HD DVD og Blu-ray-titler: hva skjer i HD-verden

[Mala]

Ser ut til at vi som venter på siste piratutspill fra Depp & Co blir skuffet

 

Blu-ray's Pirates of the Caribbean release has framing issues

 

Dette bør fikses opp i, vil nesten tro dette blir ein slager i det nye HD-formatet. Så å slippe noe med så allvorlige feil som dette blir latterlig.

[Manx]

Ikke bra, tydligvis noen som har bæsjet på leggen når denne gikk til "trykking" og POC filmene kommer nok til å bli en hit på Blu-ray, men dette kan vel kanskje legge en liten demper på salget vil jeg tro. Får vel se om Disney ordner opp i saken...

 

Godt å se at det er problem utgivelser på Blu-ray også

[Dragoncrest]

Full Details of 'Star Trek: The Original Series' Season One Remastered On HD DVD

 

CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment invite you to experience STAR TREK: The Original Series as never before when the legendary first season arrives for the first time ever in a 10-disc HD DVD/DVD combo disc set. Meticulously remastered from the original camera negative specifically for this high-definition release, each classic episode is presented in pristine condition with state-of-the-art digital visual effects.

 

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Details of the North American HD DVD/DVD Combo Release:

 

STAR TREK: The Original Series is a 10-disc collection presented in the original aspect ratio (1.33:1) screen. The standard definition presentation includes Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, LAS Mono and French Mono as well as English, LAS and French subtitles. The HD DVD presentation features English Dolby True HD and LAS Mono with English and LAS subtitles. The Original Series HD DVD/DVD set will be available to own starting November 20, 2007 for the suggested retail price of $217.99.

 

You may want to scroll down to view the list of bonus features found on both the HD DVD and DVD sides of the discs.

 

Details of the German HD DVD/DVD Combo Release:

 

Similar to the North American HD DVD/DVD Combo release. Except for the following aspects...

 

    * The 10-disc set will be available to own, in Germany, starting November 29.

    * Danish, German, English, English [sDH], Finnish, French, Greek, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Spanish, Czech, Turkish and Hungarian subtitle options are provided.

    * Audio options for the main feature on the DVD side includes Dolby Digital 5.1 (English) & Dolby Digital Mono (German, French, Italian & Spanish)

 

Bonus features on the HD DVD side are as follows:

 

    * Starfleet Access – On-screen graphical interface allows viewers to access Picture in Picture video commentaries, comparisons of re-mastered vs. original effects, encyclopedic information (science, life forms, technology), episode trivia and more on the following episodes:

      - Where No Man Has Gone Before

      - The Menagerie, Part 1

      - The Menagerie, Part 2

      - Balance of Terror

      - The Galileo Seven

      - Space Seed

      - Errand of Mercy

    * Spacelift: Transporting Trek into the 21st Century

      - From new visual effects to sound, this documentary provides an in-depth exploration of the remastering of classic Star Trek episodes.

    * Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories

      - Join crew member and "extra-extraordinaire” Billy Blackburn as he shares his own behind-the-scenes home movie footage of life on the set of Star Trek.

    * Interactive Enterprise Tour

      - Viewers will explore the Enterprise interior and exterior in detail as they pilot their own shuttlecraft in this spectacular 3D simulated feature.

    * Perpetual Entertainment's "Star Trek Online” MMO Game Preview

 

Bonus features on the standard DVD side are as follows:

 

    * Spacelift: Transporting Trek into the 21st Century

    * The Birth of a Timeless Legacy

    * Reflections on Spock

    * Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner

    * To Boldly Go…Season One

    * Sci-Fi Visionaries

    * Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories

    * Kiss & Tell: Romance in the 24th Century

    * Trek Connections

    * Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

    * Episode Preview Trailers

    * Perpetual Entertainment's "Star Trek Online” MMO Game Preview

 

StarTrek.com has all the finalised details of Star Trek: The Original Series Season One Remastered HD DVD/DVD Combo release. The official video trailer for this HD DVD can be viewed via this link.

 

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Denne blir dyr, får vurdere når den kommer. Er nå egentlig en Trekker så er nesten nødt.

Endret 4. september 2007 av Dragoncrest

[Artistic.Hipster]

Hmm... hvordan har noen fått tak i den siste pirates filmen nå? Release date'en er jo 4 December.

