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Oscar Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men also is a winner on Blu-ray Disc.

Retailers report that the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment March 11 release is generating 10% to 15% of its sales on Blu-ray, which is higher than the average 5% to 10% on major day-and-date DVD/BD new release.

DeepDiscount.com, Newbury Comics and Virgin Megastores all report No Country skewing higher Blu than other titles.

Store managers attribute No Country’s Blu-ray muscle to both the caché of the Oscar-decorated title and the fall of the HD DVD format.

Disney did not comment.

“We did over 100 on Blu-ray, and over 1,000 [overall] in the first week No Country was on sale,” said Ian Leshin, buyer for Newbury’s 27 New England stores. “That’s a big number. Since the HD DVD side of things folded, we have seen a marked improvement in Blu-ray sales. [Customers] are feeling comfortable buying into the format.”

David T. Barker, VP of ecommerce marketing for DeepDiscount parent Infinity Resources, said, No Country “is running at about 15% Blu-ray, which is stronger than normal. The format is certainly on the rise, but in my opinion, it’s the strength of the title.”

Retailers expect BD to continue to be an increasing part of titles’ sales. Barker also thought Disney’s March 18 release Enchanted should enjoy BD heft, as 8% of its sales were in the format on street date at DeepDiscount.

“We’re seeing key new release titles on Blu-ray, like No Country, exceed 10% of total sales,” said Chris Anstey, Virgin senior product manager. “This trend will continue on new releases as the format gradually comes into its own.”

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Fox/MGM Reveal Additional 2008 Titles



Our good friend Bill over at The Digital Bits has let his fingers do the walking and contacted studios regarding their upcoming plans for Blu-ray releases now that the format war is officially over. The only studio forthcoming with new information was surprisingly the Fox/MGM group, who revealed some of their upcoming titles that are currently in the planning phase.

In addition to previously announced Fox/MGM titles announced thus far, the studios also indicated the possibility that titles such as 'Walk The Line', 'Batman: The Movie (1966)', 'The French Connection', 'Super Troopers', 'Fargo', 'The X-Men Trilogy', 'Planet of the Apes (1968)', and 'Young Frankenstein' may also see Blu-ray release this year. None of these titles have confirmed dates, so please consider them just rumors at this point in time.

Calls to Paramount and Universal did not get ignored, but those two previous HD DVD exclusive studios are still not ready to announce their Blu-ray plans at this time. Paramount specially is aware they have disappointed consumers and want to ensure their Blu-ray products are of the best possible quality before they announce titles and dates.

The Blu-ray Disc Association has extended an oil branch to both studios, assisting them in any way possible. Rival studios have even donated production time to the once enemies, in a effort to help these studios get their Blu-ray products released sooner. Replication lines are also being increased in order to ensure there is enough production capacity to fulfill demand for the 2008 holiday season.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1134

Sharp Aims for High Power Blu-ray Laser Diodes



Sharp Electronics has revealed their roadmap for Blu-ray laser diodes, with a overall goal to make their products more powerful. As announced in February of this year, they will begin mass production of their 250mW blue laser diode next month, which will allow for recording of dual layer Blu-ray media at up to 6x speed.

The current plan is to increase power to 300mW (8x speed) by the beginning of 2009, followed by a 350mW laser diode the second half of 2009 and a 400mW laser diode sometime in 2010. An overall increase in laser power is seen necessary to meet Sharp's goal of providing a laser diode which can write at highspeeds on four layer (100GB) media.

The company currently forecasts that 22M low power (read only) laser diodes will be sold this year globally, along with 2.2M high power (read/write) diodes. By 2010, they expect combined sales of both high power and lower power diodes to represent 100M units.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1136

Noticias sobre Star Wars

Cómo bien se ha comentado en este foro Star Wars tardaría mucho en salir en HD.

En una entrevista publicada en la revista británica Total FILM viene a decir que dentro de 2 años, cuando la alta definición esté implantada, será el momento

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Un saludo

Disney Reveals Future Blu-ray Titles


Bill it at it once again, and he has posted some inside information regarding upcoming Disney Blu-ray titles over at The Digital Bits. In addition to the previously announced upcoming Blu-ray titles, including 'Gangs of New York' that was announced yesterday, Disney is planning to bring both 'Nixon: Election Year Edition' and 'Good Will Hunting' to Blu-ray later this year.

For 2009, the company is currently planning 'Kill Bill 1 & 2' and 'Finding Nemo' for Blu-ray release. 'Kill Bill' will likely not be presented as "The Whole Bloody Affair", a version of the film that director Quentin Tarantino has discussed on many occasions as the uninterrupted cut of 'Kill Bill'. That version of the film will most likely have to be released theatrically first, of which there are currently no plans to do so.

You will also notice that the once "Spring 2008" and "Fall 2008" title 'Finding Nemo' has been bumped to 2009. While this is thoroughly disappointing to most fans, Disney will be releasing another Pixar catalog title along with the Blu-ray release of 'WALL-E' this Fall, which is to be released theatrically June 27th.

All these titles should be considered rumors until official dates are released by the studio.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1142

Buena noticia lo de Kill Bill, pero que Nemo lo retrasen hasta el 2009 no lo entiendo. Una pena.

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Buena noticia lo de Kill Bill, pero que Nemo lo retrasen hasta el 2009 no lo entiendo. Una pena.

bueno, pero por lo menos dicen que sacaran otra, a ver si sacan monstruos S.A o la de los increibles