Archived: Insiders Thread

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by juanleche

The below was posted on a different gaming news site. Will we see Sony responding to this issue in the future? If not what is the reason? Why has there been no comment by Sony on this subject at all? Should not all HDTV owners see all PS3 HD Blu-Ray games in HD? Currently they don't. Why is this been allowed to go on for 1 year with no official comment?


" That is correct. One of the most noticeable ones was just a few weeks ago, I had put a blog entry up on the US PlayStation blog, and I got a bunch of responses asking me about the resolutions we support. Up until that day, we were only supporting 720p and it never really crossed our minds to support anything else. In the US, we have this issue where a lot of early adopters with HDTVs have TVs that only support 1080i. So if you have a TV that supports 1080i and the game only supports 720p, the PS3 will default to 480p, which isn't even high-def and is not the way Uncharted should be experienced. So they bought that to my attention--I mean, it was kind of embarrassing that we didn't know that before--and literally within the hour we had 1080i support up to take care of all those people. "

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/u...1783&mode=news

Also: http://boardsus.playstation.com/play...43693#M1543693

I'm not sure what your question is???

[Amon37]

Paidgeek has stated mulitple times he is not in that department and can't comment.


Paid, he is asking when Sony is going to fix it so that all 720p games will scale to 1080i if you have a old CRT that does 480p and 1080i only resolutions.

[horseflesh]

Paidgeek, seeing as someone else touched on "outside the US"....
in your "intro" post on the first page of this thread, you say that
"I do think the Blu-ray format is better than HD-DVD in key areas and especially for Europe"

Why especially for Europe??

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by sahoward

Hi Insiders, please tell me that the latest Nikki Finke Format War dispatch which closes with an open question as to whether Warner will stay neutral is just a thrown off line and not something that may actually come to pass.

I really don’t know what other reassurance I can give you….. other than to tell you to re-read my last post.

Now I’ve got to get my stuff ready for a par-tay this evening.

[darinp2]

Not sure if this really qualifies as a question, as I don't expect we can get an answer. So, maybe a suggestion within a question.

Given that Paramount bragged about beating the record that 300 held for most sales on a format in the first week, while the subsequent Videoscan First Alert data shows numbers that are about 20% higher for 300 on Blu-ray than Transformers on HD DVD, how does Warner feel about the claim from Paramount about beating their record? Do studios tend to care about things like this? Isn't the main guy who speaks for Warner now an ex-Disney employee. Maybe somebody at Disney who knows him should call him up and see how he feels.

--Darin

[juanleche]

Originally Posted by Amon37

Paidgeek has stated mulitple times he is not in that department and can't comment.


Paid, he is asking when Sony is going to fix it so that all 720p games will scale to 1080i if you have a old CRT that does 480p and 1080i only resolutions.

Or at least acknowledge that this issue exists and even better address wheterh a fix is even in the works. not doing so leaves room for the tons of speculation on this issue that currently exists. I've seen many PS3 owners express that they feel slighted by the lack of acknowledgment from Sony on this. At the least - letting consumers know what Sony's position is will put this issue to bed and allow many individuals move forward. As it is many good games are not purchased because of this, and I've seen people put off buying a PS3 because they are unsure if it would ever be fully compatible with the HDTVs they currently own.

Sorry to rant - my question is:

Should 1080i only HDTV owners ever expect that 720p 0nly PS3 games will be upscaled by the PS3, or will there be a mandate by Sony that all developers do as Naughty Dog did and add the support in game. From what the developer writes it appears to be simple to add upscaling in-game and further that they were not even aware.

My suggestion: if ther eis no intention for hardware upscaling of PS3 games then Sony make all developers aware of this issue and express the benefit$ of adding this user desired support.

Thanks
Also I acknowledge that perhaps no one of the insiders here can provide answers for various reasons, so I request that if you are un able to answer at the least past these concerns on to any persons who may be effective in addressing them.

[darinp2]

Thanks for the update, Maxpower1987.

--Darin

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by MarekM

Paidgeek, can you please check if Surf's up UK edition have 24bit/48kHz DolbyTrueHD ?

And what are audio specs for Meet the Robinsons UK edition ? PCM ? DoblyTrueHD ? 24bit ?

thank you very much,
Marek

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=66207
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=65294

As I confirmed already, yes, it will have 24bit THD.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...27s#post245606


Meet the Robinsons is not our title, and I don't know what Disney has planned for that one.

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by ArkGuy

I wasn't asking for a specific release date (though I'm obviously curious), rather a comment on general straegy/philospophy about when certain types of titles are thought to be best rolled out. Sorry for not making that more clear.

You can count the major catalog title from SPE on one hand. We will have several of them out next year with at least one in the Spring. If you have seen the critical reviews of some other older titles, you will understand why we are being cautious about releasing these.

[Jamh]

Do any Insiders have influence over at Warner? If so, since they're supposedly holding back Batman Begins until The Dark Knight is released is there any way you could suggest they release Batman: Mask of the Phantasm on Blu as well?

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

Paidgeek, seeing as someone else touched on "outside the US"....
in your "intro" post on the first page of this thread, you say that
"I do think the Blu-ray format is better than HD-DVD in key areas and especially for Europe"

Why especially for Europe??

