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First Blu-ray Movie Titles Announced

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-pick-one-and-run-with-it dept.

JorgeDeLaCancha writes "Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment have recently announced the release of the first titles on the Blu-Ray media coinciding with the Blu-Ray hardware release in the spring. Some of the films to be released include classics such as "The Fifth Element" and "Robocop" to more modern films such as "Black Hawk Down." Other corporations, such as Fox, have announced similar plans."

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  1. The vicious cycle by ClamIAm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now that everybody's re-bought their favorite movies on DVD, let's move on to the next format! Call me a cynic, but I don't think the average person wants to do this yet. I don't think it's a stretch to say that the average person has had a DVD player in their home for less than five years.

  2. HA! by big_groo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whaa? New discs from Sony? Sign me up!

  3. "Nearly 50" HD-DVD titles also announced by MojoStan · · Score: 5, Informative
    I think both sides of "the war" should be represented. Among the HD-DVD titles available at launch:
    • The Matrix
    • Batman Begins
    • The Bourne Supremacy
    • Aeon Flux
    • Jarhead
    • U2: Rattle & Hum
    There are many articles about HD DVD/Blu-ray titles on Google News.
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  4. Great! Now use the capacity to fit more on 1 disc! by Hobart · · Score: 5, Informative
    I'm more interested in hearing when they start packing full seasons of standard-definition content onto a single disc that they can sell for a reasonable price, instead of the >$100 prices that some sets have been going for. (I.e. $338 for CSI on Amazon)

    With H.264 encoding allegedly taking up half the space of MPEG-4 ASP/DivX, which itself takes up roughly 1/7th the space of MPEG-2 DVDs (assuming a 650M CD DivX holds the 2hr content of a 4.5GB movie) -- that's 28 hrs of content on a 4.5G DVD, or 140 hrs of content on a 23GB BD disc!)

    ...and since this is Slashdot, I should mention that if you pick up a BluRay player or buy MPAA movies, you should take up Lessig's challenge and donate an equal amount of money to the EFF... </obYRO>
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  5. LOL, Ladies and Gentleman, the next Laserdisc by AudioEfex · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I actually loved LD, but the hard facts of the matter are that it didn't catch on with the mass market because they were satisified with VHS. The jump from VHS to DVD was much more profound for the average viewer than DVD to Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. So, it's not an insult for me to say it's going to be the next LD - I'm simply saying that it's going to remain the domain of early-adopters and techies, and by the time the general public is ready for any new format it will be superior to either of the new DVD formats.

    The other truth of the matter is, for most intents and purposes, the average person has never exploited how good DVD looks in the first place. They use S-video at best. An anamaphoric-enhanced DVD release (as most theatrical DVDs have been since the 90's), on a progressive scan DVD player with component inputs on a widescreen TV looks damn good. Better than most people will ever wish to have in their home.

    The big mistake all of the movie companies are making is that they think we are all itching for something new. We aren't. We don't care. Very few people care about this technology. We'll be well into the next decade before we start lamenting that Wal-Mart is carrying more Blu-Ray/HD discs than DVD. The studios and certain techies keep throwing numbers out there, telling us all what we are supposedly missing...and the joke is going to be on them when these things hit the market with a resounding thud.