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[DarkJediKnight]

Since the PS3 will be a full blown Blu-ray player out of the box, I'm sure this thread will interest many. Blu-ray got off to a horrendous start with terrible transfers. In the last month, the releases have been excellent. And now we're finally able to see what the Blu can do in full 1080p High Definition.

Check out: http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/releasedates.html for current and future releases.

October 30, 2006

Mission: Impossible - Ultimate Missions Set (Paramount)
Mission: Impossible III (Paramount)

October 31, 2006

The Phantom of the Opera (Warner)
The Searchers (Warner)
Under Siege (Warner)
Unforgiven (Warner)

November 07, 2006

Little Man (Sony)
Nacho Libre (Paramount)
Reds (Paramount)

November 14, 2006

ATL (Warner)
Behind Enemy Lines (Fox)
Black Hawk Down (Sony)
Fantastic Four (Fox)
Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut (Fox)
Kiss of the Dragon (Fox)
The Last Samurai (Warner)
Layer Cake (Sony)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Fox)
Million Dollar Baby (Warner)
The Omen (Fox)
Speed (Fox)
The Transporter (Fox)

November 21, 2006

Annapolis (Buena Vista)
Casanova (Buena Vista)
Enemy of the State (Buena Vista)
Flightplan (Buena Vista)
Goal! The Dream Begins (Buena Vista)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (Fox)
Sky High (Buena Vista)
The Wild (Buena Vista)

November 28, 2006

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (Warner)
Superman Returns (Warner)
Superman: The Movie (Warner)
The Usual Suspects (Fox)
Windtalkers (Fox)

December 05, 2006

Bulletproof Monk (Fox)
Entrapment (Fox)
Flight of the Phoenix (Fox)
From Hell (Fox)
Rising Sun (Fox)
Rocky (Fox)
The Sentinel (Fox)
December 12, 2006
The Devil Wears Prada (Fox)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Sony)
World Trade Center (Paramount)

December 19, 2006

Invincible (Buena Vista)
Lady in the Water (Warner)
Pearl Harbor (Buena Vista)
December 26, 2006
The Descent (Lionsgate)
Transporter 2 (Fox)

January 02, 2007

The Covenant (Sony)

January 23, 2007

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) (Paramount)
Saw II (Lionsgate)
We Were Soldiers (Paramount)

February 06, 2007

American Psycho (Lionsgate)
First Blood (Lionsgate)
Reservoir Dogs (Lionsgate)


Here are some cover art and dates for newly annouced titles:

All due out in January with DTS HD Master Audio.


Here are some of the MUST HAVE Blu-ray only titles that are coming out this month (NOV) and DEC!!

 

[karasu]

Rocky & Commando!!!

 

[Dan]

I can't wait to dish out a few hundred for access to that library of b- and c-rated movies.

 

[DarkJediKnight]

Just announced for Nov 14 by Fox.

 

[Sapiens]

Are these beyond high definition though?

 

[rc213]

Damn, Lots of great action flicks on the way.

 

[EphemeralDream]

Blu-ray got off to a horrendous start with terrible transfers. In the last month, the releases have been excellent.

What changed exactly and are the HD-DVDs still clearly better or is it about the same? I'm not following the format wars so I'm just asking out of curiosity.

 

[Petrarca]

Just announced for Nov 14 by Fox.

correct

here's the report

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iBJfr5p+GfIf1hLEOZhnwog==

 

[Karakand]

 

[DarkJediKnight]

What changed exactly and are the HD-DVDs still clearly better or is it about the same? I'm not following the format wars so I'm just asking out of curiosity.

In terms of picture quality, they are same now, when comparing titles released on both formats. MI3, Unforgiven, etc.. It will be interesting to see if studios supporting both formats will take advantage of Blu-ray's extra bandwidth and capacity.

 

[Raistlin]

Wow ... X-Men 3 sounds like it's getting some good treatment.


Movie and all extras are AVC ... and the audio is 6.1 Lossless DTS.



Me likey!!!!

 

[Raistlin]

In terms of picture quality, they are same now, when comparing titles released on both formats. MI3, Unforgiven, etc.. It will be interesting to see if studios supporting both formats will take advantage of Blu-ray's extra bandwidth and capacity.

Once BD50 becomes more common ... then you will likely see more content ... and higher bitrates.