You probably have seen in some earlier posts that we are releasing title with multiple lossless audio tracks. Our intention is to support all the major dubbed languages with lossless just has we have it for the original track in the US. This is difficult or impossible to do with HD-DVD because they don't have either the disc capacity or bandwidth. We have also released titles with up to 8 different audio dubs on a single disc. This means a single title version can cover all territories where it might otherwise not have been released at all due to the costs of creating all the required versions.

And don't let anyone try to convince you that DD+ is just as good to most consumers ears as lossless. It's not, and you can prove it to yourself if you have an HD-DVD player and pick up some titles that have both stream types on the same disc.

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

You probably have seen in some earlier posts that we are releasing title with multiple lossless audio tracks. Our intention is to support all the major dubbed languages with lossless just has we have it for the original track in the US. This is difficult or impossible to do with HD-DVD because they don't have either the disc capacity or bandwidth. We have also released titles with up to 8 different audio dubs on a single disc. This means a title can be for all territories where it might otherwise not have been released at all due to the costs of creating all the required versions.

And don't let anyone try to convince you that DD+ is just as good to most consumers ears as lossless. It's not, and you can prove it to yourself if you have an HD-DVD player and pick up some titles that have both stream types on the same disc.

OK gotcha.
I suppose I'm lucky English is my spoken language and I can buy my discs from the US, but yes that is good that you're satisfying my cousins on the European mainland!!!
Funny; I was in Belgium last weekend with my brother and a friend of ours and we got by with barely a word of French and no Flemish between us.

But, has major research been done to find out if non-English speakers want a sondtrack in their own language?? Personally, when I watch a foreign language movie I prefer to listen to the original language with English subtitles.

[GreenMotion]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

But, has major research been done to find out if non-English speakers want a sondtrack in their own language?? Personally, when I watch a foreign language movie I prefer to listen to the original language with English subtitles.

I have lived in Europe (the Netherlands to be exact) for nearly 20 years, and the one trend I noticed is that Germans LOVE dubbed movies. People in most other countries (Netherlands, Belgium, France, Luxembourg) seem to prefer subtitles .... but not our German friends.

I have watched so much German TV growing up, and most of it was dubbed. Even regular TV shows like Married with Children etc. etc.

Edit: Except for little kid's movies. I know most european countries play two versions of kids movies in the theatres. One dubbed and one subtitled. Think for instance "little Mermaid", "tarzan", "Jungle book" etc. etc.

[J6P]

Paidgeek,

I imagine this isn't your area (and I'm positive you have bigger fish to fry) but here goes anyway. Would it be possible to bury some of those excellent Bravia commercials down in the Special Features menu of a Sony release here and there? I'm talking about the frequently forwarded internet sensations such as Pyramid, Paint, Play-Doh and Balls:

http://www.bravia-advert.com/commerc...tcommhigh.html

I for one would love to see a reference-grade encode of these on my set at home.

Thanks for your time!

[atomik kinder]

Originally Posted by Rustmonsteru

For Anyone:

I’m curious if someone can tell me where Image Entertainment stands right now so far as blu-ray is concerned. This Spring in Arstechnica they sighted mastering cost per title as being prohibitively high for them to enter the arena. This Summer our own news shows they are at least involved with some projects. So it’s fall and I’m wondering if anything has changed in their stance. I’m primarily interested in the library of properties they acquired from HVE when they purchased that company. Thanks.

The relevant links:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060316-6400.html
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=317

Image is releasing Suburban Girl and some other movie, I remember it being announced on the news page a while ago. In fact this weeks Hom Media Magazine has an advert for it.

[phloyd]

Originally Posted by GreenMotion

I have watched so much German TV growing up, and most of it was dubbed. Even regular TV shows like Married with Children etc. etc.

I have seen Australian soap operas dubbed into German on sat TV. I couldn't believe it. France seems to like dubbed movies too... though perhaps not as much...

[radagast]

There are changes at Warner. Any comments from our gurus?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=21336

[Hussla]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

May I ask why you don't want to buy your local version? Some titles are being released into your market before, or at the same time as the US market.

In the Australian market we pay more for BD discs than DVD discs and more than what is paid in the US.

I imported 4 BD discs from Amazon US even with S&H I ended up saving approx $10ea movie (not much but it adds up)

There's also that sometimes locally released versions are cut down, devoid of extras, take forever to be released here, etc.

[Iceman_II]

Originally Posted by J6P

Paidgeek,

I imagine this isn't your area (and I'm positive you have bigger fish to fry) but here goes anyway. Would it be possible to bury some of those excellent Bravia commercials down in the Special Features menu of a Sony release here and there? I'm talking about the frequently forwarded internet sensations such as Pyramid, Paint, Play-Doh and Balls:

http://www.bravia-advert.com/commerc...tcommhigh.html

I for one would love to see a reference-grade encode of these on my set at home.

Thanks for your time!

OMG... never seen that ad. It took about 15 minutes to download from across the pond, but even in low def "flash" it was worth it... how bout it paid, can Sony find a way to use these wonderfully creative ads as "easter eggs"?

[Hussla]

It's been reported that the PS3 will receive firmware upgrade 2.0 but nothing is mentioned about BD1.1 spec, Paid would you have any further info as to whether or not 1.1spec will be included in this update?