http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/ Engadget HD Comments for Snow White's Blu-ray debut is October 6 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/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/Apr 3rd 2009 8:26AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/
It's an interesting ploy, to release the BD so far in advance of the DVD-only edition. People who are interested in the DVD could still buy the Blu-ray edition, and be future-proofed even if they're not ready to buy a player yet. I'll be very interested to see how it all plays out.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 9:30AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/Apr 3rd 2009 9:52AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/
this is great PR for Disney, at minimal cost, people can still buy it on DVD. pretty funny if you ask me. but i think getting this title on blu-Ray restored is great.

if you have to ask why a movie is on HD, i guess you are in the wrong place.... movies are fantastic in HD and in 1080P glory.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 11:39AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/
Though, maybe that's just me....]]>Apr 3rd 2009 12:31PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/
Unless the went back to the original animations and recaptured everything into HD, this is a pointless upres that will see no increase in quality. ]]>Apr 3rd 2009 1:11PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/
I was really impressed with the number of extras on the original Snow White Platinum Edition. I don't know how much more they can put on there, other than the lame tween singer versions of their songs. I liked that all of that crap was off of the original DVD. The subsequent Platinum editions were sad in comparison.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 4:19PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/Apr 3rd 2009 4:22PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/
So, does anyone know if they went back to the original animation and recapped it with modern equipment, or did they upres the original capture?]]>Apr 3rd 2009 4:30PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/Apr 3rd 2009 4:33PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/
Mike, I have no prejudice against HD animation. In fact, I would love to see one of the most epic animated series ever made, Avatar, in HD more than you can imagine. But, I can't stand when people don't actually 'get' HD. When I see LCD HDTVs with DVD players built into the side of them; it doesn't make any sense to me. When I see a DVD player with HDMI output that upreses DVDs to 'HD quality' I laugh at the people who think they are watching HD content. ]]>Apr 3rd 2009 4:35PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/Apr 3rd 2009 8:18PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/I can't think of one older right now (though i'm not quite an expert)]]>Apr 3rd 2009 2:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/Apr 3rd 2009 4:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/Apr 3rd 2009 4:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/Apr 4th 2009 1:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/
buying this first day!!]]>Apr 3rd 2009 5:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/
Benz, what I think they did was take a pristine film negative and go from there. The digital restoration techniques employed by Disney are second to none, from what I can tell. You would be gobsmacked if you ever got to see how the True Life Adventures series turned out. And for animated features, they even do a bit of cheating, by doing things like re-rendering scrolling backgrounds after they've been remastered. As far as the film goes, trust me on this: Unless we're talking about 8mm, film has more than enough resolution to justify a 1080p transfer. Check out Star Trek in HD. Those were 16mm films.
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Apparently the extras on the new Blu Ray release will be far better than on the original 2001 Platinum Edition! I hope that they do another introduction featuring the Slave In The Magic Mirror as this was one of the highlights of the 2001 edition of the movie!]]>Apr 7th 2009 12:20PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/03/snow-whites-blu-ray-debut-is-october-6/May 28th 2009 7:11PM