I really like the amount of Lossless titles coming out already though!

 

[DarkJediKnight]

Didn't you always wanted to hear the following in DTS HD:

"Remembuh when I to'd you I'd keel you last? I lied"
"NO!! JENNYYYY"
"Let auf sum steem Bennet!!"

What about seeing those kickass cardboard cutout soldiers in HD? :lol

 

[Raistlin]

**** Commando - I want Predator with Lossless audio.

 

[jett]

This means Blu-ray wins.

 

[Karakand]

Didn't you always wanted to hear the following in DTS HD:

"Remembuh when I to'd you I'd keel you last? I lied"
"NO!! JENNYYYY"
"Let auf sum steem Bennet!!"

What about seeing those kickass cardboard cutout soldiers in HD? :lol

It's like... you're reading my mind. :lol

**** Commando - I want Predator with Lossless audio.

Oh no you didn't.

 

[Raistlin]

Didn't you always wanted to hear the following in DTS HD:

"Remembuh when I to'd you I'd keel you last? I lied"
"NO!! JENNYYYY"
"Let auf sum steem Bennet!!"

What about seeing those kickass cardboard cutout soldiers in HD? :lol

Where's Sully?

Iee had to let heem goooooo!!!

 

[Petrarca]

the thing is that HD-DVD camp is already out with its best movies line-up, while BR camp is still holding out its big guns like Spiderman, Pirates, James Bonds, Narnia, X-Men. Once these big-guns out on the market, HD-DVD is history

 

[Illuminati]

I need a blu-ray player...

 

[Bad_Boy]

these will be my first blu-ray titles.

 

[jiggle]

Just announced for Nov 14 by Fox.

Awesome
Hope I and II follows real soon

 

[Raistlin]

Holy shit at the list of pending releases:



Release Dates Pending
The following titles are planned for release in the Blu-ray format (as indicated by press release or previous public statements made by the distributor), but release dates have not been announced:

* 2001: A Space Odyssey (Warner)
* Above the Law (Warner)
* Alexander
* Angels in America (HBO)
* Armageddon (Buena Vista)
* Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (New Line)
* Band of Brothers (HBO)
* Batman Begins (Warner)
* Black Rain (Paramount)
* Blade (New Line)
* Blade Runner (Warner)
* Bram Stoker's Dracula (Sony)
* Braveheart (Paramount)
* The Bridge on the River Kwai (Sony)
* Catwoman (Warner)
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Warner)
* Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Sony)
* Chicken Little (Buena Vista)
* A Clockwork Orange (Warner)
* Coach Carter (Paramount)
* Constantine (Warner)
* Contact (Warner)
* Dark City (New Line)
* Deadwood: Season One (HBO)
* Desperado (Sony)
* The Dirty Dozen (Warner)
* The Dirty Harry Collection (Warner)
* Dukes of Hazzard (Warner)
* Elizabethtown (Paramount)
* Eraser (Warner)
* Executive Decision (Warner)
* Eyes Wide Shut (Warner)
* Final Destination (New Line)
* For a Few Dollars More (Sony)
* Forbidden Planet (Warner)
* Forrest Gump (Paramount)
* Frank Herbert's Dune (Lionsgate)
* Friday (New Line)
* Friends: Season One (Warner)
* From the Earth to the Moon (HBO)
* Ghost (Paramount)
* Goodfellas (Warner)
* Gothika (Warner)
* Grand Prix (Warner)
* Grease (Paramount)
* The Green Mile (Warner)
* The Guns of Navarone (Sony)
* Hard to Kill (Warner)
* Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner)
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner)
* Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Warner)
* Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Warner)
* Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Buena Vista)
* Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Buena Vista)
* The Maltese Falcon (Warner)
* The Mask (New Line)
* The Matrix Revolutions (Warner)
* The Matrix Reloaded (Warner)
* The Matrix (Warner)
* Maverick (Warner)
* The Music Man (Warner)
* Mutiny on the Bounty (Warner)
* Mystic River (Warner)
* Next of Kin (Warner)
* Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time (TBA)
* North by Northwest (Warner)
* Ocean's Eleven (Warner)
* Ocean's Twelve (Warner)
* Passenger 57 (Warner)
* The Perfect Storm (Warner)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Buena Vista)
* The Player (New Line)
* The Polar Express (Warner)
* Poseidon (Warner)
* Red Planet (Warner)
* Rush Hour (New Line)
* Save the Last Dance (Paramount)
* School of Rock (Paramount)
* Se7en (New Line)
* See No Evil (Lionsgate)
* The Shining (1980) (Warner)
* Soldier (Warner)
* The Sopranos: Season One (HBO)
* Spawn (New Line)
* Spongebob Squarepants: The Movie (Paramount)
* Star Trek: First Contact (Sony)
* Stargate: Atlantis - Season One (Sony)
* Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition (Warner)
* Troy (Warner)
* Twister (Warner)
* U.S. Marshals (Warner)
* Vanilla Sky (Paramount)
* Wild Wild West (Warner)



