Copyright (c) 2007 Hollywood In Hi-Def. All rights reserved. http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com Hi-Def Blog en-usTue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=232 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=231 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 It's been six months since they abandoned HD DVD and yet they are still only introducing new upscaling DVD players.
Stop pouting and grow up, Toshiba.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=230 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=228 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=227 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=226 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=225 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=224 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=223 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 On that same date MGM/Fox will release the first-ever high-definition versions of six of the most notable 007 movies that have been digitally restored through the state-of-the-art Lowry frame-by-frame process.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=222 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=220 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 ]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=219 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=218 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 ]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=217 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=216 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 But not Blu-ray. Consumer spending on Blu-ray Disc movies is up a whopping 350%. ]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=215 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 ]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=214 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=213 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=212 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Director Francis Ford Coppola has overseen a meticulous frame-by-frame restoration and 1080p hi-def transfer of all three films and the four-disc Blu-ray collection ($119.99) will include new four new retrospective hi-def featurettes with commentaries by Coppola and four short films on The Godfather in hi-def.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=211 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=210 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 ]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=209 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=207 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=206 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=205 Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=204 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 ]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=201 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=203 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=200 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=199 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=197 Mon, 5 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=196 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=195 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=194 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=193 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=192 Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=191 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=190 Sun, 6 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 The latest sibling filmmakers say Blu-ray High-Def presents an even sharper image than theater screens and name their favorite Blu-ray Discs.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=188 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=186 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 ]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=187 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=185 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=184 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=182 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=181 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=180 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=179 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=178 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=177 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 The two-sentence statement (below) also mentions nothing about DreamWorks. DreamWorks live-action movies like "Transformers" are distributed by Paramount, so one could presume they will follow Paramount (though I don't think they did so when Paramount was previously releasing in both Blu and HD DVD -- correct me if I'm wrong).
DreamWorks Animation ("Shrek") is an independent company (though Paramount also distributes these titles in a separate output deal) and will make its own decision at some point, presumably.

Paramount's unconfirmed statement to TK Arnold of Home Media / The Hollywood Reporter:

"We are pleased that the industry is moving to a single high-definition format, as we believe it is in the best interest of the consumer. As we look to (begin) releasing our titles on Blu-ray, we will monitor consumer adoption and determine our release plans accordingly."]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=175 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=176 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Meanwhile, Paramount says it will provide us with information when they have it.
As of about 1:30 p.m., Spielberg was apparently unaware of Universal's news or a pending Paramount announcement. Spielberg put the brakes on all high-def disc projects about a year ago when it was clear that there was not going to be any resolution in the format war for some time.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=174 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Disney's new "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" two-disc Platinum Edition DVD debuting on March 4 includes multiple visual and printed promotions for a variety of Disney Blu-ray titles and Blu-ray in general.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=173 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Also coming the same day, two other fun movies (albeit without any new Blu features): "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Mrs. Doubtfire."]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=172 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=171 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 That was the sound of two major shots being fired across the bow of the fast-sinking HD DVD ship.
Best Buy, the nation's biggest electronics store and seller of DVDs, and Netflix, the nation's biggest online rental service, announced today that they are abandoning HD DVD.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=170 Tue, 5 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 In fact, so many are being returned that some retailers are in possession of more returned HD DVD players than new stock.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=165 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=164 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 The beauty of all these new digital delivery technologies is that they are wonderful additional ways to enjoy movies and TV shows but they do not negate or replace my primary desire of watching a movie, when possible, in full 1080p hi-def on my 42-inch and 65-inch plasma displays with surround sound.
Sounds like there are a lot of formats and technologies to be bull-ish about -- not just one.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=163 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Who knows why PPV/VOD has not ever come close to being the preferred way consumers choose to rent/buy their movies? I only know what's real, and that's $1.1 billion for all forms of PPV/VOD via satellite, cable, and the Internet in 2007 vs $24 billion for movies on discs. ]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=162 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=161 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Blu-ray must become a vital component of the emerging hi-def environment for consumers.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=160 Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=156 Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 The only question now is how long Universal and Toshiba will hold on before abandoning ship.
One possible indication: the North American HD DVD Promotions Group just canceled their much-ballyhooed CES media event scheduled for Sunday night at The Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. That may eventually be considered the first official flag of surrender by the HD DVD camp.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=157 Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=154 Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 For all those consumers, retailers, filmmakers (thank you, Michael Bay), and others who want to see hi-def discs become the next-generation platform, now is the time to abandon any hold you may still have on HD DVD and convert 100% to Blu-ray. Anything short of that will be unnecessarily delaying the inevitable and potentially killing any hi-def disc from surviving.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=155 Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 * "Man On Fire" -- Tuesday (Jan. 8)
* "Wall Street" -- Feb. 5
* "Me, Myself & Irene" -- Feb 5
* "Ice Age" -- March 4
* "Independence Day" -- March 11: trivia track and BD-Java Alien Scavenger Hunt game that challenges players to correctly identify items in select scenes to unlock additional bonus features
* "I, Robot" -- March 11: the first Blu-ray direct access to in-movie features through one of the four colored buttons on the BD remote that allows viewers to quickly access the enormous amount of bonus materials on the disc including commentaries, production diaries, extended and deleted scenes, trivia and more.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=149 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=148 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 And a THR online poll had 76% predicting Blu-ray to prevail (as of 5 p.m. Sunday).]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=147 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 Wouldn't it be far easier and much quicker for 2 companies to make the switch than more than 170?]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=146 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 I wonder how Microsoft/Toshiba are feeling about that $150 million investment, especially since Toshiba's earnings have taken such a hit.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=145 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 ... we outsold the Wii last month in Japan...
Now if you want to rattle off the HD-DVD statistics that are more superior to those and are more advantageous, I’m more than happy to listen.
]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=144 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 Doesn't seem like there is much ambiguity in that to me...
]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=143 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 Pali Research predicts Warner is about to abandon HD DVD in favor of Blu-ray which will result in the complete collapse of the HD DVD format within 6 months - 9 months.
It would appear that Blu-ray is beginning to shift into high gear.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=142 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=141 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=140 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 It's been a decade since the first HDTV sets were sold and the first HDTV broadcasts began in 1998. Here we are a decade later and we're just now reaching about one-third of U.S. homes that have hi-def TVs.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=139 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=136 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=135 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=134 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Take the most conservative number out there: NPD says their recent research shows just 29% of PS3 owners regularly use their PS3 for playing movies. OK, so that's a total of about 640,000 machines and homes playing Blu-ray movies with regularity.
That's still a huge 2-1 lead over the number of HD DVD homes, despite HD DVD's huge price advantage.
The combined number of HD DVD stand-alone and Xbox 360 HD DVD drives is about 320,000. (I still can't believe anyone is bragging about such tiny numbers -- there are about 90 MILLION DVD homes. A number like 320,000 gets your show canceled on the Oxygen network!)]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=133 Mon, 8 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=132 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 I also have details of bonus features and specs for box set of six 50 GB discs with all 22 episodes in hi-def, which follow:

