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

[Seonaith]

Her fant jeg visst kilden på Paramount-betalingssaken:

 

5. september 2007 utgaven

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‘IMPROBABLE’ PARAMOUNT DECISION backing HD DVD only has Philips CE

chief ‘puzzled,’ he tells us in IFA interview.

 

CES TOPS IFA as biggest CE trade show, Shapiro says in unusual rebuke

of IFA organizers. Comcast CEO to keynote CES.

 

WHDI SPECS EXPECTED 2008, with CE products due in two to three years,

chip developer Amimon says.

 

DIRECTV-CURRENT DEAL not likely to raise major regulatory issues,

says state regulator.

 

DIGITAL TV: DTV coupon vendor isn’t talking, citing contract ban on

media interviews.

 

COMPANIES: Capacity issues not to blame for Nvidia’s low Q2

inventory, CFO tells investor conference.

 

FORMATS: Toshiba to give HD DVD players to first 150 buyers of

'Matrix Trilogy' set at London launch next week.

 

INDUSTRY NOTES: JVC edged Panasonic in 2006 camcorder share in

Japan, where shipments fell 4.5%.

 

ADS & PROMOTIONS: Pioneer revises logo in rollout of ad blitz for

new Kuro plasma sets.

 

 

 

 

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Philips CEO ‘Puzzled’ at Paramount’s Motives in Backing HD DVD

BERLIN -–“I’m still puzzled at the reason why they did it and the way they did it,” Philips Consumer Electronics

CEO Rudy Provoost, in an IFA interview Friday with Consumer Electronics Daily, said of Paramount’s decision

to support HD DVD only (CED Aug 21 p1). “Every scenario has a degree of probability,” and Paramount’s

dropping its Blu-ray support “didn’t rank very high on my scale of probability,” Provoost told us.

Paramount “apparently had reasons to believe it was worth doing,” Provoost said. Asked if he thinks promises

of HD DVD cash swayed Paramount, he said “you’ll have to ask people who you think are part of that deal.”

Later that day, we asked Toshiba HD DVD point man Yoshihide Fujii if Toshiba pledged money to Paramount to

get its endorsement; he confirmed it had. But Fujii said reports putting the sum involved as high as $150 millionwere “totally wrong” (CED Sept 4 p1).

Asked if the Paramount decision surprised him, Provoost joked, “In this business, nothing is a surprise anymore.”

But he admitted, “to be brutally honest,” that he didn’t expect the decision “the way it went and when it happened.”

Having finally announced at IFA introduction of a standalone Blu-ray player for Europe, Philips “will

evolve with that market,” Provoost said. But Blu-ray won’t be “a huge source of revenue in the next 12 months,”

[Republic3D]

K. Larsen virker veldig redd for at hans kjøp av Blu-Ray spiller plutselig ikke kan rettferdigjøres alikevel.

 

For min del spiller det absolutt ingen rolle hvilket format som vinner, da jeg har kjøpt en HD DVD spiller til under 3 ekornskinn og nyter HD filmer med fantastisk bilde og lydkvalitet nå. Skulle BD vinne, så ja, da får jeg kjøpe meg en slik spiller også. No problemo.

[Tomtruck]

Enig med deg Wildbill. Jeg er slett ikke bekymret på HD DVD'ens vegne, og går det som de fleste tror, så kjøper jeg en PS3. No problemo

[Vice]

"with knowledge of the deal but who asked not to be identified." Det sier en god del om troverdigheten i denne saken. Man kan like gjerne ha dratt det rett ut av ræva.

Ok. Det er vel nettopp det New York Times har gjort. De er vel Blu-ray fanboys også i samme slengen?

 

Som sagt det er utrolig mye som blir skrevet som senere viser seg å være store modifikasjoner av sannheten. "150mill avtalen" er en av dem. Et annet morsomt eksempel var "Michael Bay saken" hvor Bay ble forbannet over å høre at Paramount hadde switchet til HDDVD. Han ville at filmene hans skulle bli utgitt på det beste HDFormatet, som var Blu-ray. I ettertid viste det seg at utsagnet hadde opphav i at han hadde vært ute sammen med noen playstation venner som selvfølgelig hadde foret ham med det vanlige FUD snakket fra den siden. Bay hadde ikke engang sett en film på HDDVD, men da han faktisk fikk sett selv fikk pipen en helt annen tone.

