Digital Video Essentials (DVE) US HD DVD - distributed on 24th of April

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Looks like we finally have a date for DVE now.
Robert from Value Electronics says that the US nationwide distribution date has now been set for the 24th of April:
http://forums.highdefdigest.com/show...6&postcount=21

None of the online retailers that I just checked e.g. Amazon US etc. are listing a date yet but Robert Zohn has been a reliable source of information in the past.

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Couple more confirmations that the 24th of April US shipping date is solid:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&#post10195273
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&#post10213447

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It's for real this time. Robert of Value Electronics confirms that their first batch shipment of DVE discs is en route to them from the supplier:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&#post10258806

And a full list of the test screens on the disc (also confirmation that the DVE disc works fine on the XA1, A2 [E1] and XA2 [XE1]):
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&#post10265112

Not to go too much overboard, but ... Woohoo

[Bald Monkey]

I wonder if HMV will have it in for £7ish again....

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Originally Posted by Bald Monkey

I wonder if HMV will have it in for £7ish again....

Haven't seen any mention of a UK release so far but yes, 'twould be nice to get this for less than £10.
Robert also mentions that there's no announcement of a BD version of DVE.

[seagate]

I got an email from Amazon yesterday saying there was a delay on this and the Antarctica one but no date given. Anyone know if Planet Earth is still on schedule for 24 April?

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Originally Posted by seagate

I got an email from Amazon yesterday saying there was a delay on this

The info provided in this thread is from a guy who works for Value Electronics (a US AV retailer) and who is pretty much giving us insider information (on AVS) about the availability of DVE; even sharing that the first first batch of DVE discs is underway to VE from the supplier. And sharing his findings of the DVE evaluation disc he was sent some days ago.
As we don't have such an "insider view" of other retailers e.g. Amazon etc. and they will only update their official info when they have solid dates, this VE insider view from Robert on AVS is exactly that: advanced info on the DVE product.
I, and I'm sure others on AVF, will be perusing our usual online retailers for when they start taking orders for this US release.

[jimihifi]

Where else can I buy this from? I get all my HD-DVD's from DVDworldusa but they dont have it listed on their site.

[Bald Monkey]

movietyme have it for pre-order.

[AES256]

Is suspect that this is still the legacy listing of DVE, not an updated or new listing based on the now recently confirmed 4/24 US dist date.
DVD Pacific and Amazon US also list DVE but none of them provide a release date. It may be best at this point to mail your retailer of choice and ask them to confirm when they can ship the disc to you.
Or just wait for them to update their web sites when they have confirmed stock being shipped to them from their suppliers

PS The only retailer, that I've seen so far, who has confirmed to having stock and the 4/24 shipping date to customers is Robert from VE (shipping to the US and Canada only I suspect), but that was "insider info" from Robert posting on the AVS Forum.

[AES256]

Reviews are starting to come in as well now (since preliminary check discs were sent out to reviewers and selected retailers a week or so ago):
DVD Talk review

[Bald Monkey]

I'm not sure when Movietyme expect to get DVE in stock, but from past experience I would expect them to get it fairly early on and have it on my door mat within hours..

Cheers for the review, looks good The SD side will be handy as I can do all of my kit now.

[AES256]

Well, well. My Amazon US order for DVE has just changed status to Shipping Soon.

[rEVILospud]

It is available to order @ play.com, where they are quoting a release date of 30th April.

[charris cy]

I ordered the pro edition which inludes as an offer the HD-DVD from here: http://www.dvdinternational.com/cat_digital.cfm