Archived: Insiders Thread

[woodspoon]

Paidgeek, I just read that the Italian and German versions of HOLLOW MAN have 3 TRUEHD tracks!! Is it true? If so, congratulations! I think it´s a first, isn´t it?

[SS316SRV]

Is there much push for TV series on blu. I know that you can find any damned thing on SD, but with more shows in HD now, I would think it would be easy.

Namely, I want Arrested Development on Blu.

[Luis_A51]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

What he is trying to talk about is some arcane issue with how clock jitter can pass through your DtoA converter. He is implying that L1 will have more jitter than L0 and that the frequency of any such jitter would be in the audible frequency range and not eliminated by the clocking and buffering strategy in the player. This kind of issue had relevance in CD players, but does not hold water in Blu-ray (or HD-DVD for that matter) because these devices are not clocking themselves based on the audio data comiing off the disc.

wouldnt the proper term by archaic, as in very old?
Their goes amir again using some invalid argument.

[Hussla]

Is it true that Universal have recently been snooping around Blu-Ray production facilities? I remember a comment on this thread earlier and one of the insiders confirmed it.

Paid, penton would you happen to know any more?

[spam.curitiba]

Originally Posted by Sonny

I have my first question for the insiders, my favorite show is "The Unit", its made by FOX so I hope they will put season 1 & 2 (& soon 3) on Blu-Ray. So what are my chances of seeing it on Blu-Ray ???? Its already an HDTV show so it should not that hard??? Thanks for your help

well it is one cbs which is owned by viacom....so I bet there would be some holdups with this one.

[kjack]

Originally Posted by Richard Paul

paidgeek, I have been reading various posts both here and on AVS Forum about text outlining and from what bkilian posted it isn't required on HD DVD. As such is text outlining a feature that is unique to BD-Video 1.1 and BD-Live players? bkilian posted later on that HD DVD could emulate subtitle like font outlines by using two lines of text that are offset by a couple of pixels but would it be safe to assume that the text outlining feature in BD-Video 1.1 and BD-Live is more advanced than that?

Outline fonts, actually TrueType fonts in an OpenType container I believe, are starting to be widely adopted by a variety of specifications. Rather than a bit map of a character, there are hints on how to actually draw it and it is resolution independent. So in addition to the usual advantages others described, is the ability to scale the text up/down without affecting readability, especially complex Asian characters. Faking the text outlining as described can make them unreadable when scaled, which was what everyone is trying to avoid. Other capabilities came along for free...

Outline fonts also allow the user to increase the font size with no loss of clarity in the case of using a small screen (think portable or car video here) or sitting far away from the screen.

Saying you can emulate font outlines by using two lines of offset text is like saying a VW with a leather steering wheel emulates a BMW or Mercedes. And doing drop shadows using offset text for bitmaps has been around for years.

[JBlacklow]

Originally Posted by spam.curitiba

well it is one cbs which is owned by viacom....so I bet there would be some holdups with this one.

It doesn't matter which network runs it, only who owns it. If Fox owns it, CBS/Viacom has no say over releases.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by spam.curitiba

well it is one cbs which is owned by viacom....so I bet there would be some holdups with this one.

But the DVD's say FOX so that gave me hope I thought since it was CBS there was no way to get them on BD but FOX put's them on DVD so I dont know what to think

[SS316SRV]

Arrested Development?

[phloyd]

Arrested Development is Fox.

My Name is Earl is also Fox, though aired on NBC.

Veronica Mars aired on UPN and CW but is produced by Warner.

I would love to see all of these on BD

BTW, just look at the DVD sets on Amazon and they have the studio listed in the details... The Unit is also released by Fox...

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

I hope everyone is alright down there, we haven't heard from them in a while.

