Blu-Ray Thread

HD Movies : What floats your boat?

  • Dont really care about HD Movies

    Votes: 3 16.7%

  • Have a Blu Ray player

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Have a HD-DVD player

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Have a PS3

    Votes: 11 61.1%

  • Have 360 HD-DVD

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I download all the movies I ever need

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • TV supplier and On Demand movies do me

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

well boys i get this channel called HDNET and i think next week laurence of arabia will be in fullHD! sweet, cant wait, I saw the previews and the picture looks stunning
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

Give us a mini review when you've watched it gomito, FOX are lazy and very frustrating when it comes to everything HD related.
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

fox? is that the only channel you get HD in? besides SKYHD? FOX here sucks for HD as well... there picture is terrible for HD
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

gomito#10 said:
fox? is that the only channel you get HD in? besides SKYHD? FOX here sucks for HD as well... there picture is terrible for HD
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tobi is reffering to the Fox Blu-Rays.

UK HD content is pretty decent. They use h264, unlike MPEG2 like they do mainly in USA, so they are actaully very good in UK. Especially like the BBC-HD, which is 20mbs! :shock:
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

ash said:
tobi is reffering to the Fox Blu-Rays.

UK HD content is pretty decent. They use h264, unlike MPEG2 like they do mainly in USA, so they are actaully very good in UK. Especially like the BBC-HD, which is 20mbs! :shock:
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i guess it depends, i have MPEG-4.. my brother has fiber to his home and that is similar to the 20mbs your talking of
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

Oh, I didn't know, is everyhting MPEG4?

In UK, everyhting is luckily, most likely due to HD coming late,
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

ash said:
Oh, I didn't know, is everyhting MPEG4?

In UK, everyhting is luckily, most likely due to HD coming late,
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no, but i have directv, which is sattellite, and this year they converted alot of people to mpeg-4
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

Like Ash says I was referring to their BD titles, they have delayed loads of titles and not kept to their release dates for Europe. Plus most of their back catalougue titles aren't region free (eg Prison Break Season 1) and they announce crappy titles instead of the major one's in their vault. Where is 24? Last year they went 6 months without releasing a title.
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

Warner Reveals Blu-ray Releases for 2008 and Beyond


During a press event held to celebrate the studio's 85th Anniversary yesterday, Warner Brothers revealed some of their planned upcoming Blu-ray releases. Included in the list is the highly anticipated Blu-ray release of 'Batman Begins', as well as a number of classic Warner titles, such as 'The Wizard of Oz', which will go into moratorium soon after release.

Here are some of the titles which were announced for Blu-ray release last night:

08Q1
Bonnie and Clyde: Ultimate Collector's Edition

08Q2
Dirty Harry: Ultimate Collector's Edition Box Set (Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, Dead Pool, and Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows)

08Q3
Batman Anthology
Batman Begins: Limited Collector's Edition Box Set
The Dark Night

08Q4
Otis: Uncut

2009
Gone With the Wind
North by Northwest
The Wizard of Oz
Woodstock

This is only a sampling of the titles coming to Blu-ray this year from the studio, and does not include all the theatrical titles coming to Blu-ray including 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Price'. We'll keep this post updated when we get additional information.
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http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=933
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents


UPDATE :

08Q1
Bonnie and Clyde: Ultimate Collector's Edition

08Q2
Dirty Harry: Ultimate Collector's Edition Box Set (Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, Dead Pool, and Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows)

08Q3
An American in Paris
Batman Anthology
Batman Begins: Limited Collector's Edition Box Set
Gigi
How the West was Won
The Dark Night

08Q4
A Christmas Story: Ultimate Collector's Edition
Otis: Uncut

2008
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Casablanca
Clash of the Titans
Excalibur
Forbidden Planet
Heat
Grand Prix
The Matrix Trilogy
Mutiny on the Bounty
V for Vendetta

2009
Ben-Hur
Gone With the Wind
North by Northwest
The Wizard of Oz
Woodstock
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Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

Sony France unveils its planning Blu-ray on FilmsActu site.


