Archived: Insiders Thread

[Bombthroat]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

I think a lot of this is due to a lack of understanding, which you are clearing up now.

WAY too often people start complaining based on second-hand information. "Everyone knows" squat.

I've got it on pre-order, and I'm looking forward to seeing it. Most of us can't comment until we do see it.

Gary

I love Dracula and wasn't worried at all since Paidgeek has been saying from the beginning that this is an authorized version. I know I'm going to enjoy it when my pre-ordered copy comes in.

Thanks to Paidgeek and his crew for their hard work on not only this title but all titles. SPHE really has become a pillar for quality on HDM. Here's to the future!

[Brandon B]

Originally Posted by Frode

The scratch resistant coating is actually a pretty good selling point IMO. I got a big shipment of BDs not that long ago, and among them were a couple of floaters. Usually with DVDs when that happens they'll be pretty badly scratched up, and I'll be lucky if they play. With BDs however there wasn't a single visible scratch on them.

Same with my Planet Earth disc 2. Damaged case hub let it float loose shipped from Amazon. I was already to be peeved based on previsou experiecne with them and DVDs, but visually not a mark on it and it plays fine.

BB

[aygie]

Hey, any Insider got any news on why Kill Bill & Pulp Fiction were pulled from release in the UK? I hear they might be released in a month...

[blu-rayfan101]

scratch resistent coating is the greatest that was a good move by Sony. One more thing hd dvd doesnt have.

[jkcheng122]

Originally Posted by blu-rayfan101

scratch resistent coating is the greatest that was a good move by Sony. One more thing hd dvd doesnt have.

supposedly hd dvd's coating is same as dvd so it wasnt necessary to implement a scratch resistant coating. if bd didnt have it we'd have a ton of scratched discs. with the coating however, bd are far more scratch resistant than hd dvds.

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by jkcheng122

supposedly hd dvd's coating is same as dvd so it wasnt necessary to implement a scratch resistant coating.

HD-DVD doesn't have a coating. It shares the same physical layering as a DVD, which is why DVD replicators can be retrofitted to print HD-DVD (albeit slower) while it cannot for BD. HD-DVD has what DVD has: a non-scratch resistant cover layer.

Any news if BD companies are still going to go ahead and release Profile 1.0 players in October?


fuad

[RUR]

To kjack:

Can you shed any light on Samsung's decision to cancel all sales of the (formerly) upcoming BD-P2400? Many were looking forward to this player

http://wesleytech.com/samsung-bdp-24...-canceled/380/

[kjack]

Originally Posted by RUR

To kjack: Can you shed any light on Samsung's decision to cancel all sales of the (formerly) upcoming BD-P2400?

I'm in Japan, so just learned about this from you. Luckily that model doesn't use our SoC, so I know it's not our fault.

[MarekM]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

The UK version has 24 bit Dolby THD, 16 bit LPCM and 16 bit DD @640kbps.

The UK version is region ABC, US is region A.

thank you very much again !!! I am looking forward to Surf's Up !!

Marek

[AlaskaDon]

I just saw that Samsung's latest firmware update added DTS-HD Master Audio support to the 1400 model.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...ter_Audio/1012

Was DTS-HD MA going to be the primary difference between the 1400 and 2400 models? If so, I can see why they cancelled the 2400. Not really familiar with either of these models so just speculating.

[BorrowedTime]

Originally Posted by blu-rayfan101

scratch resistent coating is the greatest that was a good move by Sony. One more thing hd dvd doesnt have.

I know this isn't a question to the insiders and is a comment on the above quote, so I apologize for this in advance...

When buying PS3 games at an EB store 3 weeks ago, the sales clerk and manager kept trying to sell me a 1 year warranty on each of the 4 games I bought, against scratches. I just looked at them and asked "Why? They're on Blu-Ray discs...they're manufactured with an ultra-hard scratch resistant coating. You'd need to go over these with a wire brush to damage them, and even then I've heard they can withstand that."

They looked annoyed and said, "Well, we've had lots of PS3 games come back with scratches."

I responded by laughing, "In the year I've owned my PS3 and with all Blu-ray movies and games I've played on it, not one has even a hint of a scratch on it, including my POTC:CotBP which I show off to EVERYONE that comes over as my reference disc. If you're getting a lot of scratched Blu-rays, then you have a lot of irresponsible or dumb customers."

The store manager looked really annoyed with me as I paid for my games and left. I don't think he was upset at the lost $12 revenue ($3 per disc) in warranties, so much as the fact there was a line-up of people behind me waiting to get their copies of NHL 08 and Heavenly Sword, that heard the whole exchange. I wonder if any of them bought the warranty?

[RUR]

Originally Posted by AlaskaDon

Was DTS-HD MA going to be the primary difference between the 1400 and 2400 models? If so, I can see why they cancelled the 2400. Not really familiar with either of these models so just speculating.

2400 added the Reon. As a 1200 owner, I was looking forward to Reon+DTS HD MA. Ah well, c'mon Denon!