Some really great 'classic' movies in there as well.

 

[Bebpo]

When is Sin City coming out? It's already aired on HDTV so the HD master is out there and I still haven't watched it because I'm waiting to see it in full HD glory.

 

[gofreak]

Wow, Fox is really stacking them up pre-PS3. For a 'rush' release, Xmen sounds pretty great on paper too. 6.1 DTS ES HD Lossless Master Audio, eh?

 

[drohne]

i've been buying my first batch of blu-rays in anticipation of ps3 -- just got the mission impossible set, and i've preordered black hawk down and kingdom of heaven. amazon's running some promotion where you get 10% off all hd movies for a year if you order three hd movies. looks like unforgiven is vc1 on a bd50, and it's an awesome movie, so i think that'll be my next purchase. tbh i'm more excited about blu ray than ps3 games right now.

 

[Bad_Boy]

looks like unforgiven is vc1 on a bd50, and it's an awesome movie, so i think that'll be my next purchase.

that would be the first vc-1 bd50 movie right? any reviews on the release yet?

 

[XMonkey]

Black Hawk Down already looks pretty damned amazing for a DVD, so I can't imagine how the BR disc will look.

And wow at 2001 on BluRay, can't wait for that

 

[drohne]

that would be the first vc-1 bd50 movie right? any reviews on the release yet?

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/unforgiven.html

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Has Blade Runner been announced for any of the HD formats (with extras, preferably)?

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Also, "hypothetical-age":

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=481509

Currently, HD-DVD players are in the lead due to longer market presence and higher availability of units (?). Yet the numbers are not high at all for either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray players. Could this mean that Blu-Ray can become the leading HD format with the span of a few days? (Blu-Ray/PS3)

Christ, that's gotta suck for Toshiba.

 

[RaidenZR]

About time some decent flicks started popping up for these HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Players. I'm sick of the "t3h kids like that Matrixorz! GIVE DEM MORE ULTRAVIOLET!"

 

[bud]

Kingdom of Heaven DC will be my first BD-movie.....whenever I get my PS3.

 

[Bad_Boy]

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/unforgiven.html

thanks, looks like its on par with the hd-dvd release (expected since it's using the same master), but good news none the less.

Kingdom of Heaven DC will be my first BD-movie.....whenever I get my PS3.

I'm right along with you Bud.

 

[Zaptruder]

LotR: Extended Snorefest edition, eat your heart out!

Here's a real super length movie that's actually become cohesive, intelligent and quite excellent to watch with added footage!

First Blu-ray movie I'll be picking up, without a doubt.

 

[Oni Jazar]

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/new..._The_Last_Stand_Gets_Blu-ray_Rush_Release/335

In what Fox hopes will be high-def's trojan horse of the holiday season, the studio has fast-tracked 'X-Men: The Last Stand' for Blu-ray release in time for this month's launch of the PlayStation 3.

Though the studio has not officially announced the title, Steve Feldstein, senior VP of marketing communications for Fox Home Entertainment, revealed to Home Media Retailing that the studio plans to rush-release 'X-Men' on November 14, three days before the worldwide launch of Sony's next-gen game console.

"The demographics between 'X-Men' and PlayStation 3 are a near-perfect match," said Feldstein. "This is the biggest new release yet for Blu-ray... PlayStation is by far the dominant game platform, and this should put questions about format wars to rest."

While we're not convinced that one single title can bring down rival HD DVD, Fox is certainly pulling out all the stops for what is sure to be a flagship title for Blu-ray. All of the disc's supplements will be presented in full 1080p high-definition video, including 12 alternate and deleted scenes, a Marvel Comics "Pop-Up" animated trivia track, two audio commentaries, and more to be announced.

