When are they suppose to start switching

[Crompton4Heisman]

HDDVD movies to the blu-ray format?

[JasonR]

Nothing announced. I bet there will be a thread about it when it happens though...

[WriteSimply]

If say Universal decides to use the HD DVD video encode to make the BD version, you can see a title within a month. If they want to do a fresh encode, it'll be two months or more.

I think right now Universal is figuring out how to port HDi features to Bonus View on some of their titles. The titles will come so long as they can find a replication slot and make their master on time.


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[nhaase]

Originally Posted by WriteSimply

If say Universal decides to use the HD DVD video encode to make the BD version, you can see a title within a month. If they want to do a fresh encode, it'll be two months or more.

I think right now Universal is figuring out how to port HDi features to Bonus View on some of their titles. The titles will come so long as they can find a replication slot and make their master on time.


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Bill Hunt said earlier that most of Uni's HD DVD encodes simply won't cut it for Blu-ray, and so they will have to be encoded for BD, so I don't know if they'll be able to port over much, if any.

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by nhaase

Bill Hunt said earlier that most of Uni's HD DVD encodes simply won't cut it for Blu-ray, and so they will have to be encoded for BD, so I don't know if they'll be able to port over much, if any.

Well that's good to hear. Fresh encodes FTW!

For the newbies, HD DVD has a lower bandwidth and capacity than BD. While a direct port is possible and give you a good picture, a fresh encode with a great picture is desirable. So hang in there for Universal releases like the rest of us.


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