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About This Page: This is a discussion on Computers/Tech/Photo within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. Originally Posted by Mr. Irreverent
Nobody's been fired yet?
Word around the campfire is Ken Graffeo will be handed a pinkslip soon. (Which is why someone other than KG himself
Word around the campfire is Ken Graffeo will be handed a pinkslip soon. (Which is why someone other than KG himself made the Uni announcement, since he's been the mouthpiece for the company's HD home video strategy.)
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I still think Paramount might have been the smartest sons-of-bitches out there. They took a nice pay off, waited until Toshiba breaches its contract while only losing a fraction of the amount in sales on Blu-ray, and then they get to re-join the winners at the finish line.
The sooner Graffeo gets shown the door the better for all home video, IMO. Now comes the important stuff - whether Paramount and Universal actually go forward with effort to improve and maximize their potential with Blu-ray, or simply port over transfers with compressed audio until actual specific BD encodes can be put together.
Anyone have a guess as to what Universal and Paramount titles will hit the market first?
Obviously for Paramount, Transformers, Blades of Glory and maybe Face/Off or Top Gun would be front and center, as those titles had to be in the can when they made their move last year. (Blades of Glory are probably all ready to ship.) The Jack Ryan Collection is another that might have been ready to go.
Universal? That is going to be a tricky one. I still don't see any big-name titles announced until at least Q4, perhaps maybe a Speilberg or Speilberg-related title. I'm guessing we'll see simple ports of some of their stand-bys - Apollo 13, Backdraft, U-571, Waterworld, King Kong, Hulk, etc. It would be nice to see quick versions of some of their more recent stuff (Bourne Collection, American Gangster, The Kingdom, etc.), but I'm not sure if that won't be better served until a holiday season release - especially Bourne.
I still think Paramount might have been the smartest sons-of-bitches out there. They took a nice pay off, waited until Toshiba breaches its contract while only losing a fraction of the amount in sales on Blu-ray, and then they get to re-join the winners at the finish line.
The sooner Graffeo gets shown the door the better for all home video, IMO. Now comes the important stuff - whether Paramount and Universal actually go forward with effort to improve and maximize their potential with Blu-ray, or simply port over transfers with compressed audio until actual specific BD encodes can be put together.
Anyone have a guess as to what Universal and Paramount titles will hit the market first?
Obviously for Paramount, Transformers, Blades of Glory and maybe Face/Off or Top Gun would be front and center, as those titles had to be in the can when they made their move last year. (Blades of Glory are probably all ready to ship.) The Jack Ryan Collection is another that might have been ready to go.
Universal? That is going to be a tricky one. I still don't see any big-name titles announced until at least Q4, perhaps maybe a Speilberg or Speilberg-related title. I'm guessing we'll see simple ports of some of their stand-bys - Apollo 13, Backdraft, U-571, Waterworld, King Kong, Hulk, etc. It would be nice to see quick versions of some of their more recent stuff (Bourne Collection, American Gangster, The Kingdom, etc.), but I'm not sure if that won't be better served until a holiday season release - especially Bourne.
On Paramount's release sked, I have to agree on all of those titles, especially Blades of Glory. Hell, that thing was already in Big Box Stores' warehouses when the HD DVD exclusivity announcement came down. I really hope Transformers isn't limited to DD+ audio. The DD+ got a really great review, and it does sound exceptional, I'm hoping Paramount makes the best of the extra 20GBs of space and provides some next gen audio tracks.
I wouldn't be surprised if Dreamworks announces the Shrek movies and Saving Private Ryan, as well.
I really hope Uni doesn't try to pass off their HD DVD encodes onto BR releases. If Universal wants to make a big leap in the fray, they gotta' come hard with some exceptional titles and equaled encodes. By the Summer, we should have some scheduled titles announced, I would think. I would suspect they would put the Jurassic Park trilogy out (which I'm sure is already encoded for both formats, as they knew SS was particular to Blu-ray).
But overall, I'm still going to look to HDD's reviews when the Paramount and Uni titles start rolling in, just as I do with WB, Fox, and Sony titles. I'm just not the type of consumer that buys a title just to have it regardless of the subpar PQ or AQ.
The new release software prices are going to start dropping below $20 bucks on a regular basis, just like DVDs did 10 years ago. Catalog titles are already doing that. Con Air (PQ 4/5, AQ 4.5/5), Crimson Tide (PQ 4/5, AQ 4.5/5), and The Rock (PQ 4.5/5, AQ 4.5/5) all are $14.99 at Best Buy right now, and retailed for $19.99. Not bad and it'll only get better and less expensive as more players are purchased.
Last edited by Unfiltered; February 20th, 2008 at 08:10 AM.
Why be so discreet about it? I mean, I know it's The Hollywood Reporter, but sending a press release only to THR in the middle of the night is rather strange.
Anyway, good. But I'm still not getting the lack of titles announcements from either Uni or Paramount.
Seriously. Go for it. If you already have the player, and it's good working order, it doesn't make much sense to try and dump it. That's what some of the other folks are doing. There are some really good titles that look and sound incredible. To get those at standard DVD pricing is a no-brainer.
Besides, how long do you think it'll be Uni gets their BR titles out? On Deep Discount right now, you can score HD DVD titles $12.20-18.89, and that was before the announcement today. (I started when BB and Netflix bailed. )
Whoa! It's amazing how much a statement can change missing one letter. I meant to type "IT started when Netflix and Best Buy bailed" not "I started..."
I still think folks with a decent sized HD DVD library are better off holding onto what they have and picking up some heavily discounted titles if their machine is still in working order.
I know this may be trivla but I really hope that they stop using those stupid blue cases on Blu-Ray discs. It's a minor cosmetic thing, I know. I just feel that in most cases it looks really stupid and takes away from the cover art.
I don't know anything about the movie but I just wanted to include this as a perfect example of what I'm talking about.
I prefer the blue cases as they stand out a little better in a rack. But, I WOULD like the studios to stop it with the self-promotion banners of the medium. (See: the bottom and sometimes top of the sleeve.)
Hey Unfiltered, I know about the previous release, but I was expecting a better transfer as far as audio and video quality was concerned. I've really learned my lesson after buying BS Dracula and House Of Flying Daggers...
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Hey Unfiltered, I know about the previous release, but I was expecting a better transfer as far as audio and video quality was concerned. I've really learned my lesson after buying BS Dracula and House Of Flying Daggers...
HDD gave the PQ 4/5. That's pretty damned good for a 24 year old (when the BR was released) movie.
Audio wise 2.5/5, but that means nothing as this wasn't even (I think) a simple Dolby Surround mix.
HDD's Audio Quality portion of the review:
"Unsurprisingly for a 1983 film, the mix just sounds like stereo. I counted perhaps a half dozen discrete effects at best, and they are hardly effective at creating any sustained atmosphere. 'Trading Places' is also a very dialogue-heavy film, so even the sense of depth to the front channels is meager. Dynamic range is fair -- John Landis has a penchant for using classical and R&B songs on his soundtracks, which often reveal the limitations of this mix. High-end sounds a bit brittle, while there isn't much oomph to the low bass. Dialogue, generally sounds fine, if a bit hard to understand at lower volumes. In short, this one is listenable, but nothing more."
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