Archived: Insiders Thread

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by PANIC

I would firstly like to thank PaidGeek, Penton-Man, and the rest of the Insiders who have done a fantastic job of keeping everyone up to date. I certainly feel much more in the 'know' after reading through the last 49 pages ;-).

My question is more of an observation on the Region B blu-ray discs - Where none of them so far have any form of Dolby or DTS trailers (the pcm ones can obviously be excused). Is there any reason, or is it strategic?

Not sure what trailers you are referring to? Do you mean the promo trailers that Dolby and DTS produce to market themselves?

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by GaS

Hello Insiders.

Does anyone have any info they can share in regards to how close the BDA is to getting BD+ titles out the door? Getting ancy for some fox titles (and I am tired of reading the HD-DVD fud regarding this issue).

Thanks.

Very close... good progress in recent weeks.

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by tindizzle

Hi paidgeek,

Is Sony planning to release any movies for the last 2 weeks of June? Thank you!

Not that I can see.

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by WriteSimply

(Another two dollars in the coffer)

paidgeek, somebody on AVSF posted that you said/hinted/implied that SPHE will soon release BDs with x.v.Color encoded. Is this true?

What impact would that make in terms of overal video performance as well as data capacity?


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We are having discussions about xvYCC but absolutely nothing planned at this time.

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by tindizzle

Paidgeek,

The trailer for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon on the Curse of the Golden Flower disc is very soft. Is this just a bad trailer or is the master soft also? Any hints on when it is going to be released?

Same for the main title.

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

I would like to better understand your need here. What is the shortcoming of decoding in the player and outputting over HDMI as LPCM?

paidgeek,

I can think of one "need". I don't want my comments to be construed as "complaining" though. I'm very happy with the 1.8 firmware update for the Ps3, but I have noticed that the "extra" power/crunching needed for this update has caused the fan to run more making my PS3 run much hotter/louder than it did previously. My concern with doing DTS-MA decoding in the player (since we've heard that DTS takes a lot of computational power to decode)...is that the PS3 will run hotter and louder. If it were to run any louder, it might become a problem. I would think just passing the stream out would be "easier" on the PS3 and easier for SCEA to implement, but I'm not an engineer.

In the end, I think both options should be provided for both TrueHD and DTS-MA. Decode in the player OR pass out bitstream to pre-pro via HDMI 1.3 output. At this point in time, I think folks would just be happy to get one or the other though.

[Scorxpion]

Paidgeek,

let me congratulate you for the firmware 1.8 released later for the PS3 ,Is there a workaround for releasing a firmware for PS3 to be region free playback DVD ,I have a lot of dvd region 1 and Region 2 whereas my PS3 is hongkong imported .As a result it is region 3

For BD playback i'm not facing any problem Because i have region A.But i would like my PS3 to be region free playback is it Possible only for DVD.

thank you very much

[NutsAboutPS3]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

I would like to better understand your need here. What is the shortcoming of decoding in the player and outputting over HDMI as LPCM?

Does this mean that DTS HD MA decoding will definitely be added to the PS3 in a future firmware update? Apologies if this has been answered previously and I've missed it.

[GaS]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

Very close... good progress in recent weeks.

Excellent. Thanks for the info paidgeek.

[Frode]

Now that BD+ is right around the corner, any word on how BD+ enabled titles affect player performance? We've seen java enabled titles like POTC load incredibly slow on some players like the Sony BDP-S1 - will users experience any similar UI performance or loading issues due to the extra computing overhead of BD+? Also, while theoretically all Blu-ray players should support BD+ out of the box, will any of them require a firmware update to actually work with these titles like was necessary with POTC?

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by Scorxpion

Paidgeek,

let me congratulate you for the firmware 1.8 released later for the PS3 ,Is there a workaround for releasing a firmware for PS3 to be region free playback DVD ,I have a lot of dvd region 1 and Region 2 whereas my PS3 is hongkong imported .As a result it is region 3

For BD playback i'm not facing any problem Because i have region A.But i would like my PS3 to be region free playback is it Possible only for DVD.

thank you very much

I am not aware of any modifications that will support this.

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by NutsAboutPS3

Does this mean that DTS HD MA decoding will definitely be added to the PS3 in a future firmware update? Apologies if this has been answered previously and I've missed it.