 

Du henger lite på AVSforum.com og smackdown forumet til Highdefdigest.com forstår jeg.

Mer enn deg tydeligvis.

Og om man kun henger i feks. egne dedikerte Blu-ray deler er ikke infoen særlig objektiv.

 

 

All salg av HD-media fram til nå har vist at det er der nye titler som selger. Pirates of the Caribbean- og Matrix-filmene (som er et par år gamle) solgte ikke bra i forhold til day-and date titlene som kom i samme periode. Når Blu-Ray da satt på to av de bestselgende titlene fra sommeren eksklusivt og klare til julesalget, pluss at Sony hadde fått seg en avtale med Target, og med discsalget over 2:1 i Blu-Rays favør, sier det seg selv at HD DVD hadde slitt.

La meg tippe: Denne "analysen" er hentet fra diverse Blu-ray forum?

Om Target kun selger en svinedyr Blu-ray spiller i Jula kan knappest kalles noe fortrinn. Om de i tillegg kun hadde solgt BD media hadde det vært noe mer, men selv det ville vært av liten betydning. Om du hadde visst hva Target var for noe hadde du vært klar over at deres HD utvalg i butikk er ekstremt lite.

 

Og slikt dritt er du med som konsumer om å støtte opp om?!

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Jepp. Det sikrer hyllesalg og hindrer piratkopiering.

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Uhh, har du fått med deg noe som helst om kopibeskyttelse og brukersperrer de siste ..tja..15 årene?

K. Larsen virker veldig redd for at hans kjøp av Blu-Ray spiller plutselig ikke kan rettferdigjøres alikevel.

Skal jeg tippe vil jeg tro at han ikke engang sitter på noen egen Blu-ray spiller men derimot er en av de som tilfeldigvis har en konsoll med mulighet for avspilling av bluraydisker.

[Seonaith]

K. Larsen virker veldig redd for at hans kjøp av Blu-Ray spiller plutselig ikke kan rettferdigjøres alikevel.

Hva får deg til å tro det? Tror du Sony og BDA kommer til å gi seg? I don't. At de selger dobbelt så mange discer er vel heller en indikator på det motsatte. Det mest sannsynlige scenarioet er nå (etter Paramount-switchen) er at de to formatene vil leve side om side i flere år fremover. Men vi får se hvordan julehandelen går for formatene, og hvilke stilling Warner tar som følge av det.

 

Mer enn deg tydeligvis.

Og om man kun henger i feks. egne dedikerte Blu-ray deler er ikke infoen særlig objektiv.

Sa jeg ikke smackdown-forumet? Leser daglig ferskt HD DVD-fanboy FUD der jeg.

 

La meg tippe: Denne "analysen" er hentet fra diverse Blu-ray forum? 

Nei, jeg henger nok ikke på noe dedikert BD-forum dessverre.

 

Om Target kun selger en svinedyr Blu-ray spiller i Jula kan knappest kalles noe fortrinn. Om de i tillegg kun hadde solgt BD media hadde det vært noe mer, men selv det ville vært av liten betydning.

Sony Sony BDP-S300 er nok ikke så dyr du. Har du forresten fått med deg at Target har dobblet hylleplassen sin for blu-ray?

 

Ikke noe fortrinn? USAs nest største butikkkjede? Keep telling yourself that.

 

Uhh, har du fått med deg noe som helst om kopibeskyttelse og brukersperrer de siste ..tja..15 årene? 

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Jepp, og har du hørt om BD+?

 

Skal jeg tippe vil jeg tro at han ikke engang sitter på noen egen Blu-ray spiller men derimot er en av de som tilfeldigvis har en konsoll med mulighet for avspilling av bluraydisker.

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Nope, derimot kjøpte jeg den da mest komplette og rimeligste BD-spilleren på markedet, som tilfeldigvis var en spillekonsoll.

 

Men jeg mistenker at vi aldri kommer til å bli enige om noenting, Vice. Så vi får snart legge den diskusjonen død.

Endret 22. september 2007 av K.Larsen

[Republic3D]

Mer enn deg tydeligvis.

Og om man kun henger i feks. egne dedikerte Blu-ray deler er ikke infoen særlig objektiv.

Sa jeg ikke smackdown-forumet? Leser daglig ferskt HD DVD-fanboy FUD der jeg.

 

La meg tippe: Denne "analysen" er hentet fra diverse Blu-ray forum? 

