Yeah the source was in this thread itself Snake.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Titanic-3D-Blu-ray/7548/

Finally officially announced:

That's what I wanted to see.

The disc breakdown is as follows:

Regular Four-Disc Combo Pack:

Disc 1 (Blu-ray):

Feature film in high definition
Commentary by director James Cameron
Cast and Crew Commentary
Historical Commentary by Don Lynch and Ken Marschall


Disc 2 and 3 (DVD):

Feature film in standard definition (Part 1)
Feature film in standard definition (Part 2)


Disc 4 Extras (Blu-ray):

Reflections on Titanic — NEW!
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron — NEW!
Deleted Scenes with commentary by James Cameron
Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
Construction Timelapse
Deep Dive Presentation—Narrated by James Cameron
$200,000,001: A Ship’s Odyssey—the Titanic Crew Video
Videomatics
Visual Effects
Music Video—“My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion
Trailers
TV Spots
Still Galleries
Titanic Scriptment by James Cameron
Storyboard Sequences
Production Artwork
Photographs
Ken Marshall’s Painting Gallery
Concept Posters and One Sheets
By the Numbers
Bibliography
MTV’s 1998 Movie Awards skit
Saturday Night Live skit
Titanic in 30 Seconds



Four-Disc Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack:

The disc breakdown is as follows:
Discs 1 and 2 (Blu-ray 3D):

Feature film in high definition and 3D (Part 1)
Feature film in high definition and 3D (Part 2)


Disc 3 (Blu-ray):

Feature film in high definition
Commentary by director James Cameron
Cast and Crew Commentary
Historical Commentary by Don Lynch and Ken Marschall


Disc 4 (Blu-ray):

Reflections on Titanic—NEW!
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron—NEW!
Deleted Scenes with commentary by James Cameron
Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
Construction Timelapse
Deep Dive Presentation—Narrated by James Cameron
$200,000,001: A Ship’s Odyssey—the Titanic Crew Video
Videomatics
Visual Effects
Music Video—“My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion
Trailers
TV Spots
Titanic Scriptment by James Cameron
Storyboard Sequences
Production Artwork
Photographs
Ken Marshall’s Painting Gallery
Concept Posters and One Sheets
By the Numbers
Bibliography
MTV’s 1998 Movie Awards skit
Saturday Night Live skit
Titanic in 30 Seconds

Good to see Paramount bringing over everything from the four-disc DVD sets along with new material.

A portion of me is still hoping for the 3D version to be in 1.7:1 based upon the IMAX 3D release of the film.

It is curious that they weren't specific about it.

Usually a site like Digital Bits will contact Paramount and ask to confirm it, so we'll probably find out relatively soon.

Now I don't regret getting rid of my DVD version. Great to hear the 2D Blu-ray will have the complete movie on one disc.

This is going to be great. I watched the 3D version in the theaters and I thought it was amazing. I already have the blu ray pre-ordered.

The 3D version could never be on its own disc, unless it was encoded to be like the side-by-side 3D broadcast channel content, which would not even be true 1080p.

It's two entire full-sized video streams (MVC) which would never fit onto one 50 GB Blu-ray, so it had to be split. No other option.

You have a good point Nick, do you think the 1080 2D version will lose resolution since it is such a long film on 1 disc?

I doubt it, and that's because Jim Cameron personally oversaw the "Avatar" Blu-ray encode and it didn't suffer with branching to additional scenes and all of that on a single disc when the collector's edition came out.

Considering all the work that went into restoring the film, there's no way Cameron will let Titanic suffer any quality issues. He did the same for Aliens and again, it looks fantastic.

I'm glad to see everything from the 3-Disc set is being ported over. Now I won't have any regrets about selling my copy...

The previous Collector's Edition DVD had a 6.1 DTS ES audio mix. I was hoping we'd get 6.1 or 7.1 for this release. Oh well, it'll still sound great.

