Well, folks, it appears that we have another week where catalog titles dominate the Blu-ray scene. In fact, the release slate as a whole is a lot smaller than usual. Fortunately, there’s some quality wheat hidden among the chaff, if you look for it.
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We’ve got another big week for new Blu-ray releases. Perhaps not quite as big as last week, but there are still plenty of attention-grabbing titles to keep an eye on.
If last week was a little dismal in terms of notable Blu-ray releases, this week makes up for that in a big way. We’ve got a huge release slate and a whole bunch of major titles, both new and catalog. No matter where your interests lie, you’re bound to find something to spend your money on.
It occurred to me recently that High-Def Digest is currently missing a comprehensive list of all Blu-ray 3D titles in one convenient place. So I’ve gone ahead and tried to compile one, with some useful stats on availability and backwards compatibility with 2D playback.
Christmas has come and gone. The holiday shopping season is officially over. Nonetheless, there’s still one more week of Blu-ray releases to wrap up the year. This is traditionally a time when the studios dump their lesser-interest titles just to be able to say that they released something. That’s at least partially true here as well. However, I know I’m going to buy one of them anyway.
We’re in the final stretch now. Christmas Day is right around the corner, so you better stock up on Blu-ray goodies for the movie buffs in your life. While the titles being released this week weren’t necessarily the biggest films of the year, there are a few things of interest.
I’m just going to say it: The roll-out of 3-D Blu-ray this year has been an unmitigated disaster. The technology is there and ready (and by all accounts is very impressive), but the unfocused marketing and paltry selection of titles available have curtailed most consumers’ interest in the product. Chief among the major screw-ups has been the limiting of desirable titles to brand-exclusive bundle packages. You want to watch ‘Monsters vs. Aliens‘ in 3-D? Buy a Samsung 3-D starter kit for $350. How about ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’ or ‘Coraline’? Oh, sorry; those are only available with the Panasonic 3-D kit (also $350). Can you use the Samsung glasses with a Panasonic TV or vice versa? Of course not. And now we’re being told that the most-wanted 3-D title of all will be locked into an exclusivity deal for another year? It’s like someone is purposefully trying to kill 3-D Blu-ray before it can possibly gain any traction.
This week sees the release of a huge slate of Blu-ray titles. But, realistically, are many of them worth buying? Let’s take a look.
On April 22, 2010, the highest grossing movie of all time was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and on a few video on demand services. It’s too early to tell right now, but it’s almost certain that ‘Avatar’ sold like crazy. But who is it that’s really going out to buy it?
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