Official Blu-ray Products Thread *Get your BD Players Now!*

[Firefox]

Blu-ray Players availible at launch (June 30th) :
*All Prices in Canadian Dollars

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...90&catid=20208

I can't wait to buy it only a few weeks to go till I can watch movies in
True HD

Price: $1,299.99 CDN

Samsung Blu-Ray Disc Player (BD-P1000)
Releases 30 Jun/06. The Samsung BD-P1000 player is ideal for consumers who seek only the best with its gorgeous output of 1080p. It also easily decodes standard multi-channel audio. Samsung's dual lens unique technology - one pickup with two lenses - allows it to play standard DVDs and CDs in addition to Blu-ray discs. The supported DVD formats include DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, and DVD+R.

Product Features

* Memory Card Reader
* Full Audio Format Support
* Pop-up And Always-on Menu Options
* Full Colour High-Definition Animated Button
* Improved Bitmap and text subtitles.
* Blue-laser technology enables up to 50GB of storage - five times the capacity of DVD.
* Backwards Compatibility (DVD/CD)
* Superior 7.1 Surround Sound
* HDMI Digital Connection

Blu-Ray CD Catalogue:
__Cover Art:______Title:____________Price(CDN):___Release Date:
Philips 25GB BD-R__$19.99_______Summer 06
Blu-Ray Movie Catalogue:
__Cover Art: _ Title:_________Price(CDN):____Release Date:

Saw ..................$29.99...................June 27th/06

50 First Dates.....$32.99..................June 27th/06

A Knight’s Tale....$32.99..................June 27th/06

More titles:
http://www.futureshop.ca/search/sear...=EN&search=KWS


BD Launch Titles known to Date:
20th Century Fox

• Behind Enemy Lines
  Fantastic Four
  Ice Age
  Kiss of the Dragon
  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Lions Gate Films

• Basic Instinct
  Crash
  The Devil's Rejects
  Frank Herbert's Dune (miniseries)
  Lord of War
  The Punisher
  Rambo: First Blood
  Reservoir Dogs
  Saw
  See No Evil
  Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  Total Recall

Paramount Pictures

• Aeon Flux
  Four Brothers
  Italian Job
  Manchurian Candidate
  Sahara
  Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  Sleepy Hollow
  Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
  U2: Rattle & Hum
  We Were Soldiers

Sony Pictures

• The Amityville Horror
  Black Hawk Down
  Bram Stoker's Dracula
  The Bridge on the River Kwai
  Desperado
  The Fifth Element
  For a Few Dollars More
  The Guns of Navarone
  Hitch
  House of Flying Daggers
  Into the Blue
  A Knight's Tale
  Kung Fu Hustle
  The Last Waltz
  Legends of the Fall
  Resident Evil
  Resident Evil: Apocalypse
  RoboCop
  Sense and Sensibility
  Species
  Spider-Man
  Stargate Atlantis
  Stealth
  S.W.A.T.
  Ultraviolet
  XXX
  XXX: State of the Union

Warner Bros.

• Batman Begins
  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  Constantine
  The Dukes of Hazzard
  GoodFellas
  The Last Samurai
  Lethal Weapon
  The Matrix
  The Matrix Reloaded
  The Matrix Revolutions
  Million Dollar Baby
  Ocean's Twelve
  Swordfish
  Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
  Training Day
  Troy
  Twister
  Unforgiven

[Phaded]

awesome, the player looks sweet too

[xrojx]

............ur buying that???? So u arent buying a ps3???? or r u just those type of ppl that r like "Hey i have a ps2 that plays DVD's but ill just get a DVD player anyway just to waste money"???

[Hendo..2006]

Hurrah yet more ammo for "ps3 is sooooo expensive", Cant really see what benifets this player has over the ps3's.
Not that this is really news but its always good to get confirmation; that we are going to be recieve one of the consumers markets biggest ever bargin.

[Firefox]

This thread is made in order to inform you about the pricings and products availible
at launch...Hope you are well informed as a result of this thread

*NOTE...all prices are in CDN dollars

[Silverthorn]

............ur buying that???? So u arent buying a ps3???? or r u just those type of ppl that r like "Hey i have a ps2 that plays DVD's but ill just get a DVD player anyway just to waste money"???

What are you his mother?! I'm considering picking one up myself. Don't want to wait until Nov. to check out Blue Ray movies.

[Firefox]

Looking at the titles above...I think we can officially seal Blu-ray's win with hd-dvd
and can call blu-ray the official next-gen format.

[domin8r]

It seems like Bluray will be here soon enough, I'm a person that owns well over 1000 original DVD's and I can't wait to get a Bluray player. Matrix 1-3, T2, Reservois Dog, Sleepy Hollow, House of Flying Daggers, Kungfu Hustle, Spiderman and Goodfellas will all get bought on or soon after release.

Bluray has by far the better collection of Movies for a Movie fan.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=172282

edit: stupid Javascript

[Spike1977UK]

Off topic, Firefox, I was at the IOW festival on the Isle of Wight and saw Cold Play Live.

They are a great band and live are untouchable.

Sorry - back on topic.

We are still waiting here in the UK for any info on Blu-ray players

[Steroyd]

Off topic, Firefox, I was at the IOW festival on the Isle of Wight and saw Cold Play Live.

They are a great band and live are untouchable.

Sorry - back on topic.

We are still waiting here in the UK for any info on Blu-ray players

Knowing how Europe is behind in the times, and UK is pretty much more ... advanced in adopting this type of technology PS3 might be the first ever Blu-ray player out to market.

How much are standard DVD movies in CDN anyway?

Oh yeah didn't Blu-ray players get delayed until August?

