HD DVD & Blu-ray - Release Calendar 2007
#51
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Thanks. That's what I was guessing reading through the thread as far as the colors.
What about the other columns, how do I decode those? Some are more obvious than others.
What about the other columns, how do I decode those? Some are more obvious than others.
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Here's the key that Grubert uses:
Originally Posted by Grubert
Color coding:
Red= HD DVD title not announced on Blu-ray
Blue= Blu-ray title not announced on HD DVD
Orange= HD DVD title announced on Blu-ray elsewhere in the calendar
Green= Blu-ray title announced on HD DVD elsewhere in the calendar
St: studio (D=Disney, F=Fox, L=Lionsgate, M=MGM, P= Paramount, S= Sony, U= Universal, W=Warner, O=Other)
DT: disk type (DL=dual layer, SL: single layer, CO: combo - undefined HD side; SC: combo with SL HD side, DC: combo with DL HD side)
VC: video codec (V=VC-1, M=MPEG-2, A=AVC)
PQ: picture quality rating given by highdefdigest
Audio: DD+= Dolby Digital+, DD= Dolby Digital, DTHD= Dolby TrueHD (lossless), PCM= uncompressed LPCM, DTH= DTS HD, DTMA= DTHS Lossless Master Audio
This calendar contains all firm titles that are going to be released for the American market.
There are many other lists, but they are arranged alphabetically, or by format and/or studios. Here I intend to make a list by release date, so that anyone can use it to see what is available at any given moment. I'll update it as more information is disclosed.
To qualify, a title must have been announced by the studio (with price and availability date), or be available for preorder (not availability notification or obvious placeholder) at two different North American sites.
Note all data are subject to change at any time until release date.
Red= HD DVD title not announced on Blu-ray
Blue= Blu-ray title not announced on HD DVD
Orange= HD DVD title announced on Blu-ray elsewhere in the calendar
Green= Blu-ray title announced on HD DVD elsewhere in the calendar
St: studio (D=Disney, F=Fox, L=Lionsgate, M=MGM, P= Paramount, S= Sony, U= Universal, W=Warner, O=Other)
DT: disk type (DL=dual layer, SL: single layer, CO: combo - undefined HD side; SC: combo with SL HD side, DC: combo with DL HD side)
VC: video codec (V=VC-1, M=MPEG-2, A=AVC)
PQ: picture quality rating given by highdefdigest
Audio: DD+= Dolby Digital+, DD= Dolby Digital, DTHD= Dolby TrueHD (lossless), PCM= uncompressed LPCM, DTH= DTS HD, DTMA= DTHS Lossless Master Audio
This calendar contains all firm titles that are going to be released for the American market.
There are many other lists, but they are arranged alphabetically, or by format and/or studios. Here I intend to make a list by release date, so that anyone can use it to see what is available at any given moment. I'll update it as more information is disclosed.
To qualify, a title must have been announced by the studio (with price and availability date), or be available for preorder (not availability notification or obvious placeholder) at two different North American sites.
Note all data are subject to change at any time until release date.
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On the high-def front today, Warner has informed us that the street date for the HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases of The Road Warrior and Battle of the Bulge have been moved back a bit from 5/8 to 5/15.
On the high-def front today, Warner has informed us that the street date for the HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases of The Road Warrior and Battle of the Bulge have been moved back a bit from 5/8 to 5/15.
