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Rodolfo,
Thanks again for all this info.
I really look forward to your report.
Larry
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From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Rodolfo La Maestra
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 1:43 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: List of what's on Blu-Ray for sale in May
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Larry,
Samsung had tried that for the last year and did not work, and they really
tried hard, is not a
technological issue, is trademarks, standards, copyrights, licensing, etc.
in other words money,
people, paper work, agreements and bureaucracy that you can not solve with a
group of good engineers
working 24/7 on the R&D lab, unfortunately my job suffered similar type of
politics for 40 years.
They gave up, after many efforts and announcements of yes/no/yes/no.
LG might have seen an edge Samsung did not try, they might have tried
lobbies (or lots of $$$$) to
make those non-technological changes on the various organizations to work in
harmony for a universal
player to share competitive standards and licenses in one box, they did not
say of course.
It is important to make the distinction that LG IS THE ONLY company that
dared to develop and showed
players in the two formats, so they have experience with what it takes to
deal with both sides of
the zoo (the Blu-ray Association is not the same kind of animal as the
DVD-Forum), and obviously
they found a crack in the structure of the system of formats/AACS/standards
to give it a try.
I have the coverage of the Universal Player on the report that might come
out next week.
Best Regards,
Rodolfo La Maestra
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From: Larry Megugorac
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 4:12 PM
To: 'HDTV Magazine';
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Subject: RE: List of what's on Blu-Ray for sale in May
Rodolfo,
Thanks..... this is great!
Rodolfo, what is LG's track record on delivering on what they say? That's an
idea that makes perfect sense. Why buy two players when one will work (and
this from an idiot like me that owns a SACD player and a DVD-A player)? The
only LG product I have owned was a cell phone. I have no clue as to whether
they would make a good A/V piece or not.
I'm looking forward to your CES efforts.
Larry
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From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Rodolfo La Maestra
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:43 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: List of what's on Blu-Ray for sale in May
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Larry,
Below is a larger list of what is to be released by Blu-ray this year, look
at the LG announcement
at the end:
Blu-ray launch
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The launch in April will be accompanied by the gradual release of about 100
titles during 2006 from
six studios as follows:
Paramount Pictures:
"Four Brothers," "Sahara," "Aeon Flux," "Sky Captain & the World of
Tomorrow," "The Italian Job,"
"Tomb Raider," "U2: Rattle and Hum," "Sleepy Hollow," "We Were Soldiers,"
"Manchurian Candidate,"
"Mission Impossible," "Mission Impossible 2," "Mission Impossible 3";
Warner Home Video:
"Batman Begins," "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory," "Constantine," "The
Dukes of Hazzard," "The Last
Samurai," "Lethal Weapon," "The Matrix," "Million Dollar Baby," "Oceans 12,"
"Swordfish,"
"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," "Training Day," "Troy," "Twister," and
"Unforgiven"
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment:
20 Titles, including: "Fantastic Four," "The League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen," "Behind Enemy
Lines," "Kiss of the Dragon" and "Ice Age";
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/MGM/Columbia Pictures:
"The Fifth Element," "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Desperado," "For a Few
Dollars More," "The Guns of
Navarone," "Hitch," "House of Flying Daggers," "A Knight's Tale," "Kung Fu
Hustle," "The Last
Waltz," "Legends of the Fall," "Resident Evil Apocalypse," "Robocop,"
"Sense and Sensibility,"
"Stealth," "Species," "SWAT," "XXX," "Black Hawk Down" and "The Bridge on
the River Kwai"
Sony will release 4 movies x month, increasing to 10 x month by the end of
2006.
Lion's Gate Home Entertainment:
"Lord of War," "The Punisher," "Devil's Rejects," "Saw," "T2: Judgment Day,"
"Reservoir Dogs,"
"Total Recall," "Dune," "Rambo: First Blood" and "See No Evil"
Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Disney:
"Kill Bill: Vol. 1," "Hero," "Dark Water," "Ladder 49," "The Brothers
Grimm," "The Great Raid,"
"Armageddon," "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," "Dinosaur" & "Everest"
Eagle Rock Entertainment:
Will provide 20 music artists such as Miles Davies and George Benson.
LG just announced they will withdraw their BD199 Blu-ray player (and the HD
DVD player as well) to
develop a dual-player by late summer/fall 2006 due "to the uncertainty of
the market" Bob Perry said
(LG's VP).
Best Regards,
Rodolfo La Maestra
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From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Larry Megugorac
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:08 AM
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