Tartan Video Announced Blu-ray Exclusive

zeroendless · 07-13-07, 01:32 PM

I like Korean Movies, this works for me,,,

Another studio joins in BR exclusive, the supports are getting stronger and better on the blue side.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=313

bigcheda · 07-13-07, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by zeroendless

I like Korean Movies, this works for me,,,

Another studio joins in BR exclusive, the supports are getting stronger and better on the blue side.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=313

mmm oldboy in AVC and DTS-MA

Tartan video does have a lot of the good korean movies so this is great news

Thanks

joshd2012 · 07-13-07, 01:42 PM

Battle Royale!

dpags · 07-13-07, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by joshd2012

Battle Royale!

Hell yes.

jkcheng122 · 07-13-07, 02:12 PM

this is HUGE.

edit: after reading the article i see that Oldboy is already announced, this is now bigger than HUGE. given tartan's reputation for making the best quality out of the transfers, i can't be happier being blu. well, i can when Edko starts releasing on blu-ray also.

nyg · 07-13-07, 02:17 PM

This is great news for Blu-ray! Nice to have the official announcement.

Does Tartan have a website? I'd like to see exactly which titles are in their catalog. I only know of a few goodies. There's bound to be more.

dpags · 07-13-07, 02:21 PM

http://www.tartanvideo.com/

http://www.tartanvideousa.com/

eric10301 · 07-13-07, 02:28 PM

Battle Royale on Blu-Ray would be awesome. Not to mention Old Boy.

nyg · 07-13-07, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dpags

http://www.tartanvideo.com/

http://www.tartanvideousa.com/

Thank you!

dpags · 07-13-07, 02:30 PM

No prob. Definitely lots of goodies there!

studiotan · 07-13-07, 02:31 PM

Personally I would love to see A Tale Of Two Sisters released in hi-def. One of my favorite films. I have quite a few Tartan releases on DVD.

michael000 · 07-13-07, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by joshd2012

Battle Royale!

First thought that came to my mind as well.

Capek · 07-13-07, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jkcheng122

this is HUGE.

edit: after reading the article i see that Oldboy is already announced, this is now bigger than HUGE. given tartan's reputation for making the best quality out of the transfers, i can't be happier being blu. well, i can when Edko starts releasing on blu-ray also.

Tartan has a reputation for putting out great quality transfers? ^_^

My collection says otherwise. Though they're average I guess. If by average you substitute crappy..

Hopefully they'll start making a name for themselves PQ-wise with these BD releases.

Oh wait, the region coding thing just popped into my mind. Man it would suck if the UK releases turn out to be region coded. And this announcement is just for the UK right? Tartan is distributed by Sony in the US? I'm a little confused on the wording of the announcement whether these will be released in the US as well.

Well anyways, for a small studio announcing three films isn't too bad. Hopefully this isn't all they have in store for release this year.

jkcheng122 · 07-13-07, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by studiotan

Personally I would love to see A Tale Of Two Sisters released in hi-def. One of my favorite films. I have quite a few Tartan releases on DVD.

too much girls screaming (and not in a good way) in that one for me. good movie tho.

Capek · 07-13-07, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by studiotan

Personally I would love to see A Tale Of Two Sisters released in hi-def. One of my favorite films. I have quite a few Tartan releases on DVD.

Ya that would be a great release. Love that film!

jkcheng122 · 07-13-07, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Capek

Tartan has a reputation for putting out great quality transfers? ^_^

My collection says otherwise. Though they're average I guess. If by average you substitute crappy..

Hopefully they'll start making a name for themselves PQ-wise with these BD releases.

Oh wait, the region coding thing just popped into my mind. Man it would suck if the UK releases turn out to be region coded. And this announcement is just for the UK right? Tartan is distributed by Sony in the US? I'm a little confused on the wording of the announcement whether these will be released in the US as well.

Well anyways, for a small studio announcing three films isn't too bad. Hopefully this isn't all they have in store for release this year.

from what i've read, it's likely the movies you found crappy are due to the master being crappy. i've read some comparisons on dvds released by multiple studios and tartan's pq usually comes out on top. i'm not saying being on top doesnt mean it's not crappy, but they do a better job than others with what they get to work with.

Capek · 07-13-07, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jkcheng122

from what i've read, it's likely the movies you found crappy are due to the master being crappy. i've read some comparisons on dvds released by multiple studios and tartan's pq usually comes out on top. i'm not saying being on top doesnt mean it's not crappy, but they do a better job than others with what they get to work with.

No, a lot it's been a QC issue. Poor encodes. Crushed blacks, softness, some moiring/aliasing type issues. But they are getting better, I will give them that. Crappy was maybe a little harsh for a company who has shown improvement.

And if they release In the Mood for Love on BD they'll be my favorite studio ever!

joshd2012 · 07-13-07, 02:57 PM

jkcheng122 · 07-13-07, 03:11 PM

how was the quality on tartan's battle royale, i had seen other versions of this movie and it looked pretty poor.

jkcheng122 · 07-13-07, 03:25 PM

i've still yet to see Audition, wonder if we'll get a release of that on BD.

i know my mom will definitely want Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring if that ever gets a BD release.

