Star Trek 2 is cancelled (HD DVD)

[Paradiso]

Live long and blu-sper.

[Kirsty_Mc]

Definite purchases on Blu-ray for me.

I agree... the BD should be cheaper than the stupid Combo disk that the HD-DVD version came on. Hopefully if they were working on ST TOS remastered for Blu before they defected, this title should be available soon ... The others to follow.

I hope they do Enterprise as well, as it was shot on HD Cameras, though I don't know if it was 1080i or 1080p. Nevertheless, it will be a massive improvement over my DVDs.

[ryoohki]

Btw the remaster and ton better than the Boxset DVD we did a comparison HD DVD vs DVD... no comparison. Not only there's no Dirt and Scratch on the new one, the color ROCK compared to the DVD..

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Teazle

"An inside source at Technicolor has informed us that a few weeks ago Toshiba cancelled the work they were doing on Star Trek Season 2. Toshiba had been the one paying for the re-mastering/encoding of Star Trek: TOS, which was part of their exclusive deal with Paramount. Also part of the exclusive deal is that Paramount must use AVC in the encoding of the Star Trek Series, more specifically they must use Toshiba’s AVC encoder.

We think this was a way Toshiba could try to push their AVC encoder, which they had invested lots of money in.Toshiba has had a hard time getting studios to purchase their AVC encoder, since VC-1 is so popular with studios on both sides of the format war. A good example of this is Warner, who mandates VC-1 on all it’s discs."

That's a good point BDA might want to remember, if they're going to play post-surrender concession with Toshiba:
Toshiba wants to get out of this with some dignity of future income, and we want Blu disks with AVC (no matter how much Warner's marketing persuades us we "like" VC-1)...
Hate to be so sacrilegious as to suggest actually doing something nice and peaceful with Toshiba, but seems like there's one obvious way to negotiate the patent settlement treaties.

[sj001]

Well, I am sure ALL HD-DVDs will be cancelled now!

Toshiba throwing in the towel is a great move! Great that they are finally ending this crap!