john

So we get Good Night and Good Luck, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Rumor Has It and Training Day on August 1st. It should be interesting to see if these titles are encoded with MPEG-2 or not?

Edit: Apparently these four titles will be MPEG-2 releases. See Post #41!


http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

albert

Cool. Here's the full press release:

July 12, 2006 03:40 PM US Eastern Timezone
Warner Home Video Announces First Wave of Blu-ray Launch Titles; Available August 1st and Featuring a Mix of Titles For All Consumers

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2006--Warner Home Video:

-- Academy Award Winner TRAINING DAY

-- Academy Award Nominated GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

-- Noir Comedy KISS, KISS, BANG, BANG

-- Romantic Comedy RUMOR HAS IT

Warner Home Video (WHV), which distributes the largest film library of any studio, today announced that it will launch its first wave of titles on Blu-ray Disc. On August 1, WHV will release four titles -- "Training Day"; "Good Night, and Good Luck"; "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang"; and "Rumor Has It" -- on the Blu-ray format to support the initial roll out of Blu-ray players in North America. "Training Day" and "Good Night, and Good Luck" will be available for $28.99 SRP and "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" and "Rumor Has It" will be available for $34.99 SRP. Future waves of Blu-ray launch titles will be announced in the coming weeks.

"Warner Bros. is a leader in home entertainment and it is our ongoing mission to provide consumers with a broad choice of options for the next generation, in-home experience," said Ron Sanders, President of Warner Home Video. "These initial Blu-ray titles demonstrate the superb quality of high definition across a range of genres providing consumers with a cinema quality experience from the comfort of their homes."

Blu-ray Discs offer resolution six times higher than standard definition DVDs, extraordinarily vibrant contrast and color in addition to beautifully crisp sound. Warner Blu-ray Discs introduce instant access to extra features with the use of a seamless menu-bar that allows viewers to enjoy features and settings without leaving or interrupting the film.

The first wave of Warner titles include two new releases, a catalog favorite and a title new to the high definition format: the critically acclaimed Oscar(R) nominated drama "Good Night, and Good Luck" starring David Strathairn and George Clooney; Academy Award(R) winning, "Training Day" starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke; Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer's noir comedy caper "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang"; and Rob Reiner's clever romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Mark Ruffalo and Shirley MacLaine, "Rumor Has It."

About Warner Home Video:

With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc., Turner Entertainment Company, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/...05&newsLang=en

diana

I think it's good that everyone can FINALLY directly compare the 2 formats with the same film.

john

I believe DaViD said that the first 5 or so titles were authored in MPEG2.

No sound specs? Dolby Plus and/or TrueHD?

Guess we'll know in 3 weeks.

diana

I believe DaViD said that the first 5 or so titles were authored in MPEG2.

No sound specs? Dolby Plus and/or TrueHD?

Guess we'll know in 3 weeks.

john

If true then I won't be buying these Blu-ray discs since I already owned two of them on HD DVD. I would like Good Night Good Luck, but I'll wait until it comes out on HD DVD with VC1.

diana

why is Good Night Good Luck getting a blu-ray release and not a HD-DVD one ?

are warner going to be playing more games with us (i.e. let's release some films on HD-DVD and others on Blu-ray) ? that's not format neutrality is it.

i may have to send in my pitch fork for sharpening ...

albert

why is Good Night Good Luck getting a blu-ray release and not a HD-DVD one ?

are warner going to be playing more games with us (i.e. let's release some films on HD-DVD and others on Blu-ray) ? that's not format neutrality is it.

i may have to send in my pitch fork for sharpening ...

diana

Relax, Warner hasn't announced any August HD DVD releases yet. The only reason why this title was announced yesterday is because it's the first rollout of Warner Blu-ray titles.

john

It's the only thing that makes sense because those other three titles are aready out on HD DVD. Also, though, Warner is supporting both formats, I have a strange feeling that HD DVD is their format preference.

Warner is so slow announcing their HD releases that it causes me to laugh at times. Case in point, they just announced the below HD release for next week. It's their only announced title for the rest of July.

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62145