* May 2008 :
* Bienvenue dans la jungle
* Godzilla
* Le Mariage de mon meilleur ami
* Midnight Express
* Monty Python, la vie de Brian
* Rent

* June 2008 :
* Cowboy Bebop
* Ennemis Rapprochés
* Lancelot, le premier chevalier
* Légendes d'Automne
* Raison et sentiments
* Truman Capote

* July 2008 : Big Daddy
* Bone Collector
* Larry Flynt
* Un jour sans fin
* Men in Black
* Panic Room

* August 2008 :
* De sang froid
* Erin Brockovich
* Espion et Demi
* Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children
* Mort ou Vif
* Stand By Me

* October 2008 :
* S.O.S. Fantômes
* Sur les quais
* Taxi Driver
* Wolf

* November 2008 :
* Das Boot
* Desperado
* xXx : The Next Level
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

Desperado is great n all but what about Once upon a time in Mehico?
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (Warner; New Line Cnema and HBO, Blu-Ray exclusivity)

The HD-DVD is Dead ! Officially Official ! Report the Japanese TV NHK !

The Japanese National TV NHK drop the news to all Japanese there is 25 minutes ago. The HD-DVD is almost dead and Toshiba is working on dropping this format for good... While the USA was almost the only largest country where the HD-DVD had its chance, the announce of Walmart to stop supporting the HD-DVD this Friday was a big blow for the Japanese Company. While there is YET to be an official announcement from Toshiba, NHK announced today that an end to this format war will be soon announced by Toshiba.
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http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/new...+Official+!+Report+the+Japanese+TV+NHK+!.html
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (The War is officially over)

TG change the title to the Blu Ray thread.
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (The War is officially over)

Because of Bourne & Transformers, I was so close to buying a HD-DVD drive for the 360 (I actually took it to the till - but changed mind at last minute!).

I actually bought the Blue Planet Blu-Ray today(!).....at least it's good to know it's not gonna be out-of-date :)
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (The War is officially over)

rockykabir said:
Because of Bourne & Transformers, I was so close to buying a HD-DVD drive for the 360 (I actually took it to the till - but changed mind at last minute!).

I actually bought the Blue Planet Blu-Ray today(!).....at least it's good to know it's not gonna be out-of-date :)
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Transformers in BD already on the US listing

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=37276
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (The War is officially over)

The War is officially over Toshiba Drops HD-DVD
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The rumors were true. Japanese news source NHK (english translation and Reuters validation) is reporting that Toshiba is planning to drop support of HD DVD, striking a final blow to the format and conceding victory to Blu-ray. The Sony-backed high-definition disc has been gaining strides for some time, most notably after Warner Bros switched to Blu-ray exclusively. Toshiba is expected to face hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

The so-called "format wars" seems to be at an end, and now we're left to ponder about the future, such as how big is the office party Sony is throwing in honor of its victory? More related to video games, might we see a future Blu-ray add-on (and subsequently rumors of a built-in drive) for the Xbox 360?
 
Re: Blu Ray/HD-DVD war (The War is officially over)

You miserable bastard, you could have let Thomas report it first. He would have put fireworks either side of it and everything. ;)

PARTY AT THOMAS'S HOUSE!! :D
 
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Jack Bauer said:
You miserable bastard, you could have let Thomas report it first. He would have put fireworks either side of it and everything. ;)

PARTY AT THOMAS'S HOUSE!! :D
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Yeah !!! and we see all my Blu-ray collection !!!! \\:o/

PS: i have only 2 Blu-Ray
 
Re: Blu Ray Thread

Well thank f#$k for that..........now I can try to convice the GF that a PS3 is a worthwhile buy* :D



* When it gets some decent game exclusives
 
Re: Blu Ray Thread

HD DVD numbers (sold),

360 add ons (worldwide) - 300k
USA - 600k
Europe - 100k
Japan - 30,000

They spent $2.7 million on a Superbowl ad and didn't even show it in HD.

Now its over I hope this leads to more regular (and worthwile, FOX I'm looking at you!) title announcements
 
Re: Blu Ray Thread

Toshiba quits HD DVD business
Decision hands victory in DVD format battle to Sony-backed Blu-ray technology.


TOKYO (AP) -- Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video.

"We concluded that a swift decision would be best," Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida told reporters at his company's Tokyo offices.

