see what they come up with. I expect they'll eventually load up on kick-ass extras, though I wonder how buyers will react to how the sometimes less-than-ideal condition of their catalog titles translates to HD.
BTW, when did the "Starz" thing happen? It seems like jettisoning a perfectly good brand name; I initially thought the animated Hellboy movies were being distributed by some Universal label.
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06-19-2007, 03:40 PM
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Re: Starz Home Entertainment (Anchor Bay) Goes Blu
Since catalog titles seem to be doing pretty poorly in high def, I don't expect Anchor Bay/Starz to release that many of their catalog titles. I'd love to see Dawn Of The Dead or Halloween or even The Evil Dead as much as anyone but I bet they will release Masters Of Horror episodes and direct to video junk shot on HD before they do their (good) catalog titles. I hope I'm wrong though.
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