It is under consideration, but can't be guaranteed to be coming.

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by Frode

Now that BD+ is right around the corner, any word on how BD+ enabled titles affect player performance? We've seen java enabled titles like POTC load incredibly slow on some players like the Sony BDP-S1 - will users experience any similar UI performance or loading issues due to the extra computing overhead of BD+? Also, while theoretically all Blu-ray players should support BD+ out of the box, will any of them require a firmware update to actually work with these titles like was necessary with POTC?

I can't answer with certainty because we have not run tests on every player. Time will tell, but if there is a performance issue, I am confident it will be fixed with a firmware update.

[Chad Varnadore]

paidgeek, Are music BDs from Sony/BMG being handled differently or separately from films. I know Sony's music and movie divisions are separate, but there are similarities in the specs (high bitrate AVC, PCM audio) and Destiny's Child looked and sounded incredible. But the last two I've looked at, Chris Botti and Bruce Springsteen have been a farcry from Sony's consistently amazing movie presentations. They both sound great, but Botti had some serious encoding issues resulting in picture instability (mostly aliasing) and a moderate drop in resolve. It reminded me of some of Warner's early releases like Lethal Weapon, which I believe was attributed to an improper filter being applied, I believe during inverse telecine, as it seems like the Lethal Weaspon masters, among others were reported as 1080i.

Springsteen comes out next week and doesn't have much trouble with aliasing or jitter, but it's extremely soft - DVD soft, which is surprising for something that has a 2007 copyright. But, I haven't been able to find much info on the concert yet, like when it was actually filmed. Our Sony contact asked me to talk to the director of the Botti disc. But, I thought I'd run it by you too.

[David Vaughn]

Paidgeek,

Are there any plans to support WMA lossless in the PS3? That is the only thing lacking as a media server for my needs and would love to see that feature as well as DTS-MA. With those two items, it may very well be a permanent fixture in my system instead of what was initially going to be a temporary player for BD!

Thanks,

[ps3andlovinit]

Originally Posted by David Vaughn

it may very well be a permanent fixture in my system instead of what was initially going to be a temporary player for BD!

LOL. Funny how it grows on you isn't it.

[PeterTHX]

Springsteen comes out next week and doesn't have much trouble with aliasing or jitter, but it's extremely soft - DVD soft

Bruce is getting older. Not to mention he was never "pretty" anyways. They probably smeared a bunch of vaseline on the lens. Like the parody of the Streisand interview on SNL where it looked as if there was fog in the room.

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by Chad Varnadore

paidgeek, Are music BDs from Sony/BMG being handled differently or separately from films. I know Sony's music and movie divisions are separate, but there are similarities in the specs (high bitrate AVC, PCM audio) and Destiny's Child looked and sounded incredible. But the last two I've looked at, Chris Botti and Bruce Springsteen have been a farcry from Sony's consistently amazing movie presentations. They both sound great, but Botti had some serious encoding issues resulting in picture instability (mostly aliasing) and a moderate drop in resolve. It reminded me of some of Warner's early releases like Lethal Weapon, which I believe was attributed to an improper filter being applied, I believe during inverse telecine, as it seems like the Lethal Weaspon masters, among others were reported as 1080i.

Springsteen comes out next week and doesn't have much trouble with aliasing or jitter, but it's extremely soft - DVD soft, which is surprising for something that has a 2007 copyright. But, I haven't been able to find much info on the concert yet, like when it was actually filmed. Our Sony contact asked me to talk to the director of the Botti disc. But, I thought I'd run it by you too.

We are working closely with Sony BMG, but there procedures for preparing masters are not the same as with film. They work under much more difficult circumstances, so the master quality can be expected to vary more than a film based title.

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by David Vaughn

Paidgeek,

Are there any plans to support WMA lossless in the PS3? That is the only thing lacking as a media server for my needs and would love to see that feature as well as DTS-MA. With those two items, it may very well be a permanent fixture in my system instead of what was initially going to be a temporary player for BD!

Thanks,

I have not heard any news about adding WMA lossless...

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

We are having discussions about xvYCC but absolutely nothing planned at this time.

Thanks for the clarification.

Let us know when you're prepared to drop hints on the first all-BD-J, Profile 1.1 disc from either SPHE, Fox, BVHE or Lionsgate.


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