[hassesolo]

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Spänningen stiger inför CES 2008. Om någon hittar nyheter från mässan som börjar på söndag så kan ni gärna posta dem här.

[henke007]

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..

Redigerat av henke007, 04 januari 2008 - 17:03.

[necrio]

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CES 2008: Marantz Will Debut BD8002 at CES

Posted January 3, 2008 by Josh

Marantz has announced that they will debut their BD8002 Blu-ray disc player at CES next week. The player will utilize the acclaimed 10-bit Silicon Optix Realta chip to provide stunning 1080p pictures via the HDMI v1.3 connector. 7.1 analog-out will be available, along with support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio. In compliance with BDA spec, the player will support Bonus View content through secondary video and audio decoders.

source: http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=801

Ytterliggare en spelare förutom Denon som kommer med det beryktade Realta chipet, HQVs efterföljare. priset lär väl bli astronomiskt

[Addex]

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Studios Preview CES Blu-ray, HD DVD Title Announcements

CES is still a few days away, but several studios are providing a sneak peek at some major 2008 Blu-ray and HD DVD titles expected to be officially unveiled at the annual confab.

Among the studios previewing their 2008 plans for Home Media Magazine this week in a special pre-CES high-def studio roundtable were Warner, Fox, Sony and Paramount/DreamWorks.

On the Blu-ray front, Fox's Mike Dunn indicated that the studio is eyeing extensive day-and-date support of its top titles this year, with such current and future theatrical releases as 'Alien vs. Predator: Requiem,' 'Horton Hears a Who,' '27 Dresses,' 'The List,' 'Babylon A.D.' and M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Happening' all expected to debut simultaneously with the DVD versions.

Sony prez David Bishop similarly pledged continued day-and-date support throughout 2008, naming 'Hancock' and 'The DaVinci Code' sequel 'Angels & Demons' as two of its top titles earmarked for Blu-ray.

For HD DVD fans, Paramount/DreamWorks' Kelly Avery said the two studios will issue an extensive slate of both new releases and catalog titles, including the blockbusters 'Bee Movie' and 'Beowulf' (which have both already been announced to retailers).

Finally, format-agnostic Warner said that their high-def releases this year would include 'The Dark Knight,' 'Speed Racer,' 'Get Smart,' 'The Bucket List' and the current Will Smith smash 'I Am Legend.'

Though the titles revealed so far are likely only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what we can expect to see from all next-gen supporting studios next week, all indications are that 2008 will be the biggest year yet for both high-def formats.

The 2008 Consumer Electronics Show kicks off Monday January 7th in Las Vegas. We'll be here all next week with complete coverage, so be sure to watch this space.

Källa: High-Def Digest

[Chris Ya]

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Någon som vet ett datum på AVP: Requiem?

[thetias]

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Någon som vet ett datum på AVP: Requiem?

Jag har till o med försökt ett antal gånger att få Colin Strause att svara på det, men inte ens han verkar ha svaret på när den släpps, ännu.

Men vi få hoppas att det är som det står i texten, att den släpps samtidigt som DVD versionen.

Redigerat av thetias, 05 januari 2008 - 14:52.

[Addex]

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Specs from Panasonic's new DMP-BD50

Panasonic just introduced their new Blu-ray player, the DMP-BD50. Like we heard at the press conference, BD-Live is getting rolled out across the lineup and this unit has all the other goodies you'd expect in the latest from Panasonic: Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD MA, PIP functionality and the Viera-link functionality for control of multiple components through a single remote. Video processing goes through the Unipher processor, a combination of chroma and deinterlacing developed by Panasonic Hollywood Laboratories. Last but not least, this player gets treated to playback of SD-based media.

Källa: Engadget.com

[Unregistered992]

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Specs from Panasonic's new DMP-BD50

Panasonic just introduced their new Blu-ray player, the DMP-BD50. Like we heard at the press conference, BD-Live is getting rolled out across the lineup and this unit has all the other goodies you'd expect in the latest from Panasonic: Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD MA, PIP functionality and the Viera-link functionality for control of multiple components through a single remote. Video processing goes through the Unipher processor, a combination of chroma and deinterlacing developed by Panasonic Hollywood Laboratories. Last but not least, this player gets treated to playback of SD-based media.

