I doubt anyone knows, because who knows why filmcompanies do what they do, but I'll ask anyway.
All the recent films (Mercy, A Good Marriage and now Cell) are only released on dvd here (Netherlands). They appear at the same time as they are released in the US, but there is never a blu-ray. They're never expensive (Cell is 10 euro here), but my preference is blu-ray.
Do they do this in the US too: a dvd when it's just premiered and a blu-ray later, or does the blu-ray appear right away?
I can understand from smaller films like Mercy or A Good Marriage that they have more limited appeal (the blu-ray market is still smaller than the dvd market here, it often appears to me), but isn't Cell a major release with big stars? I expected at least Cell to get a blu-ray.
The Mist and the Carrie remake did get blu-rays here, but after that they go to dvd only - is this the same in the US? And what is it like in other countries?
The dvd's are bare bones, no extras whatsoever, but that is quite common here: the smaller companies that release the smaller films don't seem to ever want to pay for the extras.
Also, sadly Big Driver wasn't released at all here.
Also, Haven the first season was on blu-ray here (looked beautiful), but after that they only appear on dvd (they do have extras though in this case). So maybe they just don't sell enough on blu-ray or there is some other reason...
Under the Dome on the other hand has all three seasons on blu-ray, although so far I only have the first season and it's one of the rare blu-rays I know that doesn't look so good, I was rather disappointed with the image quality.
All the recent films (Mercy, A Good Marriage and now Cell) are only released on dvd here (Netherlands). They appear at the same time as they are released in the US, but there is never a blu-ray. They're never expensive (Cell is 10 euro here), but my preference is blu-ray.
Do they do this in the US too: a dvd when it's just premiered and a blu-ray later, or does the blu-ray appear right away?
I can understand from smaller films like Mercy or A Good Marriage that they have more limited appeal (the blu-ray market is still smaller than the dvd market here, it often appears to me), but isn't Cell a major release with big stars? I expected at least Cell to get a blu-ray.
The Mist and the Carrie remake did get blu-rays here, but after that they go to dvd only - is this the same in the US? And what is it like in other countries?
The dvd's are bare bones, no extras whatsoever, but that is quite common here: the smaller companies that release the smaller films don't seem to ever want to pay for the extras.
Also, sadly Big Driver wasn't released at all here.
Also, Haven the first season was on blu-ray here (looked beautiful), but after that they only appear on dvd (they do have extras though in this case). So maybe they just don't sell enough on blu-ray or there is some other reason...
Under the Dome on the other hand has all three seasons on blu-ray, although so far I only have the first season and it's one of the rare blu-rays I know that doesn't look so good, I was rather disappointed with the image quality.
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