 

Jaja, håper Disney ordner opp innen den tid.

[Seonaith]

Men det er ikke snakk om den siste Pirates filmen, men den første (The Curse of the Black Pearl)

 

Det står mer om dette på AVSforum.

Endret 3. september 2007 av K.Larsen

[Dragoncrest]

Transformers HD DVD info and specs

 

Paramount/DreamWorks will debut the film on HD DVD October 16, day-and-date with the standard-def DVD version, and in a two-disc set filled with bonus features and cutting-edge content exclusive to the high-def release.

 

Extras identical to the HD DVD and DVD include audio commentary with Bay, two 4-part documentaries ("Our World" and "Their World"), the "From Script to Sand" featurette, concept art, and the theatrical trailer.

 

Exclusive to the HD DVD will be the "Transformers H.U.D. (Heads Up Display)" picture-in-picture mode, giving viewers running text-based behind-the-scenes background information on the production during the feature; the "Transformers Tech Inspector," offering an unprecedented look at the robots through the exquisitely detailed models created by ILM artists; and the web-enabled "Intelligence Mode" with running statistics and tracking of all the robots in the film.

 

Tech specs include 1080p video (codec still TBA) and Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 Surround audio only -- surprisingly (and disappointing for early adopters) Paramount has not announced any high-resolution audio support for 'Transformers.'

 

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[Seonaith]

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Fox/TV_on_High-Def/Disc_Announcements/Prison_Break_Blu-ray_Gets_Specs_and_a_November_Date/932"]Prison Break gets Specs and a November Date[/b]

 

Early info is in for Fox Home Entertainment's first TV-on-high-def release, 'Prison Break: Season One,' which is now set for Blu-ray release this November.

 

Fox first announced that 'Prison Break' was bound for high-def disc last month, when it was mentioned as part of their extensive slate of nearly thirty new titles due on Blu-ray this fall.

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This morning, Dave Lambert over at TVShowsonDVD.com got the early jump on the disc's full details to be officially announced shortly, which will see 'Prison Break: Season One' hit Blu-ray on November 13 in a five-disc box set containing all 22 episodes.

 

Extras will be identical to the previously-released standard-def DVD version of 'Season One,' including audio commentary with cast and crew on select episodes, three making-of featurettes, a Fox TV special, and deleted/alternate scenes.

 

Tech specs include 1080p video and DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround on all 22 episodes.

 

List price for the Blu-ray is $99.98.

 

You'll find disc details for 'Prison Break: Season One' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under November 13. Watch for box art to be revealed in the coming days.

 

Og det blir min første serie-sesong på BD.

[Seonaith]

CEIDA: Sony Introduces Two New Blu-ray Players

Sony has unveiled two new Blu-ray players for the US market -- the BDP-S500 ($700), and the brand new BDP-S2000ES ($1,300).

 

Although the BDP-S500 was first introduced last week for the European market at Berlin's IFA trade fair, today's announcement confirms a US release for the mid-range player, and introduces a new high-end player for the very first time.

 

Both new players share the same key features: 1080/60p and 24p video, support of all high-resolution audio formats via HDMI version 1.3a, plus support for AVCHD discs encoded with x.v.Color.

 

While the operating feature set on the higher-end BDP-S2000ES is identical to the BDP-S500, the higher end player includes several fortifications to the player's build, including "dual shield construction" and separate boards for audio and video, which Sony says will provide for even better quality performance. The BDP-S2000ES is the first Blu-ray player to carry Sony's ES ("Elevated Standards") designation.

 

Each of the two players are due to hit stores in the United States sometime this fall, joining the already-released lower-end BDP-300 ($499).

[Dragoncrest]

Integra Unveils DHS-8.8 HD DVD Player

 

 

Premium home theater brand Integra has officially announced its first high-def disc player, the DHS-8.8 HD DVD player.

 

As widely expected, the new Integra player looks to be much the same as the previously-announced Onkyo DV-HD805 (Integra is Onkyo's premium line of audio video components), with a few tweaks designed to meet the needs of higher-end custom home theaters.

 

Shared specs include native 1080p/24 frames-per-second video playback, support of all high-resolution audio formats via HDMI version 1.3a, a built-in HQV Reon VX video processor, and a rear-panel Ethernet port allowing for web-enabled network connectivity.

