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phloyd · 02-04-2007, 01:58 AM

I heard a rumour that the Flags of Our Fathers BD will be AVC encoded. Interesting for a Paramount title.

Perhaps we should have a thread where we can post things about upcoming BDs that cannot be easily confirmed...?

Polyh3dron · 02-04-2007, 02:21 AM

Well this wouldn't be completely unprecedented, as Paramount has always done seperate encodes for BD and HD-DVD.. If you told me Warner was doing an AVC BD I would laugh though because that's not gonna happen for a long time.

Chad Varnadore · 02-04-2007, 03:54 AM

Paramount has used AVC before, on HD DVD anyway - U2: Rattle and Hum. If Sony's lab is still doing their BDs, it's not surprising that they have a AVC title coming out too. Sony has several.

ProvenFlipper · 02-04-2007, 04:05 AM

When is this movie coming out? I really want to see it.

Deciazulado · 02-04-2007, 04:12 AM

Rattle and Hum is Mpeg-4 on HD DVD and Mpeg-2 in BD. I'm switching!

Chad, as your site reviewed both formats (you doing the BD review), have you ever compared both versions on your set up?

Chad Varnadore · 02-04-2007, 04:40 AM

I haven't seen the HD DVD myself. AVC was used for Rattle and Hum because it supports greater noise reduction than VC1. MPEG2 allows for the same.

02-04-2007, 01:58 AM	#1
phloyd Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2003 Location:California Trading Score:5	Movie Rumours I heard a rumour that the Flags of Our Fathers BD will be AVC encoded. Interesting for a Paramount title. Perhaps we should have a thread where we can post things about upcoming BDs that cannot be easily confirmed...?

02-04-2007, 03:54 AM	#3
Chad Varnadore Senior Member Member since:Aug 2006 Location:Salisbury, NC Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:349 Blu-ray reviews:19	Paramount has used AVC before, on HD DVD anyway - U2: Rattle and Hum. If Sony's lab is still doing their BDs, it's not surprising that they have a AVC title coming out too. Sony has several. Last edited by Chad Varnadore; 02-04-2007 at 03:56 AM.

02-04-2007, 04:40 AM	#6
Chad Varnadore Senior Member Member since:Aug 2006 Location:Salisbury, NC Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:349 Blu-ray reviews:19	I haven't seen the HD DVD myself. AVC was used for Rattle and Hum because it supports greater noise reduction than VC1. MPEG2 allows for the same. Last edited by Chad Varnadore; 02-04-2007 at 04:42 AM.

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02-04-2007, 02:21 AM	#2
Polyh3dron Senior Member Member since:Dec 2006	Well this wouldn't be completely unprecedented, as Paramount has always done seperate encodes for BD and HD-DVD.. If you told me Warner was doing an AVC BD I would laugh though because that's not gonna happen for a long time.

02-04-2007, 04:05 AM	#4
ProvenFlipper Special Member Member since:Jun 2006 Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:332 Blu-ray collection:898 Trading Score:1	When is this movie coming out? I really want to see it.

02-04-2007, 04:12 AM	#5
Deciazulado Site Manager Top contributor Member since:Aug 2006 Location:USiberia Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:1159 Blu-ray collection:7041 DVD collection:4040	Rattle and Hum is Mpeg-4 on HD DVD and Mpeg-2 in BD. I'm switching! Chad, as your site reviewed both formats (you doing the BD review), have you ever compared both versions on your set up?

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