Ok, so I'm entering some Blu-rays I bought today from Best Buy and a good portion are not in the system. Now, my question is, what do I put for the release date? Some are officially going to be released on October 5th while others do not have a release date at all and another just a tentative January 2011 date. Would all of these be today's date, 8/29/10? Or would for those officially announced with an 10/05/10 date be that? How about those without a release date?

Further complicating things is the fact some stores are not selling these until Tuesday while others, like my own, were selling them today.

Ok, so those with an official release date should remain that while the new ones (which have already been submitted I found) would then be today as there is no official release date yet?

Edit: Here's the thing, the rules state:

Use the date when the DVD was first released for sale in its specific locality.

So now I'm not sure if indeed those Lionsgate titles would have a 8/29/10 date or 10/5/10 when it will be available everywhere. Under that rule, it is when the DVD (or Blu-ray) was first release for sale and it now released through Best Buy for sale.

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Is the early release date exclusive to Best Buy or did you buy them before they were supposed to be sold?

Some stores get exclusive early release dates...at the moment, Target is selling Babies, starting today, but nobody else can sell it until the end of September...if that is the case, then today would be a valid release date.

If, however, you were able to get them before they were supposed to be released, then you should use the official release date.

This is Best Buy's exclusive thing, like Target's Babies release.

Quoting TheMovieman:

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Edit: Here's the thing, the rules state:

Use the date when the DVD was first released for sale in its specific locality.

So now I'm not sure if indeed those Lionsgate titles would have a 8/29/10 date or 10/5/10 when it will be available everywhere. Under that rule, it is when the DVD (or Blu-ray) was first release for sale and it now released through Best Buy for sale.

I picked some of these up too.  I think today's date (8/29/2010) needs to be used since they are officially available for release today.

Quoting xradman:

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I purchased them today too. IMO, we shouldn't use BB exclusive date for release date. Not everyone has a target or BB where they live.  If it was a BB only special release, that would be different. But if BB only gets to sell the product 1 or 2 months early, I would vote to keep the original release date.

I disagree.  Almost anyone including those that don't have a BB near them can order them online at BB.com.

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Quoting rdodolak:

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I picked some of these up too.  I think today's date needs to be used since they are officially available for release today.

Some companies release them for sale ahead of the official release date. That date shouldn't be entered. When they should become available should. At least IMHO.

However, if it's that a store actually has a contract for a few days exclusivity then it's a different matter.

I agree with your statement.  Yes, BB has an exclusive contract to sell these until 10/5 and BB's official release date is 8/29 per their ad and sales tags.

What did we do with previous early releases like the Kiss of the Spiderwoman and Vengeance Trilogy Blu-rays?

Bad Lieutenat already got approved with 8/29 as release date (since that's when I bought it). Also Best Buy's website and ad second the date.

The Boogie Nights Blu-ray was also a Best Buy exclusive released on 12/15/2009, but the wide release wasn't until 01/19/2010. The release date in the database has remained as 12/15/2009.