Disney should change release plans!!

[MICKEYMOUSE]

I just think it would be better if DISNEY decides to change thier release plans for the rest of their PLATINUMS. Meaning starting Jan 07 release a DVD, then 3 months later, release another one, and 3 months after that, add 1 more!!! Why you ask......becuase I think with the release of BLU-RAY and I'm not saying the DEATH OF DVD, but DVDs will be less attractive, say in 2009 when the final Platinums are suppose to come out with the plan they have right now. What do you guys think??

[reyquila]

I want to release everything in every possible format so I can buy it all !!!

[DarthPrime]

Its still to early in my opinion to know if Blu-Ray is going to be successful in taking over the DVD market. By 2009 I still don't think there will be a HDTV in every home, so DVDs will probably still be very popular.

Anyway I'm all for three platinums a year, if they continue with the quality of the releases.

[DefyGravity]

While I'd love it if Disney would speed up the release of their platinums, I don't think that Blu-Ray is really that big a factor in it. As DarthPrime said, DVDs will more than likely still be around and popular with the general public in 2009. And if Blu-Ray does happen to catch on that quick, I don't see why Disney couldn't just dual-release the final Platinums in both DVD and Blu-Ray editions.

[Escapay]

It takes time to properly restore the films on the platinum slate, so if we try and rush them any more than they already are (two platinums a year is just fine for me and three seems like overkill), we may end up with a slightly less superior product than what we should get. Blu-Ray or not.

Two stories to prove my point...

Peyton Place was a twice-weekly drama on ABC that debuted in the fall of 1964. It was a huge hit with viewers, despite it being very...mature for its time. Soapy, sudsy, scandalous, etc. But it still was a huge hit. So ABC decided, "Hey, if it's successful 2 nights a week, how about 3?" So they decided to put it on 3 nights a week. Unfortunately, 3 nights took its toll on the writer, actors, etc. And ratings dropped. Soon it went back to 2 nights, then finally 1 night a week. And it died in 1969.

Who Wants to Be A Millionaire was originally supposed to just be an August filler show on ABC. But its response was so overwhelming that ABC brought it back later on, as a twice-weekly show. And again, they thought, "Hey, it's popular two nights a week, what about three nights?" And as we all know, three nights was overkill, and it was reduced again to two nights, where it finally died a couple years later. Now it comes back as a sweeps event every so often, and lives in syndication and at Disney-MGM Studios and Disney's California Adventure.

Escapay

[memnv]

I don't think Blue Ray will be as popular as you think, not only will everyone have to buy new players, but the rental stores would have to start phasing out regular dvds to make room for blue-rays, A lot of them are still phasing out videos and Dvds have been around for quite a few years now. I for one have no plans to run out and get a blue ray player. I dont even have a hd tv. I do want to get a big screen soon though

[MICKEYMOUSE]

You guys all made great points...But do you know by '09 BY LAW all ch. have to be HIGH DEF.... Now does that mean who ever has a reg TV, ch. wont work?? That mean people have to buy new TVs (HD that is)? From there Blu-rays will go sky high!!

[2099net]

You guys all made great points...But do you know by '09 BY LAW all ch. have to be HIGH DEF.... Now does that mean who ever has a reg TV, ch. wont work?? That mean people have to buy new TVs (HD that is)? From there Blu-rays will go sky high!!

No it doesn't because you will be able to buy cheap set-top boxes which will take in a HD input and downconvert it for a "normal" TV. Most houses have multiple televisions. Can you really see them all being replaced at the same time?

In the UK, we're switching off analogue transmissions (the type picked up through an ariel at the moment) and switching over to digital (either by satellite or ariel), but people aren't rushing out to buy new TVs with digital reception built-in - which are available. They're getting cheap set-top boxes, which are as little as £25 these days (not even the cost of 2 DVDs, or approx. 1/24th the cost of a new television).

I think Blu-Ray will have a rapid take-up with early adopters in the first 6-12 months, and then the take-up will slow considerably for the next year or so, before picking up again as people upgrade their equipment at their own pace.

But remember, we're talking Disney DVDs here. Aimed at children. So when the brandnew Hi-Def TV and Hi-Def DVD player are purchased for the main room, the children will most likely get the old TV and DVD player passed to them. In the same way children's VHS releases make up the bulk of today's video purchases, 'old-style' DVD will be popular for children's releases for years to come, because not everyone can afford to upgrade every system in their home within a short time frame.

[Disney Princess Ariellen]

Who Wants to Be A Millionaire was originally supposed to just be an August filler show on ABC. But its response was so overwhelming that ABC brought it back later on, as a twice-weekly show. And again, they thought, "Hey, it's popular two nights a week, what about three nights?" And as we all know, three nights was overkill, and it was reduced again to two nights, where it finally died a couple years later. Now it comes back as a sweeps event every so often, and lives in syndication and at Disney-MGM Studios and Disney's California Adventure.

Escapay

Millionaire at DCA has passed into the world of extinct attractions, sadly...I forget when this happened/what's there now, but that hot seat has gone cold.

[TM2-Megatron]

You guys all made great points...But do you know by '09 BY LAW all ch. have to be HIGH DEF.... Now does that mean who ever has a reg TV, ch. wont work??

No, it doesn't mean that at all. As 2099net said, you can get normal televisions that convert the HD signal down to something they can handle (in fact, many of the sets currently sold as "HD" downsample the signal, and aren't capable of the highest resolutions currently defined as HD). By 2009, I'd imagine the cost of HD sets would be negligable, so I can't see myself not having replaced all my home televisions, but it would be ridiculous to try and "force" all people to go HD at the same time or risk losing the ability to watch TV. There are alot of people who simply don't care about HD, and probably won't bother upgrading until their current TV breaks down and HD sets are the most basic available.

Besides, HD is just a standard decided upon by the industry. Many of the supposed HD sets on the market aren't even capable of true HD resolutions. And there'll probably be a future equivalent of HD in less than 10 years from now, anyway. The current range of standardized 1080i/p resolutions can only satisfy the decadent consumer electronics industry for so long. Eventually we'll get sets capable of 1080p50 and 1080p60; then they'll try and move everyone up to 2160p. I doubt they'd even bother stopping when the resolutions exceed what our eyes are capable of discerning. When that point is reached, we'll probably get an increase in research to develop an ocular prosthesis, so the cycle can continue indefinately.

[DarthPrime]

You guys all made great points...But do you know by '09 BY LAW all ch. have to be HIGH DEF.... Now does that mean who ever has a reg TV, ch. wont work?? That mean people have to buy new TVs (HD that is)? From there Blu-rays will go sky high!!

Actually its a move from analog to digital, not HD. The only people that need to worry about it is people currently getting analog channels with an antenna. There will be converter boxes available when the switch happens. Old analog sets will still work.

A complete switch to HD broadcasts by 2009 will not happen in my opinion. Although I'm sure that by 2009 there will be several more HD channels.

[NarniaDis]

Accually, the FCC made a ruling in april of 2005 and the LAST day of analog is 2-19-2009 I believe if I have the day wrong I apologize but its in Feb. 2009.

As to TVs, as has been said, there are boxes to change the settings. I don't have cable/satt. never have and probably never will, but that doesn't mean the gov. will punish us for not having the "right" sets.

Most TVs made after 2002 have had an internal chip in them to recieve the digital signal right along with the analog.

NarniaDis

[PatrickvD]

Disney should change release plans!!

no, they really shouldn't....