Källa: Engadget.com

Jisses vilken maskin *dregel*

[hassesolo]

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"Pioneer promises pricey new Blu-ray players in 2008."

Länk.

[Paganmoon]

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Panasonic DMP-BD50 kommer vara första spelaren som går efter BD 2.0 profilen:

Källa

Och Philips Blu-ray spelare (1.1 profil) BDP7200 kommer finnas tillgänglig nu till våren. MSRP $350 (rätt så billigt va?)

källa

Redigerat av Paganmoon, 06 januari 2008 - 22:43.

[hassesolo]

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Panasonicen verkar lovande. Jag gillar att den kodar av DTS-HD MA internt. Det är ett måste för min nästa spelare.

Philipsen väcker däremot inget habegär, men jag har aldrig gillat Philips, så det kanske bara är jag...

[hassesolo]

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"Samsung intros BD-P1500 Blu-ray player, BD-UP5500 combo player"

Uppföljare till combon redan! Vi som inte sett röken av den första.
Den hamnar nog överst på önskelistan om den nu verkligen kodar av DTS-HD MA internt och inte bara skickar det som bitstream. Lite oklart i artikeln.



Länk.

BD-spelaren
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Redigerat av hassesolo, 06 januari 2008 - 23:18.

[Paganmoon]

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Nu e jag ingen audiophile, men Pioneer skall ju komma ut med recievers som klarar av DTS-HD-MA och Dolby-True HD ljud, från $299-599 (599 för värstingmodel med upconverter till 1080p och 7.1 i 130W osv osv).

Då borde ju DTS-HD MA internt inte spela nån större roll längre. Pioneeren verkar ju rejält billig också.

Källa

OT: Engagdet.com brukar ju uppdateras riktigt snabbt, men idag e det ju helt sjukt, en uppdatering och 2 sidor nytt svårt att hänga med allt nytt hehe

Redigerat av Paganmoon, 06 januari 2008 - 23:20.

[Shrimpii]

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kombon kan bli intressant

[Addex]

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"Samsung intros BD-P1500 Blu-ray player, BD-UP5500 combo player"

Uppföljare till combon redan! Vi som inte sett röken av den första.
Den hamnar nog överst på önskelistan om den nu verkligen kodar av DTS-HD MA internt och inte bara skickar det som bitstream. Lite oklart i artikeln.



Länk.

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Du hann före mig. startade en tråd här.

[hassesolo]

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Nyförvånandsvärt dyr Sharp på gång.

länk



Sharp's BD-HP50U Blu-ray Disc player with profile 1.1 support
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Bifogad fil(er)

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[hassesolo]

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Tråkigt att SONY inte hade mer att komma med på BD-sidan. Inga nya stand alones och inga kul PS3-nyheter vad jag kan se...

[Zeatrix]

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CES är väl inte över än?

[Unregistered992]

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Tråkigt att SONY inte hade mer att komma med på BD-sidan. Inga nya stand alones och inga kul PS3-nyheter vad jag kan se...

Dom har 2 nya Live spelare, vet inte vart jag läste det dock

Redigerat av Unregistered992, 07 januari 2008 - 16:08.

[Scrapanatchi]

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CES 2008: BD Magic Goes Live

ArcSoft, Inc. and Related Content Database Inc. (RCDB) have come together to create ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme with BD Magic, an optional Blu-ray player feature that adds both a network content delivery channel and an on-screen personal media library. BD Magic featured players can receive updated Blu-ray trailers, Blu-ray sample scenes, and exclusive high-definition content direct to their Blu-ray player.

The software works by accessing a Gracenote-powered database of 50,000 DVDs and 3.6 million CDs worldwide to make recommendations and promote new related content. BD Magic will be available as a part of the ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre software.

källa: http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=816

Svenska...
ArcSoft, Inc. och Related Content Database Inc. (RCDB) har sammarbetat för att skapa ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme med BD Magi©, En valfri funktion till din Blu-ray spelare som lägger till en nätverks leveras system och ett personligt på skärmen media bibliotek. BD Magi stödjande spelare kan ta emot uppdaterade Blu-ray trailers, Blu-ray sample scener, och exklusivt hög-upplöst matrial direkt till deras Blu-ray Spelare.

