On Mar 28, 2:06 am, "Shabaz"  wrote:
> 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-...
> 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 iskeeping the option open of eventually releasingHD-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?

I don't know about JMS, but /my/ reaction is "Eeuwww! Cooties!"
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