Nei, jeg henger nok ikke på noe dedikert BD-forum dessverre.

 

Om Target kun selger en svinedyr Blu-ray spiller i Jula kan knappest kalles noe fortrinn. Om de i tillegg kun hadde solgt BD media hadde det vært noe mer, men selv det ville vært av liten betydning.

Sony Sony BDP-S300 er nok ikke så dyr du. Har du forresten fått med deg at Target har dobblet hylleplassen sin for blu-ray?

 

Ikke noe fortrinn? USAs nest største butikkkjede? Keep telling yourself that.

 

 

 

Hmm.. tror du har quotet feil person her nå..

[Seonaith]

Oi sann!

 

*Fixed*

[Vice]

Om Target kun selger en svinedyr Blu-ray spiller i Jula kan knappest kalles noe fortrinn. Om de i tillegg kun hadde solgt BD media hadde det vært noe mer, men selv det ville vært av liten betydning.

Sony Sony BDP-S300 er nok ikke så dyr du. Har du forresten fått med deg at Target har dobblet hylleplassen sin for blu-ray?

 

Ikke noe fortrinn? USAs nest største butikkkjede? Keep telling yourself that.

Igjen nevner du ting du tydeligvis ikke vet veldig mye om. Om du hadde vært en tur på en Target butikk selv hadde du sett hvor ekstremt lite HD materiale som finnes der. Og ikke spesielt konkurransedyktige priser heller. En kjede som feks. BestBuy har MYE mer titler enn Target. Om du også kikker litt rundt på forum vil du sikkert se at det er få eller ingen som kjøper HD materiale på Target, av nevnte årsaker.

Og om BDP-S300 blir å koste 499USD henvender den seg absolutt ikke til det gjengse Target publikum. Tom. Playstation3 lider pga. denne samme høye prisen.

 

Uhh, har du fått med deg noe som helst om kopibeskyttelse og brukersperrer de siste ..tja..15 årene? 

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Jepp, og har du hørt om BD+?

Nå er det ikke noen grunn til å tro at man ikke kan komme rundt denne som med alt annet. Det som derimot høres mer ille ut enn mye annet er forbrukerfiendtligheten dette innebærer for ærlige kunder.

[Seonaith]

Da setter vi strek der. Jeg gidder ikke fortsette denne diskusjonen.

[Njål]

Lord Of War, Reservoir Dogs, Saw III, Flyboys slippes på HD DVD i Nederland i midten av november, her Reservoir Dogs (evt søk dem fram, tror fjollete session-oppset forhindrer direktelinking til produkter).

[Dragoncrest]

Enkelte Blu-ray spillere har vist problemer med BD+ kopi beskyttelsen.

 

Did Blu-ray score a goal in its own net with BD+?

 

Reports of people having trouble with the new BD+ copy protection are starting to surface. The movies in question are Fox's Blu-ray releases of "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

 

BD+ is an extra layer of copy protection. With it, Sony should be able to change the keys used to unlock it. In short, this means that if a BD+ disc is hacked and copied, Sony can change the keys that secure future discs from being copied.

 

All in all, a good idea. However, reports of difficulties playing these BD+ protected Blu-ray releases are starting to surface.

 

Here is what we know so far:

Some Samsung players may be unable to play the discs, but a firmware upgrade should be available or in works. However, other people say they will not play on the latest firmware from the company. Panasonic players will play the discs but load times are high. Again, Playstation 3 seems to be the safest bet when it come to Blu-ray. It seems to play BD+ without problems.

 

What could be another major problem is that each time the studio changes keys, a firmware upgrade may be needed on some players. To make things worse, many Blu-ray players don't have an Internet connection, making firmware upgrades more difficult.

 

We hope this is not the case. If so, the Blu-ray camp may have scored a goal in its own net. Copy protection shouldn't make life hard for those who pay hard-earned money for their legal movies. This in the end may push people into downloading illegal movies, where at least they know the movies will play.

 

Whether you have problems with BD+ discs or whether they work as a charm, please post your comments below. We will return with our own comments when we have tried these discs out ourselves.

 

Men PS3 slipper heldigvis unna ser det ut som. Link

[Vice]

Hehe, for å quote meg selv om BD+:

Det som derimot høres mer ille ut enn mye annet er forbrukerfiendtligheten dette innebærer for ærlige kunder.

