The ultimate Blu-ray database: Blu-ray Statistics

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The number of people into Blu-ray may still be small, and the number of people who care about whether their favorite movie uses the AVC or MPEG-2 video codec may be even smaller, but if you are one of those nerdy videophiles, Blu-ray Statistics is a wish come true.

The site hosts a huge database containing all released Blu-ray titles, and includes detailed information like what codec was used, whether it's on a 50GB or 25GB Blu-ray disc, what kind of soundtrack is included, etc. Clicking on a title reveals even more information, like video bit rate, running time--even video and audio quality ratings by review sites such as High-Def Digest, Hi-Def Preview and High Def Disc News. Sure, maybe you already knew that 3:10 to Yuma features a 1080p VC-1 encode--but I bet you'd didn't know the average bit rate was 23.94 Mbps, or that it used 47.94GB of the Blu-ray disc.

Alright, so there might not be much of a practical application for some of the data--and we can't guarantee the accuracy of it, either--but it's still a great tool to pick out a new Blu-ray disc, as it includes ratings from IMDB and links to retailers like Amazon and Deep Discount DVD. If we were making a wishlist of features the site could add, we'd love to be able to select our own filters from the database, so, for example, we could rank movies by the highest video quality score at High-Def Digest.

After you get get done browsing the giant list to your heart's content, also be sure to check out the home page, which includes some interesting overall statistics for Blu-ray. For example, we were surprised to see that 54.6 percent of Blu-ray movies, so far, have used 50GB Blu-ray discs rather than the smaller 25GB discs. Maybe the extra storage capacity of Blu-ray over HD DVD really was important...

Check out the full Blu-ray Statistics database. If you have any other suggested features for the site, or know of similar resources, share them in the comments.

[Dave_BluRayStats]

I have plans to add Stats pages with different data columns and filters, including average review rating as a sort/filter element, as well as the video bitrates etc.

I will keep an eye on this thread and watch for other suggestions that might be worthwhile implementing.

Thanks for the suggestions and post!

[MoskovciakM]

Those sound like great upgrades. Thanks for the great resource!

[Dave_BluRayStats]

No problem, glad it is of interest. Just hope it can hold up with all the additional traffic :)

[cinemasquid]

The Blu-ray Statistics website is most definitely an excellent resource and it's good to see it mentioned!

I would submit my own humble Blu-ray database creation "Cinema Squid" for consideration as well:
http://www.cinemasquid.com

By the way, here's your query for sorting movies by highest Hi-Def Digest video score at Cinema Squid:
http://www.cinemasquid.com/MovieReviews.aspx?Site=3&SortExpression=VideoScore&SortDirection=Descending

More participants for collecting Blu-ray disc statistics are always welcome in the specifications thread at AVS Forum - with the Blu-ray release schedule ramping up it takes a community effort to keep up:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=760714

[Dave_BluRayStats]

It is certainly very helpful to have people posting the scanned statistics over at AVS, since with the increasing number of releases, sadly resources like High Def Digest and blu-ray.com are becoming increasingly unreliable.

It is great to get definitive information that can be shared.

[Dave_BluRayStats]

There are two new pages, one of which addresses the desire to sort and filter by review scores.

The Review Stats page offers the average review scores in the table and allows sorting and filtering on that data.

The Movie Stats page offers filtering and sorting based on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes score, Boxoffice and Decade of original release. It also allows sorting by Director.

I expect to add pages with tables including one for more in depth sound track selection and one for the technical stats like bitrates, resolution, etc.

Have fun and I welcome any new suggestions.

[Dave_BluRayStats]

Sorry I messed up the link for the Movie Stats page and can't see any way to edit and fix it...