DVD Bonus Features:

Disc One:

* Pilot
-- Commentary #1 by: Paul Scheuring & Dominic Purcell
-- Commentary #2 by: Brett Ratner & Mark Helfrich
* Allen
* Cell Test
* Cute Poison
-- Commentary #1 by: Paul Scheuring, Dominic Purcell & Wade Williams
-- Commentary #2 by: Matt Olmstead and Silas Weir Mitchell
* Deleted Scene: Veronica Watches Surveillance Footage

Disc Two:

* English, Fitz or Percy
* Riots, Drills and the Devil (Part 1)
-- Commentary #1 by: Paul Scheuring, Dominic Purcell, Amaury Nolasco, Wade Williams, Robert Knepper & Sarah Wayne Callies
-- Commentary #2 by: Bob Mandel & Nick Santora
* Riots, Drills and the Devil (Part 2)
-- Commentary #1 by: Paul Scheuring, Dominic Purcell, Peter Stormare, Amaury Nolasco & Wade William
* The Old Head

Disc Three:

* Tweener
* Sleight of Hand
* And Then There Were 7
* Odd Man Out
* Deleted Scene: Michael Thinks About Sara

Disc Four:

* End of the Tunnel
* The Rat
* By the Skin & the Teeth
* Brother's Keeper
-- Commentary #1 by: Paul Scheuring, Amaury Nolasco, Wade Williams, Robert Knepper & Sarah Wayne Callies
-- Commentary #2 by: Greg Yaitanes & Zach Estrin
* Deleted Scenes:
-- End of the Tunnel - Alternate Ending
-- Sucre and Maricruz in Court

Disc Five:

* J-Cat
* Bluff
* The Key
* Tonight
* Deleted Scene: Michael Goes Crazy

Disc Six:

* Go
* Flight
* Making of Prison Break
* If These Walls Could Speak: Profile of the Joliet Correctional Center
* Beyond the Ink
* Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making a Scene - Prison Break
* Season 2 Promo
* TV Spots:
-- Orchestral
-- Favorite
-- Michael
-- Last Break
-- Link
-- Chair/Family

