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Sony Completes First Full-Length Blu-ray Disc

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hot-off-the-presses dept.

john writes "Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced that authoring has been completed on the first Blu-ray Disc (BD) to contain a full-length, high-definition feature film. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle was compressed and authored in MPEG 2 full high-definition (1920 x 1080) and is now being shipped to BD hardware companies for player testing."

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  1. bah... by NegZero · · Score: 0, Troll

    Too bad it's just another Betamax... HD DVD will be cheaper and more widespread.. Mabey doesn't hold quite as much... Sound familiar SONY?

  2. That Long?! by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: 1, Troll

    Wow, Blu-Ray has existed for how many months now? They must have used one of those Intel CPUs with HyperThreading enabled if it took them that long to encode it...

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    Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
  3. DUR DUR DUR DUR!!!! by TheLittleJetson · · Score: 0, Troll

    I bet SONY put a ROOTKIT on there!!!

    I am so witty and clever in making this totally unique joke!