Universal officially announces swap to Blu-ray

by Jem Alexander { Feb 19th 2008 at 6:00PM }

We know - for the last few days we've been more like "Blu-Ray Fanboy" than "PS3 Fanboy". You can't really blame us, though. Today is a big day for the High-Def DVD industry and one of the PS3's main selling points is Blu-Ray playback. So, with that said, we'll continue to cover the various announcements and industrial tectonic plate-shifting that occurs after an announcement like this morning's.

Craig Kornblau, President of Universal, has made a public statement in which he says "The path for widespread adoption of the next-generation platform has finally become clear. While Universal values the close partnership we have shared with Toshiba, it is time to turn our focus to releasing new and catalog titles on Blu-ray." There are currently no specific titles or dates mentioned, but a more detailed announcement is expected to come before too long. Any specific titles you'd be happy to see announced off the bat?

Can't be long now before Paramount does the same. We'll let you know as soon as it happens.

Tags: blu-ray, universal

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Steve @ Feb 19th 2008 6:06PM

TRANSFORMERS!!!

HarryPS3 @ Feb 19th 2008 6:27PM

That's one of the titles i would really like to seen on Blu-ray Disc.

A-Troll-Named-Slickback (Yes the A Troll Named part, and yes every time!) @ Feb 19th 2008 8:50PM

Cloverfield!!!!

TheEnd187 @ Feb 20th 2008 3:33PM

Transformers is made by Paramount/Dreamworks not Universal, Although I am also waiting for a transformers release

Weezy28 @ Feb 19th 2008 6:14PM

lol "TRANSFORMERS!!!"

Arno @ Feb 19th 2008 6:14PM

"Sony Fanboy" is still a pretty good option.

Jason @ Feb 19th 2008 6:14PM

"...one of the PS3's main selling points is Blu-Ray playback"

You should edit that out to avoid major flaming from certain fanboys.

motorer @ Feb 19th 2008 6:17PM

word. i bought my ps3 to play games. blu ray movies are just a really really big bonus - not a main feature for me or lots of other gamers out there.

Mikezula @ Feb 19th 2008 6:57PM

Y'know....fanboys that start flaming their own console of choice because of something GOOD like its ability to play blu-ray movies miiiiight have gone over the edge.

Justin @ Feb 19th 2008 6:17PM

Paramount has too

R5 @ Feb 19th 2008 6:23PM

ARMY OF DARKNESS!

HAIL TO THE KING, BABY.

Popfrogs @ Feb 19th 2008 7:02PM

Evil Dead 2 first. :)

GamerGuyX @ Feb 19th 2008 7:06PM

Evil Dead 2 has already been released on Blu-ray by Starz (Anchor Bay).

;)

DrunkRaba @ Feb 19th 2008 6:26PM

got mine for games and movies about 50-50. Can't wait for High def Transformers on Blu-ray as well as Beowulf.

Branden @ Feb 19th 2008 6:27PM

BOURNE

OAKside @ Feb 19th 2008 6:28PM

I am not a big fan of any of the studios on Blu-ray's side (personally, I can't even find a must-own BD release), but bringing these last three studios on-board with quality releases like Zodiac, Transformers, Children of Men, American Gangster, and a majority of my favorites on DVD seals the deal. A shame it took the complete death of HD DVD (and a long time) to do so, but Sony and Blu-ray are looking better than ever.

Chris Rah Osiris @ Feb 19th 2008 6:28PM

I want Jurassic Park

Mikezula @ Feb 19th 2008 6:54PM

Hear hear!

boxmyth @ Feb 19th 2008 9:28PM

Hellz yeah Jurassic Park!
And all the Indiana Jones movies!

Wonderflex @ Feb 19th 2008 6:32PM

Santa Clause Conquers the Martians

Fraser JK @ Feb 19th 2008 6:34PM

Well, it's official... actually it was official ages ago, but still now we can finally end this so called War!

Did I mention that I was kissing and hugging my PS3 lately?

El Payo @ Feb 19th 2008 6:35PM

WE WANTZ ZA MONEY LEBOWSKI!

SQUIRTFORCE @ Feb 19th 2008 8:41PM

AMEN TO THAT.

PlanetTelex @ Feb 20th 2008 11:30AM

Okay. We take za money you have on you and we callz it even.

Galley @ Feb 19th 2008 6:46PM

"Serenity", now!

Akamaru @ Feb 19th 2008 7:13PM

I'm not huge into buying movies but now that Blu-ray is the new standard I can feel confident in building a modest film library to complement my HDTV and PS3

usagi704 @ Feb 19th 2008 7:17PM

Bring me the Back to the Future trilogy!

bs6268d @ Feb 19th 2008 7:22PM

hell ya and American. Gangster

P @ Feb 19th 2008 7:24PM

There isnt anything specific i'd list that i want, but simply the fact that whenever theres a decent film released, the fact that you wont have to start checking if its on the Blu-Ray or HD-DVD list, it'll just be nice to not have to worry about stupid things like this.
Theres tons of films i'd love on Blu-Ray, but most i'll already own on DVD so they'll just have to wait for special offers i guess.

Ben @ Feb 19th 2008 7:53PM

BRING ON JAWS

ryan @ Feb 19th 2008 8:43PM

yera there is some movies i would actually rebuy on blu ray..

if they rerelease heroes s1 on bluray ill get it,
back to the future is a must,

kman79 @ Feb 19th 2008 9:01PM

CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BOURNE SERIES!

kerbero9 @ Feb 19th 2008 9:32PM

Who cares ... Bluray is dead anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc

I'm holding out for Transformers 4 on HVD!

ryan @ Feb 20th 2008 4:12PM

that will be a long time before that is even available for personal use...

gianni @ Feb 19th 2008 9:55PM

Children of Men

pingzing @ Feb 19th 2008 10:32PM

HVD....sure thing, you have $15,000 burning a hole in your pocket? I know people have tax refunds coming back reletively soon but between that and pimping yourself out to 15 fat chicks/dudes for $1,000 a piece, there aren't that many ways to come up with that kind of "money to blow" (pun intended)