'X-Men: The Last Stand' will also include a 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 transfer of the film and a DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 6.1 surround track.

Fox has set a suggested $39.98 list price for the release.

 

[jett]

Holy shit at the list of pending releases:

-snip-

Some really great 'classic' movies in there as well.

Watch those Warner cocksuckers release their movies on HD-DVD months in advance of the BD editions.

 

[jjasper]

I will probably get:
MI pack (mainly for MI 1)
Kingdom of Heaven
Black Hawk Down
Commando
Rocky
Superman Returns
First Blood
And of course Talladega Nights

 

[LevelNth]

Watch those Warner cocksuckers release their movies on HD-DVD months in advance of the BD editions.

I won't be surprised if they did, but by early next year the whole format war will look a hell of a lot different than it does today. ~2m or so BD players in NA, versus maybe 100k HD-DVD... Of course not every PS3 buyer will buy movies, but that's hella lopsided nonetheless.

 

[fatigues_gasolini]

I just wanted to say I really enjoyed Sky High. Its a great PG superhero movie.

 

[Petrarca]

November 14 line-up is a killer, BR player owners will be broke!

ATL (Warner)
Behind Enemy Lines (Fox)
Black Hawk Down (Sony)
Fantastic Four (Fox)
Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut (Fox)
Kiss of the Dragon (Fox)
The Last Samurai (Warner)
Layer Cake (Sony)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Fox)
Million Dollar Baby (Warner)
The Omen (Fox)
Speed (Fox)
The Transporter (Fox)
X-Men: The Last Stand (Fox)

 

[mollipen]

Hey, companies that aren't Fox? Look at how Fox is doing its cover art for Blu-Ray, AND COPY THEM! Stop adding goofy-ass graphics that cock up the cover art!

 

[Bebpo]

i've been buying my first batch of blu-rays in anticipation of ps3 -- just got the mission impossible set, and i've preordered black hawk down and kingdom of heaven. amazon's running some promotion where you get 10% off all hd movies for a year if you order three hd movies. looks like unforgiven is vc1 on a bd50, and it's an awesome movie, so i think that'll be my next purchase. tbh i'm more excited about blu ray than ps3 games right now.

Thanks for the heads up. Just did the 3-order deal myself. Went with Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven Dir Cut, and Syrianna.

Now I just hope I'll have a Blu-ray player when they arrive

 

[Cheebs]

When is Sin City coming out? It's already aired on HDTV so the HD master is out there and I still haven't watched it because I'm waiting to see it in full HD glory.

It's a Dimension Films company which is owned by the Weinstein's who are HD-DVD only.


Guys, do NOT expect 2001 on either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD any time soon. That version was announced alongside a 2 Disk SE of them movie. It was announced and planned to be released a few months ago but disappeared after its initial announcement early in the year.

It is more or less canceled for now/MIA.

 

[Bebpo]

It's a Dimension Films company which is owned by the Weinstein's who are HD-DVD only.

http://www.blu-raydisc.com/jp/getting-started/Section-14137/Section-14142/Index.html

Dimension Home Video

So Dimension Films is a seperate company than Dimension Home Video?

 

[temp]

What does "beyond high definition" even actually mean here?

 

[Cheebs]

http://www.blu-raydisc.com/jp/getting-started/Section-14137/Section-14142/Index.html


So Dimension Films is a seperate company than Dimension Home Video?

No clue. All I know is I wiki'ed dimension and found out that "Dimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. " and I know Weinstein is in the HD-DVD camp so with that fact your guess is as good as mine.

 

[rc213]

I just wanted to say I really enjoyed Sky High. Its a great PG superhero movie.

I enjoyed that movie aswell. *hides in shame*



MI pack (Any hope for MI 1 being released on it's own?)
Kingdom of Heaven (Awesome!)

 

[kaching]

There's a few movies that I've been holding off on buying until the HD formats started to kick in. Batman Begins, Kill Bill would be a great place to start.

 

[M3wThr33]

I liked Sky High, too.
Especially the part where

Spoiler

the kid discovers his super strength and his dad gets him an Xbox.

In the theatre when that happened I yelled out

Spoiler

"I get it now! He can lift it!"

 

[DarkJediKnight]

Dual Layer 50GB, 7.1 PCM audio.

New scans showing additional footage for Blu-ray release.