Blu ray strikes back!

[Raskolnikov]

Title: 20th Century Fox Blu-ray Releases (IMDb: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Released: 14th November 2006
SRP: USD39.98/CAD49.98
Further Details:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced a new wave of
Blu-ray Disc titles that will be released worldwide throughout November
2006. Those titles will include: Behind Enemy Lines, Fantastic Four,
Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut), Kiss of the Dragon, The Omen (666),
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Speed, and The Transporter. They
will first appear in Japan on 10th November, then North America, Europe
and Australia on 14th November. Each title will have AVC (MPEG4) video
and HD "Lossless" Audio, with unique special features. Here's a list of
features with appropriate information:

* Behind Enemy Lines: Marked as one of the studio's first three
BD-J releases, it features DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and MPEG 4
compression. The disc also includes commentaries by Director John
Moore, Editor Martin Smith, and Producers John Davis and Wyck Godfrey,
as well as selectable HD trailers of upcoming BD releases.

       * Fantastic Four: Presented with DTS HD Lossless Master Audio, the
HDMV Blu-Ray Disc boasts commentaries by Ioan Gruffud, Jessica Alba,
Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis and Julian McMahon, and selectable HD
trailers of upcoming BD releases.

       * Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut): To accommodate the full 3
hour and 42 minute run time of Ridley Scott's Director's cut version of
his epic masterpiece is one of the industry's first dual-layer BD
releases and is authored in HDMV presented with DTS HD Lossless Master
Audio.

       * Kiss of the Dragon: Authored in HDMV with DTS HD Lossless Master
Audio, it includes commentaries by Chris Nash, Bridget Fonda, and Jet
Li, as well as selectable HD trailers of upcoming BD releases.

       * The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: One of the industry's
most advanced BD releases, it is authored in BD-J with DTS HD Lossless
Master Audio and AVC (MPEG 4 compression) and includes commentaries by
the cast and crew, a unique search index which allows the viewer to
sort scenes from the movie into 72 categories ranging from actor (e.g.,
Shane West, Sean Connery) to character (e.g., Allan Quarterman, Agent
Tom Sawyer) to locations (e.g., Paris, Venice), among others.
Additional features include an interactive first person shooter game
boasting 12 unique play modes, up to 99 bookmarks, an animated pop-up
trivia track, and HD trailers of upcoming BD releases.

       * The Omen (666): Authored in HDMV with DTS HD Lossless Master
Audio, it includes commentary by John Moore, Glenn Williamson and Dan
Zimmerman, two featurettes and two extended scenes plus a BD-exclusive
animated pop-up trivia track entitled "The Devil's Footnotes," which
explores the history of the triple sixes (666).

       * Speed: This BD-J release boasts DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and
MPEG 4 compression. Special features include commentary tracks and
commentary chapter selections by Jan De Bont, Graham Yost, and Mark
Gordon, as well as an animated pop-up trivia track, up to 99 bookmarks,
a 56-category search index and a java game entitled, Speed: Take Down,
touting six game play modes. The title also includes HD trailers for
upcoming BD releases.

       * The Transporter: Authored in HDMV and presented with DTS HD
Lossless Master Audio, the Blu-Ray Disc features commentaries by Actor
Jason Statham and Producer Steven Chasman, in addition to host of
selectable HD trailers of upcoming BD releases.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will also be announcing
their first concurrent DVD/BD release, which will be Ice Age: The
Meltdown - authored in HDMV and presented with DTS HD Lossless Master
Audio, this title will be released on 13th November in Australia and
some European countries, whilst it gets a North American release on
21st November.








Fra:
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/fox-blu-ray-disc-releases.html
Dual Layer BD Til Kingdom of Heaven. Jeg vidste man kunne regne med fox.  
Og
"For reference, HDMV is panasonics new encoder, otherwise known as H264"
http://hdmv.net/
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[Raskolnikov]

Og
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment today is expected to announce an ambitious slate of Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles, becoming the last of the five big studios supporting the next-generation optical-disc format to unveil specific releases and release dates.