Mjukvaran fungerar genom att ansluta till Gracenote-powered databas med över 50,000 DVDs och 3.6 million CDs över hela jorden för att ge rekomendationer och promota nytt relaterat matrial BD Magic kommer bli endel av ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre software.

Redigerat av Scrapanatchi, 07 januari 2008 - 16:25.

[random111]

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Tråkigt att SONY inte hade mer att komma med på BD-sidan. Inga nya stand alones och inga kul PS3-nyheter vad jag kan se...

Dom har 2 nya Live spelare, vet inte vart jag läste det dock

Bilder på Sonys två prototyper Sapphire 3 och Sapphire 4, både med "BD-Live" och "Bonus View". Plus "BD-Live" för Playstation 3.

Redigerat av random111, 07 januari 2008 - 23:48.

[Unregistered992]

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Vilken tid(svensk tid) i natt är det BD showen går av stapeln? Någon som sitter på en "live" länk så man kan kika?

[henke007]

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de får gärna annonsera Alien filmerna

[Unregistered992]

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de får gärna annonsera Alien filmerna

Jag håller tummarna för Universal, kanske orealistiskt under en så kort tid, men jag hoppas
Kanske ska sova nån timme så man orkar med, men måste veta vilken tid och gärna en länk så man kan se allt live

[Unregistered8147b14e]

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De får gärna annonsera LOTR filmerna exklusivt på BD50's med härlig AVC och mustigt Ljudspår, Gärna extended versionerna.

[random111]

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Vilken tid(svensk tid) i natt är det BD showen går av stapeln? Någon som sitter på en "live" länk så man kan kika?

Klockan 02:00 svensk tid, om jag har räknat rätt (5PM PST).
Den här länk kan kanske fungera. http://wm.istreampla...1062008_750.asx
Mer information kommer nog att finnas i den här tråden.

[Scrapanatchi]

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De får gärna annonsera LOTR filmerna exklusivt på BD50's med härlig AVC och mustigt Ljudspår, Gärna extended versionerna.

Skulle gärna ha dom som första BD100

[Unregistered992]

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Vilken tid(svensk tid) i natt är det BD showen går av stapeln? Någon som sitter på en "live" länk så man kan kika?

Klockan 02:00 svensk tid, om jag har räknat rätt (5PM PST).
Den här länk kan kanske fungera. http://wm.istreampla...1062008_750.asx
Mer information kommer nog att finnas i den här tråden.

Tackar! 1 timme långt och börjar 2, det pallar jag
Hoppas verkligen att länken funkar sen

[Scrapanatchi]

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Den länken e till Microsoft konferans, står till och med datum 01 06 2008

[random111]

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Tackar! 1 timme långt och börjar 2, det pallar jag
Hoppas verkligen att länken funkar sen

Kan tyvärr inte garantera att den funkar sen... Om inte annat så kommer nog http://www.engadget.com/ att ha en live blog, men det är ju inte riktigt samma sak.

För övrigt såg jag följande beskrivande bild om läget på CES nu. (Ska inte ses av personer som har haft problem med att acceptera det som hänt de senaste dagarna. Eller så är det just de personerna som bör se den...).

[Unregistered992]

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Ahh, crap, såg nu att det var MS också. Jag vill se det i videoformat inte bilder

Redigerat av Unregistered992, 08 januari 2008 - 00:35.

[Addex]

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CES 2008: Samsung put "emphasis" on Blu-ray moving forward

Continue to support HD DVD but not main focus

Samsung has further added to Toshiba's woes at CES in Las Vegas by confirming to Pocket-lint its plans for HD DVD.

Anthony Marbella, Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung has told us that Samsung "Will support all formats, but with the news from Warner Bros. we will put an emphasis on Blu-ray. We will make what consumers want."

The news could mean the end of the line for the company's Duo player that allows users to watch both HD DVD and Blu-ray movies from the same unit.

When asked whether consumers wanted the Blu-ray over HD DVD, Marbella simply responded:

"Yes, especially with the shift in content to come."

Samsung has just announced its latest, and possible now last Duo player at this year's Show.

The new player, the BD-U5500 was announced on Sunday promises to play Blu-ray and HD DVD discs and offers HDMI 1.3 connection, latest BD-Java and HD DVD interactivity available, and an ethernet connection for firmware upgrades later down the line.

