Platoon ending credits Why are

Platoon ending credits

Why are these companies going out of their way to make 3-D even more confusing than it already is? Are they really that short-sighted? Sadly, it sounds like the entire six-part platoon ending credits will only be available as a box set, but yeah, Im gonna get it. And you are, too. Dont even lie. Although I have to say, I think the deleted clip from RotJ that will be re-inserted into the Blu-ray version is cool. Check it out. As we thought, the Blu-ray discs will rent for 50 per night, and redbox said it has begun its rollout of the discs to about 13, 300 kiosks nationwide. All of the companys 23, 000 kiosks should be Blu-ray equipped by this fall. And if you rent a Blu-ray disc, you can return it to any kiosk, even those not yet Blu-ready. Each redbox kiosk holds 630 discs DVD or Blu-ray, covering as many as 200 titles. Sales of Blu-ray players increased 103 percent in the first half of 20 A total of 4 million Blu-ray players have now been sold. Redbox president Mitch Lowe said the kiosk company would likely bow Blu-ray Disc rentals at 50 a night, a premium over the chains traditional 1-a-night DVD rental. Blu-rays will start appearing in Redbox kiosks within the next few months, he said. Lowe said 9% of Redbox customers own a Blu-ray player and that he believes Redboxs 23% share of the rental market will help drive Blu-ray adoption. He added that consumer awareness of Redbox hit 72% in April, compared to 17% in February 200 Citing NPD Group data, Lowe noted 20% of Redbox customers say they would not have bought or rented a certain DVD if it were not available at Redbox. He also noted 41% of Redbox customers rent before they choose to buy a certain title, with 9% of those rentals resulting in a sale. Redbox rents nearly 40 million DVDs a month and recently passed the 750 million number for total rentals. Note that Redbox, like Netflix, recently reached agreements with studios Universal, Fox and Warner that will not allow the chain to offer new release movies until 28 days after theyve come out in retail stores and Blockbuster stores. Those deals will also apply to the Blu-ray discs. Any Redbox fans here on the blog? Have you been waiting for the kiosks to go Blu? UPDATE: The Redbox public relations people noticed this post and contacted me with some updated info on their Blu-ray plans. Apparently the company is currently testing Blu-ray in some of its kiosks, and the 50 price is a test price. A final price will be announced when the full platoon ending credits happens in the second half of this year. I would guess that 50 does end up being the final price since thats what the Redbox president said, but again, it has not been officially confirmed. I was having a discussion with some co-workers just now about whether we ever watch the deleted scenes, directors commentary and other additional content that ships on all DVD and Blu-ray discs these days, as that might be one platoon ending credits discs are more popular than video-on-demand services that dont include those extra items. I almost never watch any of the extras sometimes the deleted scenes, but my colleague said she and her daughter always watch the deleted scenes. My theory is that the extras are almost universally ignored people just want to watch the movie, but lets find out. Its not a total disaster and hell, Ill probably still buy it, but the boys at High-Def Digest fairly eviscerate the high-def box set of The Lord of the Rings trilogy being released April Mushy video quality, lame extras and of course no extended edition. After years of waiting, The Lord of the Rings is on Blu-ray, and fans are going to be pissed off. Theatrical cuts, with no extended editions plus video qualities that have been excessively DNRed have dampened much of the anticipation. A weak supplements package doesnt help matters.