80% Of The New Releases Are Going To Be 50gb Discs To Maintain The Best Quality - Blu-ray Forum

HDTV1080P · 03-30-2007, 03:04 AM

This is great news. 80% of the upcoming Sony Pictures BLU-RAY releases are going to be on 50GB discs to maintain the best quality audio and video.

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“It's important, especially in this phase, that we make sure we are showing the absolute best quality in video and audio, and 50GB accomplishes that,"

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/BD-50/Sony/Sony_Commits_to_BD-50_Says_No_Da_Vinci_Blu-ray_Til_2008/547

Unkn0wn47 · 03-30-2007, 05:25 AM

Well that is wonderful news! Especially that movies are now being filmed in HD and some great long films (The Matrix, Indiana Jones, LotR) are on the way that will be taking up a lot of space. I can't wait to get my Blu-ray collection to over 100. Should be there in a few months.

JToddler · 03-30-2007, 09:56 PM

That is a great news indeed!

d0uble0se7en · 03-30-2007, 10:07 PM

i'd be more excited if this was for all studios but this is just for sony.

jorg · 03-30-2007, 10:08 PM

i hope the last 20 % are music releases and stuff liek that i would like 100% of movies on bd 50

Blu_Ray_UK2007 · 03-31-2007, 01:43 PM

Great news.

Shadowself · 03-31-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Unkn0wn47

Well that is wonderful news! Especially that movies are now being filmed in HD and some great long films (The Matrix, Indiana Jones, LotR) are on the way that will be taking up a lot of space. I can't wait to get my Blu-ray collection to over 100. Should be there in a few months.

(((Emphasis added by me.)))

Film has been better resolution than SD since the 30s (and some before that). It's not that films are now shot in HD. It's that we now have a generally and publicly available medium to take advantage of what is in film. I just wish they'd all go to the original negatives and create a true, oversampled, high dynamic range digital master. Then we'd be able to see 100% of what's really available.

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Originally Posted by d0uble0se7en

i'd be more excited if this was for all studios but this is just for sony.

I believe that eventually all studios will migrate to a predominance of 50 GB disks. When Sony (and others) consistently get great reviews after using lossless audio and AVC (or even VC-1) at high bit rates which necessitates the 50 GB disks then everyone will get on board with this.

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Originally Posted by jorg

i hope the last 20 % are music releases and stuff liek that i would like 100% of movies on bd 50

There are films that will fit within 25 GB. Some old films have very limited sound tracks. In my opinion it makes no sense to do lossless 5.1 or 7.1 sound on those. And many films during the 70s were less than 90 minutes in length (a lower percentage now, but still some are that short). Combining limited sound tracks and reduced length can reasonably fit within 25 GB at the highest quality possible.

Blackraven · 03-31-2007, 02:42 PM

Since Sony owns Blood Last Vampire and Blood+ , I hope that these would be 50 GB Blu-ray releases.

I do hope

Deciazulado · 03-31-2007, 03:29 PM

Shadowself for BD CEO!

B/W films also have a little bit less space requirements so many Academy b/w mono films could be BD-25s

Ascended_Saiyan · 03-31-2007, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackraven

Since Sony owns Blood Last Vampire and Blood+ , I hope that these would be 50 GB Blu-ray releases.

I do hope

Don't make me drool!

Ascended_Saiyan · 03-31-2007, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Shadowself for BD CEO!

B/W films also have a little bit less space requirements so many Academy b/w mono films could be BD-25s

I second that! Great response, Shadowself.

03-30-2007, 03:04 AM	#1
HDTV1080P Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 205	80% Of The New Releases Are Going To Be 50gb Discs To Maintain The Best Quality This is great news. 80% of the upcoming Sony Pictures BLU-RAY releases are going to be on 50GB discs to maintain the best quality audio and video. Quote “It's important, especially in this phase, that we make sure we are showing the absolute best quality in video and audio, and 50GB accomplishes that," http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/BD-50/Sony/Sony_Commits_to_BD-50_Says_No_Da_Vinci_Blu-ray_Til_2008/547 Last edited by HDTV1080P; 03-30-2007 at 03:08 AM. Reason: added the words Sony Pictures

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03-30-2007, 05:25 AM	#2
Unkn0wn47 Active Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Denver, CO Blu-ray reviews:5	Well that is wonderful news! Especially that movies are now being filmed in HD and some great long films (The Matrix, Indiana Jones, LotR) are on the way that will be taking up a lot of space. I can't wait to get my Blu-ray collection to over 100. Should be there in a few months.

03-30-2007, 09:56 PM	#3
JToddler Active Member Member since:Oct 2006 Blu-ray reviews:1	That is a great news indeed!

03-30-2007, 10:07 PM	#4
d0uble0se7en Active Member Member since:Jan 2007	i'd be more excited if this was for all studios but this is just for sony.

03-30-2007, 10:08 PM	#5
jorg Power Member Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:2	i hope the last 20 % are music releases and stuff liek that i would like 100% of movies on bd 50

03-31-2007, 01:43 PM	#6
Blu_Ray_UK2007 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Location:UK 4K collection:164 Blu-ray collection:782 Trading Score:1	Great news.

03-31-2007, 02:42 PM	#8
Blackraven Expert Member Member since:Jan 2005 Location:Makati, Philippines	Since Sony owns Blood Last Vampire and Blood+ , I hope that these would be 50 GB Blu-ray releases. I do hope

03-31-2007, 03:29 PM	#9
Deciazulado Site Manager Top contributor Member since:Aug 2006 Location:USiberia Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:1160 Blu-ray collection:7047 DVD collection:4044	Shadowself for BD CEO! B/W films also have a little bit less space requirements so many Academy b/w mono films could be BD-25s

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