General Blu-ray News and Discussion - Part 6
03-23-08 | 10:14 AM
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There is only 1 format for HD Movies. There is no "Demographic" of Blu-ray owners, there are just Blu-ray owners, because there is no other choice if you want HD Movies from now on. Calling the majority PS3 owners changes nothing, Blu-ray is the only game in town now. Also, Casablanca and Forbidden Planet sold piss poor on HD DVD while the format was in its prime and the titles were exclusive to the format. What does that say about the "HD DVD Owner" Demographic? What about the #1 selling HD DVD movie of all time, Transformers? Mindless movie with stuff blowing up and CGI Robots. Would you now call the Majority of HD DVD owners "Xbox owners"?
Seriously chanster, give it up and move on. Oh and happy Easter!!
Seriously chanster, give it up and move on. Oh and happy Easter!!
03-23-08 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by chanster
IMHO...Do you really think the majority of Blu Ray owners -i.e. PS3 owners - care about the classics (and I use that term very broadly)
I doubt it. Instead you will get double dips of fantastic movies like Alien v. Predator. Sure the people on this forum might care, but I don't think we are representative of much.
I doubt it. Instead you will get double dips of fantastic movies like Alien v. Predator. Sure the people on this forum might care, but I don't think we are representative of much.
ETA: Happy Easter Chanster!
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03-23-08 | 10:21 AM
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Seriously chanster, give it up and move on. Oh and happy Easter!!
You are exactly right..stuff on HD DVD sold piss poor too. No denying that.
You are telling me there is no demographic on Blu Ray owners? Please, thats just false.
So yeah I don't think the "classics" were going to get to HD DVD or Blu Ray very fast.
Please stop attacking me I have never told you to shut up or "give it up" or anything like that. Thats ridicoulous.
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03-23-08 | 12:03 PM
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Mod Note: This is a discussion thread. It is okay for members to post things that are critical of Blu-ray, provided their criticisms are meant to further discussion, and not simply disparage the format. These people should not be told to "move on" or "give it up." If you feel a member is posting out of spite, report the post. Do not engage the poster. At this point, we are suspending people who start fights and people who reply and continue the fight.
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03-23-08 | 12:08 PM
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Bill Hunt is just another man. Not an idiot. Not a moron. Not a prophet. Not an ultra-reliable source of information. Not a genius. Not a numbnut. Just another man. As such, praising him incessantly or taking his words as fact will get a
from me, and bashing him incessantly or refusing to believe anything he says will also get a from me. Having said that, this is a news thread. What he says may be construed as news. No need to go all ballistic on what he said (chanster). We should all know by now that Bill/Sony/Blu-ray got really lucky with Blu-ray surviving. If you think otherwise (QuePaso), then keep that to yourself; all you're doing is flame baiting.namja
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03-23-08 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by bunkaroo
WB seems to think it's worth releasing Bonnie & Clyde on BD.
Sony has started a "Columbia Classics" label starting with A Passage To India.
They're trying at least.
Sony has started a "Columbia Classics" label starting with A Passage To India.
They're trying at least.
I don't know how many consider it a classic, but I thought I read that Blade Runner sold pretty well on HD. Next year, we'll get Gone With the Wind, North By Northwest, and Wizard of Oz. I think all of those will do well.
03-23-08 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema
Next year, we'll get Gone With the Wind, North By Northwest, and Wizard of Oz. I think all of those will do well.
03-23-08 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by namja
MOD NOTE:
Bill Hunt is just another man. Not an idiot. Not a moron. Not a prophet. Not an ultra-reliable source of information. Not a genius. Not a numbnut. Just another man. As such, praising him incessantly or taking his words as fact will get a from me, and bashing him incessantly or refusing to believe anything he says will also get a from me. Having said that, this is a news thread. What he says may be construed as news. No need to go all ballistic on what he said (chanster). We should all know by now that Bill/Sony/Blu-ray got really lucky with Blu-ray surviving. If you think otherwise (QuePaso), then keep that to yourself; all you're doing is flame baiting.
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Bill Hunt is just another man. Not an idiot. Not a moron. Not a prophet. Not an ultra-reliable source of information. Not a genius. Not a numbnut. Just another man. As such, praising him incessantly or taking his words as fact will get a
from me, and bashing him incessantly or refusing to believe anything he says will also get a from me. Having said that, this is a news thread. What he says may be construed as news. No need to go all ballistic on what he said (chanster). We should all know by now that Bill/Sony/Blu-ray got really lucky with Blu-ray surviving. If you think otherwise (QuePaso), then keep that to yourself; all you're doing is flame baiting.namja
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03-23-08 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I hope we get more classic films on blu-ray. They need to attract more than just gamers to the format.