[blitz6speed]

Originally Posted by AlaskaDon

I just saw that Samsung's latest firmware update added DTS-HD Master Audio support to the 1400 model.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...ter_Audio/1012

Was DTS-HD MA going to be the primary difference between the 1400 and 2400 models? If so, I can see why they cancelled the 2400. Not really familiar with either of these models so just speculating.

The only difference was that the 2400 had HQV processing for DVD Upscaling. Otherwise, they were identical products. Looks like they couldnt get the 2400 out in time for the Oct 31st cutoff, so they will probably turn it into a 1.1 player and release it when its ready.

[Iceman_II]

Originally Posted by BorrowedTime

I know this isn't a question to the insiders and is a comment on the above quote, so I apologize for this in advance...

When buying PS3 games at an EB store 3 weeks ago, the sales clerk and manager kept trying to sell me a 1 year warranty on each of the 4 games I bought, against scratches. I just looked at them and asked "Why? They're on Blu-Ray discs...they're manufactured with an ultra-hard scratch resistant coating. You'd need to go over these with a wire brush to damage them, and even then I've heard they can withstand that."

They looked annoyed and said, "Well, we've had lots of PS3 games come back with scratches."

I responded by laughing, "In the year I've owned my PS3 and with all Blu-ray movies and games I've played on it, not one has even a hint of a scratch on it, including my POTC:CotBP which I show off to EVERYONE that comes over as my reference disc. If you're getting a lot of scratched Blu-rays, then you have a lot of irresponsible or dumb customers."

The store manager looked really annoyed with me as I paid for my games and left. I don't think he was upset at the lost $12 revenue ($3 per disc) in warranties, so much as the fact there was a line-up of people behind me waiting to get their copies of NHL 08 and Heavenly Sword, that heard the whole exchange. I wonder if any of them bought the warranty?

Next time you go back to the store, pull the store manager aside, and have a little "chat" with him.

Tell him that the last time you were in his store, you could tell that he was irritated with you for arguing with him about the hard coat in front of his other customers... then tell him that he should be mad at himself, NOT you.

If he had accepted your refusal of the "insurance" it would have ended there, but when he PURPOSEFULLY CONTINUED to try to sell you something he KNEW you didn't need, THATS when the facts about hard coat came up infront of his customers. You may want to inform him that the word is out on hard-coat, and unless he changes his business tactics, this scene will surely be replayed again.

[ryoohki]

Paidgeek : I, can you confirm if Paprika will use AVC here in NA? Highdef Digest list a AVC encode, but the France and Japan are MPEG2

If it's AVC, Is this a new transfert?

Thanks..

[blindcat87]

Hi all,

First off, thanks to all of the insiders. This thread has to be one of the best online resources I have ever encountered, and I have been playing around online since the days of BBss, when Usenet was king.

Here is my question. I've been wondering about the potential for Blu-Ray to add features for greater accessibility for blind movie fans. Obviously the bandwidth and storage make including descriptive video tracks much easier. What I am curious about is whether there is the possibility of some other features. I am thinking along the lines of things like viewer preference settings. It would be great if I could set up priorities for soundtrack selection such as PCM first, DTS HD MA second, Dolby True HD third and so on. I don't know if this is even feasible, I don't know if there is even a way such as metadata tags to allow a player to tell the language and format of a track, but if there is, it would be a great feature.

Also, the ability to go to the movie directly after the obligatory FBI warnings and such would be good. Of course, how to work that with branching titles and selecting which version to play could be a major problem.

Finally, a request to the studios. When putting out episodic titles like TV seasons, please make the default option to play all episodes on a disc. I can memorize menu clicks to play the next episode, but it can be a real pain. I have not yet bought any of the BD TV titles on my want list yet, but on DVD you have some titles that play as I like, others that require one to navigate to a non default button to play all, some without the option that go back to the main menu and require you to navigate to the next episode by navigating down with the remote, others that require you to navigate left or right, and some that automatically advance to the next episode. Please let Blu-Ray avoid this mess.

Honestly, dealing with these issues is not a huge deal. Any hassle is worth getting movies in great lossless or advanced audio, But if one never asks, one never knows, right?

Thanks,

Chris

[WickyWoo]

it's the same MPEG-2 encode for paprika

[Penton-Man]

Wicky check you PM's.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by atdm71

Penton-man, if they really listen to us, here's hoping in the wake of Planet Earth, Sony puts a Blu-ray transfer of Winged Migration back in the cards. Now that was impressive footage that's begging for a high def transfer.

Oh, I assure you they "listen", what is unknown is- just where our requests fit into the total marketing *equation*.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by WriteSimply

Penton, can we get somebody from PHL to come provide tidbits for us for upcoming and announced titles that they author? Since paidgeek is doing his part for SPHE, might as well ask for PHL's contribution since nobody from Disney or Fox wants to chat.

fuad

I already tried them last May (to post on any forum and since then, there has been no interval change) …………..
(scroll down to posts #155 - #156, when I used to post on that other forum)

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...=834215&page=6

So, I guess for the time being, you’ll just have to go here and watch the videos………………
http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/videoarchives.php