Posted by Derek Janssen on 03/23/07 06:02

JoJo#1MSFanboy wrote:

>>
>>For the week of March 11, before the release of CR, it looks like Blu-
>>ray outsold Hd-DVd by 4:1 in NA....
>>
>>Let's see Toshiba put some spin on THAT....
>>
>>And let's see what happens the next week, when CR released

(Remember, folks, that's the Casino Royale disk, which will
singlehandedly change the universe as we know it, and a national holiday
will be declared on six continents...)

>> and you might actually see Blu-ray outselling HD-DVD for the week by ratios of
>>6:1 or more....
>
> Can you say... The Matrix?

The Digital Bits could:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com

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As Warner notes in their press release, Blu-ray Disc versions of both of
these sets will be released later in 2007. We've done a little digging,
and as you might expect, the delay in getting Blu-ray Disc versions out
at the same time is related to the lack of full implementation of
BD-Java in Blu-ray Disc authoring software and player hardware -
implementation that's needed to do the same kinds of In-Movie Experience
features in Blu-ray that can be done in HD-DVD. Certainly, if there's
any one area where HD-DVD can be said to be far ahead of Blu-ray Disc,
it's in implementation of the interactive features. The HDi interactive
spec for HD-DVD is mandatory in all players, as is Internet
connectivity, whereas BD-Java is only starting to be fully implemented
in Blu-ray hardware and much of the spec's capabilities are optional
right now. And Warner wants the extras on their titles to be the same on
both formats whenever possible. So for those of you wondering why The
Matrix isn't announced yet for Blu-ray, or why Batman Begins or V for
Vendetta aren't for that matter, that's the reason.
===

[For abbreviated reading, allow us to summarize the above paragraph:
"Eat it, Blu-boy, EAT IT!!"] :)

Derek Janssen (still hoping *real* studios can get some coding messes
straightened out in time for the rest of Warner's catalogue)
ejanss@comcast.net

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