WB Home Entertainment and Dolby Announce 4k titles mastered in new Dolby Vision

[Akijama]

Not sure if this is the right section, anyway....

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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Dolby Announce Collaboration to Bring Hollywood Blockbuster Content in Dolby Vision to Home Distribution Partners



Edge of Tomorrow, Into the Storm, and The Lego Movie are among titles announced for release in Dolby Vision in 2015



Burbank, January 5, 2015—Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (NYSE: TWE) today announced that the first slate of 4K titles mastered in the new Dolby Vision™ format will include recent blockbusters like Edge of Tomorrow, Into the Storm, and The Lego Movie, scheduled for release in early 2015.



Dolby Vision, a complement to both HD and 4K, is a new imaging technology that helps content creators and television manufacturers deliver a dramatically different visual experience—astonishing brightness, incomparable contrast, and captivating color—that brings entertainment to life before your eyes via over-the-top (OTT) online streaming, broadcast, and gaming applications.



“The future of imaging and television is full of amazing possibilities, and we’re eager to expand our partnership with Dolby to deliver a steady pipeline of Dolby Vision titles, starting with Edge of Tomorrow, Into the Storm, and The Lego Movie, to consumers in 2015,” said Jim Wuthrich, President, Americas, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. “By leveraging Dolby Vision to unlock artistic intent in a completely new way, we are able to provide home audiences around the world with dramatically enhanced picture quality that fully engages their senses and brings Warner Bros. movies to life in their living room.”



The initial lineup of titles has been remastered on the FilmLight® Baselight system, for the first time using Dolby Vision, and includes greater brightness in a fuller palette of rich new colors and deeper nuanced darks never before seen on TV. Dolby and Warner Bros. are collaborating to prepare the initial slate of titles in time for the launch of Dolby Vision technology enabled TVs, as well as a pipeline of additional catalog and new release titles throughout 2015.



An end-to-end solution, Dolby Vision works from content creation to distribution and playback, and it is already receiving support from critical points in the ecosystem including A-list Hollywood directors, executives at major studios, OTT service providers, TV manufacturers, and operators worldwide.

“Dolby is thrilled to offer a technology that enables consumers to enjoy the filmmaker’s creative intent via an expanded color palette, enhanced dynamic range, and dramatically increased contrast ratio. This lets viewers experience greater detail and more lifelike images than ever before,” said Curt Behlmer, Senior Vice President, Content Solutions and Industry Relations, Dolby Laboratories. “Now with Dolby Vision enabled displays, TV manufacturers can offer consumers who purchase Warner Bros. movies in Dolby Vision a dramatically improved visual experience that engages their senses, regardless of screen size or viewing distance.”

[kidglov3s]

Incomparable contrast... how delightful.

[dvdmike]

So 4k down sampled to bd?

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

So 4k down sampled to bd?

Yep, it looks to be no different than the Mastered in 4K line that Sony recently did.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

So 4k down sampled to bd?

No. This is proprietary 4K delivered via streaming to supporting hardware.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Yep, it looks to be no different than the Mastered in 4K line that Sony recently did.

But edge of tomorrow already was i thought??
Meh, proof is in the comparison I guess.
I do not understand what Dolby vision is and their website is no help

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

No. This is proprietary 4K delivered via streaming to supporting hardware.

What hardware? Are they talking about for the 4K players being released some time later this year?

[dvdmike]

Dolby vision supports 4k down to 720p so it will be on BD and 4K BD I would guess.
Either way more atmos is a good thing

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

What hardware? Are they talking about for the 4K players being released some time later this year?

Yes, the TV has to be Dolby Vision enabled. There will probably be set top streaming boxes that will work with existing 4K televisions too.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Dolby vision supports 4k down to 720p so it will be on BD and 4K BD I would guess.
Either way more atmos is a good thing

This has nothing to do with Atmos, and there is zero mention of Blu-rays with this announcement

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

This has nothing to do with Atmos, and there is zero mention of Blu-rays with this announcement

Where is the mention of streaming? Or any audio?
Atmos is a guess that dolby will roll it out with this as plus supports it.

[Pieter V]

Re-re-re-re-releasing recent titles in 4K is pointless. Like Sony's line have proofed. Only older titles will benefit.

[MifuneFan]

Just one more thing to add. The Diamond edition of Chicago was encoded with Dolby Vision last February, but in order to take advantage of it you need Vision
compatible hardware.

This is touched upon in the site's review

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Chica.../94099/#Review

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Where is the mention of streaming? Or any audio?
Atmos is a guess that dolby will roll it out with this as plus supports it.

OTT = Streaming. Nowhere in the press release it'd a physical format mentioned.

that brings entertainment to life before your eyes via over-the-top (OTT) online streaming, broadcast, and gaming applications

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Just one more thing to add. The Diamond edition of Chicago was encoded with Dolby Vision last February, but in order to take advantage of it you need Vision
compatible hardware.

This is touched upon in the site's review

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Chica.../94099/#Review

Yeah, there will be about five people using that feature.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

OTT = Streaming. Nowhere in the press release it'd a physical format mentioned.

That is talking about dolby vision not the content, and as you have shown it also made its way to disc

[Dex Robinson]

Warner Brothers has set a new record for the most hyperbole ever crammed into a single announcement.

I'm still reading it all...but I'm pretty sure Dolby Vision also cures cancer.

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Just one more thing to add. The Diamond edition of Chicago was encoded with Dolby Vision last February, but in order to take advantage of it you need Vision
compatible hardware.

This is touched upon in the site's review

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Chica.../94099/#Review

A comparison:

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...d_multiID=1565

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Yeah, there will be about five people using that feature.

Sharp sold five TVs??

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

A comparison:

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...d_multiID=1565

Yep, I sold my old disc and bought the re-release after I saw that comparison.