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IMO - here is what has happened - Daewoo has secured an order for the SIGMA 8634 Rev.C SoC - the only chip to my knowledge that can do 1.1 due to the Luma keying issue. It also does 2.0.

Now they have to bump the Persistant Storage to 1GB. (and have an ethernet port)

We know Fox and Disney titles have ben announced with street dates Q4. If this player is not released in Q4 - how will anyone demo the movies in question special features?

We know the new Samsung BD players are not compliant because of the PC World article where the Sam. Executive said ; "No 1.1 players until 2008" and the new Phillips 7100 - just announced said nothing about any profiles or ability to do special features. The Pioneer 94HD mimic'c the Phillips. The Mit's is for next year.

No word from either Panasonic or Sony.

So you tell me?

From the China Hualu press release:

"I am very pleased China Hualu Group joined Blu-ray Disc Association and hope Hualu group will propose Chinese technologies and standards to Blu-ray Disc Association for further improvement of Blu-ray Disc format and contribute to the development of optical disc related industries in China," said Bai Weimin, Director, Department of Electronics & I.T. Products, Division of Broadcast & Television, Ministry of Information Industry, China.

Looks like HD DVD may have some competition in obtaining the rights to a Chinese HD format.

But the C-HD DVD format is/has been ratified by the DVD Forum already. This happened in June. HD DVD and C-HD DVD are not compatible formats to begin with.

Lets see, there are BD discs with DTS HD MA tracks on them. As everybody knows no player on the market has DTS HD MA capability.

So what about the CARS demo we have seen?

And isn't there a DTS-HD core within DTS-MA that can be decoded?

Lets see, there are BD discs with DTS HD MA tracks on them. As everybody knows no player on the market has DTS HD MA capability. Just because a disc has it on it does not mean that a player that can make use of it will be out immediately.

Lee,

Are you trying to hurt your standing on the list? Or are you just FUD up?


As for Daewoo, I believe they have a press conference forthcoming. They may be holding off on details until then. Or I may be confused and they already had it. Time zones always screw me up.

I would never do anything to hurt my standings on the list

So you have be be more specific as to your post

Actually Moderator Mark Rubin asked me to move this here. Also I remember reading in the "Insider's Thread" where Amir said that Studio Canal was an Exclusive HD-DVD studio. Was Amir wrong?

~Josh

Your comparing yourself to Amirm? LOL

We are working on it. Someone seems to remember a BD released movie of a French film a while ago. Need to see if this is true.

I believe Dr. Don just agreed that S.C. was not exclusive HD DVD. We should ignore this?

Actually Amir never said that they were exclusive. I asked a question with regard to BD and HD-DVD exclusive European distributors in that thread and mentioned Studio Canal. Amir's response was:

How is he comparing himself to Amirm?

Rumor comes true:

Sony Europe Announces S500 - to replace S300 and S1

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sony/sony...-s1-295142.php

How about that? Started the rumor - and provided the facts that it was a strong rumor at that

PRETE MOI TA MAIN would have been the first BR of Studio Canal. It was scheduled but it never been released.

http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/f150184_pre...n_blu-ray.html

Fred

ps : sorry for my english

I believe Amir made that comment before you were a member here at AVS (June 2007). I could be wrong though.

~Josh

Search is your friend!

http://avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthrea...l#post10946111

While he does not say they are exclusive, he does not deny it either. His other posts indicate he considers them HD DVD exclusive.

SC was never declared exclusive, but was for all intents and purposes.

Hot off the presses:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/format-wa...ood-295247.php

The manufacturing yield rates on BD50 (the 50GB discs) are only 40% from Sony manufacturers and down to 10% yields on non-Sony manufacturers. That means only one in 10 discs made by a non-Sony plant works as a BD50 disc. This in turn leads to higher costs.

• BD1.1 player spec is hard to develop for, leading the only BD1.1 player to be delayed until Q2 2008.

• BD-J, the language they use for special features on discs, is horrible to program for, as we saw already.

• PS3 sales are only 1/4 as much as the 6 million target.

• At least one studio unhappy with Blu-ray.

I don't really understand you. So if someone says


I see him saying that Studio Canal IS not HD DVD exclusive.

I don't know what else you want.

Some Blu-Ray people are just really funny this way.. you are looking for proof where you don't need anything. Really funny.

What about the opening paragraph?

I think that's Rdjam's site. Pretty objective news site .

That is rdjam's website. I expect more from Gizmodo. However, congtrats to rdjam for getting some exposure.

Could this have been a reference to Paramount? When was this claim made?

[quote=nfinity;11475785]I don't really understand you.

Not surprising since I am not agreeing with you.



Studio Canal never declared for one side or the other, nor did they declare neutrality.

In reality, they produced only HD DVD. In fact, they have yet to produce a BD release. A previous announcement that they were doing a BD release was an error. They were, for all intents and purposes, HD DVD exclusive.

They have announced a BD release and it does not appear to be an error. Amir is using this as a way of saying they may still not be releasing on BD.

I would hope that an insider, if presented with false information that they know is false, would make it known that the information is false.

Maybe I have higher expectations of insiders than you.

He did not deny that he is Bugs Bunny either. Does that mean that he is Bugs Bunny?

Oh give it a rest dude. What is it with this constant desire some people have to "entrap" insiders? You take what they say and twist it to try and prove that you've caught them in a lie. In this particular case, Amir basically said he didn't know if these releases were genuine or not (Given that other Studio Canal Blu-Ray releases were pulled at the last minute) and that people would have to wait and see. And somehow you turn that into "Amir is trying to deceive us and prevent us from knowing the truth about Studio Canal releases on Blu-Ray".

Get a grip.

Studio Canal's Parent owns 20% of NBC (GE owns other 80%)

And NBC owns Universal . . .

So Vivendi owns 20% of Universal.

Hahaa, head spinning I fall to the floor and twitch a little.

Please don't make me think that hard again.

Cheers,

Richard

IFA 2007

What's the big Hitachi announcement tomorrow?

I am 100% guessing on this one - just to test myself.

Hitachi will introduce a BD player that is wireless. Requires no physical connections from

Does 1080P up to 30 Fps - good for 100 feet and does lossless and lossy audio.

This could also be part of the new Loewe BD player

Saw this:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/29/a...s-hd-chipsets/