The BD-UP5500 also offers support for the latest audio decoding with 7.1-Ch PCM, DTS-HD High Resolution and Master audio, and Dolby TrueHD Bistream and unlike the first HD DVD and Blu-ray player from LG, the Samsung model is also a fully-functioning DVD and CD player.

We will keep you posted.

Källa: Pocket-lint.co.uk

[Addex]

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Engadget - Live from the Blu-ray press conference

Det börjar nu!

Redigerat av Addex, 08 januari 2008 - 02:06.

[Addex]

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Live from the Blu-ray press conference

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So far so good, we finally got in and the stage is setup just like last time, same desk, same podium, same signs, lets see if the news is the same. They should be starting in a few minutes, but we'd bet anything it won't kick off on time.

5:04PM - It's getting quite, here we go!

Any Parsons from Andy Parson - Blu-ray Disc Association/Pioneer takes the podium and kicks things off.

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He introduces the panel which includes; Steve Beeks - Lionsgate, Ron Sanders - Warner Home Video, Bob Chapek - Walt Disney studios, David Bishop - Sony Pictures, and Danny Kaye - Twentieth Century Fox. Andy makes a joke about how Ron is the man who everyone actually wants to talk to, everyone laughs.

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5:07PM - The first slide shows that every week and every month Blu-ray Disc outsold HD DVD, but we already knew that,

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Andy. Next up is the global market, which is 2:1 as well or 66/34. Hardware sales which includes PS3 give them a 85% share internationally.

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Studio market share is strongly in Blu-ray's favor, with 68.4% while HD DVD only has 22.8% exclusivity.

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5:09PM - Danny Kaye from Fox takes the podium, and thanks Andy for "setting up the situation."

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They are prediction to sell another 2 mil stand-alone devices and 3 mill PS3s. So by the end of 2008, they expect to have 10 million Blu-ray play back devices.

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During 2007 there was about 170M in disc sales. But in 2008, they expect to see 1 billion -- man we wish we could remember what they were trying to hit last year.

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Looking back at VHS and DVD sales through, they put up a nice chart which shows inflection point, which they say happens about he same time, which is the third or fourth year. This helps sustain growth in home entertainment.

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5:13pm - David Bishop from Sony pictures takes the podium and points out that the PS3 they will continue to use bundled titles to help tell everyone that the PS3 is a Blu-ray player. Up till now the focus as been on early adopters, but now they are moving on to everyone, and that is what interactive features are all about.

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5:16pm - David reminds us of all the interactive features we saw earlier today and goes on repeating what we already saw.

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5:19pm - Bob Chapek, Walt Disney takes the podium and brings up all the issues we know too well about confusion about HDTV.

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The BDA has been setting in store demos, educational discs. The most successful was the Disney magical Blu-ray tour. Now for a video of the reaction of the magical Blu-ray tour. A story from khcw.com is being shown on the big screens. Bob says there are plenty of clips like this from all over the country, but we don't remember seeing one before.

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The tour kicks off again in Toronto, then goes to Nashville Denver, Palm Beach Fl, as well as a few other markets. We leaves by wishing us a happy "blu" year and introduces Ron Sanders from Warner.

5:25PM - Ron says 2008 started out pretty exciting for Blu-ray. He gives summary of the advertising during 2007, including our favorite channel HDNet. More recently The Future is Blu and I do blu campaigns were also touted. The Future is blu commercial is show, which we've all seen a few times.

Awareness has climed to 80% of those surveyed, say they know the brand.

5:28PM - Steve Beeks, president of Lionsgate takes the podium to finish it off. Goes over the goals of the BDA, which is expected to be a watershed year in the adoption of Blu-ray. He is very confident that a market has been decided. Steve is really driving home the same stats that he seems to believe really proves the format war is over. He qoutes the LA Times, which evidently proclaimed the "format war is over." Bla, bla, bla lots of the same, look at the past, we all need to work together -- ok Steve we get it. Again he says "the consumers have made the choice" and that the end of the format war is cloer and in the word of Tommy lasorta, "go blu."

Questions time!

