Home Media Magazine - Hollywood Goes High-Def - September 2008 - (Page hghd1) from the publisher HOME MEDIA MAGAZINE PRESENTS HOLLYWOOD GOES www.homemediamagazine.com PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Thomas K. Arnold High-Def EDITOR IN CHIEF Stephanie Prange EDITORIAL Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelique Flores Senior Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Gruenwedel Senior Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Tribbey Assistant Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Latchem Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Gil, Kyra Kudick Contributor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph Tribbey Committed to Blu e’re coming into the first Q4 holiday selling season since the end of the format war, and I must say I am amazed at what some of the studios are doing to advance Blu-ray Disc at this critical time. Paramount released the “Godfather” trilogy in half the amount of time it took to release the DVD, two years after the format launch versus four years. Disney is pulling out all the stops with Sleeping Beauty, taking the far-reaching BD Live technology and boiling it down to something that’s going to appeal to kids everywhere — an onscreen chat room and a cool menu that changes with the weather. For a sweeping look at everything Blu that’s in the pipeline for the fourth quarter, be sure to read senior editor Erik Gruenwedel’s report in this issue of Hollywood Goes High Def, and I guarantee you’ll be blown away by just how strong the software sector’s commitment is to Blu-ray Disc. Also in this issue, which is timed to coincide with CEDIA, the big custom installers show taking place in Denver, is a roundtable discussion with some of the Blu-ray Disc format’s most vocal supporters, from Eisuke Tsuyuzaki, the CE community’s de facto spokesman and chief evangelist, to prominent retailers Jim Keyes of Blockbuster and Best Buy’s Jill Hamburger. I find it interesting that outside of a handful of analysts who believe the whole world is going to one day digitally download everything, there is very little skepticism about Blu-ray’s ultimate success. It’s not a question of if Blu-ray will become the viewing format of choice for mainstream consumers, it’s a question of when — how fast, and how soon. Retailers, I might add, are every bit as excited as studio executives and consumer electronics manufacturers. And with good reason: DVD was a bonanza, and they, like everyone else in our business, are anxious for an encore. 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