http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/ Engadget HD Comments for Warner's first Blu-ray catch-up title due in December http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Oct 16th 2007 3:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Oct 16th 2007 12:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Oct 16th 2007 3:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Oct 16th 2007 12:21PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Oct 16th 2007 3:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Oct 16th 2007 12:25PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Oct 16th 2007 12:25PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Oct 16th 2007 12:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/
HD-DVD 103, blu-ray 73. Warner is making money on both.]]>Oct 16th 2007 1:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/
Yes, I know they are and they parade it. BUT...you can either have a disc that is so-so when released on both, or allocate that time/money/resources that they are spending on BD and make kick-arse HD DVDs like '300'. ]]>Oct 16th 2007 4:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/
TK]]>Oct 16th 2007 2:26PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Count me also in for *Batman Begins* on Blu-ray.

But considering how long they've made me wait for that title - and for features I consider useless like PiP commentary - why couldn't they have taken that time to crank out a new transfer using high bit rate AVC instead of handing us the same low bit rate VC-1 encoding job found on the HD DVD version?

Oh that's right...can't show off Blu-ray's superior video and audio capabilities because that would be unfair and damaging to Warner's own DVD patent portfolio intersts that they'd like to carry over for another disc generation which an HD DVD victory would ensure. My bad!

At this rate, they probably won't release it until we get closer to the theatrical release of its sequel.]]>Oct 16th 2007 4:23PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/
VC-1, according to the very people who do disc encodes at AVS Forum's Insiders Thread, is transparent to the source at only 15-20 mbps. Encoding at a higher rate is useless, and a waste of space.

In a double blind test, no one would be able to pick out the difference in a high bitrate AVC encode and the current VC-1 encode, since the law of diminishing returns has already come into effect. Sit and watch your bitrate meter if you want, but bitrate and codec choice are interactive - with VC-1, you simply don't need as many bits.

If you'd like to disagree, perhaps you should take it up with the compression professionals that actually work with the products, at AVS.]]>Oct 17th 2007 9:03AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/
indeed 300 was a great product for HD-DVD, but with all that time spent, BD still came on top (more 300 sales). That "so-so" disc is better than you think.

Warner is probably the most profitable neutral studio (right now), by staying neutral.]]>Oct 16th 2007 5:32PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/
Have you seen the commentary on the HD DVD? Like dayum! I'd love to see more of that stuff on all their titles instead of them spending that money on BD.

yes, you're right, they are by FAR the leader in HD titles overall. Not sure about net profits tho consider how much it takes to develop a BD vs. an HD DVD (authoring, manuf, dealing with the pain that is Sony, etc...). I'm just guessing, I don't know for sure.

]]>Oct 16th 2007 5:52PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Oct 17th 2007 11:00PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/warners-first-blu-ray-catch-up-title-due-in-december/Review your history, any of you still use floppies... ]]>Oct 24th 2007 1:38PM