 

The DHS-8.8 will also include a bi-directional RS-232 port for integration with home automation and control systems, plus a series of high-end DACs allowing for custom analog audio/video connections with other home theater devices.

 

Integra says its new unit will be available in the fourth quarter of 2007 at a suggested retail price of $1099.

 

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[Dragoncrest]

Report: DVD Forum Approves 51GB HD DVD

 

 

The 51GB HD DVD disc is apparently one step closer to becoming a reality.

 

According a published report from UK research firm Screen Digest, the DVD Forum (the international organization responsible for DVD standards) has approved a 51 GB single-sided triple-layer HD DVD disc for production.

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First announced by Toshiba last January at CES, a 51GB HD DVD disc would up the format's current dual-layer maximum storage capacity by a cool 21GB, but more importantly, it would close the gap between HD DVD and Blu-ray. Blu-ray currently supports 50GB discs, which has been one of the primary tech advantages it holds over its rival.

 

The extention to the existing HD DVD standard was submitted by Toshiba in April and was said to be approved on August 31st.

 

While DVD Forum approval is one obstacle cleared for Toshiba, it remains to be seen when (or even if) the new disc type will actually be put into use for movie releases. Insiders say it could take years for production yields to reach manageable levels, and there are conflicting reports as to whether or not the new triple layer discs would be supported by current players.

 

As always, we'll keep you updated on any developments in this story as they emerge.

 

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[b-real]

Litt cross-posting men pytt pytt:

China picks HD DVD variant as national standard.

If ever there were a time for either Blu-ray or HD DVD manufacturers to play a trump card, now may be the time, and this could be the one: A consortium of Chinese university engineers and government officials, in cooperation with a Chinese video standards group that includes globally recognized manufacturers, plus the DVD Forum, have come to an agreement on a standard specification for a blue-laser disc mechanism and format specifically for the Chinese market.

 

The new group will be called the China High Definition DVD Industry Association, or just CHDA, and this is not the last you will hear of it.

 

The agreement announced early this morning US time is critical, because up until now, China has been reluctant to participate in the high-definition video disc industry unless it had an opportunity to bring its own video encoding standard to bear: AVS, a codec which incorporates elements of MPEG-2, but is otherwise different from -- and some argue, better than -- other MPEG encoding standards and VC-1 in important respects.

 

Now, the DVD Forum's involvement has evidently made it possible for Chinese manufacturers to produce components that play blue-laser, high-def discs using the Chinese national standard, though which are fundamentally compatible with HD DVD with only minor adjustments.

 

The upshot here is this: The same country that has literally upset the LCD TV industry on its ear in just the last year alone, now has the specifications it needs to do the same with high-def video discs. While it makes so-called CH-DVD players for the home market (the name is subject to change, the new consortium says), China can also produce HD DVD players for the rest of the world, at prices that can best be described as Chinese.

 

All of a sudden, the incentive for studios such as Warner Bros. to call a halt to exploiting new disc technologies its own engineers had patented, and for Paramount to jump ship and abort its Blu-ray support, may be becoming clear.

[Revolution]

Vil bare si at det er en del blu ray filmer ute i norge.(forhåpentligvis sone 2, har ikke skjekket)

Blu-ray

Hd-dvd

Endret 10. september 2007 av Revolution

[Manx]

Du klarte jo å finne linken og under alle filmene står det sone 2...

[Seonaith]

Litt cross-posting men pytt pytt:

China picks HD DVD variant as national standard.

If ever there were a time for either Blu-ray or HD DVD manufacturers to play a trump card, now may be the time, and this could be the one: A consortium of Chinese university engineers and government officials, in cooperation with a Chinese video standards group that includes globally recognized manufacturers, plus the DVD Forum, have come to an agreement on a standard specification for a blue-laser disc mechanism and format specifically for the Chinese market.

 

The new group will be called the China High Definition DVD Industry Association, or just CHDA, and this is not the last you will hear of it.

 

The agreement announced early this morning US time is critical, because up until now, China has been reluctant to participate in the high-definition video disc industry unless it had an opportunity to bring its own video encoding standard to bear: AVS, a codec which incorporates elements of MPEG-2, but is otherwise different from -- and some argue, better than -- other MPEG encoding standards and VC-1 in important respects.

