Tuesday, August 14th 2007
Blu-ray Version of '300' Outsells HD-DVD Version 2:1
The epic tale of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans who bravely defended Greece from the Persian Empire is now an epic and successful film. In this day and age, it's not surprising to see that 300 was put on both HD-DVD and Blu-ray. Warner Brothers soon proclaimed that 300 was the fastest selling HD-DVD movie ever. However, the Hollywood Reporter has recently (figuratively) burst Warner Brothers' bubble by reporting that twice as many copies of 300 were sold on Blu-ray than on HD-DVD.
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38 Comments on Blu-ray Version of '300' Outsells HD-DVD Version 2:1
I'm no fan of Sony as I think they are overpriced, excessively propriatery (Memory Stick; why when there are other formats both cheaper and faster?) and hurting consumers (root-kits, lawsuits etc). Still, I love Pioneer and Samsung, so it may well be Blue-ray. In either case I've got no intention of buying until the price is less than £100 for a player and £15 for a disk, and most likely I'll wait until there are multi-format units and hundreds of movies to choose from.
We don't call each other a "wrench" here on TPU. Chill out guys. Think about how embarrassing it would be to get banned over HD formats :p.
EDIT: Yes, I also loved the movie was great.