Serenity on HD in March!

POSTED BY: SimonWho
UPDATED: Monday, January 9, 2006 19:46
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SIMONWHO

Thursday, January 5, 2006 1:26 PM

It's been confirmed by Universal that Serenity will be among their first 10 titles on HD-DVD:

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

Of course, Universal are pretty much the only studio who are only supporting HD-DVD. This is unfortunate as the war between the formats is all over bar the shooting, with Blu-Ray the all but certain winner.

So... decision time. Still, if you want to see Serenity in beautiful Hi-Definition whenever you want, it'll cost you around 500 bucks for the player and another 30 for the disc (probably) in just two months time.

Even if you're utterly disinterested in HiDef DVDs, this is still a good sign as it shows that Universal still consider the movie to be a flagship title alongside The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Jarhead, Doom, Cinderella Man, Apollo 13, The Chronicles of Riddick, U-571, Van Helsing and The Bourne Supremacy. Okay, so nobody actually wants to be next to Van Helsing but still...

JERRYT

Thursday, January 5, 2006 2:39 PM

I'll eventually be getting a Hi-Def unit, but probably not until the format wars between Blueray and the HD-DVD are over. Sigh, VHS/Betamax all over again. That, and the price will drop on the units once they are out for awhile.

Now I just have to get my big screen TV. Just waiting for the true 1080p units to hit. Hopefully in 06.

JerryT
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GRAYFURY

Thursday, January 5, 2006 2:46 PM

Quote:
SimonWho wrote:
Thursday, January 05, 2006 03:26
It's been confirmed by Universal that Serenity will be among their first 10 titles on HD-DVD:

Even if you're utterly disinterested in HiDef DVDs, this is still a good sign as it shows that Universal still consider the movie to be a flagship title alongside The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Jarhead, Doom, Cinderella Man, Apollo 13, The Chronicles of Riddick, U-571, Van Helsing and The Bourne Supremacy. Okay, so nobody actually wants to be next to Van Helsing but still...

Wow! Van Helsing huh? I just saw this steaming turd log for the first time last night... Thats 2 hours gone from my life that I will be begging for on my deathbed. Urk!

"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"

NUCKLES87

Thursday, January 5, 2006 4:54 PM

The war of the formats is pointless. DVDs have barely had six years on the market. Its to early for thim to be replaced.

The only reason you'd need HD DVD or Blu-Ray is if you have an HD set.The current HD-TV market is miniscule, to small to adopt a new format.

By 2009, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will be made obsolete by Holographic storage.

Still, I'm personally pro HD DVD. Its more practical then Blu Ray. It is backwards compatible with DVDs after all. So I won't need to rebuy my current DVD collection should a new format become the new format of choice.

DONCOAT

Thursday, January 5, 2006 4:56 PM

Oh, go se.

Now I have to decide whether to become an early adopter. I mean, I HAVE to have Serenity in HD, and Apollo 13 is a great sweetener.

The frustrating thing is, I can afford to buy the player at that price, but I would hate to spend that much and end up with a Betamax-type dinosaur on my hands.

Here's another Catch-22:
-- Universal is exclusively supporting HD-DVD
-- Fox is exclusively supporting Blu-Ray

So if you get an HD-DVD player to watch Serenity, you won't be able to play your (future) Blu-Ray Firefly discs, and vice versa.

GRRR! ARRGH!

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GIZMO

Thursday, January 5, 2006 5:55 PM

I intend to buy a PlayStation3, which automatically gives me, and every other PS3 owner, a Blu-ray player. That seems like it'll already give Blu-ray a big advantage in the market (not that I'm really an expert on the subject :P).
BDs also supposedly hold 25 gigs per layer, as opposed to HD-DVD's 15. Also remember that the discs can have multiple layers. I've read that they might cost more to produce, though.

Ugh... you had to remind me that Van Helsing exists.

History abhors a paradox.
-Kain

STORYMARK

Thursday, January 5, 2006 6:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by nuckles87:

Still, I'm personally pro HD DVD. Its more practical then Blu Ray. It is backwards compatible with DVDs after all. So I won't need to rebuy my current DVD collection should a new format become the new format of choice.

Blu-Ray is backwards compatible as well.

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."

NUCKLES87

Thursday, January 5, 2006 7:38 PM

Really? Not from anything I've read. If thats true though, it would certainly change my opinion. Happen to have a link?

Anyway, I'm willing to wait five years for holographic memory. It's storage capacity will put Blu Ray to shame.

Xbox 360 will have an HD DVD player down the road, and thats the console I'm getting (alongside Nintendo Revolution).

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, January 5, 2006 7:54 PM

Ok, let's see.... I now have to buy an HD Serenity DVD on top of the U.K. & shiny Aussie Tin edition I have on pre-order?

Guess I'll have to start taking not so legit jobs soon to support my Firefly/Serenity habits.

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JINSAKU

Thursday, January 5, 2006 7:57 PM

Neither are "backwards compatible". DVD and HD/Blu use different lasers, which is one of the reasons that they can store more.

It will be based on the player to support both, but with DVD laser components being so cheap now, and companies would immediately lose a large amount of sales if they *didn't* support DVDs, I can assume all HD/Blu players will support DVDs as well.

-- Chris

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