IMAX aspect ratio confirmed for 3D Blu-ray:

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8828

EDIT:

Here's an interview with Jim Cameron where among other things he talks about the home release, and he mentions the IMAX aspect ratio and what was involved with using it:

http://au.movies.yahoo.com/on-show/a...val-on-2d-and/

That's going to be an awesome release. I am so glad I ordered it. I saw it on the IMAX when it was released again this past April and it looked so amazing. I mean I never realized or appreciated what a technically well made movie it was.

A 3D disc does not contain two full-sized video streams. There's a lot of redundant data between the left and right eye views that only needs to be encoded once. Estimates I've heard claim that a 3D movie takes up about 1.5x the space of a 2D-only movie.

Regardless, Titanic is a long film, and Cameron and the studio obviously must have been worried about maximizing the quality.

I have a Blu-ray burner (external USB) and I looked at the file structure of "Avatar", and there's an additional folder labeled 'SSIF' which holds the playback information for both streams of 3D video. The SSIF playback file is 44.9 GB in size, probably adding both video files together in total size.

The movie's m2ts file (video, audio, subtitles) is 31.9 GB and the secondary video m2ts is 12.9 GB.

I no longer have the original Avatar movie-only release so I can't compare it in size to this 3D version. The collector's edition is made up of a dozen or so individual videos because of all the branching.

I like that The Final Word documentary will be on this release. I didn't get a chance to catch it on the Nat'l Geo channel but I heard it was pretty good.

It was. I'm just surprised they'll be able to fit Cameron's ego on a 50GB disc!

What the fuck does that even mean?

If you've seen that special...Cameron insists he's right about certain things, even if the experts he has with him disagree.

Dammit! Looks like us 2D aficionados will be getting the shaft with this release. Cramming the entire film on one disc will lose quality. My guess is, that with the 3 audio commentaties, and crazy bitrate audio, the video bitrate will be under 20 Mbits/sec. While the 3D version will be flying high in the mid-to upper 30s having a full TWO discs! There's NO way that the 3D version takes Twice as much space, simply because the codec is very efficient, and only 1.3x to 1.5x space requirements are more likely.

Also, it would have been great to get that 1.78 version with presumablely open mattes in 2D as well.

Will the 40 minutes+ of deleted footage be included in the 2D cut via seamless branching, or will it be relagated to 'extras' on disc 4?

We certainly know where Cameron's sympathies lie (== the cash cow of 3D).

I've seen it about 5 times - 4 times or so when it was on the channel that whole "Titanic week" (converted to 3D with the television made the special look very, very cool) and once more when I downloaded it before word got out that it would be included with the Blu-ray set, and I don't see it so much as an ego issue because at the end he freely concedes that the film gets quite a few things wrong, and goes by many of the experts research and opinions, even the revised findings.

I think it's more that people like to just overuse the word "ego" when it comes to Cameron, despite the fact, and I do mean fact, that the man not only gets amazing results, but has the balls to go along with the brains.

Umm....the Blu-ray editions of Aliens and the collector's edition of Avatar would say otherwise in a big way.

Also, notice that collector's edition of Avatar is....wait for it....2D only!
You said 2D will "get the shaft" but the codec is very efficient. Pick one. It can't be both. Also, the collector's edition of Avatar (again) would say otherwise. It's more than obvious that quality, be it 2D or 3D is THE most important thing.

which would royally piss off purists who rightly believe the 2D should preserve its OAR. The 3D is a modified version and this is a great idea, offering the 3D in 1.78 as it looks better on a television in that ratio. Just like Avatar.

Have you not seen the extras list above? Have you not heard Cameron say time and again that the version of Titanic that was restored and converted was the same theatrical cut and there won't be any extended version? I certainly have.

Avatar has yet to see a commercial retail 3D release. Titanic won't be exclusive and the 2D version is not going to suffer but of bitching is fun, isn't it?

There was no abrupt break in the middle of the movie when I saw it in the theater so I can't exactly view this as getting the shaft. Avatar is only 16 minutes shorter with multiple branching versions and alternate audio tracks and that's about as reference quality as you can get. Also keep in mind that Avatar is a full 1.78:1 transfer while 2D Titanic will have black bars throughout reducing the amount of space needed to keep it looking great.

The 40 minutes will not be put back in the movie.

Final coverart!!

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