Batman Begin promo clip?

[u_nick]

Sorry if this is old, as I havent been around that long on this board yet, but I saw something that surprised me in Best Buy today.

Walking down one aisle, i saw far away the BRD demo setup, with a clip of Corpse Bride playing. No problem. As I go through the store, I finally end up at the BRD demo, and a Batman Begins clip is playing. Specifically the highway chase.

I double check to make sure I'm actually at the BRD demo, and I even hit the pause button on the BRD player below, and sure enough it is. I wait for the end of the clip, and at the end it says "Coming Soon from Warner Home Video".

(It might have even said "Coming this summer", but I cant confirm)

Is this an old clip? Or something new? Did we know WB were actually working on it? Or were we just assuming they'd get to it eventually?

[Damon Payne]

They have announced that Batman Begins will come out for BD as soon as a PIP feature is available in the BD-J authoring tools. I for one would like to know if this is even possible in BD-J and if so if anyone knows when its available. Guess I'll ask on the insider's thread.

[phloyd]

It is not clear what aspect of BD-J or hardware or whatever is needed for PiP.

In any case, this clip was also used by Samsung at CES as well as LG IIRC, in both cases playing from a BD.

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by u_nick

Is this an old clip? Or something new? Did we know WB were actually working on it? Or were we just assuming they'd get to it eventually?

This is a BD demo I've being seeing since November on Samsung players on BestBuy:

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

A BD demo playing in a Samsung BD player has Batman Begins and some other Warner title. Btw, Batman Begins on that demo had slightly more edge sharpness than the IMAX presentation I saw of it.

This demo (or another one similar) has Charlie Chocolate and Chicken Little among others.

[goodstuff]

Yep, still playing in all the Best Buys I've been in recently.

[FourToedStatue]

The Pirates films are going to have java features. I expect WB's missing films to be released in the early summer as well. We'll probably hear from Warner in March.