What's the story with this thing anyway?
by Kathleen Sanders

June 9, 2006 - Sony's PlayStation 3 has had rough going in the press lately. Earlier this week the PS3 was lovingly defended by developers after being accused of being "hobbled" and "broken."

Today, thegadget weblog Gizmodo caught the fact that the Sony Style webstore stealthfully changed the projected release date of its first Blu-ray player from June 25 to "on or about August 15, 2006."

Tuesday IGN reported that Pioneer announced it was delaying the release of its Blu-ray player until Fall of 2006 citing "a delay in the development process."


Sony's Blu-ray player sure does look shiny.
Although the August 15 date is well before the PlayStation 3's scheduled November 17 launch, these bumps for Blu-ray might make gamers nervous. Is the new format going to be ready in time? Could this portend possible stalls for Sony's next-gen PlayStation 3, which uses Blu-ray as its standard format? Out calls to Sony were not returned. You can bet we're staying on top of this like a pony.

Link

[PiP4LyFe]

Damn that things huge can't afford that. Yea they did get pushed back to august.

[IPB]

I know the connection to PS3 but wouldn't this be more at home in the Technology forum?

[gringo]

Looking at the titles above...I think we can officially seal Blu-ray's win with hd-dvd
and can call blu-ray the official next-gen format.

Will these movies be released exclusively in Blu-Ray format? If not they can't really seal any win against HD-DVD.

[killzone_71]

its a shame that BD players from sony will be posponed to august

[Graham]

............ur buying that???? So u arent buying a ps3???? or r u just those type of ppl that r like "Hey i have a ps2 that plays DVD's but ill just get a DVD player anyway just to waste money"???

Quit with the jealousy act eh? Oh, and in response to your final point, yes, with DVD playback quality on the PS2 being far from decent, I'm sure plenty of people have at least one other stand-alone DVD player in their home, especially considering that most families have more than one TV these days too.

I for one will have a separate player to my PS3, but it will be a Blu-ray/HD-DVD combo that also supports SACD and DVD-A.

[Organic_Shadow]

Looking at the titles above...I think we can officially seal Blu-ray's win with hd-dvd
and can call blu-ray the official next-gen format.

Will these movies be released exclusively in Blu-Ray format? If not they can't really seal any win against HD-DVD.

Well anything Sony or MGM related is obviously not coming to HD-DVD. I'm not sure about the other companies, but there might be a "format war" allegiance chart somewhere online that shows which companies are exclusive to one side or the other. Blu-Ray supposedly has "the majority" of the movie industry's support, while HD-DVD has a smaller percentage that overlaps that.

[Dead_EyeRO720]

Blu-ray is looking pretty good at the moment as far as winning the 'format war' goes. I plan to buy a few movies before the PS3 comes out so that when I get it I'll already have a good start and can begin watching movies in HD immediately.

Off topic, Firefox, I was at the IOW festival on the Isle of Wight and saw Cold Play Live.

They are a great band and live are untouchable.

U2 are awesome live as well!
I do like Coldplay.

[DOGG]

Eh, I'll wait until I get my Ps3 to play Blu-Ray movies.

[turbot]

Are those really the launch titles ? It's unbelievable since HD-DVD had like only 5 movies at launch and I'm not sure if they released any other than those ones..

[Angelcurio]

If Sony really wants to win the Movie Format war, they just have to bundle a copy of the Blu-Ray version of Spiderman 2 with the PS3 and Blu-Ray player

[NUMA NUMA]

Looking at the titles above...I think we can officially seal Blu-ray's win with hd-dvd
and can call blu-ray the official next-gen format.

MS needs to just give it up all thier doing is hurting the movie people, sad.

[The House]

WOW, it doesnt look that bad after all. I am going to wait for my 600$ blue Ray player .

[skarekrow]

Microsoft isnt commited to blu-ray, they are only backing it for the moment. Basically whats going to happen is that a blu-ray disc is only $5 more than the current HD-DVD, sure their player is only $500 compared to the $1000 blu-ray player, but if you wait till november youll only be paying $100 more for a blu-ray player (and then some) than you would a stand alone HD-DVD player.
However, its my belief that some companys already have their hands in the HD-DVD "cookie jar".
Wal-mart is on the top of that list. Blu-Ray discs as well as HD-DVD's went on whole sale at launch, Blu-ray costing $17.99 for old titles and $23.99 for new releases as opposed to the list price of $29.99 and $39.99. Im sure that Hd-dvd went on sale for $5 less than the Blu-rays.
Wal-Mart is selling the HD-DVd's for a price of $23 or so for new realease HD-DVD's (Mark down price) and leaving the Blu-Ray discs at list price. I believe that wal-mart has a share in the HD-DVD stock market and are trying to push them ahead so as to make some money off of the war, which is smart in my opinion, but bad for Blu-Ray.
However, Bestbuy will be selling both formats at the same price, $30.

[Keesie]

Nice topics you have there Firefox! This one is probably the best, I am sure to pick up some Blu-ray titles as soon as I have my Playstation 3
Probably The Da Vinci Code!

[Mikleran]

Looking at the titles above...I think we can officially seal Blu-ray's win with hd-dvd
and can call blu-ray the official next-gen format.

MS needs to just give it up all thier doing is hurting the movie people, sad.

HD-DVD IS DEVELOPED BY TOSHIBA!!!!!

Microsoft and Intel are it's major backers!

Movies aren't the only thing that will win the next-gen media format though- from amazon.com, the official Toshiba HD-DVD is only $500, whereas the Sony Blu-Ray is $999. And if the major hardware and software

There have been quite a lot of HD-DVD movies released gradually in the last 2.5 months since launch.

Anyway, titles released this year aren't that useful considering the low amount of purchases that the players will get at launch!

Come Christmas however, if one media has more 'exclusives' than the other, that one will have a healthy advantage.