The move would make Blu-ray - backed by Sony Corp (SNE)., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand products, and five major Hollywood movie studios - the winner in the battle over high-definition DVD formatting that began several years ago.

Nishida said last month's decision by Warner Bros. Entertainment to release movie discs only in the Blu-ray format made the move inevitable.

"That had tremendous impact," he said. "If we had continued, that would have created problems for consumers, and we simply had no chance to win."

Warner joined Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Co (DIS, Fortune 500). and News Corp.'s (NWS, Fortune 500) Twentieth Century Fox in that move.

Nishida said his company had confidence in HD DVD as a technology and tried to assure the estimated 1 million people, including some 600,000 people in North America, who already bought HD DVD machines by promising that Toshiba will continue to provide product support for the technology.

Both HD DVD and Blu-ray deliver crisp, clear high-definition pictures and sound, which are more detailed and vivid than existing video technology. They are incompatible with each other, and neither plays on older DVD players. But both formats play on high-definition TVs.

HD DVD was touted as being cheaper because it was more similar to previous video technology, while Blu-ray boasted bigger recording capacity.

Only one video format has been expected to emerge as the victor, much like VHS trumped Sony's Betamax in the video format battle of the 1980s.

Nishida said it was still uncertain what will happen with the Hollywood studios that signed to produce HD DVD movies, including Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation (DWA).

Toshiba's pulling the plug on the technology is expected to reduce the number of new high-definition movies that people will be able to watch on HD DVD machines. Toshiba Corp. said shipments of HD DVD machines to retailers will be reduced and will stop by end of March.

Sales in Blu-ray gadgets are now likely to pick up as consumers had held off in investing in the latest recorders and players because they didn't know which format would emerge dominant.

Despite being a possible blow to Toshiba's pride, the exit will probably lessen the potential damage in losses in HD DVD operations. Goldman Sachs has said pulling out would improve Toshiba's profitability between $370 million to $460 million a year.

The reasons behind Blu-ray's triumph over HD DVD are complex, as marketing, management maneuvers and other factors are believed to have played into the shift to Blu-ray's favor that became more decisive during the critical holiday shopping season.

Once the balance starts tilting in favor of one in a format battle, then the domination tends to grow and become final, said Kazuharu Miura, an analyst at Daiwa Institute of Research in Tokyo.

"The trend became decisive I think this year," he said. "When Warner made its decision, it was basically over."

With movie studios increasingly lining up behind Blu-ray, retailers also began to stock more Blu-ray products.

Friday's decision by Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT, Fortune 500)., the largest U.S. retailer, to sell only Blu-ray DVDs and hardware appeared to deal a final blow to the Toshiba format. Just five days earlier, Netflix Inc. (NFLX) said it will cease carrying rentals in HD DVD.

Several major American retailers had already made similar decisions, including Target Corp. (TGT, Fortune 500) and Blockbuster Inc (BBI, Fortune 500).

Also adding to Blu-ray's momentum was the gradual increase in sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 home video-game console, which also works as a Blu-ray player. Sony has sold 10.5 million PS3 machines worldwide since the machine went on sale late 2006.

HD DVD supporters included Microsoft Corp (MSFT, Fortune 500)., Intel Corp (INTC, Fortune 500). and Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 game machine can play HD DVD movies, but the drive had to be bought separately, and Nishida said about 300,000 people have those.

Worldwide sales of personal computers with HD DVD drives total about 300,000 worldwide, including 140,000 in North America and 130,000 in Europe, he said.

Recently, the Blu-ray disc format has been gaining market share, especially in Japan. A study on fourth quarter sales last year by market researcher BCN Inc. found that by unit volume, Blu-ray made up 96 percent of Japanese sales.

Sony said it did not have numbers on how many Blu-ray players had been sold globally.

Toshiba's stock slipped 0.6% Tuesday to 824 yen after jumping 5.7% Monday amid reports that a decision was imminent. Sony shares climbed 2.2% to 5,010 yen after rising 1% Monday.

Also Tuesday, Toshiba said it plans to spend more than $15.7 billion for two plants in Japan to produce sophisticated chips called NAND flash memory, which are used in portable music players and cell phones. Production there will start in 2010.
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http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/19/technology/toshiba.ap/index.htm?postversion=2008021904
 
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