Vancouver Olympics Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set

[uk-guy]

up for pre-order $79.95

http://store.ctvolympics.ca/Pages/pr...VD-BR-I&rank=1

enjoy.

[uk-guy]

up for pre-order $79.95

http://store.ctvolympics.ca/Pages/pr...VD-BR-I&rank=1

[#Darren]

Interesting, I wish they would do this with some other sports.

[goforwand123]

From what I have seen all it would be is high definition fog!

[DetroitSportsFan]

Nice find.

[DetroitSportsFan]

I wonder if other countries will release Olympics Blus as well?

[eatbear]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

I wonder if other countries will release Olympics Blus as well?

Yeah... I would love to see a Blu-ray of the Opening Ceremonies in Beijing -- that would be an epic visual treat!

[Tanv54]

Originally Posted by eatbear

Yeah... I would love to see a Blu-ray of the Opening Ceremonies in Beijing -- that would be an epic visual treat!

I would love to see the 2008 olympics as well, but i think he is referring to this winter olympics b/c that is a canadian edition and focused on canada. I think he was referring to US or other countries getting a edition as well.

[Exist2Inspire]

I pre-ordered this last week. I believe if you do so, you get a free Olympic PhotoBook as well.

And judging by CTV's OTA HD broadcast, this will look awesome!

[DetroitSportsFan]

Call me OCD, but I'm not a fan of the packaging.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Tanv54

I would love to see the 2008 olympics as well, but i think he is referring to this winter olympics b/c that is a canadian edition and focused on canada. I think he was referring to US or other countries getting a edition as well.

Right.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Tanv54

I would love to see the 2008 olympics as well, but i think he is referring to this winter olympics b/c that is a canadian edition and focused on canada. I think he was referring to US or other countries getting a edition as well.

I highly doubt that will happen. CTV has exclusive rights to all footage from these Olympic games. Other countries would have to pay CTV for the rights to have access to said footage. Everything seen by the world about these Olympics is given to those networks by CTV feeds. There have even been explicit warnings on TV during commercial breaks that "all footage of the 2010 Olympic Games is property of blah-blah-blah. Any reproduction and/or unauthorized display of Olympic content is strictly forbidden." Well... I had to paraphrase that, but you get the jist of it.

I know that I'll be ordering it! And, for those considering it as well, take note. It will be focused mainly on the Canadian successes and performances of these games and not the performances of other countries.

[DetroitSportsFan]

NBC/Universal (who is showing the Olympics in the U.S.) is releasing a DVD, but looks like no BD.

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/det...=olympics_dvds

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

NBC/Universal (who is showing the Olympics in the U.S.) is releasing a DVD, but looks like no BD.

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/det...=olympics_dvds

Interesting... it doesn't even look like they have any more than a single disc for their release. I wonder if it's because of the contract that CTV has? The CTV edition is multiple discs and seems to be in a better position to make use of the Blu-ray spec. With the limited footage that NBC has access to, I would imagine that it was deemed "not worthy" to put it on BD.

[Nightshade]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

NBC/Universal (who is showing the Olympics in the U.S.) is releasing a DVD, but looks like no BD.

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/det...=olympics_dvds

i might get this.i only really want it for the U.S STUFF anyways
Lindsey Vonn
Shaun White
Seth Wescott
Hannah Teter

[wallendo]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

Interesting... it doesn't even look like they have any more than a single disc for their release. I wonder if it's because of the contract that CTV has? The CTV edition is multiple discs and seems to be in a better position to make use of the Blu-ray spec. With the limited footage that NBC has access to, I would imagine that it was deemed "not worthy" to put it on BD.

I doubt NBC has "limited footage". They have had three channels of events on during prime time for the last two weeks, all in hi-def.

All Olympic games have common video feeds, with different countries using their own announcers. All of this is licensed well before the games start.

I suspect the real reason NBC is just releasing a single-disc DVD is because they don't think an Olympics disc will sell well in the US. Other than player's families, I doubt there is much of a market for many hours of Olympics footage, especially since everyone will already know hos the events end up.

[D-Blitz]

If someone wants to get one from outside Canada, I can help with that at cost.

[SteelPen]

I'd like to see a BD of the Winter Olympic hockey tournament!

[D-Blitz]

Originally Posted by Redliner17k

I'd like to see a BD of the Winter Olympic hockey tournament!

I believe one of the discs is only hockey.

[partysan]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

NBC/Universal (who is showing the Olympics in the U.S.) is releasing a DVD, but looks like no BD.

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/det...=olympics_dvds

In order to comply with NBC time delayed broadcasting of the Olympics, this set will ship in 2013.