| Posted by: unspoken at February 6, 2008, 10:13 pm | | Topic: Blu-Ray question Forum: JoBlo | Quote: Originally Posted by blk_flower
with HD DVD a lot of their titles are combo discs with standard dvd and hd verions on one disc. I figured this would be great with blu-ray but a lot of titles aren't like this. Some dvds say they have 480 picture on the back under special features, so does this mean the disc is double sided where I can place the standard dvd side into any other non blu ray player? Take this movie for example it says it has 480 picture. In a word, no. Some Blu-ray discs have the special features in Standard Def. To code the feature presentation with 1080i/1080p plus lossless audio takes up a huge amount of disc space, and the only way they could make the movie + the special features fit on one disc is to put the special features in SD. The discs themselves are not compatible with a Standard Def. DVD player. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: blk_flower at February 2, 2008, 11:21 pm | | Topic: Blu-Ray question Forum: JoBlo | | While this is still on page 1 I have a blu ray question Just got my new tv today, a samsung LCD. So I've already gotten into saving for a PS3 and for blue ray too. My question here is this.... with HD DVD a lot of their titles are combo discs with standard dvd and hd verions on one disc. I figured this would be great with blu-ray but a lot of titles aren't like this. Some dvds say they have 480 picture on the back under special features, so does this mean the disc is double sided where I can place the standard dvd side into any other non blu ray player? Take this movie for example it says it has 480 picture. it must be double sided or something right because what would the point in having anything other than 1080 on a blu ray disc. If anybody has blu ray help me out here. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Borris at January 31, 2008, 9:51 am | | Topic: Blu-Ray question Forum: JoBlo | | I have a blu-ray and regulary shop for new blu releases. I have yet to see any title where you would have to change disks to see the rest of a feature. There are several multiple disk releases, but the additional disks are extras or different versions of the feature (like the blade runner set). | | Static Link |
| Posted by: DRheadman at January 31, 2008, 9:34 am | | Topic: Blu-Ray question Forum: JoBlo | | I don't mind if they put the extras on another disc, even if it does seem stupid with all that space. I just don't want to have to stop and change the disk halfway through the movie. 50 GB seems like a lot, but maybe HD takes up that much. Does it? Come on, someone here must have bought a Blu-ray machine or have a Playstation. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: blk_flower at January 30, 2008, 9:12 pm | | Topic: Blu-Ray question Forum: JoBlo | | yeah blu ray could be so much more amazing if these studios who use the extra space they have I mean come on the discs themselves are more expensive. I want more than a pretty picture for that price. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: KcMsterpce at January 30, 2008, 8:29 pm | | Topic: Blu-Ray question Forum: JoBlo | | My guess is that Blu-Ray movies are spread out on more discs just to make it seem more impressive. There are a shitload of 2+ disc DVD sets that are not worthy of wasting more discs. The second disc will have 25 minutes of "extra footage", and the movie itself is 90 minutes. I don't know if BD or HD-DVDs have done this. The 5-disc BLADE RUNNER set is pretty unnecessary, considering that almost all the extra features are DVD ports, meaning that it's definitely not utilizing all 50GB of storage on 3 of the 5 discs for sure. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: X-Nightcrawler at January 30, 2008, 5:24 pm | | Topic: Blu-Ray question Forum: JoBlo | | Not regularly, no. It's rare even in DVDs, so I wouldn't see why BluRay movies would have this. . . . not that it's really a big deal, is it? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: DRheadman at January 30, 2008, 11:15 am | | Topic: Blu-Ray question Forum: JoBlo | | Someone told me that longer movies on HD and Blu-Ray come on two disks, so like Barry Lyndon you have to change disks half way through and put the next disk in. Is this true? I haven't heard it from anywhere else. I thought these things were massive and you could put all sorts of stuff on there. Anyone know? | | Static Link |
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