Q. The problem is the price of the machine, who can afford the price of the machines, what are you going to do to reduce the price?
A. Andy reminds us that pricing is up to individuals, not up to the BDA. He says we dont't do coupons, in fact we try to sneak up on everyone else.

Q. Bill from the Digital Bits asks Does Warners decision decision carry over to new line and HBO, and does the switch have anything to do with BD+.
A. No, not really, it was the consumer choice.

Q. Any chance there will be a HD DVD trade in program for Blu-ray.
A. David Bishop, said not at this time.

Q. How will you try to educate consumers that early adopters don't can't take advantage of new features.
A. Andy says bonus view is new, but prefers not to call it profile 1.1. He goes on to explain that in the DVD world the same thing happened, and people are accustomed to technology developing and the functionality of their players doesn't change. The name bonus view is to help them know its a new feature so people can check the disc before they bring it home.

How will you educate smaller markets?
We will as soon as we can, but we are starting with the larger market.

Q. Can we start talking about the Blu-ray recorders.
A. Again, Andy says it's up to the manufacturers, and the DVR is very popular.

A. He says to see Universal now and if we all asked they might change their mind.

Q. What if Toshiba, Universal and Paramount don't go blu. How do you convince consumers the war is over?
A. The market will decide.

Q. Was there a Warner pay off.
A. Ron says "I wish". He says any pay off woudl've been a drop in the bucket so the decision was not related to any payoffs.

How about a DVD/Blu-ray combo disc?
Danny says not to sacrifice space or technology so if you really have to, they could bundle a DVD.

With Blu-ray the aparent winner, are we going to see more catalogue titles?
Bob says song of the south won't be covered here today, but one of the pinnacle moments was when we decided to take out Snow white, which signaled it was mass market, sing this was a most cherished title. This time they are releasing Snow while this October. "And what's the price point Bob?" "Wow" -- and as a result we know where this is going. David Bishop says most of lived through DVD and just like it we look at the core and try to release products that are valuable to them.

Will region coding be made any clearer on the packages, given that it isn't clear, there is the risk that if someone is traveling they could buy the wrong title. Andy says he's waiting for the question. What do the lawyers say abou this? Using this to prevent trading freely internationally?
Andy "Ron you what to handle this?" Ron says, "no" "Does anyone want to take it or take it offline, "that's what happened last year, "David says, "ok we'll solve it next year."

Any chance of Direct stream digital,
Andy says the spec is already created and they don't want to break it. But we wonder how this is different then adding BD Live now?


DBStalk.com Tom Robertson, is it a global exclusivity? Ron says "yes"

That's it no more question, Andy thanks us for coming.

Källa: Engadget.com

[Addex]

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Cute Irony: Blu-ray and HD DVD Are Neighbors at CES

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neighbors.jpgWe wonder who came up with this inspired floor plan: The HD DVD booth is in loogie-hawkin' distance of the Blu-ray booth. But the Blu-ray guys are too busy celebrating to bother.

Källa: Gizmodo.com

[Unregistered5b84dd24]

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Live from the Blu-ray press conference

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So far so good, we finally got in and the stage is setup just like last time, same desk, same podium, same signs, lets see if the news is the same. They should be starting in a few minutes, but we'd bet anything it won't kick off on time.

5:04PM - It's getting quite, here we go!

Any Parsons from Andy Parson - Blu-ray Disc Association/Pioneer takes the podium and kicks things off.

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He introduces the panel which includes; Steve Beeks - Lionsgate, Ron Sanders - Warner Home Video, Bob Chapek - Walt Disney studios, David Bishop - Sony Pictures, and Danny Kaye - Twentieth Century Fox. Andy makes a joke about how Ron is the man who everyone actually wants to talk to, everyone laughs.

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5:07PM - The first slide shows that every week and every month Blu-ray Disc outsold HD DVD, but we already knew that,

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Andy. Next up is the global market, which is 2:1 as well or 66/34. Hardware sales which includes PS3 give them a 85% share internationally.

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Studio market share is strongly in Blu-ray's favor, with 68.4% while HD DVD only has 22.8% exclusivity.

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5:09PM - Danny Kaye from Fox takes the podium, and thanks Andy for "setting up the situation."

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They are prediction to sell another 2 mil stand-alone devices and 3 mill PS3s. So by the end of 2008, they expect to have 10 million Blu-ray play back devices.