In HD we can finally see its a bird and not a suicidal munchkin.
03-23-08 | 04:14 PM
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03-23-08 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I hope we get more classic films on blu-ray. They need to attract more than just gamers to the format.
03-23-08 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by darkside
We will. I think they had to go with more of the stuff that would sell during the war with so few owners of hardware, but now that Blu-ray is established I see them dipping into all the genres to expand the audience as much as possible.
03-23-08 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Drexl
Come to think of it, has there been a surge in player sales in the last month? Usually I don't care about sales figures, but in this case I would be interested to see if ending the format war actually did have a big effect. Of course, we can't determine how many of those players were sold to HD DVD-only owners rather than people new to HDM, but regardless, it would be interesting.
03-23-08 | 09:46 PM
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The PS3 has outsold the Xbox360 this year and I think the end of the war is a big reason. The PS3 is still the best Blu-ray player on the market and its jump in sales is probably tied to that. There have been no major games to push PS3 sales this early in the year and that leaves Blu-ray movies as the prime reason for the increase.
03-23-08 | 09:55 PM
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And the 360 has had less supply recently, if you believe Microsoft (which I do). I don't think the comparison to the 360 really matters, but the PS3 is selling more the last few months then it was prior to Christmas, so I'd agree that some of the boost can be attributed to Blu-Ray.
03-23-08 | 09:57 PM
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That's just because everyone already owns a 360.
I got my ps3 last month and use it strictly for playing blu-ray and dvds. I was wondering if anybody has watched "The Rock" SD-DVD on a ps3 yet? When i watch mine it shrinks the picture as if I'm zooming out. I have a widescreeen tv (olevia 232v, using hdmi for ps3 of course) and most fullscreen titles have bars on the sides. Widescreen movies either take up the entire screen or have bars on top the way it should be. This movie has bars all around and my 32 inch tv looks like its putting out 20 inches!!! Is it just me having this problem, and is it the movies format, ps3 or tv? thanks,
03-23-08 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Cedrock
haha well played sir.
I got my ps3 last month and use it strictly for playing blu-ray and dvds. I was wondering if anybody has watched "The Rock" SD-DVD on a ps3 yet? When i watch mine it shrinks the picture as if I'm zooming out. I have a widescreeen tv (olevia 232v, using hdmi for ps3 of course) and most fullscreen titles have bars on the sides. Widescreen movies either take up the entire screen or have bars on top the way it should be. This movie has bars all around and my 32 inch tv looks like its putting out 20 inches!!! Is it just me having this problem, and is it the movies format, ps3 or tv? thanks,
I got my ps3 last month and use it strictly for playing blu-ray and dvds. I was wondering if anybody has watched "The Rock" SD-DVD on a ps3 yet? When i watch mine it shrinks the picture as if I'm zooming out. I have a widescreeen tv (olevia 232v, using hdmi for ps3 of course) and most fullscreen titles have bars on the sides. Widescreen movies either take up the entire screen or have bars on top the way it should be. This movie has bars all around and my 32 inch tv looks like its putting out 20 inches!!! Is it just me having this problem, and is it the movies format, ps3 or tv? thanks,
03-23-08 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by The Cow
The first Rock DVD was non-anamorphic.
03-23-08 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Cedrock
I see that the aspect ratio for the blu-ray version is the same though but guessing I wont have that problem since it's anamorphic
03-24-08 | 12:00 AM
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http://gizmodo.com/371212/awesome-bu...-psp-transfers
According to PC World, the PS3's firmware version 2.20 will allow it to send standard def copies of Blu-ray movies to PSPs. We covered news of this firmware before, happy the PS3 is getting more advanced Blu-ray support. And we covered these PS3 to PSP transfers in January. But this is the first time we've heard of these features being mentioned within a specific firmware. This is great in principle.
I'm glad they're opening up the Blu monster. But I'm not sure I want to a) wait through the transfer and encode from Blu to PS3 to PSP, although I'm sure the Cell proc will be suited to this task and b) have to start carrying my PSP around. Might be better off just ripping those movies totally DRM free so you can put them on any device. [PC World via PSPUpdates]
I'm glad they're opening up the Blu monster. But I'm not sure I want to a) wait through the transfer and encode from Blu to PS3 to PSP, although I'm sure the Cell proc will be suited to this task and b) have to start carrying my PSP around. Might be better off just ripping those movies totally DRM free so you can put them on any device. [PC World via PSPUpdates]
03-24-08 | 12:02 AM
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I wonder how that will work...kinda makes the whole digital copies that Fox/Lionsgate are doing useless. I may have to snag a used PSP again.