A Few Words About A few words about...™ Casablanca -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[dpippel]

Indeed it is, and thanks for the info from DVD Beaver. I'd say that clinches it.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I'll be passing on this release, too, and waiting for a version without all the add-ons in the package. The film is all I am interested in, so there is no need to spend over $40 for this version.

I'm sure there will be another release soon. It will not cost Warner much to create another package with the same disc once they milk this release.

 

[Robert Harris]

Casablanca is 102 minutes in length - a relatively short film by modern standards. If data throughput was upped by 50% in the switch from HD to BD, I doubt that there would be any definable gain in image quality.

 

[Douglas Monce]

I have never taken a film to a telecine lab and had it refered to as "encoding", it is a transfer. Encoding is the process of taking the raw digital files or the master and converting them to a deliverable codec.

Doug

 

[Dan Rudolph]

Black and white compresses quite well, yes? Because of the limited palette, bitrates on HD DVD shouldn't have been a problem.

 

[Douglas Monce]

It's also pillerboxed with black bars on the side making for less picture detail to encode than than a 1.78:1 presentation would have.

Doug

 

[Brandon Conway]

You know, I'd never thought about that. Makes sense that an Academy Ratio film would need less compression due to the sidebars being constant.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Just watched this BRD and like I stated earlier with the HD DVD, it's like watching this great film for the first time again. What a beautiful video presentation. It makes Bergman look hotter than the sun with her closeups.

As far as the packaging, Warner you need to do a better job because with this BRD release, you're not getting it done.





Crawdaddy

 

[Jonathan_Clarke]

That's what's putting me off this. The DVD package was enormous! I'll wait for a cheaper rerelease in a normal Blu-Ray package.

 

[Larry Sutliff]

I won't replace the HD DVD on this one until my player goes to that electronics jumkyard in the sky.

 

[Jeff_HR]

I agree 200%!! These tactics really get tiresome. I'll keep my SD DVD of this title & keep my $$ for other BD titles that don't try to empty your wallet. WB could endanger their King of the Hill status if this sort of thing continues.

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

Non-UCE version of Casablanca coming February 2.

 

[PaulDA]

Seeing this revived thread reminds me I'm overdue for a viewing. Perhaps on the weekend (late fall is frequently "classic movie" time for me--don't know why, just seems appropriate to watch old black and white movies in November/early December).

 

[GlennH]

I'm confused. Didn't a single-disc Blu-ray version of Casablanca already come out on Sept 15?

I haven't gotten around to picking it up yet, and I see Amazon's listing shows availability only from third-party sellers. What happened here? Is this just another repackaging?

 

[Robert Crawford]

Originally Posted by GlennH ">[/url]

I'm confused. Didn't a single-disc Blu-ray version of [i]Casablanca [/i][url=http://www.amazon.com/CASABLANCA-FULL-DUB-SUB/dp/B000Q6GX8Q]Amazon's listing[/url] shows availability only from third-party sellers. What happened here? Is this just another repackaging?
[/QUOTE]It was released in other regions, not the US one. Warner doesn't offer region protected BRD.

[url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casablanca-Humphrey-Bogart/dp/B001G429TE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257351402&sr=8-1]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casablanca-Humphrey-Bogart/dp/B001G429TE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257351402&sr=8-1[/url]




Crawdaddy

 

[David_B_K]

Originally Posted by GlennH

I'm confused. Didn't a single-disc Blu-ray version of Casablanca already come out on Sept 15?

I haven't gotten around to picking it up yet, and I see Amazon's listing shows availability only from third-party sellers. What happened here? Is this just another repackaging?

I am not sure that it was an "official" release. I think they rushed it into production as a replacement on the Red2Blue program. Many people received UCEs on that program, but many did not, and their orders were backordered for months because of that (my own among them).

Eventually, they informed the people who were waiting on the UCE that there were none left, and that they would ship a free 1-disc version in a standard case. That is the version I received. Maybe the ones being offered on Amazon are people selling off the ones they received from Warner?

 

[Brandon Conway]

While amazon.com does not have the regular packaged released outright, I was able to pick up mine through deepdiscount.com.

http://www.deepdiscount.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=78828912

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I already received the single disc version through Deep Discount, too, so I am confused as to why this is a new release. Did DDD sell an overseas version? It really doesn't matter that much to me, since the disc plays fine, but I am curious.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Perhaps Amazon wanted to sell through the box set before selling the regular case? I don't know.

 

[JohnMor]

I bought the single disc a few weeks ago at Fry's. Saw it at another store as well.