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During 2007 there was about 170M in disc sales. But in 2008, they expect to see 1 billion -- man we wish we could remember what they were trying to hit last year.

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Looking back at VHS and DVD sales through, they put up a nice chart which shows inflection point, which they say happens about he same time, which is the third or fourth year. This helps sustain growth in home entertainment.

 blu_ray_press_10.jpg   101,42K   0 Antal nerladdningar

5:13pm - David Bishop from Sony pictures takes the podium and points out that the PS3 they will continue to use bundled titles to help tell everyone that the PS3 is a Blu-ray player. Up till now the focus as been on early adopters, but now they are moving on to everyone, and that is what interactive features are all about.

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5:16pm - David reminds us of all the interactive features we saw earlier today and goes on repeating what we already saw.

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5:19pm - Bob Chapek, Walt Disney takes the podium and brings up all the issues we know too well about confusion about HDTV.

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The BDA has been setting in store demos, educational discs. The most successful was the Disney magical Blu-ray tour. Now for a video of the reaction of the magical Blu-ray tour. A story from khcw.com is being shown on the big screens. Bob says there are plenty of clips like this from all over the country, but we don't remember seeing one before.

 blu_ray_press_14.jpg   119,12K   0 Antal nerladdningar

The tour kicks off again in Toronto, then goes to Nashville Denver, Palm Beach Fl, as well as a few other markets. We leaves by wishing us a happy "blu" year and introduces Ron Sanders from Warner.

5:25PM - Ron says 2008 started out pretty exciting for Blu-ray. He gives summary of the advertising during 2007, including our favorite channel HDNet. More recently The Future is Blu and I do blu campaigns were also touted. The Future is blu commercial is show, which we've all seen a few times.

Awareness has climed to 80% of those surveyed, say they know the brand.

5:28PM - Steve Beeks, president of Lionsgate takes the podium to finish it off. Goes over the goals of the BDA, which is expected to be a watershed year in the adoption of Blu-ray. He is very confident that a market has been decided. Steve is really driving home the same stats that he seems to believe really proves the format war is over. He qoutes the LA Times, which evidently proclaimed the "format war is over." Bla, bla, bla lots of the same, look at the past, we all need to work together -- ok Steve we get it. Again he says "the consumers have made the choice" and that the end of the format war is cloer and in the word of Tommy lasorta, "go blu."

Questions time!

Q. The problem is the price of the machine, who can afford the price of the machines, what are you going to do to reduce the price?
A. Andy reminds us that pricing is up to individuals, not up to the BDA. He says we dont't do coupons, in fact we try to sneak up on everyone else.

Q. Bill from the Digital Bits asks Does Warners decision decision carry over to new line and HBO, and does the switch have anything to do with BD+.
A. No, not really, it was the consumer choice.

Q. Any chance there will be a HD DVD trade in program for Blu-ray.
A. David Bishop, said not at this time.

Q. How will you try to educate consumers that early adopters don't can't take advantage of new features.
A. Andy says bonus view is new, but prefers not to call it profile 1.1. He goes on to explain that in the DVD world the same thing happened, and people are accustomed to technology developing and the functionality of their players doesn't change. The name bonus view is to help them know its a new feature so people can check the disc before they bring it home.

How will you educate smaller markets?
We will as soon as we can, but we are starting with the larger market.

Q. Can we start talking about the Blu-ray recorders.
A. Again, Andy says it's up to the manufacturers, and the DVR is very popular.

A. He says to see Universal now and if we all asked they might change their mind.

Q. What if Toshiba, Universal and Paramount don't go blu. How do you convince consumers the war is over?
A. The market will decide.

Q. Was there a Warner pay off.
A. Ron says "I wish". He says any pay off woudl've been a drop in the bucket so the decision was not related to any payoffs.

How about a DVD/Blu-ray combo disc?
Danny says not to sacrifice space or technology so if you really have to, they could bundle a DVD.

With Blu-ray the aparent winner, are we going to see more catalogue titles?
Bob says song of the south won't be covered here today, but one of the pinnacle moments was when we decided to take out Snow white, which signaled it was mass market, sing this was a most cherished title. This time they are releasing Snow while this October. "And what's the price point Bob?" "Wow" -- and as a result we know where this is going. David Bishop says most of lived through DVD and just like it we look at the core and try to release products that are valuable to them.

