[Tim Glover]

Looks like this one has lived up to the HD-DVD hype....with it's image/sound and ground breaking cool interactivity....a few quotes from highdefdigest:

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'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift' makes its high-def debut on HD DVD, and predictably it looks fantastic. Like both of the previous 'Furious' flicks, 'Tokyo Drift' is incredibly bright and intensely colorful -- just the kind of stuff that screams demo material. And Universal has not let us down, with an excellent 1080p/VC-1 transfer that should earn its place in showrooms across America for years to come.

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with that "you are there," picture perfect quality that high-def is all about. 'Tokyo Drift' is definitely up there with the best transfers I've seen on HD, period.

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'Tokyo Drift' was the first time I cranked up an HD DVD and actually got a complaint from the neighbors.

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The overall force and volume of this soundtrack, if played at a decent level, can be fierce. Predictably, it is all about the cars and the crashes. The heft and depth to the dynamic range across the entire frequency spectrum during these scenes is reference-quality for a Dolby Digital-Plus track. Fine sonic details and shadings to individual effects are readily discernible, which is not often the case with these big action mixes, where subtleties often get lost in the din. Dialogue, too was a surprise. It is rooted firmly in the center channel and always prominent in the mix -- much to my shock, I was not reaching for my volume knob, trying to manually adjust levels to compensate.

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As stated above, 'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift' is the HD DVD format's first HD-30/DVD-9 double-sided, dual-layer combo disc. And as such, it is loaded with all the same extras as the standard-def release, as well as the most unique HD bonus content yet seen on either next-gen format. I'll have more on those later, but even just counting the "standard" goodies, it is a very fine package on its own.

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Now, here is where 'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift' sets itself apart from all next-gen releases that have come before (and that includes you, too, Blu-ray). In a bid for high-def supremacy, Universal is seeking to expand the boundaries of the "In-Movie Experience" we're already familiar with. Though technically "interactive," IME is really just a pre-edited video commentary with two modes -- on or off -- and the few titles so far that have included the feature (such as 'The Bourne Supremacy,' 'Constantine' and 'Terminator 3') don't really let you "customize" the experience in any appreciable way. But 'Tokyo Drift' attempts to change all that, bringing true on-the-fly, user-controlled supplements to a pre-recorded video format.

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It allows for a variety of pre-encoded material (video, audio, text overlays, etc.) to be stored and accessed separately or together, as well as in real-time and on-the-fly, by users during playback. Multiple audio streams can be encoded on a disc and "mixed live" by the player for integrated supplemental audio content, picture-in-picture video streams can be displayed simultaneously, and even graphic overlays can be "mapped" to specific objects on the screen. If it sounds futuristic, it is, and 'Tokyo Drift' is only the beginning of the possibilities. (Note that because HDi is a mandatory part of the HD DVD spec, all players bearing the logo must play it -- so no worries about firmware upgrades and the like here. If you have a real HD DVD player, it should play any title with HDi without hiccups.)

This does look and sound rather cool. Looks like Universal is serious about it's HD-DVD plans.

[Tim Glover]

Looks like there's not much interest in Tokyo Drift. ....

maybe Universal will use these cool High Def interactivity stuff on some real powerhouse films. There's some cool stuff on The Bourne Supremacy HD-DVD but nothing like what Tokyo Drift got.

[dkny75]

Oh don't worry. It's on it's way to my place. I'm just waiting for it in the mail. I read somewhere that called this movie "car porn". Car porn in HD is enough to sell me.

[PeterTHX]

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Looks like there's not much interest in Tokyo Drift.

Maybe after the 2007 Oscars?

[Vincent_P]

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Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Maybe after the 2007 Oscars?

I think BASIC INSTINCT 2 has that locked up.

Vincent

[Ed St. Clair]

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Originally Posted by Tim Glover

Looks like Universal is serious about it's HD-DVD plans.

Is Uni "serious" w/o lossless audio?
Thanks.

[Seth=L]

I thought the movie was great in the theater, can't wait to see it in HD.

[Tim Glover]

Shows you what I know...I thought this was just a straight to video release.

Ed, according to the review of the sound, it's reported to be top notch. Unless you are one that can hear the "bits" that aren't there...