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Jeff Kleist · 04-17-2009, 05:55 PM

Prison Break/Lost style

Holographic · 04-17-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Apologies if I've asked this one before, but...

Any rumblings from MGM on Mad Max? My Mad Max 2 BD is getting lonely.

Since it is to be released by MGM, it will never see the daylight. I'm just kidding, but I still have issues with MGM.

I'm still waiting for the second season of The Outer limits on DVD. The first season was released January 2005, over 4 years ago.

Talk about slow motion...

Michael1989 · 04-17-2009, 06:28 PM

Hi Jeff or Bill,

I was wondering if there are any plans of releasing The Brave Little Toaster to blu?

It's deleted on DVD here in the UK so I'm wondering whether to wait for the blu-ray version, if it's released that is.

Jeff Kleist · 04-17-2009, 07:03 PM

Children's titles are extremely low priority for Blu, especially catalog

Michael1989 · 04-17-2009, 07:17 PM

Ah well thanks anyway, guess I'll be paying £30 for the DVD

.

Batman1980 · 04-17-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Children's titles are extremely low priority for Blu, especially catalog

Seems to me like Disney is making children's titles a huge priority for the foreseeable future, especially catalog.

aramis109 · 04-17-2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

Seems to me like Disney is making children's titles a huge priority for the foreseeable future, especially catalog.

Disney's a little different than the other studios who only dip their toe in it, no? Their usage of the vault system has kept demand high for all of their big titles, no matter the age.

Jeff Kleist · 04-17-2009, 07:24 PM

Disney is an entity unto itself, and mid-low selling, low-budget TV movies like BLT are at the bottom of the priority list

Stacey Spears · 04-17-2009, 07:39 PM

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or is it just an issue with the FIRST season and none of the following seasons?

I don't know about the second season, but later seasons have 24p sources. Season one represents the early days of HDTV.

Like Jeff says, as long as you have good deinterlacing, you should be fine. I just know some will be vocal about it not being 1080p24 on disc.

captveg · 04-17-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Well, they'd be fools to miss July 20th, given that it's the 40th anniversary of the landing

They may wait until April 2010, which is the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission.

Jeff Kleist · 04-17-2009, 09:19 PM

Appropriate yes, but from a marketing standpoint, better to catch the big PR wave already running

Bill Hunt · 04-18-2009, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Alliance, who is formerlly New Line's production partner in Canada released a 1080i version that appears to be from a TV master. They're responsible for their own releases, as is Entertainment in Video in the UK and the other companies that were partnered with New Line

My guess is you'll see Se7en here in the U.S. (from New Line via WHV) next year.

Bill Hunt · 04-18-2009, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Jeff or Bill,

Is Apocalypse Now coming anytime soon and can we expect both versions?

Yeah, I've heard nothing yet. You can bet it will be released eventually though.

Bill Hunt · 04-18-2009, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

Not sure if you're aware of this, or if the information is incorrect, but Amazon pre-orders list MGM including a DVD with upcoming Blu-ray releases of:

"To Live And Die In L.A."
"Rollerball" (2002)
"Navy Seals"
"Dark Blue"
"Walking Tall" (2004)
"Out Of Time"
"The Graduate"

Some of these MAKE "Spaceballs" seem family...

~Alan<~~~~~Who is amazed at some of the MSRPs associated with these titles....

All mentioned in the daily column on The Bits a few weeks ago. I think we've posted cover art too recently for some of these...

jd213 · 04-18-2009, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Stacey Spears

I don't know about the second season, but later seasons have 24p sources. Season one represents the early days of HDTV.

Like Jeff says, as long as you have good deinterlacing, you should be fine. I just know some will be vocal about it not being 1080p24 on disc.

I was under the impression that most HDTVs didn't properly deinterlace (IVTC) film-based 1080i content, though, you had to get something like a Kuro or a Sony front projector. And with the PS3 still not deinterlacing 1080i discs (even though it can do it for non-AACS protected discs and .ts files), a lot of people probably have a right to be disappointed with 1080i releases. Although I'd imagine a lot of non-videophiles wouldn't notice the difference.

Bill Hunt · 04-18-2009, 02:07 AM

By the way, just a heads-up... CBS's Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1 on Blu-ray is AWESOME. Worth the wait, worth every penny if you're a fan (though we'd still recommend Amazon's $73 versus the full $130 retail SRP).

My full review is here, and Jeff can confirm my two cents I'm sure...