Will region coding be made any clearer on the packages, given that it isn't clear, there is the risk that if someone is traveling they could buy the wrong title. Andy says he's waiting for the question. What do the lawyers say abou this? Using this to prevent trading freely internationally?
Andy "Ron you what to handle this?" Ron says, "no" "Does anyone want to take it or take it offline, "that's what happened last year, "David says, "ok we'll solve it next year."

Any chance of Direct stream digital,
Andy says the spec is already created and they don't want to break it. But we wonder how this is different then adding BD Live now?


DBStalk.com Tom Robertson, is it a global exclusivity? Ron says "yes"

That's it no more question, Andy thanks us for coming.

Källa: Engadget.com

Bra att du länka och sedan infoga allt i forumet :-)

[JMKbiker]

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Lysande att citera med bilder allt yestomtom...

[Andi_One]

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Ja de är ju faktiskt jävligt vettigt...

[Unregistered36883]

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yestomtom: Aningens overkill att citera när man svarar i inlägget efter.....!!!

Addex: Jäkligt bra inlägg... keep up the good work...!!!

[Janne.G]

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Nu e jag ingen audiophile, men Pioneer skall ju komma ut med recievers som klarar av DTS-HD-MA och Dolby-True HD ljud, från $299-599 (599 för värstingmodel med upconverter till 1080p och 7.1 i 130W osv osv).

Då borde ju DTS-HD MA internt inte spela nån större roll längre. Pioneeren verkar ju rejält billig också.

Källa

Kan man hoppas på dubbla HDMI ut på någon av de där? Vore ju verkligen på tiden.

[Andi_One]

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Angående dubbla HDMI ut.
Om tillverkaren använder 2 HDMI ut så kan de ju endå inte ge samma signal till båda utgångarna.
Gör de det, så bryter de ju emot HDCP. För enligt HDCP skyddet så får ju bara signalen
skickas till en bildkälla åtgången.

[Unregisteredf7bba9d7]

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Will region coding be made any clearer on the packages, given that it isn't clear, there is the risk that if someone is traveling they could buy the wrong title. Andy says he's waiting for the question. What do the lawyers say abou this? Using this to prevent trading freely internationally?Andy "Ron you what to handle this?" Ron says, "no" "Does anyone want to take it or take it offline, "that's what happened last year, "David says, "ok we'll solve it next year."

Fy, vad dåligt att inte kunna svara på detta!
Bra att Dvdirect har knäck regionsskyddet på några spelare. Hoppas det kommer flera i framtiden.
Sedan är det otroligt när BDA gjorde upp regionsindelningen regiona A = USA och Japan. Varför kunde de inte lägga till Europa och Australien också?
Sedan kunde de lägga alla andra lågkostnadsländer i en region för att förhindra att man köper filmerna billigare därifrån.
Tyvärr så är det här ett sett för bolagen att kontrollera marknaden genom att ha olika pris på filmerna. Som vanligt är det vi i Europa och Australien som förlorar på detta...
Själv så har jag en region A spelare och nästa spelare jag köper kommer att vara regionsfri struntar i om den kostar mera. Kommer ej att köpa filmer i Sverige till hutlösa priser...

Redigerat av Unregisteredf7bba9d7, 08 januari 2008 - 11:41.

[Paganmoon]

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Är väl också pga att många filmer inte släpps världen över samtidigt. Dom vill ju inte att du ska köpa blu-ray:en från USA på filmen som släpps på bio i sverige nästa vecka.

Men hursom, har alltid vart lite fundersam på detta med regioner, från DVD och framåt... borde detta inte gå emot WTO's freetrade?

[Unregisteredf7bba9d7]

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Är väl också pga att många filmer inte släpps världen över samtidigt. Dom vill ju inte att du ska köpa blu-ray:en från USA på filmen som släpps på bio i sverige nästa vecka.

Men hursom, har alltid vart lite fundersam på detta med regioner, från DVD och framåt... borde detta inte gå emot WTO's freetrade?

