Yderst rimlige priser men man skal da være lidt fanatisk hvis man allerede nu begynder at forudbestille filmene.

Men ok, det skulle ikke undre mig om det vælter ind med bestillinger hos dem.

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HD-DVD movies: not coming soon

Posted Mar 14th 2006 9:36AM by Marc Perton
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
If you've already pre-ordered some HD-DVD videos for that HD-DVD player that you also pre-ordered, you may end up getting the deck before you get the flicks. Warner Home Video -- the only studio that had set a firm date for a rollout of HD-DVD movies -- has now backed off and won't commit to a specific timetable. The company had originally planned to launch a slate of films including "Batman Begins" and "Million Dollar Baby" on March 28, and had even allowed major retailers such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy to take pre-orders. However, division head Ron Sanders now says "the outlook is tenuous -- we're still coming out with an initial slate, but we may be a week or two later; we just don't know." That can't be good news for Toshiba, which has been promoting its new HD-DVD players with a national roadshow, and still plans to have players in stores by the end of the month -- whether or not there's anything to watch on them.
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Nyt, måske er krigen forbi allerede!
Ultra-Multi: the new platform for HD discs?

Posted Mar 14th 2006 11:36AM by Marc Perton
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
There aren't a lot of details out yet, but apparently, the buzz at CeBIT has turned to a new HD disc player called the "Ultra-Multi," which will be a hybrid unit capable or playing both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs. There's no word on who might manufacture this -- though LG has already said it plans a hybrid device -- but just the mention of plans for such a player will no doubt cause some sweaty palms at Toshiba (which is shipping its first HD-DVD players later this month), where this morning's announcement that Warner Home Video would be delaying its first HD-DVD releases is probably just beginning to sink in.
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If you're one of those few people who rushed out and bought an analog HD display (like the 1993 model pictured above), you may actually be able to find some use for it. Sony Pictures has announced that it won't downsample Blu-ray output for analog sets, which don't support HDMI. That means you'll be able to watch full-res output if you hook up your Blu-ray player to your old display, rather than the 960x540 that could be outputted using the Image Constraint Token. While we're a little surprised that Sony would actually come out and do something so consumer-friendly, we're not that shocked. After all, the number of people with analog HD sets is relatively small compared to the overall market, Sony's piracy concerns have to do with digital copying, and, of course, Sony's in a battle for market share, and if this is a way to win a few more customers over to the Blu-ray camp, they're gonna do it.

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WOW masser af updates!
Endeligt er det officielt! ØV!!!!!!
New details are coming in from Sony's open press March 15th event.

First and foremost we have learned that Sony will be doing a worldwide launch in November 2006.  This includes the US, Japan, and Europe.

In addition, they aim to release 6 Million units by 12/31/2006 and aim to release 2 Million units per month starting in January 2007.

* Update - We have learned that Japan will be receiving their initial PS3 shipments in the first 10 days of November 2006.  No further word on US or Europe.

* Update - We have learned that the 6 Million units information was initially misunderstood.  The 6 Million units was in relation to their 2006 Fiscal Year which ends on March 31st 2007.
fra http://www.ps3portal.com/general/article/311.html


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Sony has revealed the reason behind the PS3 delays.  It is due to the Blu-Ray copy protection system not being finalized.  In other words, DRM has caused the PS3 delay.

On the bright side, this is the likely reason why we will see 6 Million PS3's this year, Four times the Xbox360's that Microsoft shipped in 2005 at their WorldWide launch
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og PS3 får HDMI 1.3
Kutaragi made it official when he announced the addition of the cutting edge HDMI technology. Improvements over older HMDI are numerous:

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Higher speed: Though HDMI has more than twice the bandwidth needed to support all HDTV formats, HDMI will increase its single-link bandwidth to support the demands of future HD display devices, such as higher resolutions, deep color and high frame rates.
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Deep color: HDMI will support 30-bit, 36-bit and 48-bit color depths for stunning rendering of over one billion colors in unprecedented detail.
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Greater PC/CE convergence: HDMI will be enhanced for easier integration into low voltage, AC-coupled PC graphics controllers, cementing HDMI’s position as the de facto standard digital multimedia interface enabling true convergence across PC and CE platforms. The HDMI Founders also support compatibility between HDMI and the Unified Display Interface (UDI), the HDMI-compatible digital video interface for PC displays announced recently by a group of leading PC technology makers.
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New mini connector: With small portable devices such as HD camcorders and still cameras demanding seamless HDTV connectivity, HDMI will offer a new, smaller form-factor connector option. Since HDMI offers the highest quality digital audio and video on a single connection, such devices will be also benefit from a reduced connector count.
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Lip Sync: CE devices are employing increasingly complex digital signal processing of high-resolution video and audio formats to enhance the clarity and detail of the content. As a result, synchronization of video and audio in user devices has become a greater challenge and could potentially require complex end-user adjustments. HDMI will incorporate features to enable this synchronization to be done automatically by the devices with greater accuracy.
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New compressed audio formats: In addition to HDMI’s current ability to support high-bandwidth uncompressed digital audio and all currently-available compressed formats (such as Dolby Digital and DTS), HDMI will add additional support for new compressed digital audio formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD.

