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Sony to release dual layer disks from the start?

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there has been a lot discussion about this but Sony pictures will release a dual layer 50 GB disks from the start in their movie releseas. I didn't know this

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...Ultraviolet/35

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Sony has announced their second Blu-Ray disc title to debut simultaneously with its standard DVD release.

On June 27, the studio will unleash the recent Milla Jovovich action-thriller 'Ultraviolet' in a new Unrated Director's Cut. No supplemental features or disc specs have yet to be released, though the film will be presented in its original 2.35:1 theatrical aspect ratio, and as with all of Sony's current Blu-Ray releases, will be encoded on an BD-50 dual-layer disc at full 1080p video resolution.


The release is the second day-and-date with DVD Blu-Ray release, following 'Underworld: Evolution,' which Sony will debut on June 6.

Sony has priced the disc at its new release MSRP of $38.95. The latest details for 'Ultraviolet' have been added to our comprehensive Blu-Ray Release Schedule.
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No, they have semi-confirmed that they are releasing *one* title on BD-50 with the revised launch plans, but I don't know if they have formally released the name yet--Ultraviolet would be a good guess, since no one wants to buy it and that demand matches well with their BD50 replication capabilities. :)


Beyond that, they have identified two other BD50 titles that I am aware of, both scheduled for latter this summer: Bridge on the River Kwai and Black Hawk Down. Everything else is BD25, pending future announcements.
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As much as I would like for the BD camp to fine-tune their BD-50 replication methods to stamp them out fast, Ultraviolet is not a movie I care to watch again - on any format! Best thing about it is William Fichtner. That's it!



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As much as I would like for the BD camp to fine-tune their BD-50 replication methods to stamp them out fast, Ultraviolet is not a movie I care to watch again - on any format!
I will wait for the UV-ray Disc version.
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WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARN

DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE!


This is, without a doubt, one of the worst movies I have ever seen half of! At around the 1 hour mark, I just couldn't take any more, and ran out of the theater screaming like a little girl! Ok, maybe I didn't run out, but I was screaming like a little girl. :D
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that news item is dated 4/17.
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If there are dual layer releases from the get go, then it will help to reinvigorate my waning interest in getting a BD player at launch.
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Originally Posted by amillians
No, they have semi-confirmed that they are releasing *one* title on BD-50 with the revised launch plans, but I don't know if they have formally released the name yet--Ultraviolet would be a good guess, since no one wants to buy it and that demand matches well with their BD50 replication capabilities. :)
If your company decided to suddenly cease supporting HD DVD and instead solely support BD would you go out of your way to troll the HD DVD forums as well?


It's not like every movie coming out on HD DVD is "all that" either. ;)
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If your company decided to suddenly cease supporting HD DVD and instead solely support BD would you go out of your way to troll the HD DVD forums as well?
I doubt my company suddenly ceasing support for HD DVD and switching to BD would change my "trolling" habits much. Or make much of a difference in the format war.

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There are plenty of insiders here, but I'm not one of them. And talking about how bad a movie is, in the discussion of what a studio elects to be the first BD50, doesn't qualify as trolling in my book. YMMV.
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There are plenty of insiders here, but I'm not one of them. And talking about how bad a movie is, in the discussion of what a studio elects to be the first BD50, doesn't qualify as trolling in my book. YMMV.
My apologies for the company comment. I misread your handle as that of someone else. However I do find it to be trolling when the topic at hand is BD50 and you and others slammed one of the movies itself.
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My apologies for the company comment. I misread your handle as that of someone else. However I do find it to be trolling when the topic at hand is BD50 and you and others slammed one of the movies itself.
No biggie...I'm so outside I'm inside sometimes.


I think it *is* germane to the topic of BD50 what title(s) get teed up, since SPHE is having to use their lab lines in Japan to run the first wave of BD titles, and those lines have a fixed capacity with low yield rates (Sony DADC won't be really set up to even think about BD50 in the US until late summer). If Sony took a top title and used it as the guinea pig for its first BD50 run, it could possibly stress the system and show cracks in the ability to efficiently deliver DL...by teeing up a stinker (albeit good eye candy), they can (1) show the world BD50 is "here" and (2) not worry about tens of thousands of people clamoring for the title (honestly, of the launch tableau, Utraviolet is probably bottom of the barrel in terms of likely demand).


Please note that although the original linked article managed to mangle the release strategy (no, DL BD50 will not be used for all titles), they did manage to expose a much rumored change to SPHE's launch plans, namely slipping in a low volume BD50 at the format's delayed launch, which gives them some breathing room for delivering on their other two named BD50 titles, both of which will be in high demand.
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Would that release 'strategy' also apply to something like the hybrid where "Rumor Has It" gets released in HD DVD/DVD to prove it's doable, but has low consumer demand? I've considered the hybrid disk an effective weapon for HD DVD, but it does not appear to have that much studio support, at least with initial launch releases.


Personally, if yield on the BD50 is low, I'd rather see it be used for older classics or "art house" films than crappy, recent releases like Ultraviolet.
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Would that release 'strategy' also apply to something like the hybrid where "Rumor Has It" gets released in HD DVD/DVD to prove it's doable, but has low consumer demand?
Sure it would. Cinram (WHV's replicator) has already gone on record that they're seeing "acceptable" yields on two HD DVD/DVD Twin Format varieties (SS 5/15 and DS 9/15) and that they expect to be up-to-speed on DS 9/30 by the summer. Rumor has it that Rumor Has It was originally planned as a DS 9/30, then got cropped to a SS 5/15 then got bumped back up to a DS 9/15, all because of replication challenges.
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Let's add some more info to the story:


Sony DADC (SPHE's replicator) confirmed yesterday to reporters that they are planning on *starting* BD50 replication in Terre Haute the week of 9/25/06, assuming all goes according to plan.


Anything released on BD50 before then is by definition going to be in limited quantities.
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