 

Now, the DVD Forum's involvement has evidently made it possible for Chinese manufacturers to produce components that play blue-laser, high-def discs using the Chinese national standard, though which are fundamentally compatible with HD DVD with only minor adjustments.

 

The upshot here is this: The same country that has literally upset the LCD TV industry on its ear in just the last year alone, now has the specifications it needs to do the same with high-def video discs. While it makes so-called CH-DVD players for the home market (the name is subject to change, the new consortium says), China can also produce HD DVD players for the rest of the world, at prices that can best be described as Chinese.

 

All of a sudden, the incentive for studios such as Warner Bros. to call a halt to exploiting new disc technologies its own engineers had patented, and for Paramount to jump ship and abort its Blu-ray support, may be becoming clear.

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De har visst ikke fått med seg at HD DVD-discer ikke fungerer på disse CH-DVD spillerne, så dette er nok ikke en så stor sak for HD DVD.

 

EDIT: Granted, siden CH-DVD bruker teknologi også brukt i HD DVD, vil muligens prisene for HD DVD synke en del.

Endret 10. september 2007 av K.Larsen

[Njål]

De har visst ikke fått med seg at HD DVD-discer ikke fungerer på disse CH-DVD spillerne, så dette er nok ikke en så stor sak for HD DVD.

 

EDIT: Granted, siden CH-DVD bruker teknologi også brukt i HD DVD, vil muligens prisene for HD DVD synke en del.

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Med mindre det har kommet ny (og motstridende) informasjon siden i går er det nok du som har misforstått; Disse kinesiske spillerne kan spille "vanlige" HD DVD'er, men HD DVD-spillere solgt andre steder kan ikke spille CH-HD-disker. Bakgrunnen for det egne formatet i Kina er at de får bruke en kodek-variant som gir lavere lisenskostnad per disk enn de som brukes på "vanlig" HD DVD. Bortsett fra muligheten til å spille CH-DVD (i tillegg til HD DVD) er disse spillerne "vanlige" HD DVD-spillere (skal etter sigende være ganske like den billigste 3. gen Toshiba'en).

Og selvfølgelig vil dette føre til at billig-modeller av HD DVD-spillere faller i pris (alternativt selges med bedre fortjeneste ) etter hvert, og vil i den grad samme chips/deler brukes i Blu-ray-spillere også hjelpe til med noe prisfall på dem også.

[Seonaith]

De har visst ikke fått med seg at HD DVD-discer ikke fungerer på disse CH-DVD spillerne, så dette er nok ikke en så stor sak for HD DVD.

 

EDIT: Granted, siden CH-DVD bruker teknologi også brukt i HD DVD, vil muligens prisene for HD DVD synke en del.

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Med mindre det har kommet ny (og motstridende) informasjon siden i går er det nok du som har misforstått; Disse kinesiske spillerne kan spille "vanlige" HD DVD'er, men HD DVD-spillere solgt andre steder kan ikke spille CH-HD-disker. Bakgrunnen for det egne formatet i Kina er at de får bruke en kodek-variant som gir lavere lisenskostnad per disk enn de som brukes på "vanlig" HD DVD. Bortsett fra muligheten til å spille CH-DVD (i tillegg til HD DVD) er disse spillerne "vanlige" HD DVD-spillere (skal etter sigende være ganske like den billigste 3. gen Toshiba'en).

Og selvfølgelig vil dette føre til at billig-modeller av HD DVD-spillere faller i pris (alternativt selges med bedre fortjeneste ) etter hvert, og vil i den grad samme chips/deler brukes i Blu-ray-spillere også hjelpe til med noe prisfall på dem også.

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Har foreløpig ingen andre lenker enn denne:

 

Kina får sin egen variant av HD DVD hvor det eneste som er forskjellen er at modulasjonsteknologien er endre for å hindre kompatibilitet i begge retninger.

 

På en måte er det å hjelpe kommunist regimet i Kina med å hindre innbyggerne å få tak i utenlandsk software.

 

Men det funker også andre veien selvsagt. Piratkopierte filmer laget som kinesisk HD DVD vil ikke fungere i vestlige spillere.

 

Men det største poenget er vel at kineserne får lage disse CH HD DVD - spillerne ved å betale vesentlig mindre royalities enn for HD DVD produkter som skal selges i resten av verden.

 

Ser ut som om tallene for videomodulasjonen i linken Esp1 postet er riktig.

