Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

FYI: American Gangster has been pushed-up to Feb.19th



PRODUCT INFO
RUN TIME: 2 Hours 37 Minutes
MPAA RATING: R
LAYERS: HD-30 / DVD-9 (Double Sided)
AUDIO: English Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
French Dolby Digital Plus 5.1

PICTURE: Widescreen (1.85:1)

HD DVD SIDE BONUS MATERIALS :
• Alternate Opening
• Deleted Scenes
• Uncovering the Past: The Real Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts
• Feature Commentary with director Ridley Scott and writer Steven Zaillian
• Picture in Picture

Standard Definition - Side B
Both Rated and Unrated Cuts of the film

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

Paramount announces BEOWULF "Director's Cut" for Feb 26th




PRODUCT INFO:
Runtime: 1 Hr. 54 Min
Languages: English Subtitled, French Dubbed & Subtitled, Spanish Dubbed & Subtitled
Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital Plus, 5.1 Dolby TrueHD
US Rating: Unrated -


• Featurette: A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
• Featurette: In The Volume
• Featurette: The Volume
• Other: Web Enabled Features (TBA)
• Featurette: "T" Time
• Featurette: What is the E.O.G.?
• Featurette: Lay of the Land
• Featurette: Givin' Props
• Featurette: Scanners
• Featurette: Stunts and Rigs
• Featurette: Plan of Attack
• Featurette: Fight Me
• Featurette: Baby It’s Cold Inside
• Featurette: Beasts of Burden
• Featurette: The Origins of Beowulf
• Featurette: Creating the Ultimate Beowulf
• Featurette: The Art of Beowulf
• Featurette: A Conversation with Robert Zemeckis
• Additional Scenes: Grendel Runs Towards Herot
• Additional Scenes: Hrothgar Awakened by Unferth
• Additional Scenes: Scylding's watch Escorts Beowulf
• Additional Scenes: Wealthow Shows Beowulf the Sundial
• Additional Scenes: Beowulf Boasts to the People of Herot
• Additional Scenes: Beowulf Hammers Grendel's Arm
• Additional Scenes: Celebration and Seduction
• Additional Scenes: Wulfgar Greets Beowulf at the Stockade
• Additional Scenes: Beowulf's Day Unferth Finds the Horn
• Additional Scenes: Cain on the Barrows (Original)
• Additional Scenes: Cain on the Barrows (Alternate)
• Trailers: Theatrical Trailer

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

FYI: American Gangster has been pushed-up to Feb.19th



PRODUCT INFO
RUN TIME: 2 Hours 37 Minutes
MPAA RATING: R
LAYERS: HD-30 / DVD-9 (Double Sided)
AUDIO: English Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
French Dolby Digital Plus 5.1

PICTURE: Widescreen (1.85:1)

HD DVD SIDE BONUS MATERIALS :
• Alternate Opening
• Deleted Scenes
• Uncovering the Past: The Real Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts
• Feature Commentary with director Ridley Scott and writer Steven Zaillian
• Picture in Picture

Standard Definition - Side B
Both Rated and Unrated Cuts of the film

This is excellent news!

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

More good news on the HD DVD Front:

Toshiba (Japan) has released v2.8 firmware update for the HD-XF2 and HD-XA2 HD DVD players released in Japan.

Among other improvements and changes, this firmware update also adds HD DVD-R playback.

Video content burned onto an HD DVD-R disc (conforming to applicable HD DVD and AACS specifications) can now be played back on both players. For instance, TV programmes recorded on a HD DVD-R disc by Toshiba's VARDIA HD DVD/HDD DVR can now be played back on both HD DVD players.

Further details of this firmware update plus instructions on how to obtain/install this firmware update can be found here.

Do expect similar firmware update being announced for HD DVD players released in other countries... probably within the next few weeks.

http://hddvdformat.blogspot.com/search/label/Firmware%20Updates%20%28Japan%29

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

Wait, is the unrated version only on the normal DVD side? That sucks.

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

Wait, is the unrated version only on the normal DVD side? That sucks.

It seems that the Theatrical Version will be the only version available on the HD side of the disc. This could've been a decision by Ridley Scott & not Universal. BTW the Unrated Version is 174 minutes which is about 17 minutes longer.

[RockyTop1]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

Wait, is the unrated version only on the normal DVD side? That sucks.

Yep, blows. I read that this morning.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

It seems that the Theatrical Version will be the only version available on the HD side of the disc. This could've been a decision by Ridley Scott & not Universal. BTW the Unrated Version is 174 minutes which is about 17 minutes longer.

I wonder why they did that, and double dipping in the future can't be it either.

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

I wonder why they did that, and double dipping in the future can't be it either.

I'm gonna say it was a Ridley Scott decision

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

Yep, blows. I read that this morning.

I guess the only advantage is with the HD-DVD, you still get the unrated version, just on DVD.

[The Chef]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

It seems that the Theatrical Version will be the only version available on the HD side of the disc. This could've been a decision by Ridley Scott & not Universal. BTW the Unrated Version is 174 minutes which is about 17 minutes longer.

They did the same thing on BR with Die Hard 4, the unrated version was only on DVD and it sucked. Im sure I will pick this up on HD-DVD but I may pick it up on DVD as well at some point just for the extra footage.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

I'm gonna say it was a Ridley Scott decision

It won't stop me from buying this, but just wondering.

[mgoblue]

Re: Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

Hitler's mad about the fall of HD-DVD

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[RockyTop1]

Re: Official Blu-Ray &amp; HD-DVD Thread

Starting next week at Circuit City...

Blu-Ray:

Buy 2 get 1 free:

$24.99

Donnie Brasco
SWAT
Into the Blue
Wild Things
Vertical Limit
Layer Cake
Hellboy
A Knights Tale
Kung Fu Hustle
XXX
Cruel Intentions
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Black Hawk Down
Curse of the Golden Flower
The Patriot
The Fifth Element
Resident Evil Apocalypse
A Few Good Men
Hostel
House of Flying Daggers
Memento
Stealth
Hitch
Tears of the Sun
Final fantasy: The spirit Within

************************************************** ****

HD-DVD:

Buy 2 save $10:

$29.99

The Bourne Ultimatum
Transformers
Shooter
The Kingdom
MI 3
Smokin Aces
King Kong
Flags of our Fathers
Shrek the Third
The Heartbreak Kid
I now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry
Knocked Up Unrated
Blades of Glory
Hot Fuzz

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: Official Blu-Ray &amp; HD-DVD Thread

Does anybody experience problems with combo discs on a regular basis?