I'm sorry if the topic has allready been discussed, but I haven't got the time to read a gazillion threads of this Paramount / Dreamworks announcement. And since it ain't allowed to post more Paramount News in the News section I made a new thread.


So my point is, as the title of the thread, that Blu-ray loses ~10% of theire titles.

According to blu-raystats.com the percentage that Blu-ray loses of all theire titles is actually over 10%, it is 10.60 % whitch is 30 titles. So actually Blu-ray really made a loss. 10% or 10.60%.

I quote Highdefdigest's article (http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/High-Def_Retailing/Paramount/Paramount:_No_Recall_on_Existing_Blu-ray_Titles,_But__Supplies_Wont_Be_Replenished/883)

Blu-ray fans, get 'em while they're hot: Paramount/DreamWorks has confirmed that they will discontinue production on all past Blu-ray catalog after current retail supplies are depleted.

Following Paramount/DreamWorks' HD DVD-exclusive turnabout that rocked the high-def world this Monday, the question remained: just what would happen to the studios' past Blu-ray releases currently available on store shelves?

We've received confirmation from Paramount that though there will be no "recall" of any past Blu-ray titles, the studio will cease production on its entire Blu-ray catalog, and they will no longer be available once current market supplies have been depleted.

In other words, Blu-ray fans hoping to pick up copies of such hits as 'M:i:III,' 'World Trade Center,' 'Dreamgirls' and 'Flags of our Fathers' better do so fast, as they're soon to become collector's items.

I'm sorry if the topic has allready been discussed, but I haven't got the time to read a gazillion threads of this Paramount / Dreamworks announcement. And since it ain't allowed to post more Paramount News in the News section I made a new thread.


So my point is, as the title of the thread, that Blu-ray loses ~10% of theire titles.

According to blu-raystats.com the percentage that Blu-ray loses of all theire titles is actually over 10%, it is 10.60 % whitch is 30 titles. So actually Blu-ray really made a loss. 10% or 10.60%.

I quote Highdefdigest's article (http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/High-Def_Retailing/Paramount/Paramount:_No_Recall_on_Existing_Blu-ray_Titles,_But__Supplies_Wont_Be_Replenished/883)

Its not really what we lost, its what were not going to get. Sherk 3 and Transformers would have been monster titles for BD sales...

Its not really what we lost, its what were not going to get. Sherk 3 and Transformers would have been monster titles for BD sales...

Agreed. I will be bummed about not having Transformers and Top Gun (assuming they both will have lossless unlike past Paramount titles). I looked at the Mission Impossible trilogy but looks like Paramount did a crappy job, no lossless so no need to scurry to snatch them up..

According to HighDefDigest's count there are 32 Paramount titles, and they've compiled a list so you can get 'em while they last.

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10%..... I can live with that...So can Blu Ray....but it will take longer to win now..

Already posted here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=895018

Paramount will be lucky to get a DVD rental out of me. No great loss.

According to HighDefDigest's count there are 32 Paramount titles, and they've compiled a list so you can get 'em while they last.

There could be a sales spike in Blu-ray's favor due to this. I know that I bought some titles. My personal number of discs is going from 3 to 8 as a direct result of this announcement, even though not all of them are Paramount or Dreamworks.

There could be a sales spike in Blu-ray's favor due to this. I know that I bought some titles. My personal number of discs is going from 3 to 8 as a direct result of this announcement, even though not all of them are Paramount or Dreamworks.

I hope that happens. A final massive sale of all existing BD media would give Paramount a decent cash flow to allow them to invest in some more HD-DVD titles :)

It is also about the lost titles. Once MI:III is sold out it is gone and a Blu-Ray owner will have to go to e-bay, the amazon market place, gamestop to score one. I wonder how many copies of each movie were produced.

IF the rumors are correct about the $150M you can bet that Blu Ray lost far more than 10%. I recon it will be 100 films + a year, similar to Universal.

I hope that happens. A final massive sale of all existing BD media would give Paramount a decent cash flow to allow them to invest in some more HD-DVD titles :)

Yes, because the vast majority of those aren't already sitting on retailers shelves and the $150m in cash and promotional considerations they reportedly recieved isn't enough to fund whatever HD-DVD releases they had planned.

They'll be back in 18 months. Already have about everything I wanted and I doubt "collectors" will have a hard time finding them on ebay and the like. I was looking forward to Top Gun and Transformers, but probably just get them in HDDVD.

I they don't ship any remaining stock and fufill any orders then the retail stock might attrit out pretty quickly.

If they destroy or embargo any remaining inventory they are serious about hurting Blu-ray over any possible incremental profits from remaing stocks. Its also possible them may have shipped all out to retailers already if they had a small prodution run.


They probably won't have to do this.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1073123486302448491&q=E.T+Atari+landfill&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Imagine if they did bury the stock. Hundreds of BR fanboys frantically digging like what was happening with the ET GAME!

Paramount will be lucky to get a DVD rental out of me. No great loss.

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Interesting. I was in Best Buy today and the staff were pulling the Paramount Blu Ray titles from the shelf and putting them into a couple of baskets. Not sure if a recall is happening to the Best Buy warehouse, or maybe a change in layout. I took a quick peek in the baskets, just Paramount titles...

Interesting. I was in Best Buy today and the staff were pulling the Paramount Blu Ray titles from the shelf and putting them into a couple of baskets. Not sure if a recall is happening to the Best Buy warehouse, or maybe a change in layout. I took a quick peek in the baskets, just Paramount titles...

Paramount said there will be no recall and that existing stock will remain until it is depleted. Maybe they are going to have a Paramount Blu-Ray fire sale?

I am going on a Paramount title buying spree this week!

Great decision by Paramount which re-inforces everything that we've known about HD DVD to date.

All of those folks who kept saying that the higher mastering and production costs for Bluray were not meaningful, have now been utterly disproven.

Agreed. I will be bummed about not having Transformers and Top Gun (assuming they both will have lossless unlike past Paramount titles). I looked at the Mission Impossible trilogy but looks like Paramount did a crappy job, no lossless so no need to scurry to snatch them up..

It's so funny how you guys post, like there's something stopping you from getting an HD DVD player.:rolleyes: Seriously, unless you're on the payroll and signed a NCA, get a freaking Tosh or something and quit with the immaturity.

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