[Manx]

Spesifikasjonene på den amerikanske utgivelesn av Pan’s Labyrinth har kommet:

 

The film is presented in 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen with Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Surround and optional English, English SDH and Spanish subtitles.

 

Exclusive HD extras are:

 

Enhanced Visual Commentary: Exclusive high definition feature takes you behind the scenes while viewing the film (BD & HD DVD)

 

Web Enhanced Features: Additional interactive features available through your HD player’s internet connection (HD DVD only)

 

Extras carried over from the 2-Disc DVD release and presented in standard definition:

Video prologue by writer / director Guillermo del Toro

Feature audio commentary from director Guillermo del Toro

Marketing Campaign

”The Power of Myth” featurette: A discourse on the use of fairy tale mythology in Pan’s Labyrinth

”Pan and The Fairies (El Fauno y Las Hadas)” featurette: Del Toro unravels the intricate colour and texture coding present in all his work

The Charlie Rose Show featuring filmmakers Del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

DVD Comics: Animated plates present prequel stories for The Giant Toad, The Fairies, Pan and The Pale Man

Director’s Notebook: Interactive menu pages access video pods that feature exclusive interviews with Del Toro – Lost Character: El Hombre de Madera; Torture of The Maquis; The Phases of the Moon; Iconography: Echo…Echo…; The Underground Kingdom: Miniature Construction; The Mill: Set Design

Multi-Angle Storyboard / Thumbnail Compares

VFX Plate Compare: Guillermo del Toro and The Green Fairy

Galleries: Production Design, DDT Creature Design & Production Scrapbook

 

Jeg har forhåndsbestilt den britiske HD DVD utgivelsen, men jeg synes at det virker som om det er mer moro med her enn på den men jeg klarer ikke å grave opp den utgavens specs...

 

Mener jeg så det på DVD Times, men finner det ikke igjen der...

 

Njål?

 

Kan hende at jeg avbestiller den britiske utgivelsen og hopper på denne selv om den kommer godt over en månde senere...

[b-real]

Are we having fun yet?

 

 

Look at all those happy Blu-ray owners.

[Dragoncrest]

Klikk for å se/fjerne innholdet nedenfor

Spesifikasjonene på den amerikanske utgivelesn av Pan’s Labyrinth har kommet:

 

The film is presented in 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen with Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Surround and optional English, English SDH and Spanish subtitles.

 

Exclusive HD extras are:

 

Enhanced Visual Commentary: Exclusive high definition feature takes you behind the scenes while viewing the film (BD & HD DVD)

 

Web Enhanced Features: Additional interactive features available through your HD player’s internet connection (HD DVD only)

 

Extras carried over from the 2-Disc DVD release and presented in standard definition:

Video prologue by writer / director Guillermo del Toro

Feature audio commentary from director Guillermo del Toro

Marketing Campaign

”The Power of Myth” featurette: A discourse on the use of fairy tale mythology in Pan’s Labyrinth

”Pan and The Fairies (El Fauno y Las Hadas)” featurette: Del Toro unravels the intricate colour and texture coding present in all his work

The Charlie Rose Show featuring filmmakers Del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

DVD Comics: Animated plates present prequel stories for The Giant Toad, The Fairies, Pan and The Pale Man

Director’s Notebook: Interactive menu pages access video pods that feature exclusive interviews with Del Toro – Lost Character: El Hombre de Madera; Torture of The Maquis; The Phases of the Moon; Iconography: Echo…Echo…; The Underground Kingdom: Miniature Construction; The Mill: Set Design

Multi-Angle Storyboard / Thumbnail Compares

VFX Plate Compare: Guillermo del Toro and The Green Fairy

Galleries: Production Design, DDT Creature Design & Production Scrapbook

 

Jeg har forhåndsbestilt den britiske HD DVD utgivelsen, men jeg synes at det virker som om det er mer moro med her enn på den men jeg klarer ikke å grave opp den utgavens specs...

 

Mener jeg så det på DVD Times, men finner det ikke igjen der...

 

Njål?

 

Kan hende at jeg avbestiller den britiske utgivelsen og hopper på denne selv om den kommer godt over en månde senere...

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Her er specs for den europeiske versjonen av Pan's Labyrint.

[Dragoncrest]

Report: Netflix Users Favor HD DVD

 

A new report indicates that although only a tiny percentage of Netflix users are high-def early adopters, among them HD DVD appears to be favored over Blu-ray by a factor of more than two-to-one.