I tillegg vil de bruke en egen utviklet video compresjons codec kalt Advanced Audio Video Encoding Standard in Information Technology, greit nok forkortet til AVS.

Den skal være like effektiv som mpeg4 men kreve mindre resurser av codec chipen.

 

Så alle de kinesiske CE produsentene kan produsere HDDVD spillere basert på ett design.

Eneste forskjellen er at spillere som skal til det kinesiske markedet vil ha kinesisk videomodulater og AVS codec dekoder og firmware.

For vesten er det bare å betale lisens royalties for codec chip, sette inn en annen modulator og firmware og sende den til vesten.

Drev og all annen techno er den samme.

http://avforum.no/forum/hd-hardware-genere...krigen-249.html

[Dragoncrest]

Warner: HD DVD/Blu-ray Hybrid Disc "On Hold For Now"

 

 

Last we heard, Warner's "Total HD" hybrid disc was due in early 2008, but now the studio says it's on hold, with no release date currently in sight.

 

The studio shook things up at CES this past January when it announced that it would introduce a new HD DVD/Blu-ray hybrid disc by mid 2007. A single disc capable of being played on both Blu-ray and HD DVD players seemed to offer a compelling (if inefficient) short term solution for the format war, and appeared to be the anchor of Warner's dual-format stance throughout much of the year.

 

 

Alas, it looks like Total HD is not to be -- at least not in the foreseeable future. After previously delaying its initial mid-2007 launch date until early 2008, now the studio says that the hybrid format is "on hold for now."

 

In comments first published by TWICE Magazine, Warner Home Video president Ron Sanders explained, "we’re concerned that as the only one publishing on it, it would be hard to make it go." He went on to say the company was still talking to retailers about rolling out the hybrid format sometime in the future.

 

As for the rumors that Warner is weighing lucrative offers to go format-exclusive, Sanders acknowledged discussions with both camps, but seemed to indicate that the studio would support both high-def formats through the holiday shopping season.

 

"We’re talking to both sides and it’s crazy right now," said Sanders. "We remain committed to both for the time being. We’ll see how the fourth quarter plays out. The consumer is still kind of divided, and we still believe that we should offer the content in both formats. Now, we will watch the marketplace very closely, and see how it plays out, but for now we are supporting both."

 

See what people are saying about this story in our forums area, or check out other recent discussions.

 

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[Seonaith]

... og takk gud for det. Jeg er lite interessert i dobbel HD DVD/Blu-Ray-discer.

[Dragoncrest]

... og takk gud for det. Jeg er lite interessert i dobbel HD DVD/Blu-Ray-discer. 

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Det har ikke vært så dumt hvis flere studioer har plukket opp ideen, men hvis det kun er Warner så er det litt meningsløst.

[Dragoncrest]

Report Predicts Blu-ray, HD DVD to Co-Exist

 

A new report examining the evolution of the high-def market predicts both next-gen disc formats are here to stay, and that most studios are likely to end up supporting both formats.

 

Released today by UK-based media analysts Screen Digest, the report includes detailed forecasts of consumer sales and revenues in the US and Europe for both new video formats through 2011, with each predicted to establish a viable installed base.

 

The report goes on to calculate that format-exclusive studios could be missing out on significant revenues, potentially eschewing over $270 million in consumer spending over 2008 alone. With so much at stake, Screen Digest expects several single-format studios to reassess their positions in 2008.

 

Although Paramount's recent decision to exclusively support HD DVD would seem to undermine the report's prediction, Screen Digest says that the move effectively secured HD DVD's immediate future, and cleared the way for the other studios that currently support one platform only to move to an agnostic position without being perceived as the studio solely responsible for prolonging a format war, or for killing off one of the formats.

 

"Christmas 2007 is going to be critical for the hi-def video business," said Richard Cooper, Screen Digest Video Analyst. "Both formats will be seeking to secure consumer buy-in to their proposition during the critical holiday season but with so much at stake on both sides we think it is highly unlikely that one format will emerge as the 'winner.'

 

"Once it becomes clear that both formats are gaining customer acceptance, studios that have chosen to support one format over the other will realize that they are missing out on potential sales and will have to decide how long they can afford to place principle over profit."

 

"We believe that eventually most will decide to offer their titles on both HD DVD and Blu-ray in order to maximize their returns."

 

 

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