Disc Specs:
Authored in HDMV with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio plus French, Spanish and Japanese 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound.
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Japanese]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=131 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 The Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA) this week is very significant on many levels.
This may be one of the clearest examples yet of the enormous clout generated by the strength of having every major consumer electronics manufacturer but one supporting Blu-ray with multiple player models, and four of the six biggest studios releasing new and library programming of all sorts on Blu-ray.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=129 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 But bugs are a fact of life with a new format. Fox still has a robust schedule of no less than 20 Blu-ray Disc releases already announced for the remainder of this year.
And News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch made the studio's commitment to Blu-ray clear this week when he became the first top exec to publicly make the accusation that HD DVD proponent Toshiba had essentially bought Paramount's support and said, "The public is going to want Blu-ray. The public can tell the difference."]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=130 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=127 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Sure, the mass market of consumers make their format choice primarily based on price, title availability, and new technology improvements, but it's refreshing to see such improvement on the visual quality of the movies themselves, which, after all, is the primary source of our pleasure.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=126 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 And we have official spec details below for the first hi-def horror titles exclusively on Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment on Oct. 2 and Oct. 16 (see first blog about this on July 16), including "Halloween," "Dawn of the Dead," Day of the Dead," and "Evil Dead 2."]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=124 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=125 Sun, 9 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=123 Fri, 7 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Tartan founder/owner Hamish McAlpine says, “To go with Blu-ray was a no-brainer for Tartan. Not only is the format superior to HD-DVD, but also the fact that (more) studios have chosen to release their films on Blu-ray means that this so-called ‘format war’ is over before it has really begun.”]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=122 Thu, 6 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=121 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=120 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 The Blu-ray "High School Musical 2: Extended Edition" includes a new musical scene integrated into the movie in which fans will see the musical number Troy and Sharpay rehearse in the film but never perform.
]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=119 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700
* "28 Weeks Later" is coming Oct. 9 in a 50 GB dual-layer disc

* The unrated edition of "The Hills Have Eyes 2" is coming on Oct. 23]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=117 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700
* UPDATE: Amir Majidimehr, head of Microsoft's consumer media technology group, categorically denied in a phone call with me on Sunday that Microsoft has offered any money or incentives of any kind to Paramount or DreamWorks Animation as speculated this past week.

* Warner's top HD DVD proponent and former longtime Toshiba exec is leaving the studio.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=118 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=116 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 It may be instructive to point out marketplace facts that raise questions about the logic behind the decision of Paramount/DreamWorks... before consumers get burned by a format that may be abandoned when their HD DVD contract ends in 18 months (if the format lasts that long) or before consumers unwittingly assist in creating a situation where no hi-def fomat becomes successful due to a prolonged battle that hands a complete victory to electronic video distribution.
]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=115 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 [SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM]]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=114 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 The shift by Paramount and DreamWorks will surely cause more damage and problems for the consumer than for the Blu-ray camp, something both studios must realize.
Toshiba remains the only major consumer electronics company supporting HD DVD. And Blu-ray still has a dominant 63% - 37% exclusive studio support advantage over HD DVD, and, so far, the exclusive support of Spielberg.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=113 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 The packaging alone may make this a collector's item.
]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=112 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Disney's slate lays out a steady stream of major studio content to support every BD technology upgrade over the next year.
]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=107 Wed, 8 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 It's the top exec at Universal Studios Home Entertainment, by his own admission.
Universal president Craig Kornblau told me late Monday that the studio actually wants the format war to continue.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=108 Thu, 2 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 The other two discs in the 4-platter set feature "Spider-Man" on one disc (film only) and a second disc with "Spider-Man 2" and "Spider-Man 2.1."

]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=106 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=104 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Today's announcement is very significant as most of Spielberg's films are released through Universal, which is the only major studio that is not releasing movies on Blu-ray Disc. Spielberg has not approved the release of any of his films on HD DVD as yet.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=105 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 The signature bonus feature exclusive to the Blu-ray "Pirates 3" is "Enter the Maelstrom," a one-hour BD-Java-enablede interactive look at the climactic sequence of the movie hosted by producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who serves as a tour guide.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=102 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Sony and Target will officially announce Thursday that the retail giant will sell the $499 Sony Blu-ray player and movies from Sony, Disney and a third studio in an "endcap" display at the nation's second largest "big box" stores this fall.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=103 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 The studio has announced a 25th anniversary Blu-ray release on Dec. 18 of "the definitive version" of Sir Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner."]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=95 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 The coolest-sounding BD extra is maybe the most elaborate BD-J interactivity yet called "Car Finder," allowing users to search for the more than 200 different cars featured in the movie... ]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=93 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 ]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=92 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=87 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Conspiracy theorists point out that media members were contacted about "the problem" by people at Blu-ray opponent Microsoft, but I won't go down that road just yet.
The hotline for technical assistance is extraordinarily and prominently displayed on the disc itself...
With all that, it's hard for me to take this issue very seriously and not being inclined to be a little skeptical about the veracity of the original information.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=91 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 expressed constructive criticisms and concerns in the first 72 hours of
our launch and have modified our site to make it 1080p-clear that we
have nothing to hide about the fact that this site was created and is
funded by Blu-ray studios and companies that profit by the sale of
Blu-ray products.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=89 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700
2.) C'mon, be professional about your press announcements. PS3 is already and will continue to be the primary machine on which people are watching high-def discs for the next couple years. Don't pretend PS3 doesn't count.
]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=90 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=88 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 A Fox executive told us and some late-night commenters at High-Def Digest that it isn't true. Fox has made no Blu-ray announcements in Europe, Asia or the U.S. since its last Blu-ray title, "Night at the Museum," on April 24.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=45 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=150 Thu, 4 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 In response to consumer demand, Warner Bros. Entertainment will release its high-definition DVD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format beginning later this year, it was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros. and Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group.]]> http://www.hollywoodinhidef.com/blog_detail.php?id=151 Thu, 4 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 ]]>