 

According to data released by web metrics site Compete.com (see chart below), out of an average 14 million monthly visitors to Netflix from June-August of 2007, only 48,000 (0.3%) viewed the site's genre pages for either HD DVD or Blu-ray.

 

Curiously, although those who looked at Blu-ray titles outnumbered those looking at HD-DVD by a factor of 1.8 to 1, among those who set an high-def format as their preferred disc format, HD-DVD was chosen over Blu-ray by a factor of 2.4 to 1.

 

Based on these numbers, Compete says those who looked at the HD-DVD genre were 4.4 times more likely than Blu-ray browsers to actually set this as their preferred format.

 

The numbers would appear to contradict recent statements made by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who said in a late August interview that customer demand for both formats at Netflix was "pretty evenly split."

 

Compete.com estimates US web traffic using a sample group of two million web users.

 

Link

[Manx]

Klikk for å se/fjerne innholdet nedenfor

Spesifikasjonene på den amerikanske utgivelesn av Pan’s Labyrinth har kommet:

 

The film is presented in 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen with Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Surround and optional English, English SDH and Spanish subtitles.

 

Exclusive HD extras are:

 

Enhanced Visual Commentary: Exclusive high definition feature takes you behind the scenes while viewing the film (BD & HD DVD)

 

Web Enhanced Features: Additional interactive features available through your HD player’s internet connection (HD DVD only)

 

Extras carried over from the 2-Disc DVD release and presented in standard definition:

Video prologue by writer / director Guillermo del Toro

Feature audio commentary from director Guillermo del Toro

Marketing Campaign

”The Power of Myth” featurette: A discourse on the use of fairy tale mythology in Pan’s Labyrinth

”Pan and The Fairies (El Fauno y Las Hadas)” featurette: Del Toro unravels the intricate colour and texture coding present in all his work

The Charlie Rose Show featuring filmmakers Del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

DVD Comics: Animated plates present prequel stories for The Giant Toad, The Fairies, Pan and The Pale Man

Director’s Notebook: Interactive menu pages access video pods that feature exclusive interviews with Del Toro – Lost Character: El Hombre de Madera; Torture of The Maquis; The Phases of the Moon; Iconography: Echo…Echo…; The Underground Kingdom: Miniature Construction; The Mill: Set Design

Multi-Angle Storyboard / Thumbnail Compares

VFX Plate Compare: Guillermo del Toro and The Green Fairy

Galleries: Production Design, DDT Creature Design & Production Scrapbook

 

Jeg har forhåndsbestilt den britiske HD DVD utgivelsen, men jeg synes at det virker som om det er mer moro med her enn på den men jeg klarer ikke å grave opp den utgavens specs...

 

Mener jeg så det på DVD Times, men finner det ikke igjen der...

 

Njål?

 

Kan hende at jeg avbestiller den britiske utgivelsen og hopper på denne selv om den kommer godt over en månde senere...

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Her er specs for den europeiske versjonen av Pan's Labyrint.

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Takker der var den

 

Det blir helt klart New Line sin utgave som kommer hjem til meg og dette er grunnen:

 

Enhanced Visual Commentary: Exclusive high definition feature takes you behind the scenes while viewing the film (BD & HD DVD)

 

Da blir den optimum utgaven valgt bort gitt og jeg må nok vente til slutten av desember starten av januar neste år men det får gå

[Seonaith]

Report: Netflix Users Favor HD DVD

 

A new report indicates that although only a tiny percentage of Netflix users are high-def early adopters, among them HD DVD appears to be favored over Blu-ray by a factor of more than two-to-one.

 

According to data released by web metrics site Compete.com (see chart below), out of an average 14 million monthly visitors to Netflix from June-August of 2007, only 48,000 (0.3%) viewed the site's genre pages for either HD DVD or Blu-ray.

 

Curiously, although those who looked at Blu-ray titles outnumbered those looking at HD-DVD by a factor of 1.8 to 1, among those who set an high-def format as their preferred disc format, HD-DVD was chosen over Blu-ray by a factor of 2.4 to 1.

 

Based on these numbers, Compete says those who looked at the HD-DVD genre were 4.4 times more likely than Blu-ray browsers to actually set this as their preferred format.

 

The numbers would appear to contradict recent statements made by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who said in a late August interview that customer demand for both formats at Netflix was "pretty evenly split."

 

Compete.com estimates US web traffic using a sample group of two million web users.

