It looks to me like Warner Brothers are delaying releasing HD-DVDs for catching up with blu-ray for simultaneous blu-ray/total HD releases...

It looks to me like Warner Brothers are delaying releasing HD-DVDs for catching up with blu-ray for simultaneous blu-ray/total HD releases...

This does appear what they're doing. I can't wait to get Batman Begins and V for Vandetta on a BD50.

~Josh

Yep. There's an example of one in my sig. :mad:

Sony and Disney are chicken to put out hd-dvd , bawk !!LOL

Bob

It looks to me like Warner Brothers are delaying releasing HD-DVDs for catching up with blu-ray for simultaneous blu-ray/total HD releases...
Hopefully they are not doing both. If they are going to go full-on with THD, then 'catch-up' the blue-ray releases on THD only. Don't hold up even further future releases by 'catching up' blue-ray disks and then making them again on THD (though they may not do the latter).

This does appear what they're doing. I can't wait to get Batman Begins and V for Vandetta on a BD50.

~Josh

Why? They will just be HD-DVD ports like every other Warner release for both formats.

I am scared they will catch up BD then release THD discs. I don't want to pay more for a format I don't want. Also with the problems authouring BD it might be a while before they can even release BD with all the IME of HD DVD

Batman Begins, Troy and several others are delayed on BD because BD-j hasn't been fixed yet. Unlike Lionsgate, WB is not willing to use BD50's so they can encode the movie twice.

I just want the HP movies on HD-DVD over here. Although if they come out in THD ill get the UK version. As I'd guess the american version will be at or more price wise. Just becase it has a BD side, which I may never use...

I wonder how the disc will be done in the UK will they get THD as well or just seprates if that's the case ill import all my WB HD-DVD movies. It will cost the same import wise. But ill have just the format I want.....

I also think the slow-down is related to TotalHD discs. I expect, like HD DVD/DVD combo discs that they will be higher, though Warner maintains that materials costs are the same. If they can offer TotalHD discs at standard HD DVD or Blu-ray prices, I'm game.

Why? They will just be HD-DVD ports like every other Warner release for both formats.

Only he doesn't acknowledge that neither will come with the IME that the HD DVD versions offer......

This does appear what they're doing. I can't wait to get Batman Begins and V for Vandetta on a BD50.

~Josh

While they might do this it looks to me like they have been doing nothing new to the PQ or AQ when they are putting films onto the blu-ray format.

Warner is supporting both but I do think they like HD-DVD better!

I just want the HP movies on HD-DVD over here. Although if they come out in THD ill get the UK version. As I'd guess the american version will be at or more price wise. Just becase it has a BD side, which I may never use...

I wonder how the disc will be done in the UK will they get THD as well or just seprates if that's the case ill import all my WB HD-DVD movies. It will cost the same import wise. But ill have just the format I want.....

I seriously doubt they'll cost as much as imports. I paid about $50 for Harry Potter.

Why? They will just be HD-DVD ports like every other Warner release for both formats.


YEP, they use the master from the HD-DVD to make the BD. go figure :p

I seriously doubt they'll cost as much as imports. I paid about $50 for Harry Potter.

Where did you buy it? Thought it was only 36.00 from xploited (TonY)

WTF Scanner Darkly isnt out yet because BD sucks. Thats not fair.

WTF Scanner Darkly isnt out yet because sucks. Thats not fair.

Whereas Lady in the Water is an instant classic. :p

What has been delayed?, there are several Warner releases coming up.

Well, the initial day and date releases for both Beerfest and Wicker Man were postponed so that BD counterparts could come out at the same time...

there IS the possibility they are releasing them at the same time to avoid consumer confusion. Not everyone combs release dates daily!

The only thing I don't like about True HD discs is that they will be freaking flippers.

The only thing I don't like about True HD discs is that they will be freaking flippers.

You are referring to Total HD discs, TrueHD refers to a soundtrack on the disc.

Do we know for sure that the Total HD discs are flippers? I thought that the way they worked was to take advantage of the different refraction layers in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray media to basically allow light to pass through from one format to the other one insuring compatibility in both players.

So, not necessarily a flipper.

What's scarier is that Time Warner, a media company, employs engineers with enough experience in optical media to pull this off.

This does appear what they're doing. I can't wait to get Batman Begins and V for Vandetta on a BD50.

~Josh

Doesn't Warner just transfer the HD DVD 30 GB right onto the Blu Ray 50 GB discs? Not using the extra space I mean......so what would be the benefit on buying the Blu Ray versions.

Do we know for sure that the Total HD discs are flippers? I thought that the way they worked was to take advantage of the different refraction layers in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray media to basically allow light to pass through from one format to the other one insuring compatibility in both players.



I thought I read a review somewhere that Warner demo'd the discs at CES to prove the concept worked, and it was a "flipper".

Personally, I don't like the bigger case size that it appears to have. Won't fit nicely on the same shelf with the red HD DVD cases. I might be able to live with the "flipper" status.

I thought I read a review somewhere that Warner demo'd the discs at CES to prove the concept worked, and it was a "flipper".

Personally, I don't like the bigger case size that it appears to have. Won't fit nicely on the same shelf with the red HD DVD cases. I might be able to live with the "flipper" status.

If it gets me LOTR extended edition in HD glory I don't care if it's a flipper or not! :p

Yes, we know for sure that the TotalHD discs are flippers. Warner showcased a SR TotalHD disc at CES, and it was indeed dual sided.

This does appear what they're doing. I can't wait to get Batman Begins and V for Vandetta on a BD50.

~Josh

This is the kind of comment that should be kept in the BR forums. It add ZERO to this discussion. This is the last time I will ever read one of your posts.

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Doesn't Warner just transfer the HD DVD 30 GB right onto the Blu Ray 50 GB discs? Not using the extra space I mean......so what would be the benefit on buying the Blu Ray versions.

Several studios take their HD-DVD version, then port it directly to Blu-Ray and drop some extras to get it to fit onto a BD25. All the BD50 gets you at this point is those extra dropped features.

Sony and Fox are doing encodes that take advantage of the extra space of BD50, but since they are MPEG2/AVC it isn't clear that they look any better than their lower bitrate VC1 counterparts.

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??? lol

Total HD will likely never use the full capacity of the HD DVD 30 side because they will use the same encode as the BD 25 side.

And even if they could do a BD 50 on one side, they would not use that to its full capacity because they would use the same encode as the HD DVD 30 side.

I would also guess that tri-layer HD DVD is out of the question with 'Total HD'.

Warner, please pull your head from your arse and come back to support your own format.

If not, then at least drop this Total HD nonsense because it will be a nightmare that will turn off buyers on both sides.