[beatboy77]

Over the past 72 hours we have heard the following from the Blu-ray camp:


- Close Encounters of the Third Kind Announced Exclusively on Blu-ray!!
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=351


- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Announced Exclusively on Blu-ray!!
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=353


- Target to Sell Blu-ray Players Exclusively
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=349


- Denon enters HD optical with Exclsuive Blu-ray support with the DVD-3800BDCI.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=340


- BJ's Wholesale Club Stores To Carry Blu-ray Exclusively
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6463556.html


- Woolworths go Blu-ray exclusive. Drop HD-DVD.
http://www.playthree.net/2007/07/woo...e-drop-hd.html


- Optimum Announces Nutrality And Offers Its Films On Blu-ray
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=358


- Razor Digital announces Blu-ray Exclusivity with four IMAX titles for Blu-ray on November 13th.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=337


- Questar announces Blu-ray Exclusivity with three titles which include 'Rudy Maxa's Europe to the Max', 'The Enchanted Pacific to the Max' and a yet to be announced PBS nature series title.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=338


- Tartan Video confirms Blu-ray Exclusivity and announces three titles, 'Black Book', 'The Seventh Seal', and 'Oldboy' on October 23rd.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=336


- 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' announced for Exclusive release on Blu-ray for October 2nd.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=339


- 'Rein Over Me' announced for Exclusive release on Blu-ray forOctober 9th.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=334


~Josh

 

[phisch]



Quote:
Denon enters HD optical with Exclsuive Blu-ray support with the DVD-3800BDCI.

It's good to see another CE manufacturer coming out with a high def player, but $2k is a lot of money. I don't see them selling to many at that price.

 

[beatboy77]



Quote:
Originally Posted by phisch /forum/post/0


It's good to see another CE manufacturer coming out with a high def player, but $2k is a lot of money. I don't see them selling to many at that price.

I doubt it will street for that price. I feel their future Blu-ray players will be much more inline with their current DVD prices.


~Josh

 

[Ergoguy34]

Great news for us Blu-ray supporters

 

[Malcolm_B]

Nice to see Dracula, but if this is a Big Day for Blu Ray...

 

[donricouga]



Quote:
Originally Posted by beatboy77 /forum/post/0


I doubt it will street for that price. I feel their future Blu-ray players will be much more inline with their current DVD prices.


~Josh

There are still high end dvd players that sell as much as bluray players.

I doubt this denon player will drop below $1,000 any time soon.


But overall, yes. It was an above average day for bluray. Hope to have more of these in the future

 

[dildatonr]

Trust me when I say that there is a market for a Denon BR player at that price.

I'd buy one.


There's a bigger market for a dual format Denon though.

I'd be a tad disappointed not to see a Denon player that can cover all bases - including DVD-A and SACD.

 

[jkcheng122]

that denon is also touted as being able to decode DTS-MA and profile 1.1 compliant. those specs on top of the chip mentioned is easily worht the $2k to many ppl here. i only wish i can spend that kind of money.

 

[patrick99]

It does seem that a nice pattern is developing.

 

[beatboy77]

I feel the announcements alone (with the exception of the Denon announcement) are small, however when we look at the announcements collectively we can see a clear pattern, a pattern of Blu-ray Exclusivity from both small and large companies.


This pattern has been developing in high-gear for the past 60 days or so, started by the Blockbuster and Starz/Anchor Bay announcements.


~Josh

 

[shiznit]

Nice

 

[Iggster]

At least denon is jumping in though but unless blu ray has a bigger lead on HD DVD then it wont sell that good, unless the war is already over oh wait according to many its been over many times already lol.....

 

[BTBuck1]

I thought Denon was going to be HDDVD exlcusive, along with Disney going neutral, and that BD50's were science fiction and 1st gen BD players couldn't play BD50's or Java.

I love it when the HDDVD guys make a claim, it's always totally opposite.

 

[nickoakdl]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Malcolm_B /forum/post/0


Nice to see Dracula, but if this is a Big Day for Blu Ray...

I agree. If news like this is considered a "Big Day" for either format, than we are in for a boring format war.

 

[hdtvhdtv]



Quote:
Originally Posted by beatboy77 /forum/post/0


I doubt it will street for that price. I feel their future Blu-ray players will be much more inline with their current DVD prices.


~Josh

Yeah! It will retail below the MSRP for only $1999.99

 

[jkcheng122]



Quote:
Originally Posted by nickoakdl /forum/post/0


I agree. If news like this is considered a "Big Day" for either format, than we are in for a boring format war.

he's talking about everything combined. we didnt just get dracula, we also got tartan along with 3 titles, among other things.

 

[rwduke]

Collectively this is very good news indeed.


Still hoping for Criterion and Image to break their silence soon.

 

[camaj]



Quote:
Originally Posted by beatboy77 /forum/post/0


- Tartan Video confirms Blu-ray Exclusivity and announces three titles, 'Black Book', 'The Seventh Seal', and 'Oldboy' on October 23rd.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=336

Only Oldboy is Oct 23rd, Black book is earlier (from Sony) and TSS has no release date.

 

[Wendell R. Breland]

If this post is correct then this is another good announcement!!


Hollow Man (Director's Cut)

Release Date: October 16th

MSRP $28.95

Studio: Sony/Columbia


Starship Troopers

Release Date: October 16th

MSRP $28.95

Studio: Sony/Columbia


Edit to add: Keep e'm coming paidgeek and we will make sure you are a "paidgeek"

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[Toe]

$1999?

Unless this player is a dual format and supports SACD and DVD-A I dont see many people who are in their right mind buying this unit considering the competition that is available for far less and similar performance, unless of course you have money to blow. Just my opinion of course....Besides that, I think its great for BR to have Denon on board.