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...ews041709.html

jd213 · 04-18-2009, 02:20 AM

A pity that it seems that no US studio is willing to use lossless or LPCM for an original mono/stereo track even though it's common practice in Japan, but good to hear the video's been improved upon over the HD DVD version. I remember hearing a bit about the artifacts it had, actually.

Vincent Pereira · 04-18-2009, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jd213

A pity that it seems that no US studio is willing to use lossless or LPCM for an original mono/stereo track even though it's common practice in Japan, but good to hear the video's been improved upon over the HD DVD version. I remember hearing a bit about the artifacts it had, actually.

Criterion does lossless mono and stereo.

Vincent

jd213 · 04-18-2009, 02:52 AM

Yeah, forgot about them. Unfortunately they're the exception to the rule (and haven't yet released much that I'm personally interested in, but that's another matter).

Jeff Kleist · 04-18-2009, 02:58 AM

640KBps 1.0 Dolby Digital is essentially lossless. Unlike DTS, it can devote the full bandwidth to the single channel

Even 192kbps 1.0 is virtually lossless given the limited fidelity of most things recorded in mono

I ran the first 2 episodes tonight, essentially the only problems you'll find are inherent in the filmed episodes themselves. When they got the focus right on set, the detail is amazing

You can even now see a shift in detail from the optical printer coming on and off on beam-ins

I'm also happy to report that Shatner's rug still holds up in HD, no wonder he forgot to remove them on his way home from work...several times

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04-17-2009, 05:55 PM	#4701
Jeff Kleist The Digital Bits Member since:Jul 2008 Trading Score:1	Prison Break/Lost style

04-17-2009, 06:28 PM	#4703
Michael1989 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2009 Location:United Kingdom	Hi Jeff or Bill, I was wondering if there are any plans of releasing The Brave Little Toaster to blu? It's deleted on DVD here in the UK so I'm wondering whether to wait for the blu-ray version, if it's released that is.

04-17-2009, 07:03 PM	#4704
Jeff Kleist The Digital Bits Member since:Jul 2008 Trading Score:1	Children's titles are extremely low priority for Blu, especially catalog

04-17-2009, 07:17 PM	#4705
Michael1989 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2009 Location:United Kingdom	Ah well thanks anyway, guess I'll be paying £30 for the DVD .

04-17-2009, 07:24 PM	#4708
Jeff Kleist The Digital Bits Member since:Jul 2008 Trading Score:1	Disney is an entity unto itself, and mid-low selling, low-budget TV movies like BLT are at the bottom of the priority list

04-17-2009, 09:19 PM	#4711
Jeff Kleist The Digital Bits Member since:Jul 2008 Trading Score:1	Appropriate yes, but from a marketing standpoint, better to catch the big PR wave already running

04-18-2009, 02:07 AM	#4716
Bill Hunt The Digital Bits Member since:Jan 2008	By the way, just a heads-up... CBS's Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1 on Blu-ray is AWESOME. Worth the wait, worth every penny if you're a fan (though we'd still recommend Amazon's $73 versus the full $130 retail SRP). My full review is here, and Jeff can confirm my two cents I'm sure... http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...ews041709.html

04-18-2009, 02:20 AM	#4717
jd213 Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:less than 10 minutes from Akihabara	A pity that it seems that no US studio is willing to use lossless or LPCM for an original mono/stereo track even though it's common practice in Japan, but good to hear the video's been improved upon over the HD DVD version. I remember hearing a bit about the artifacts it had, actually.

04-18-2009, 02:52 AM	#4719
jd213 Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:less than 10 minutes from Akihabara	Yeah, forgot about them. Unfortunately they're the exception to the rule (and haven't yet released much that I'm personally interested in, but that's another matter).

04-18-2009, 02:58 AM	#4720
Jeff Kleist The Digital Bits Member since:Jul 2008 Trading Score:1	640KBps 1.0 Dolby Digital is essentially lossless. Unlike DTS, it can devote the full bandwidth to the single channel Even 192kbps 1.0 is virtually lossless given the limited fidelity of most things recorded in mono I ran the first 2 episodes tonight, essentially the only problems you'll find are inherent in the filmed episodes themselves. When they got the focus right on set, the detail is amazing You can even now see a shift in detail from the optical printer coming on and off on beam-ins I'm also happy to report that Shatner's rug still holds up in HD, no wonder he forgot to remove them on his way home from work...several times

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