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04-22-2008, 04:33 AM
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R. Ray Rogers II
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Re: Breaking News: Universal Announces Blu-ray plans!
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Agreed. "Extended cut" would be also great. Since "Kong" was one of the first HD DVD-releases, itīs possible that theyīre willing to upgrade now (when itīs coming to Blu at some point).
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I got KONG 2005 free in my HDDVD add-on player. Yes, I'm a late adopter and I personally don't care for Blu-ray UNTIL they get their acts together. How? By FINALISING the 2.0 profile and have cheaper player prices. Until then, I'll still buy HDDVD with very few BD's. Why again? It's because I have to go over to a matey's house and play them on his PS3.
HDDVD is great for me right now since the prices are really low and I won't be adopting the other format for a long while. Oh, and I'll even make custom HDDVD's via HD broadcasts with the 3x DVD method. Sure, I might be stingy but hell, it IS my moneys.
Carry on.
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04-22-2008, 10:50 AM
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Re: Breaking News: Universal Announces Blu-ray plans!
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I got KONG 2005 free in my HDDVD add-on player. Yes, I'm a late adopter and I personally don't care for Blu-ray UNTIL they get their acts together. How? By FINALISING the 2.0 profile and have cheaper player prices. Until then, I'll still buy HDDVD with very few BD's. Why again? It's because I have to go over to a matey's house and play them on his PS3.
HDDVD is great for me right now since the prices are really low and I won't be adopting the other format for a long while. Oh, and I'll even make custom HDDVD's via HD broadcasts with the 3x DVD method. Sure, I might be stingy but hell, it IS my moneys.
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Come on man, was there a real need for that post here? |
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04-22-2008, 11:07 AM
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Re: Breaking News: Universal Announces Blu-ray plans!
About as much need as there was for the Kong extended cut.
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04-22-2008, 12:26 PM
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Re: Breaking News: Universal Announces Blu-ray plans!
Please keep discussion in this thread confined to Universal and Blu-ray. You are more than welcome to talk about the format war in this thread.
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04-22-2008, 01:22 PM
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Re: Breaking News: Universal Announces Blu-ray plans!
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It should be interesting to see how The Incredible Hulk's box office success or lack thereof affects the propsects for Ang Lee's Hulk making it to Blu-ray Disc. If I were a betting man, I'd say The Incredible Hulk is going to tank too, and you'll see both on BD this fall as a result. At that point Universal won't care who is 'confused'.
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Actually, I suspect that no matter what the new movie does, Universal is going to keep Lee's version semi-vaulted until next year, when it will come out alongside whatever other catalog titles their releasing on BD to play catch-up with HD DVD. No matter how badly Incredible Hulk bombs (and it really doesn't look very good, and not just because the other comic book movies this summer are Iron Man, The Dark Knight, and Hellboy II), why take the risk of someone accidentally buying the $30 catalog title rather than the $40 new release?
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The first of Universal’s new theatrical Blu-ray™ releases hitting store shelves this summer day and date with its DVD counterpart is the apocalyptic thrill-ride DOOMSDAY
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It's funny that nobody has mentioned the sort of screwy irony of Universal starting their support of the losing format with a movie called "Serenity" while their support of the winner begins with "Doomsday".
(Note: I loved Doomsday and can't wait to see it again in HD.)
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04-23-2008, 01:46 AM
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R. Ray Rogers II
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Re: Breaking News: Universal Announces Blu-ray plans!
Bring on Hitchcock and Spielberg Universal titles!
EDIT: As LONG as they don't use MPEG2, DNR'ing and EE are my mandates for all new to Blu. VC1, MPEG4/AVC, HD audio, retaining film grain and the director's intent is what an HD master should be about. Oh, and carrying over the extras from SD. There's more then enough space on the DL's.
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04-23-2008, 08:39 AM
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Re: Breaking News: Universal Announces Blu-ray plans!
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...why take the risk of someone accidentally buying the $30 catalog title rather than the $40 new release?
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That's a fair point, but Universal would also pass up the 'synergy' that could create extra sales of the catalog release as a result (you know those people crazy enough to buy both, like, uh, myself ). As I said, it should be interesting to see how they approach it. |
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04-23-2008, 01:27 PM
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Re: Breaking News: Universal Announces Blu-ray plans!
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There's more then enough space on the DL's.
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I see this again and again but people fail to remember that the reason for MOST missing supplements isnt space at all but licensing.
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04-23-2008, 01:48 PM
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Re: Breaking News: Universal Announces Blu-ray plans!
Are they going to offer Heroes Season 1 HD DVD trade in for Blu-ray?
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