BD are 25 or 50GB?

[mugen302005]

Greetings

I apologize if this question or request has been made before. What I'd like to know is whether there is a list of the REAL usage of disc storage. Which movies actually are using more than 25 gb and which are not?

Someone mention that many specifications say 50 gb " 2 disc" set and suggested it mean 2 discs of 25 each.

I only want to know which movies that are released in discs of any capacity 25 or 50 can fit in a 25 gb disc.

Thanks.

[kpkelley]

http://www.blu-raystats.com/Stats/TechStats.php

[benricci]

http://www.blu-raystats.com/Stats/TechStats.php

This is a good place to start...

[Simez]

You can get that information from this site's BD film reviews along with the audio/video codecs used. Hope it helps.

[vveksuvarna]

single layer blurays are 25gb and duals are 50.

the 1st few releases were all on 25gb, click was the 1st movie to utilise the full 50gb capacity. and it has been a dual layer standard ever since, unless its a crappy company releasing the film.

hope that helps.

[hnash]

Trying to avoid the sting of double-dips...

After recently learning that blu-ray similar to DVD are either dual layer or single layered, I'm starting to wonder if this was applicable to studio released movies or not...

Reason being, I've recently noticed that there are a bunch of perpetual blu-ray disks always on sale for about $10 and am wondering if anyone can educate me as to whether or not there is a noticable quality difference in the picture.

If I remember correctly, with the first generation DVD movies a lot of them were initially released using the single layer which didn't provide enough storage for higher quality bit rate video and audio... (Twister for example) and it wasn't until Studios started taking advantage of the dual layer that they were able to include DTS tracks and whatnot.

Which then brings me to my question, when I first heard about Blu-Ray one of the big arguments was that Blu-Ray had a larger capacity to allow for uncompressed audio, etc... but I'm wondering if there is there any discernable quality difference?

I also find it kind of odd that if the studios are using dual layer 50 gb disks why the need for Dual disks (feature on one disk, specials on another), I mean can't it all fit on one disk? Help save the environment? But maybe that's another discussion thread.

[Beta Man]

Depends on the title.....

Raging Bull can be had for $9 and it's a fantastic transfer....... so I wouldn't make a blanket assumption like "Under $10 equals poor transfer"
What ones are you contemplating?

[RiseDarthVader]

Originally Posted by hnash

I also find it kind of odd that if the studios are using dual layer 50 gb disks why the need for Dual disks (feature on one disk, specials on another), I mean can't it all fit on one disk? Help save the environment? But maybe that's another discussion thread.

To the casual consumer if a movie comes with more then 1 disc it means more value. Also if the movie has HD special features it would be better to put it on a 2nd disc rather then compromising the actual films PQ. And 25GB doesn't automatically mean bad. Blade Runner for example is on a 25GB BD and the transfer is fantastic.

[hnash]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Depends on the title.....

Raging Bull can be had for $9 and it's a fantastic transfer....... so I wouldn't make a blanket assumption like "Under $10 equals poor transfer"
What ones are you contemplating?

I guess I'm looking at some of the classic action movies, i.e. Die Hard, Speed, Terminator, RoboCop, Starship Troopers... etc.

While I'm leaning towards getting these movies on Blu-Ray, it's really a tough call because these releases don't have anything more on them in terms of special features than what's already on the DVDs so while I'm curious to see them in glorious Hi-Def, I'm just wondering if I should wait til a better version comes out... such as the case with Gladiator or Forrest Gump.

I am noticing now that new Blu-Ray Disks are being released cheaper than the 2 disk special edition DVD's... I guess in hopes that this will inspire consumers to choose Blu-Ray because it will be the better economical choice.