 

Link

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En litt misvisende artikkel fra Highdefdigest det der. De er jo bare snakk om en slags poll der folk har krysset av sitt favorittformat.

Endret 5. oktober 2007 av K.Larsen

[Seonaith]

DIRECTORS PLAYING A PART IN HIGH-DEF

 

More than one filmmaker has found himself center stage during the high-def format war.

 

Transformers director Michael Bay at first railed against — and then accepted — the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG decision to ditch Blu-ray Disc. Steven Spielberg had his DreamWorks films excluded from that decision.

 

Sony brought Barry Sonnenfeld on stage while introducing all its new Blu-ray products at the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) Expo in Denver Sept. 5.

 

Producer, writer and actor Michael Imperioli has been stumping for Toshiba’s HDTVs and for HD DVD since May, appearing in HD DVD commercials.

 

Jerry Bruckheimer has been firmly lodged in the Blu-ray corner since day one, calling it a “theater experience.”

 

But for every filmmaker who’s in the high-def spotlight, there’s another who’s shying away from it.

 

“HD DVD [vs.] Blu-ray seems to me more of a fight between corporate giants than a real debate,” John Landis said. “If you’ll recall, Betamax was better, but lost to VHS. “And the public didn’t really care.”

 

Mick Garris, who said high-def discs are for “a very elite, limited crowd,” railed against the studios for allowing Blu-ray vs. HD DVD to happen in the first place.

 

“Format wars are a foolish waste of technological progress,” he said. “In my utopia, the competing companies would all get together, put their eggs in a single basket, and give peace a chance.”

 

One can’t assume Hollywood’s directors are completely savvy to high-def at home either. Neither Garris nor Landis has a Blu-ray or HD DVD player, they said.

 

Same with Oliver Stone.

 

“I’m going to, I’m going to,” Stone said about getting high-def players at home. “I have a nice plasma screen.”

 

Wolfgang Petersen has an HD DVD player at home, but not Blu-ray, he said. He’s facing the same issue some consumers face: too many set-tops for one TV.

 

“I must find a little bit of space among all the machines in there,” Petersen said of his home entertainment set-up. “Soon.”

 

Some filmmakers are very aware of the competing formats and what they can do in the special features department. 300 director Zack Snyder, along with 300 executive producer and wife Deborah, hinted during Comic-Con this summer that another Blu-ray release was in store, with the same features as the HD DVD.

 

“I think there’s going to be another Blu-ray special edition later on,” Deborah Snyder said.

 

Stone noted that a feature-length documentary about his Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut, made by his son Sean, “is only on the [HD DVD and Blu-ray] because it doesn’t fit into the two-disc [DVD].”

 

Paul Hemstreet, Warner Home Video VP of DVD special features, said his studio has had to educate some directors about high-def along the way.

 

“I know when we launched [blu-ray and HD DVD] every [director] wanted to take part,” Hemstreet said. “Some are more knowledgeable than others.”

 

Most directors at least seem aware of the benefits — and pitfalls — of the clearer picture offered by HD. Sam Raimi said he was excited that Spider-Man 3 fans will be able to “appreciate it on Blu-ray Disc.” But he voiced a concern relevant to any animated or special effects-laden film on high-def: “I hope it doesn’t reveal any of the mistakes we made.”

 

And then there are films that maybe shouldn’t make it to high-def.

 

“My first experience was Animal House,” Landis lamented of the HD DVD. “When I saw what the technicians had done, I was horrified; they had made it bright and pretty! Animal House was deliberately dark and funky.

 

“They did adjust it, writing in their report ‘image degraded at director’s request.’”

 

Yet for all the benefits of high-def — better audio, 1080p video, more interactive special features — it all still comes down to the movie itself, according to director Kevin Reynolds.

 

“I used to be a major audiophile, but to me it’s still about story and character,” Reynolds said. “You can have the worst video and audio quality, but if the story and characters work, you’re on the edge of your seat.”

 

Clarity isn’t always the directors’ aim.

 

“To me, things look too good,” horror director Rob Zombie told Agent DVD.

Endret 5. oktober 2007 av K.Larsen

[Vice]

En litt misvisende artikkel fra Highdefdigest det der. De er jo bare snakk om en slags poll der folk har krysset av sitt favorittformat.

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Hvorfor var pollen misvisende? Mener du at spørsmålet om preferert format var så vanskelig å skjønne for brukeren at de krysset feil??