Why so little extras on HD software?

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2/9/07 at 5:18pm

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Not enough space? Or just bad quality content not worth combining with the movie? Or just another ploy to release more extras in the future ie. collectors edition, directors cut, unrated, etc.?

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2/9/07 at 5:59pm

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1) Time - it takes tiem to create, author and encode the extras.
2) Money - HD media is still a niche market so very few studios are likely to gain sufficient extra sales due to special features to offset the costs.
3) Importance - Is havving the feature in HD with lossless sound enough to satisy early adopters? For me it is.

Space is no realy the issue, as HDDVD has shown you can easily fit a 3 hour epic + extras on a single disc. But how studios make use of the space avaliable will limit their ability to include extras.

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2/9/07 at 8:54pm

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Also licensing as some content is from different sources as it may not have been produced by the same studio and may require a different agreement.

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2/10/07 at 5:54pm

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Anyone verify if the full HD capacity is fully utilised in each disc? Able to see the GB?

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2/10/07 at 5:56pm

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search the forum, there are reasonably comprehensive posts on file size vs HD disc.

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2/11/07 at 5:54pm

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I can't begin to think what the keywords are for the search.

Anyway browsing 3 pages into the forum, revealed a similar thread topic but no figures.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=796561

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2/11/07 at 6:19pm

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The media needs time to grow.

If you recall, DVD took a while for extras to catch on. I believe The Matrix was the first to really show what a DVD could offer (someone correct me if I'm mistaken). And that took a couple years after the release of the DVD format to make it to market.

Right now, Hollywoodland offers extras in HD. I'm not totally sure, but I believe it's the first HD disc to offer everything in HD including the extras.

Hopefully this will catch on ASAP!

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2/11/07 at 7:12pm