The fire came within 200- 300 yards of one of the buildings in the S.E. compound but, the structures are intact.
The problem is that some employees have homes in the surrounding environs like Poway etc., so they’ve had to leave their residences and evacuate to safer areas.
I believe that, at this time, it is undetermined if/how many employees may have lost their homes to the fire.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Hussla

Is it true that Universal have recently been snooping around Blu-Ray production facilities? I remember a comment on this thread earlier and one of the insiders confirmed it.

Paid, penton would you happen to know any more?

Their people have been sniffing around for awhile……….which indicates how invalid past statements by Alan Bell are regarding disc production.

[sj001]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Their people have been sniffing around for awhile……….which indicates how invalid past statements by Alan Bell are regarding disc production.

I think the only obvious course for Universal is to go neutral, there are just too many small things happening that all seem to add up to that... guess we'll find out next year. Maybe when Paramount is done with their contract, they will s&*tcan Alan Bell, using him as their fall guy.

[SS316SRV]

Originally Posted by sj001

I think the only obvious course for Universal is to go neutral, there are just too many small things happening that all seem to add up to that... guess we'll find out next year. Maybe when Paramount is done with their contract, they will s&*tcan Alan Bell, using him as their fall guy.

THe obvious thing is for Toshiba to give up...

[hollywoodguy]

Originally Posted by Sonny

But the DVD's say FOX so that gave me hope I thought since it was CBS there was no way to get them on BD but FOX put's them on DVD so I dont know what to think

It's a Fox property, but don't expect it to be released on BD anytime soon. This has nothing to do with CBS, though.

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by kjack

Blu-ray players/recorders: Sony (4/2), Panasonic (2/5), Pioneer (4/0), Philips (2/0), Sharp (2/2), Samsung (3/0), JVC, Denon (2/0), Marantz, Daewoo (1/0), Loewe (1/0), Funai (Sylvania, Emerson, Magnavox, etc.), Hitachi (0/1), Harmon Kardon, Ben-Q, Alienware

Keith,

I've been wanting to ask this for a few weeks. So in your signature, those are obviously Blu-ray manufacturers, but what do the numbers mean? For example, does 2/0 mean "two players announced, none released?" What's throwing me from that logic is Panasonic w 2/5 since they obviously cannot release more players than they've announced. What am I missing? Can you pls explain?

[Hussla]

One thing that stumps me, a fox title "Rise of The Silver Surfer" is blu-ray with BD+ !

YET in Europe I believe it is available on HD-DVD region free (and easy to pirate) doesn't that totally defeat the purpose of Fox bothering with BD+ when it's HD content can be purchased from overseas without the security? Why can't fox control what media format distributors release their movies on, and or specify clauses to stop their films been relased on a format they don't back, it's very strange. Yet Spielberg can stop his films from been released by Universal on HD-DVD.

[kaliraver]

Does any insider have any info on when Weinstein might go neutral or BD exclusive?

[Hussla]

Originally Posted by Esox50

Keith,

I've been wanting to ask this for a few weeks. So in your signature, those are obviously Blu-ray manufacturers, but what do the numbers mean? For example, does 2/0 mean "two players announced, none released?" What's throwing me from that logic is Panasonic w 2/5 since they obviously cannot release more players than they've announced. What am I missing? Can you pls explain?

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Their people have been sniffing around for awhile……….which indicates how invalid past statements by Alan Bell are regarding disc production.

The question then is WHEN will something actually happen, that is really what i'd love to know. I am seriously contemplating buying a HD-DVD player PURELY for Battlestar and I desperately do not want to waste money on another HD player, i'd be a lot happier to have my BSG episodes on BD

[RickD]

Originally Posted by Esox50

Keith,

I've been wanting to ask this for a few weeks. So in your signature, those are obviously Blu-ray manufacturers, but what do the numbers mean? For example, does 2/0 mean "two players announced, none released?" What's throwing me from that logic is Panasonic w 2/5 since they obviously cannot release more players than they've announced. What am I missing? Can you pls explain?

I am obviously not Keith, but those numbers are:

(# of players/# of recorders)

So Panasonic has 2 Players and 5 recorders.

Rick