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Got 2 new paramount titles that will be coming for both formats:
Shooter: 07/31/07 with msrp of $39.99
Black Snake Moan: 06/26/07 with msrp of $39.99
BR also has two concerts coming:
Bruce Springsteen: Live in????(cuts off): 06/05/07 with msrp of $24.98
Chris Botti: Live with Orchestra: 05/29/07 with msrp of $21.98
Shooter: 07/31/07 with msrp of $39.99
Black Snake Moan: 06/26/07 with msrp of $39.99
BR also has two concerts coming:
Bruce Springsteen: Live in????(cuts off): 06/05/07 with msrp of $24.98
Chris Botti: Live with Orchestra: 05/29/07 with msrp of $21.98
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Originally Posted by Kocheese99
Got 2 new paramount titles that will be coming for both formats:
Shooter: 07/31/07 with msrp of $39.99
Black Snake Moan: 06/26/07 with msrp of $39.99
BR also has two concerts coming:
Bruce Springsteen: Live in????(cuts off): 06/05/07 with msrp of $24.98
Chris Botti: Live with Orchestra: 05/29/07 with msrp of $21.98
Shooter: 07/31/07 with msrp of $39.99
Black Snake Moan: 06/26/07 with msrp of $39.99
BR also has two concerts coming:
Bruce Springsteen: Live in????(cuts off): 06/05/07 with msrp of $24.98
Chris Botti: Live with Orchestra: 05/29/07 with msrp of $21.98
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news...on_Blu-ray/563
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BLOOD DIAMOND on Blu-Ray June 5th. On HD-DVD with exclusive extras July 2.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Five Time Academy Award® Nominee
Debuts in High Definition
June 5 on Blu-ray Disc from Warner Home Video
Also Debuting For the First Time Ever July 2 on HD-DVD
The First WHV High Definition Title to Include New
Web-Enabled Features
Burbank, California (April 18, 2007) – June 5 marks Warner Home Video’s high definition debut of the heart-pounding adventure Blood Diamond on Blu-ray Disc, a must-have for Blu-ray Disc collectors. Blood Diamond has been nominated for five Academy Awards® including Best Actor (DiCaprio) and Best Supporting Actor (Hounsou). Also bursting with extras, the HD DVD will debut July 2 and includes commentary by director Edward Zwick, featurettes and production diaries.
The HD DVD of Blood Diamond will be the first HD DVD to include web-enabled extras which allows viewers to use their players to offer opinions in WHV’s online polls and to view other exciting special features such as maps of conflict pertaining to war-torn areas in Africa.
The HD DVD version of Blood Diamond will also contain the In-Movie Experience (IME), an exclusive interactive feature that allows viewers to enjoy new ways of accessing interviews and other material while the movie is running. In addition, for the first time WHV will include the new Focus Points feature that takes the viewer to exciting in-depth featurettes and production diaries. The IME for Blood Diamond allows viewers to embark on an epic journey with director Edward Zwick, charting the emotional and filmmaking challenges of Blood Diamond.
Acclaimed filmmaker Edward Zwick (Last Samurai, Glory) directs this thrilling epic about the human cost of the diamond trade set in war-torn Sierra Leone. The film which was touted as “undeniably gripping” (David Ansen, Newsweek), stars three-time Academy Award® nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed, The Aviator, Gangs of New York), two-time Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou (Constantine, Gladiator, In America) and Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly (Little Children, A Beautiful Mind). The HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs will be available for $28.99 SRP. Order due date is May 1.
Blood Diamond is a powerful film that takes you on an unforgettable journey through harsh, yet astonishingly beautiful West Africa. Nominated as one of the best films of 2006 by the National Board of Review, Djimon Hounsou won Best Supporting Actor from the National Board of Review, and the Screen Actors Guild honored the film with Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Djimon Hounsou).
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler (Leonard DiCaprio). A Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsou). Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman’s son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside. Directed by Edward Zwick (Glory, The Last Samurai), this urgent, intensely moving adventure shapes gripping human stories and heart-pounding action into a modern epic of profound impact.
Special Features:
Behind the Story
· Focus Points: Featurettes and Production Diaries
· Commentary by Director Edward Zwick
· Blood on the Stone: Follow a Diamond’s Path from the Ground to the Store
· Becoming Archer: Profiling Leonardo DiCaprio
· Journalism on the Front Line: Jennifer Connelly on Women Journalists at War
· Inside the Siege of Freetown: Edward Zwick on One of the Movie’s Pivotal Sequences
· Nas Shine on ’Em Music Video
· Theatrical Trailer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Five Time Academy Award® Nominee
Debuts in High Definition
June 5 on Blu-ray Disc from Warner Home Video
Also Debuting For the First Time Ever July 2 on HD-DVD
The First WHV High Definition Title to Include New
Web-Enabled Features
Burbank, California (April 18, 2007) – June 5 marks Warner Home Video’s high definition debut of the heart-pounding adventure Blood Diamond on Blu-ray Disc, a must-have for Blu-ray Disc collectors. Blood Diamond has been nominated for five Academy Awards® including Best Actor (DiCaprio) and Best Supporting Actor (Hounsou). Also bursting with extras, the HD DVD will debut July 2 and includes commentary by director Edward Zwick, featurettes and production diaries.
