Archived: Insiders Thread

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by gand41f

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...lor#post236775

enjoy
gandalf

^ ^ ^

What he said.

[degas]

SILENCE IN THE COURT ROOM!

We call paidgeek to the stand!
-Can you tell us of your whereabouts on september 22nd, at 10 pm?
-Well your honor, I was simply minding my own business when...

[Logan00]

I have a question for any insider. Can someone tell me why Sony keeps releasing trailers on the PS3 for Paramount movies? This past week alone, the Iron Man trailer was released. I was under the impression that only movies from Blu-ray supporting studios were all that we could download from the PS store, is this not the case? I have never seen a Universal movie available for download from the PS store.

Also, as a recommendation, how about releasing trailers for Blu-rays that are coming out on the following Tuesday? It would help to inform those that may not be aware that a movie they are looking to purchase on Blu-ray will be released the following week.

Thanks

[kjack]

Originally Posted by fyzziks

kjack, I just saw this way back in the dim, distant past...

Everything seems to come back and haunt me...

Can you make any sort of ballpark estimate on what a player with this SoC could sell for? As you know, the only announced player with DTS-MA decoding on board is the rather costly Denon, and it would be good to know if it was possible to build one with that feature at a significantly lower price point (say between $500 and $1k).

Supporting DTS-HD MA decoding in the player need not increase the cost of a player except that there might be a little more royalities associated with it, but nothing big.

[WickyWoo]

I have a question for any insider. Can someone tell me why Sony keeps releasing trailers on the PS3 for Paramount movies? This past week alone, the Iron Man trailer was released. I was under the impression that only movies from Blu-ray supporting studios were all that we could download from the PS store, is this not the case? I have never seen a Universal movie available for download from the PS store.

For the same reason Fox and Disney sell things on Xbox Live. It's a good venue for them to advertise and Sony or Microsoft are happy to accept their $$.

Iron Man is a Sony release overseas as well

[HK-48]

Does any insider know what is going on with Weinstein? I searched the forums, and somebody said Weinstein will announce neutrailty anyday now. But didn't they say in 2006 that they were going neutral in Early 2007? Have they sold out again to M$ and/or To$hiba?

[WickyWoo]

They're going to announce HD format Grindhouse pretty soon that will be on both

Their rental is exclusive to Blockbuster, they can;t afford not to be neutral

[HK-48]

Cool. I was also wondering whether the BB announcement would affect them. Plus they work with MGM, so that could also push them to go neutral. Thanks for the info!

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by degas

SILENCE IN THE COURT ROOM!

We call paidgeek to the stand!
-Can you tell us of your whereabouts on september 22nd, at 10 pm?
-Well your honor, I was simply minding my own business when...

Uh, drinking with friends??

[hollywoodguy]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

Uh, drinking with friends??

Hey, me too! What are the odds?! It's a small world...

EDIT: Hey, it's Saturday night and I got a little buzz going, so I'm thinking, what the hey, I'm going to share this with you: this very moment I am watching a BD that is highly anticipated by, oh, only probably 95% of the people who frequent this forum. And it's a beauty. Pure reference-level AVC encode on a BD-50 with audio that is going to shake your foundation. Don't crank this up if you're renting. And to think that some people said they wouldn't buy this when the final disc specs were announced... Their loss, it just doesn't get much better than this. I'd use a catchphrase here to sign off, but that would give it away...

[Icemage]

Originally Posted by hollywoodguy

Hey, me too! What are the odds?! It's a small world...

EDIT: Hey, it's Saturday night and I got a little buzz going, so I'm thinking, what the hey, I'm going to share this with you: this very moment I am watching a BD that is highly anticipated by, oh, only probably 95% of the people who frequent this forum. And it's a beauty. Pure reference-level AVC encode on a BD-50 with audio that is going to shake your foundation. Don't crank this up if you're renting. And to think that some people said they wouldn't buy this when the final disc specs were announced... Their loss, it just doesn't get much better than this. I'd use a catchphrase here to sign off, but that would give it away...

Dead or alive, you're coming with me?

[mel2]

I was going to say "mr. bean's holiday" but that's hd dvd's big exclusive.

[phloyd]

Yippee ...

[degas]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

Uh, drinking with friends??

Oops. Actually I was, but...
I was "quoting" this (Except I forgot to actually quote it...):

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Believe me, if the lawyers had their way, he wouldn’t be posting anything on any forum.
Ever notice how all of his posts almost sound like reading the transcript of a deposed witness ?

Coincidence ?................NOT.

I shall not drink and post....
I shall not drink and post!

[Papi4baby]

Originally Posted by kjack

Everything seems to come back and haunt me...

Supporting DTS-HD MA decoding in the player need not increase the cost of a player except that there might be a little more royalities associated with it, but nothing big.

Not to take anything from Kjack(cause he's the man)
To: fyzziks
The SamsugnBD-P1400 had a FW update not long ago and it is now a DTS-MA player with a 450 price tag, now go buy it or i'll smithe you.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=17174

P.S. Shop around you might find it cheaper. Best of luck.

Wow, i'll shut up now see below.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Papi4baby

Not to take anything from Kjack(cause he's the man)
To: fyzziks
The SamsugnBD-P1400 had a FW update not long ago and it is now a DTS-MA player with a 450 price tag, now go buy it or i'll smithe you.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=17174

P.S. Shop around you might find it cheaper. Best of luck.

Well, except for the small detail that it is NOT a DTS-MA player, it will merely output the bitstream if you have a corresponding HDMI 1.3a receiver with DTS-MA decoding. The player will not decode the stream itself, unlike most players and TrueHD.

[kindredwolf]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

For the same reason Fox and Disney sell things on Xbox Live. It's a good venue for them to advertise and Sony or Microsoft are happy to accept their $$.

Iron Man is a Sony release overseas as well

Meaning we will get to see Ironman in blu?
I really hope so..
I'm actualy looking forward to that more than transformers.

[WickyWoo]

Meaning we will get to see Ironman in blu?
I really hope so..
I'm actualy looking forward to that more than transformers.

Transformers is a known quantity though, and Iron Man has a major chance of being terrible

Yes it'll definately be on Blu in Japan, I fully believe it will be here as well though.

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by kindredwolf

Meaning we will get to see Ironman in blu?
I really hope so..
I'm actualy looking forward to that more than transformers.

Iron Man (and The Incredible Hulk) are Sony releases overseas, so they will be on Blu imports.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by jasonbird

Iron Man (and The Incredible Hulk) are Sony releases overseas, so they will be on Blu imports.

Yup in both Spain and Japan so even if they're region coded one will be "A" and one will be "B"