Source: HMDI.org

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wow!!!
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Warner Home Video have announced the USA release of their first three HD-DVD titles for 18th April 2006. Million Dollar Baby, The Last Samurai and The Phantom of the Opera are the lucky few, priced at $28.99 SRP each and offering the following content…

Million Dollar Baby

Main Feature:

* 1080P HD 16x9 2.40:1
* Dolby Digital-Plus: English 5.1 & French 5.1
* English, French and Spanish subtitles


Extra Features:

* 480i Standard Definition
* Stereo Sound
* James Lipton Takes on Three: Roundtable with Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman and Moderator James Lipton
* Born to Fight: A discussion with real-life boxer/actress Lucia Rijker
* Producers Round 15: Behind the Scenes
* Theatrical Trailer


The Last Samurai

Main Feature:

* 1080P HD 16x9 2.40:1
* Dolby Digital-Plus: English 5.1, French 5.1, Spanish 2.0
* English, French and Spanish subtitles


Extra Features:

* 480i Standard Definition
* Stereo Sound
* Commentary by Edward Zwick
* Deleted Scenes
* Edward Zwick: Director's Video Journal
* History vs. Hollywood: The Last Samurai {History Channel Documentary)
* Tom Cruise: A Warrior's Journey
* Making an Epic: A Conversation with Edward Zwick
* A World of Detail: Production Design with Lilly Kilvert
* Silk and Armor: Costume Design with Ngila Dickson
* From Soldier to Samurai: The Weapons
* Japan Premieres
* Imperial Army Basic Training
* Theatrical Trailer


The Phantom of the Opera

Main Feature:

* 1080P HD 16x9 2.40:1
* Dolby True HD: English 5.1
* Dolby Digital-Plus: English 5.1 & French 5.1
* English, French and Spanish subtitles


Extra Features:

* 480i Standard Definition
* Stereo Sound
* Behind the Mask: The story of The Phantom of the Opera
* The Making of The Phantom of the Opera in 3 Spellbinding Acts:
o Pre-Production
o The Director
o Production
* No One Would Listen: Additional Scene
* Singalong
* Theatrical Trailer

Så HD DVD i 1080p! og vi får en SD version samtidig...dette er meget fristende....

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Det er fint med HD i 1080p  og SD 480p  men hvor er 720p og 1080i ????

Eller skal man ud og købe en nyt HD-Ready TV/Projctor der kan vise 1080p, når nu kun kan bruge 480p på de dyrt indkøbet  TV/Projctor .

Så hvad skulle vi så bruge HD-READY til ?????

Materialet på HD DVD og Blu-ray er gemt i 1080p - det er så op til afspillerens indstillinger hvordan de outputtes til skærm.

Bemærk i øvrigt at de annoncerede HD DVD afpillere maks. kan outputte i 1080i.

HD DVD afspiller med 1080p er dog på vej.

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Ja og husk nu lige at overveje om du skal have blue ray eller hd dvd, før du køber. Det er nitte bare at købe det der kommer først fordi man ikke kan vente på at det der er fedest kommer.

1080p er det eneste rigtige at ligge på skiverne, da man bør tilstræbe højst mulig opløsning i standarden. Interlaced burde bare kastes i havnen .. og burde aldrig være opfundet ... der er mange der ikke har forstået at 1080i faktisk har færre pixels i den samlede billeddata end 720p.

http://alvyray.com/DigitalTV/  (læg mærke til at det er et link til en, co-founder af pixar, Alvy Ray Smith's hjemmeside jeg linker til)








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Verden ville være et bedre sted at leve, hvis alle bare overholdt alle standarder!

Video med sony BD player.
http://news.com.com/1606-2-6052878.html?tag=vid&autoplay =true#mgallery

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Er der en HD afspiller på vej fra DENON ???

Jeg har ihvetfald ikke hørt noget...jeg tror de venter. Hvis de kommer med noget bliver det nok en Universal afspiller ( både lyd og billede? Altså DVDA / SACD og HD DVD og BD ) 

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Selve medierne, er de beskyttet af en kasette ala minidisc, eller er de åbne og modtagelige for ridser ?

Ved udlejnings-DVD'er og biblioteks-DVD'er er ridser nemlig et STORT problem.
Det bliver vel næppe et mindre problem, med større lagerkapacitet ?!

 

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Spencer skrev: Selve medierne, er de beskyttet af en kasette ala minidisc, eller er de åbne og modtagelige for ridser ? Ved udlejnings-DVD'er og biblioteks-DVD'er er ridser nemlig et STORT problem. Det bliver vel næppe et mindre problem, med større lagerkapacitet ?!

Der var på et tidspunkt hvor det var på tale med kassetter men det blev så vidt jeg ved ikke til noget (findes vist i Japan, men der findes mange ting som vi aldrig kommer til at se).

Ridser bliver helt sikkert et problem og jeg havde gerne set at man brugte kassetter:-/

Nej det gør ikke, da BD bruger en ny coating fra TDK. Den som kan tåle at man bruger stål uld på den

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Raskolnikov skrev: Nej det gør ikke, da BD bruger en ny coating fra TDK. Den som kan tåle at man bruger stål uld på den

Haha, det vil jeg sku se før jeg tror det. Det ville ihvertfald ikke være første gang at man hører den slags utopiske løfter omkring produkter, som efter release så ikke lever op til det

ok, men der har været flere demoer af teknologien. Bla. var der en i London, hvor journalisterne fik lov til at gå amok med bla. ståluld. 

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Ståluld laver ikke koncentriske ridser, som mange dårlige CD-skuffer gør.

Nå - vi får jo se om teknologien er noget værd, når den kommer på markedet, næste gang Halley's komet kommer forbi.

 

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