The HD DVD of Blood Diamond will be the first HD DVD to include web-enabled extras which allows viewers to use their players to offer opinions in WHV’s online polls and to view other exciting special features such as maps of conflict pertaining to war-torn areas in Africa.
The HD DVD version of Blood Diamond will also contain the In-Movie Experience (IME), an exclusive interactive feature that allows viewers to enjoy new ways of accessing interviews and other material while the movie is running. In addition, for the first time WHV will include the new Focus Points feature that takes the viewer to exciting in-depth featurettes and production diaries. The IME for Blood Diamond allows viewers to embark on an epic journey with director Edward Zwick, charting the emotional and filmmaking challenges of Blood Diamond.
Acclaimed filmmaker Edward Zwick (Last Samurai, Glory) directs this thrilling epic about the human cost of the diamond trade set in war-torn Sierra Leone. The film which was touted as “undeniably gripping” (David Ansen, Newsweek), stars three-time Academy Award® nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed, The Aviator, Gangs of New York), two-time Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou (Constantine, Gladiator, In America) and Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly (Little Children, A Beautiful Mind). The HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs will be available for $28.99 SRP. Order due date is May 1.
Blood Diamond is a powerful film that takes you on an unforgettable journey through harsh, yet astonishingly beautiful West Africa. Nominated as one of the best films of 2006 by the National Board of Review, Djimon Hounsou won Best Supporting Actor from the National Board of Review, and the Screen Actors Guild honored the film with Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Djimon Hounsou).
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler (Leonard DiCaprio). A Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsou). Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman’s son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside. Directed by Edward Zwick (Glory, The Last Samurai), this urgent, intensely moving adventure shapes gripping human stories and heart-pounding action into a modern epic of profound impact.
Special Features:
Behind the Story
· Focus Points: Featurettes and Production Diaries
· Commentary by Director Edward Zwick
· Blood on the Stone: Follow a Diamond’s Path from the Ground to the Store
· Becoming Archer: Profiling Leonardo DiCaprio
· Journalism on the Front Line: Jennifer Connelly on Women Journalists at War
· Inside the Siege of Freetown: Edward Zwick on One of the Movie’s Pivotal Sequences
· Nas Shine on ’Em Music Video
· Theatrical Trailer
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Hmm, given equal audio/video specs, this will be interesting to see which one has more pre-orders and/or sells more discs.
Im on the fence with this one, I didnt love the movie like some, but I might snag the HD-DVD.
Very interesting decision to go ahead and release BD earlier. It does look like WB is not against doing this for either format.
Im on the fence with this one, I didnt love the movie like some, but I might snag the HD-DVD.
Very interesting decision to go ahead and release BD earlier. It does look like WB is not against doing this for either format.
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I'll be purchasing the HD DVD of Blood Diamond since it has the IME. I blind bought this one recently and loved it. Much, much better than I expected. DiCaprio was terrific as was Hounsou.
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Well, I'm glad Warner is releasing it sans the IME stuff for BD, since that's not a factor for me and I was about to pick up the DVD if I hadn't heard anything soon. So why isn't the same being done to The Matrix Hopefully there will be lossless tracks on this since HDD says the tech specs will be the same for both, though they don't list them.
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Originally Posted by matome
So why isn't the same being done to The Matrix
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Wow, no grumblings from BD-only supporters that they are paying the exact same price for the BD version with less stuff on it ($28.99)?
I would be po'd at WB if I were BD-only supporter.
I would be po'd at WB if I were BD-only supporter.
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I would be po'd at WB if I were BD-only supporter.
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Originally Posted by bboisvert
BD-J isn't up and running. WB is just doing the best they can with a tough situation. I'd be po'd... but not at WB.
Same price, but BD has less features. It should be a bit less since it IS less.
Personally, I love almost everything that WB is doing.
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Even if I owned both I would still pick the HD-DVD, I've really enjoyed using the IME features. It'll be interesting to see what happens with 300.
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