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Skriven 2007-03-27 23:06:59 av Shabaz (16610.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: HD version of TLT to be released exclusively on Xbox Live     Marketpla
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The gamers among you have probably been hearing about the spiffy new
Xbox 360 model that was just announced, the Elite, an upgraded version
of the 360 with a HDMI port and a bigger HDD. It's a pretty nifty
piece of kit, though it does come at a price ($479.99), and doesn't
actually have some of the things that were rumoured (like the new 65nm
processor). You can find a bigger article on it at Kotaku here:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360-elite/feature-microsoft-gets-elite-247496.php
or tinyurl version: http://tinyurl.com/3xuvv5

Anyway, within the big announcement by Microsoft of a new 360 model
there was also the slightly smaller announcement of five Video
Marketplace partners having signed new deals with Microsoft. And one
of them is WB, and their plans with Xbox Live Marketplace are of
particular interest to B5 fans:

>>Microsoft also announced deals with distribution deals with five new video
Marketplace partners:

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment: They will be releasing its direct to
video movies exclusively in high definition on Xbox LIVE simultaneous
with their availability on DVD, starting with "Sublime" and later
offering "Babylon 5: The Lost Tales."<<

I've been wondering how the HD version of TLT would be handled for a
while. The two HD disc formats are gearing up in sales, but probably
will still be at a relatively low penetration level at the time VitD
will be released. So it might have been hard to get as much use as one
would want out of new HD content when it is only released on these
disc formats in 2007. However, this Marketplace release might not be a
terrible way to highlight the HD release of B5 and put a nice
spotlight on it, with a potential market that is about 10 million
worldwide now, and yet not that crowded in terms of this particular
type of new HD content. It might be nice to use the HD version to show
off that B5 is back on a platform where it might get some attention
since not a lot of HD video material gets exclusively released on it,
and yet still make most of your money with the SD DVD release which
probably would've been the biggest money maker for a while anyway. And
I'm sure WB is keeping the option open of eventually releasing HD-DVD
or Bluray versions of VitD anyway, the exclusivity deal of the TLT HD
version probably being just at the initial release date and maybe a
finite period after it.

If you're reading this JMS, would you be willing to share any thoughts
on this announcement?

-Shabaz
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