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Blu-ray Titles Face Further Delay
Techtree News Staff, May 05, 2006 1224 hrs ISTSony has announced that the release date of the first Blu-ray movies has been pushed further by a month to coincide with Blu-ray player launches...
Sony has announced that the release date of the first Blu-ray movies has been pushed further by a month.
As requested by Blu-ray hardware manufacturers, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has decided to postpone the launch of Blu-ray content to coincide with Blu-ray player launches from late May to late June.
Now, it will not be available on May 23 as originally declared, but will be shipping a month later, on June 20.
In a statement, Benjamin Feingold, president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, said that the majority of their retail base and hard-ware partners have requested that they reconsider the May 23 date to better coincide with the first commercially available Blu-ray compa-tible hardware.
Meanwhile, the June date also coincides with the release of the first Blu-ray player, which Samsung expects to be in the shops on June 25.
Feingold further said that the first eight Blu-ray disc titles from Sony wouldn't ship until then in an effort to ensure a more coordinated launch.
The news of the latest delay further widens the gap between the already released HD-DVD format and the Blu-ray format, the two of which have been in a neck-n-neck race to win over consumers in the ongoing Gen-Next format war.
Sony movies due on Blu-ray on June 20 include The Fifth Element, The Last Waltz, Hitch, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, House of Flying Daggers, A Knight's Tale, 50 First Dates, Underworld Evolution, and XXX: State of the Union.
As requested by Blu-ray hardware manufacturers, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has decided to postpone the launch of Blu-ray content to coincide with Blu-ray player launches from late May to late June.
Now, it will not be available on May 23 as originally declared, but will be shipping a month later, on June 20.
In a statement, Benjamin Feingold, president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, said that the majority of their retail base and hard-ware partners have requested that they reconsider the May 23 date to better coincide with the first commercially available Blu-ray compa-tible hardware.
Meanwhile, the June date also coincides with the release of the first Blu-ray player, which Samsung expects to be in the shops on June 25.
Feingold further said that the first eight Blu-ray disc titles from Sony wouldn't ship until then in an effort to ensure a more coordinated launch.
The news of the latest delay further widens the gap between the already released HD-DVD format and the Blu-ray format, the two of which have been in a neck-n-neck race to win over consumers in the ongoing Gen-Next format war.
Sony movies due on Blu-ray on June 20 include The Fifth Element, The Last Waltz, Hitch, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, House of Flying Daggers, A Knight's Tale, 50 First Dates, Underworld Evolution, and XXX: State of the Union.
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