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Re: A few words about...™ 300 -- in HD & BD

Mine arrived an hour ago. Unless this HD DVD is everything I'm expecting now, I'll tell you guys all about it.

But I think it will.


Cees

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Well, an update, TODAY Target had 300.


They were sold out of the BD versions that are $25 and the there were a few HD-DVD versions, and they were $35.

Again, how can they tote around the combo format when it costs that much extra. I see it only as an incentive when its free. But it aint, and I dont' get why.


Anyways, I didnt' buy it, because I had already ordered it. Should come tomorrow.

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Yes.
And the posters don't have the grain & the frames for the film that I've seen on the web don't have the grain either (or, are they to small a capture to show the grain?).

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ed, what exactly are you getting at with this?

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I always thought that the so called "grain" was made to look like a comic books ink pixels (or whatever you would call them).


So that it had the look that the film's colors were made from ink.


I donno, that was my initial interpretation. It might change when I get the DVD

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I watched this last night on HD DVD and have to say I was completely blown away with how good this looked.

I own an older Samsung DLP which is 1080i and DVI and it has a few quirks (black levels being one small issue) and with one very minor exception (Leonodis's (SP?) beard seemed to be rather murky) the picture quality that I saw was astounding!

I could see individual hairs on the small of Leonodis's wife's back. Could see the kernels on the wheat. There was SO MUCH detail there I just just blown away. I have never seen a film looks this good in a home theater environment.

THE
BEST
EVER!!!

Truly an amazing feat and a fantastic film.

Dave

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Ed,

Tough to say on the captured frames you've seen without knowing how they were captured, their source (HD or DVD), their size on the computer screen, etc.

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So, since I was used to Universal's discs, it blew my mind that in the 300 HD DVD disc you could access the menu during the movie.


Is this something absent to the Blu-Rays and why the studios are waiting?


Caue it was cool as hell and I was surprised.

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BD has the same thing, called "pop-up" menu. What BD can't do yet is the pip commentary or web-based features, but this will be coming on future players and may be possible with a software update on current PS3s. Also, some BD discs encoded with MPEG2 video and with PCM soundtracks (both of which are very "bit-hungry") just don't have enough space for much in the way of special features even with BD-50s. Newer releases are using more efficient AVC (MPEG4) and Dolby Tru-HD lossless audio to free up more space for extras. The superiority of early HD DVD releases to early BD releases in this area is one of the reasons why the "format war" is to a certain extent a good thing--it's accelerating technical progress from both sides and lowering prices much quicker than would have been the case otherwise.

Universal HD DVD discs will bring up the menu while the movie's playing, it just comes in from the right side and obscures more of the movie than Warner's format.

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Okay.



It was cool, i mean, it's an obvious step that Blu-Ray and HD-DVD needed to take, but ya know.


It's still cool.

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You can access the menu on Universal discs. Just he the left arrow button rather than the up arrow.

Doug

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Also with BD you can't access the menu while the movie is paused.

Doug

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Ha, well.

Thanks. I guess I didn't fiddle enough, but that's definately neat.

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http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=65663

UK-versions are now coming and HD DVD won´t be "combo". So good news for many:

"Warner Home Video have announced the UK Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD release of 300 on 1st October 2007.

Arriving day-and-date on Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD 300 will offer “unprecedented special features which allow fans to get closer to the movie than ever before – with revolutionary 300-themed games and mobile downloads available at the touch of a button.”

Exact features are TBC, but we expect the discs to match the US versions already available (though the HD DVD will not be a Combo)."

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well thats good.
what would it cost me to buy it shipped to U.S.


probably more the the combo?

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I watched this tonight on HD DVD. An absolutely terrific film that gets better with each moment, and the transfer is one of the best I've seen in awhile. The nifty blue screen extra is really inventive. This is one of the best high def discs available.

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Does anyone have the non-US HD DVD-release? I´m just trying to confirm, that is the "normal" audio commentary (director/co-writer Zack Snyder, co-writer Kurt Johnstad, and director of photography Larry Fong) included? It´s in the "SD DVD"-side of the US combo-disc.

If it´s included in the other releases also, I would like to get the non-combo-release..

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normal?

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"normal" = director/co-writer Zack Snyder, co-writer Kurt Johnstad, and director of photography Larry Fong

"Bluescreen Picture-in-Picture" = audio commentary by director/co-writer Zack Snyder

PiP-thingy is probably cool and all that, but most people say that it´s only interesting approx. that first 30 minutes or so.. So I also want that old fashion audio commentary..

Re: A few words about...™ 300 -- in HD & BD

I think the blu-ray version has the non PIP commentary. But if you get the HD DVD you get both. Granted the standard commentary is on the SD side, but I don't see that as being a big deal.

Doug

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No offense here Doug, but did you read my question?

Again: Does the non-US HD DVD-releases include "both" (normal/PiP) commentaries or just the PiP one?

I fully know what the US Blu-ray/HD DVD "300"-releases include..

I try to avoid combo´s if I can, but that´s another story.

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That surprises me. I found it interesting throughout.

--Jefferson Morris