The nine titles will be released worldwide, not just in North America. Topping the list: Ice Age: The Meltdown, which will be released the same day as the standard DVD, Nov. 21 in the United States and Canada and the week of Nov. 13 in Australia and select European countries.

Also on the list: the director’s cut of Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven, due Nov. 14 in North America, Australia and Europe and June 10 in Japan. The release will be one of the industry’s first dual-layer BDs, to accommodate the nearly four-hour running time.

“I reviewed [the film] on Blu-ray Disc, and I was astounded,” Scott said. “It was like looking through a window of clarity. It was the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen.”

Coming to stores on the same day are the seven other Fox titles: Behind Enemy Lines, Fantastic Four, Kiss of the Dragon, The Omen (666), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Speed and The Transporter.

In the United States, all titles will list for $39.98 — about $10 more than initial BD releases by Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video. Unlike most of the early Blu-ray releases from other studios, a number of Fox titles take full advantage of the format’s high-definition technology and Java-based interactivity, with AVC (MPEG-4 compression) and HD “Lossless” Audio.

Fox titles with AVC are Behind Enemy Lines, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Speed.

Only one other studio, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, is releasing BD titles with the advanced codec: Eight Below and Great Raid, both due Sept. 19.

Fox also is expected to announce today the release of four BD titles from MGM, which it is now distributing. The Usual Suspects and Windtalkers are due Nov. 28, followed on Dec. 5 by Rocky and Bulletproof Monk.

The timing of the Fox and MGM releases coincides with the expected release of the Sony PlayStation 3 video game console, which Blu-ray backers believe will give the fledgling format the momentum to soar past rival HD DVD.

“Blu-ray is the superior high-definition format,” Dunn said. “Come this holiday season, it will be evident that it is really the only choice for consumers who want to enjoy pre-recorded high-definition content at home. It’ll be that simple. It fully delivers on the promise of a next-generation format. Blu-ray represents the bright future of the $50 billion global home entertainment industry and the inevitable successor to the incredibly popular DVD.”

Five of the six major studios — all but Universal Studios Home Entertainment, which is only supporting the HD DVD format — have now announced titles and release dates for BD, as has Lionsgate.

HD DVD, aside from Universal, is being supported by Paramount Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video, both of which also are supporting BD.
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http://www.homemediaretailing.com/news/ ... le_ID=9606

Man må sige at BD slår igen nu!

[27pH]

Er de ikke lidt dyre ifht HD DVD?

vH pH

[Raskolnikov]

Jo de er lidt dyrer...

[27pH]

Desuden virker det som om at de næsten kun udgiver film som ikke klarede skærende så godt, dvs at de mangler lidt indtjening på dem. FF og LEG, f.eks. Det er meget muligt at de store titler (LOTR/KK) kommer til jul, men det ville hjælpe hvis der var et par titler man bare MÅTTE eje. Speed kan jeg fint se på vhs eller TV3.

vH pH

[Raskolnikov]

Dette er jo kun begyndelsen. Fox har et godt katalog og det samme har WB som også udgiver på BD.  

[HenrikW]

Jeg er spændt på at se hvad der bliver "standarden" her hjemme og resten af verdenen. Langt de fleste HDDVD spillere der er nu er jo til at betale, det samme kan man ihvert fald endnu ikke sige om BluRay.

[P.H.]

Vi må håbe at blueray ikke allerede har tabt kampen - dels p.g.a hd-dvd's forspring dels p.g.a. den skandaløst ringe første blueray-afspiller fra Samsung

BD P1000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[27pH]

Dette er jo kun begyndelsen. Fox har et godt katalog og det samme har WB som også udgiver på BD.

 

Sandt nok, men derfor forstår jeg ikke de lægger noget hårdere ud.

[Raskolnikov]

Var det noget med en EU samsung BD afspiller? ( som er fyldt med fejl!)
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electro ... 2006090109
Kun £ 999;