Krycek7o2 · 07-13-07, 03:48 PM

The Vengeance Trilogy on BD, hell yeah!
Too many Korean and Japanese Movies I will have to re-buy! w00t!

roma_victor · 07-13-07, 04:10 PM

Along with Oldboy (didn't care for the two "Sympathy" movies), I would love to get Memories of Murder and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (may have the sequence of the seasons wrong) - they are among my favorite movies of all time
- anyone know whether Tartan owns the rights to these?

jkcheng122 · 07-13-07, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by roma_victor

Along with Oldboy (didn't care for the two "Sympathy" movies), I would love to get Memories of Murder and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (may have the sequence of the seasons wrong) - they are among my favorite movies of all time
- anyone know whether Tartan owns the rights to these?

dunno about Memories of Murder (good movie btw), but "Spring" has an european release by Tartan.

onyxx · 07-13-07, 05:06 PM

Note that this news is for Tartan Video UK, here is their distribution rights list:

http://www.imdb.com/company/co0105964/

Also note that every UK Tartan BD release will also come with a DVD (double pack), and the price of their BD's will be pretty steep:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=65295

Non the less this is great news and I don't mind paying premium for a couple of movies now and then if the value is good!

To my knowledge Tartan UK only have the distribution rights to 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' (Chinjeolhan Geumjassi) and 'Oldboy' out of the Vengeance trilogy. One other thing to note is that one of the best Samurai movies of recent times is also distributed by Tartan UK, and that movie is 'Twilight Samurai' (Tasogare Seibei):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351817/

Nedtsc · 07-13-07, 05:09 PM

The Host!

Capek · 07-13-07, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Nedtsc

The Host!

The Host is coming out in a few weeks on both BD and HD-DVD via Magnolia.

zeroendless · 07-13-07, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by onyxx

One other thing to note is that one of the best Samurai movies of recent times is also distributed by Tartan UK, and that movie is 'Twilight Samurai' (Tasogare Seibei):

and The Hidden Blade from same Director, brilliant stuffs.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442286/

jkcheng122 · 07-13-07, 06:01 PM

can't remember if i seen Hidden Blade, but Twilight Samurai was a great movie. the imported Jap DVD i have isnt very good quality tho. a better quality region A BD of this movie will be very welcome.

oink · 07-13-07, 09:21 PM

Great News!!

Tartan has been putting out some quality DVDs...can't wait to see their BD releases.

Nedtsc · 07-13-07, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Capek

The Host is coming out in a few weeks on both BD and HD-DVD via Magnolia.

Great! Which is the better version in your opinion?

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onyxx Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 57	Note that this news is for Tartan Video UK, here is their distribution rights list: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0105964/ Also note that every UK Tartan BD release will also come with a DVD (double pack), and the price of their BD's will be pretty steep: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=65295 Non the less this is great news and I don't mind paying premium for a couple of movies now and then if the value is good! To my knowledge Tartan UK only have the distribution rights to 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' (Chinjeolhan Geumjassi) and 'Oldboy' out of the Vengeance trilogy. One other thing to note is that one of the best Samurai movies of recent times is also distributed by Tartan UK, and that movie is 'Twilight Samurai' (Tasogare Seibei): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351817/ Last edited by onyxx; 07-13-07 at 05:19 PM..

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oink Pathetic Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: CHOAM Rep. Posts: 8,448	Great News!! Tartan has been putting out some quality DVDs...can't wait to see their BD releases. __________________ *Insist* BD studios use seamless branching for different cuts on one 50gb disk and end double-dipping.

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nyg AVS Special Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,687 Classified Rating: 100% (2)	This is great news for Blu-ray! Nice to have the official announcement. Does Tartan have a website? I'd like to see exactly which titles are in their catalog. I only know of a few goodies. There's bound to be more.

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dpags AVS Special Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,722	http://www.tartanvideo.com/ http://www.tartanvideousa.com/

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studiotan Advanced Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 551	Personally I would love to see A Tale Of Two Sisters released in hi-def. One of my favorite films. I have quite a few Tartan releases on DVD.

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jkcheng122 AVS Special Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,739	how was the quality on tartan's battle royale, i had seen other versions of this movie and it looked pretty poor.

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jkcheng122 AVS Special Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,739	i've still yet to see Audition, wonder if we'll get a release of that on BD. i know my mom will definitely want Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring if that ever gets a BD release.

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Krycek7o2 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 71 Classified Rating: 100% (1)	The Vengeance Trilogy on BD, hell yeah! Too many Korean and Japanese Movies I will have to re-buy! w00t!

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roma_victor turgid member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 655	Along with Oldboy (didn't care for the two "Sympathy" movies), I would love to get Memories of Murder and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (may have the sequence of the seasons wrong) - they are among my favorite movies of all time - anyone know whether Tartan owns the rights to these?

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jkcheng122 AVS Special Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,739	can't remember if i seen Hidden Blade, but Twilight Samurai was a great movie. the imported Jap DVD i have isnt very good quality tho. a better quality region A BD of this movie will be very welcome.