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Thursday May 4, 2006 4:23 pm
Blu-ray Movies Delayed
The early lead that HD-DVD has over format competitor Blu-ray continues to widen as news was released that Blu-ray titles would be postponed another month. Benjamin Feingold, president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, had stated that they would be ready for titles to be released on Blu-ray by May 23, 2006. Instead, the new proposed date will be around June 20th, with Warner Home Video indicating that they will also release titles around the same time.
The reason for the delay? Simple - there’s no commercially available hardware to be found. Samsung, a major player in the Blu-ray arena, pushed back the release of their players until June 25th. By releasing the movies and hardware together, the Blu-ray camp will “. . . ensure a more coordinated launch.” Sounds like a no-brainer to us as movies are useless without something to play them on.
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