Home Media Magazine - October 19-25, 2008 - (Page 8) HIGH-DEF www.homemediamagazine.com Samsung Bundles BD Player With ‘Matrix’ By Chris Tribbey RETAIL Buy Samsung’s BD-P1500 Blu-ray Disc player this week at certain retailers and Warner Home Video’s Ultimate Matrix Collection Blu-ray set will be thrown in for free. Best Buy, Circuit City and Amazon.com are all offering the collection free to those who buy the Samsung player, with each retailer aiming to oneup the others over the retail price for the player. As of Oct. 13, Amazon.com was selling the BD-P1500 for just under $230. Circuit City was offering the player for $249 and Best Buy $299. The original price for the player was $399. The Matrix Blu-ray collection lists for $129.99. ‘Hulk’ Blu-ray Smashes Standard-Def By Fred Topel he visual effects artists who brought The Incredible Hulk to life showed off some of their work to a select group of journalists invited to the Rhythm & Hues studio in Marina Del Rey, Calif. The Hulk DVD and Bluray Disc street Oct. 21, and the artists behind the film’s visual wonders were sensitive about its high-def exhibition. Visual effects producer and supervisor Kurt Williams said that fans could pick any frame from the Incredible Hulk Blu-ray Disc and observe top-quality images. “I will say people are becoming more and more sensitive to the ability in Blu-ray to stop and start,” Williams said. “That was a challenge for us, especially with [director] Louis [Leterrier] and Marvel [Studios]. It was very important that from frame one to the end frame of this movie that you could stop anywhere you want and it’s real.” T As fans of visual effects themselves, the artists know the competition against which they must measure themselves. Matt Derksen, a characterrigging supervisor, sees where other artists have failed. “I just got a big-ass TV and high-def system at home,” Derksen said. “Every night I watch effects films on it and it scares the sh*t out of me. We lose a lot more sleep because of Blu-ray.” Williams also acknowledged that Bluray raises the standards for their work. “You do think about it a little more,” he said. “You think about it a little differently because they’re seeing a higher-definition image at home than we’ve ever seen in the history of filmmaking. Once again, there’s nowhere to hide.” Visual effects supervisor Betsy Paterson was confident her work would hold up. “Well, we work in high-res anyway,” Paterson said. “We do all our work in higher-than-HD resolution. Hopefully it should be just fine.” ‘Resident Evil’ Morphs Blu By Kyra Kudick ony Pictures Home Entertainment Dec. 30 (prebook Nov. 27) releases the next installation in the “Resident Evil” film franchise — the CG-animated Resident Evil: Degeneration. The zombie thriller will be available on standard DVD ($27.96), UMD ($24.94) and Blu-ray Disc ($39.95). Bonus features for both S F DVD and Blu-ray include trailers for the new Resident Evil 5 video game, character profiles, voice bloopers, the featurette “The Generation of Degeneration” and an interview with the character Leon. Special BD-only features include Bonus View interactive picture-inpicture, a pop-up trivia track and BD Live capability to access additional downloadable content. WARNER BOWS ‘ANY GIVEN SUNDAY’ ON BLU ans of Oliver Stone’s combustible filmmaking are in luck: Warner Home Video releases Stone’s Any Given Sunday: Director’s Cut on Blu-ray Disc Jan. 27, 2009, (prebook Dec. 23) at $28.99. The football drama, starring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx, makes its high-definition debut with a blitz of special features, such as commentaries by Stone and Foxx, audition tapes with Foxx, an HBO making-of special, 14 deleted and extended scenes, music videos and more. — Billy Gil TOP 20 HIGH-DEF BLU-R AY D ISC Week ended October 12, 2008 LABEL INDEX* TOP 20 HIGH-DEF B D M A R K E T S HA R E Percentage of Sales Per Title vs DVD Week ended October 12, 2008 LABEL PERCENT TITLE TITLE B LU-R AY D I S C C O M I NG U P STREETING The Breed First Look Street Date: 10/21 Diary of the Dead Genius/Weinstein Street Date: 10/21 Funny Games Warner Street Date: 10/21 The Incredible Hulk (2008) Universal Street Date: 10/21 James Bond Collection Fox/MGM Street Date: 10/21 The Strangers Universal Street Date: 10/21 Sweeney Todd Paramount/DreamWorks Street Date: 10/21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Iron Man Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum … The Happening You Don’t Mess With the Zohan Transformers Forgetting Sarah Marshall Sex and the City: The Movie I Am Legend 300 The Nightmare Before Christmas The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration Beetlejuice Speed Racer Batman Begins Young Frankenstein Interview With the Vampire Casino Royale Troy: Director’s Cut The Shining The Departed Paramount 100.00 Disney 68.80 Fox 23.68 Sony Pictures 16.92 Para./DreamWorks 9.41 Universal 8.40 Warner 5.76 Warner 5.00 Warner 4.58 Disney 4.47 Paramount 4.41 Warner 4.35 Warner 3.33 Warner 3.11 Fox 2.79 Warner 2.78 Sony Pictures 2.60 Warner 2.44 Warner 2.42 Warner 2.41 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Interview With the Vampire The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration Young Frankenstein 300 The Shining Troy: Director’s Cut Batman Begins Beetlejuice The Departed Transformers I Am Legend The Nightmare Before Christmas Speed Racer Casino Royale Iron Man Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum … The Happening Forgetting Sarah Marshall You Don’t Mess With the Zohan Sex and the City: The Movie Warner 57.29% Paramount 53.72% Fox 52.38% Warner 50.25% Warner 49.51% Warner 46.42% Warner 40.71% Warner 36.57% Warner 35.84% Para./DreamWorks 34.98% Warner 31.85% Disney 18.88% Warner 16.60% Sony Pictures 16.10% Paramount 15.98% Disney 9.32% Fox 7.96% Universal 7.83% Sony Pictures 7.41% Warner 4.43% *Units sold compared to No. 1 title Source: Nielsen VideoScan First Alert data Source: Nielsen VideoScan First Alert data 8 Home Media Magazine October 19–25, 2008 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.Amazon.com http://www.Amazon.com
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