Blu-ray Hits 300 Title Milestone in the U.S.

 

Although this certainly hasn't been a great week for Blu-ray, there was a bit of good news this week, as the 300th Blu-ray movie title was released in the U.S.  Although no one else seems to have reported on this, my Blu-ray released title list now has 300 titles available on it.  This includes titles available on BD-ROM disc only, and doesn't include the 40 titles available in limited quantities on BD-R discs from retailers such as Amazon.

Unfortunately, of those 300 titles, 32 of them are essentially out-of-print as they were released by Paramount, who will not be replenishing stock on those titles.  One other title (the original master of "The Fifth Element" by Sony) is also technically out-of-print, though that title was replaced by a much improved version.

For a list of all Blu-ray titles released in the U.S. check out my post here.  By my count, there are an additional 117 titles announced (with dates) for release later this year.  Check out that list at my post here.  Of course many more titles are expected this year, but those are the titles with release dates set by the studios.