Official - Universal already gearing up to join Blu-ray

[hc666]

3 words

HELL Boy TWO

[zipbags]

Originally Posted by the nine hells

BOURNE IM COMIN´!!!!

YOUHOU!!!

Dude!...Wrong color for that font!

[jkcheng122]

Originally Posted by vsbdtv

Big question for me is whether we'll just see Warner-style efforts from Universal and Paramount where the blu-ray version is essentially the same as the HD-DVD copy, or if they will do fresh encodes to take full advantage of the format.

without a lower denominator to cater to, i dont see why we'd get half-assed efforts on new upcoming discs. titles alread released on hd dvd to be newly released on bd (like bourne) it's possible tho.

[Razzy]

Originally Posted by MATTYBLU2

why hasnt paramount made an announcement yet???

They probably gotta run to the ATM first. Don't they owe Toshiba a ton of cash now?

[DealsR4theDevil]

Serenity & Casino = Must Haves

[Jimbo976]

So is Krazy Ken going to start getting on standard DVD's case about low attach rates?

[HAIL2DSKINS]

Paramount where are you? Come out, come out, where ever you are!

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Razzy

They probably gotta run to the ATM first. Don't they owe Toshiba a ton of cash now?

well didn't Toshiba bail first?

[Slapper]

This is the best news of the day! Woohoo!

I didn't think they would announce support for Blu-ray so quickly. I figured we would hear something from Paramount long before Universal. This is a nice surprise!

[Blu Titan]

This iS AWESOME news! There are a lot of titles from Universal that belong in my Blu-ray collection. Let the mass adoption of Blu-ray commence!

[Neo65]

My belief is that not too far in the future, all the studios will see the benefit of encoding video at higher peak (and average) bitrates for Blu-Ray. And this is not because of the small but visible (to me) quality advantage, but because 50GB of AV today, is still a deterrent to people who want to store them on HDDs, and presumably keeps a segment of the population from eyepatches --- something no longer possible now SD DVDs, since there's perfect digital bootlegs

In the short term, they'll use what they already have to cut costs. Paradoxically, when it comes to operator time and compression costs, allowing higher peaks is cheaper for them since they spend a lot less time reencoding and playing with the region of interest (ROI) to make the compression fit under a lower limit that comes with HD DVD.

40MBps is also a very effective deterrent to fight against downloads and IPTV since shining light on the 4MBps AppleTV and other attempts in that area is very ...... enlightening.

[blurayforever143]

First movie Universal should release is Blues brothers

[Musashi]

I don't know if it was his decision or just an order from GE/Universal's Chairman, but Kornblau said last year he wanted the format war to continue, talking some nonsense like it being good for consumers. Now here he is saying it's cause to celebrate it's over. While I agree it's cause to celebrate, he hasn't, publicly atleast, been a champion of a unified HD format.

[w_tanoto]

no words why the hold on so HD DVD long and word of apology? I'd love to see their confession.

[RickD]

I hope Spielberg green-lights his Universal movies now!

Rick

[Paradiso]

Originally Posted by xtop

meh. no title announcements no care. we know universal and paramount will switch

article up on engadget btw. para and uni

meh.meh.meh.meh.meh.meh

[Sonny]

I'm glad to see this end before I leave for Afghanistan

[Paradiso]

Originally Posted by blurayforever143

First movie Universal should release is Blues brothers

I second that motion.

[Razzy]

Gimme baby gimme....

[Paradiso]

Originally Posted by Sonny

I'm glad to see this end before I leave for Afghanistan

Just drop all the hd-dvd players on Osama's head.