And the first official Blu-ray movie is... at DVinfo.net

Kevin Shaw · November 21st, 2005, 03:20 PM

"Charlie's Angels Full Throttle"

http://www.weva.com/cgi-bin/newsread...i&storyid=3086

Okay, I guess this proves that high-definition technology doesn't guarantee better content. :-(

Jordi Dusanek · December 5th, 2005, 05:17 AM

It could be worst... imagine House of the 1000 corpses... ehgr :/

Matthew Wauhkonen · December 5th, 2005, 09:06 AM

It's 1080p, yay!

It's not H264, huh?

Keith Wakeham · December 5th, 2005, 09:34 AM

Someone said this on HD for indies website in the comments and I think it is worth saying again.

Sony's new copy protection. Release movies that nobody wants to copy.

Kevin Shaw · December 5th, 2005, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew Wauhkonen

It's not H264, huh?

Sony recently announced that they'll initially be using MPEG2 compression for their HD movies, supposedly because that's what most of their business partners are used to working with. It's also worth noting that using MPEG2 will result in larger files that are harder to copy illegally -- except the movie pirates will probably just crunch everything down to H.264 or Windows Media anyway.

The good news here is that blu-laser players will apparently be able to play full-quality HDV files, meaning we can now distribute in the same format we use for recording and editing. That'll simplify things if you ever need to re-edit an HD project from a disc copy.

George Ellis · December 6th, 2005, 06:37 AM

I am glad it is not H.264. Unless you have a decoder chip specifically for it, H.264 is a CPU intensive bear to play. Most PC users are now looking to new video cards from ATI and nVidia with upcoming drivers for some relief.

November 21st, 2005, 03:20 PM	#1
Kevin Shaw Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,488	And the first official Blu-ray movie is... "Charlie's Angels Full Throttle" http://www.weva.com/cgi-bin/newsread...i&storyid=3086 Okay, I guess this proves that high-definition technology doesn't guarantee better content. :-(

December 5th, 2005, 09:34 AM	#4
Keith Wakeham Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. John's, NL, Canada Posts: 416	Someone said this on HD for indies website in the comments and I think it is worth saying again. Sony's new copy protection. Release movies that nobody wants to copy. __________________ www.engr.mun.ca/~wakeham/index.htm

December 5th, 2005, 05:17 AM	#2
Jordi Dusanek Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 38	It could be worst... imagine House of the 1000 corpses... ehgr :/

December 5th, 2005, 09:06 AM	#3
Matthew Wauhkonen Major Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 285	It's 1080p, yay! It's not H264, huh?

December 6th, 2005, 06:37 AM	#6
George Ellis Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Suwanee, GA Posts: 1,241	I am glad it is not H.264. Unless you have a decoder chip specifically for it, H.264 is a CPU intensive bear to play. Most PC users are now looking to new video cards from ATI and nVidia with upcoming drivers for some relief.