Over at the HDD forums there are people who have seen copies of Bee Movie blu-ray on the shelves at their local Wallmart today. I think Bee Movie is still on for May 20th only Amazon doesn't know it yet :D
Not yet confirmed but other titles that are coming are : Hostage Underworld Evolution U-571 Next Valiant Stormbreaker They also have Snakes On A Plane, Fracture , Hairspray , Lord Of The Rings and Dawn Of The Dead 2004 :D Maybe these will come soon as well.......let's hope so.
No english subs alas....... Bildformat 1,85:1 Audio German: PCM 6.1 Spanisch: PCM 5.1 German: DTS HD 6.1 Subs German German (Audiokommentar) Bonusmaterial Audiokommentar von Guillermo del Toro Featurette: Die Kraft der Mythen Trailer
Update : Germany Fantastic Four HD-DVD Resident Evil HD-DVD Resident Evil : Apocalypse HD-DVD No dates yet, but they come from the same distributor as Perfume.
Got my dutch version of The Last Samurai in today and it has Dolby Tru-HD on it which the US release does not have. Maybe fans of this movie would like to have this option :D
I wonder when Sony will be releasing a firmware upgrade for DTS-HD Master Audio..........
That would realy be nice to have since I will be buying a new receiver soon which has Dolby Tru-HD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding. :D
From early details I got from Universal Netherlands they are going to release Mr. Beans Holiday in July on HD-DVD and Hot Fuzz in August on HD-DVD. No specs are announced but the standard 1080P and Dolby + should be on the discs.
Chris there is nothing announced yet by Pioneer that they are releasing receivers with HDMI 1.3 Onkyo will begin shipping from May on with the 605 and Denon will begin shipping from July with the 3808 and 4308 receivers.
Some specs for Perfume : Story Of A Murderer have come in : 2.35:1 Widescreen German, English DTS-HD MA German Subs 3 Audio Commentaries A Making Of Interviews Trailers Theatrical Trailer in High Def
Some updates for your list Chris, UK The Prestige HD-DVD France Enemy At The Gates (Stalingrad) DTS-HD English Two Brothers DTS-HD English Alexander DTS-HD English Spain Der Untergang (Downfall) Brothers Grimm
Check out the specs for the initial Warner HD-DVD releases : Million Dollar Baby Main Feature: 1080P HD 16x9 2.40:1 Dolby Digital-Plus: English 5.1 & French 5.1 English, French and Spanish subtitles Extra Features: 480i Standard Definition Stereo Sound James Lipton Takes on...
I'll just wait untill the German release comes out, it has a metal case and Dolby Digital 5.1 EX en DTS ES 6.1 Discrete in English like the first movie.
Including both Dolby Digital and DTS will take about 2 to 3 GB at their full bitrate use , so that leaves more than enough space. The problem lies in the many languages that is used in various countries but in Holland it includes : Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 French DTS 5.1...
I'm sorry Martin but they are Mandatory on the players as well as on the discs, that is the core DTS 5.1 (and 6.1) audio. The DTS-HD and True-Dolby HD are optional codecs. We got specs from the forum some time ago for use on our future HD-DVD releases (And we don't make players).
Quote : Confirmation of selection of following Audio Codecs for HD DVD video: DD+ Lossy (mandatory), DTS++ Lossy (mandatory), MLP 2-Channel Lossless (mandatory), DTS++ Lossless (optional) Both DD+ and DTS+ are mandatory on HD-DVD discs as decided by the dvdforum last year. I think that...