Förklara då hur många filmer som släpps samtidigt i Usa och Japan (region A)?
Man kan också undra varför Fox och även Liongate regionskodar alla sina Blu-ray filmer, inte bara nya filmer...
BDA består mest av företag från Japan och Usa. Antar att BDA tyckte att när de gjorde upp regionsindelningen att Japan och Usa ska ligga i samma region...
Snarare är det väl så att det släpps flera filmer samtidigt i Usa och Europa...
Rätta mig om jag har fel.

Redigerat av Unregisteredf7bba9d7, 08 januari 2008 - 12:43.

[Janne.G]

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Angående dubbla HDMI ut.
Om tillverkaren använder 2 HDMI ut så kan de ju endå inte ge samma signal till båda utgångarna.
Gör de det, så bryter de ju emot HDCP. För enligt HDCP skyddet så får ju bara signalen
skickas till en bildkälla åtgången.

Syftet med två HDMI ut är att kunna koppla flera bildkällor med bara en HDMI ut (i mitt fall PS3, Humaxbox och DVD) till förstärkaren och sedan koppla vidare till två bildvisare (projektor och tv). Har inte tänkt köra två bildvisare samtidigt.
Sorry för OT. Har ställt frågan i förstärkarforumet istället.

[Scrapanatchi]

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Billig(a) kina spelare på väg
While I can’t release any details, today I was ‘leaked’ a brochure for a Chinese manufactured Blu-ray Disc player. The player is currently being demonstrated to invited guests at the company’s suite at CES.

According to the tentative specifications, this player will be HDMI 1.3 and 1080p capable. While it features 5.1 analogue outputs, it appears to decode Dolby Digital and DTS only - no advanced codecs are mentioned. The player is apparently based on a Sigma Designs core.

Sorry that I can’t be more specific, I don’t want to upset my source on this one. I will attempt to get in the loop regarding any formal press information on this unit.

One thing I can assure you - the cheaper price point players are coming.

källa: http://formatwarcent...r-in-the-works/

[Addex]

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CES 2008: THX

CES Today I had the opportunity to speak with the folks at THX about their certification program and plans for Blu-ray Disc and the home theater market in 2008.

THX's booth at CES is certainly not the largest, but it is VERY busy. THX has come a long way from when they were under the LucasFilm umbrella and certifying cinemas 25 years ago. They since have added programs to certify home theater components, televisions (display devices), mobile audio systems, home video media (VHS, LD, DVD), and game audio.

Taking a tour of the booth revealed several displays demonstrating various THX technologies, including a car parked there in the booth! You could also get your picture taken with their famous mascot Tex, the little robot seen in the now famous THX cinema trailers. Naturally, I couldn't resist.

Getting down to business, I asked about what kinds of plans THX had for HD media, specifically Blu-ray Disc. While there is one THX certified Blu-ray Disc (Lionsgate's Terminator 2: Judgment Day), getting the studios to pay the additional cost to have THX certify the process is a major stumbling block. It's not a matter of looking at the final master and approving it, all the steps in the process have to be inspected: be it the original film and sound elements, the telecine bay, the monitors used for the picture and sound, and the disc production facilities. T2 required Lionsgate to use two different film elements since either one had certain problems with different scenes, such as visual effects shots. Getting all these elements inspected and approved takes time and effort, and in the end that means money. Interestingly enough, they spoke of a couple BD titles seen by many as 5 star picture and sound transfers that could use tweaking if they had QC'ed them!

Another interesting tidbit of information is about the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. As we all know, Paramount's deal does not cover Steven Spielberg films, and so Indy 4 is being prepped for Blu-ray Disc for release sometime late this year. Apparently, Paramount is reluctant to pony up the additional cost for the disc to be certified, so it may take George Lucas to personally step in and make it happen. Be sure to let Paramount know we want this!

Moving on to games, the THX logo has appeared on several games for the Sony Playstation 3. Games like Resistance: Fall of Man, Warhawk, and Blast Factor have had their audio certified by THX to give the best possible sound. THX reps were sure to stress that the program does not cover graphics or gameplay. Just the audio.

THX has started certifying display devices. In the past projectors and screens have received certification, and now it has grown to direct view plasma TVs. The first sets to be THX certified will be available from Panasonic and LG. Not only is it a quality certification, but like their audio equipment it allows the TV to add a THX Cinema mode for movie watching. THX Cinema mode is like a built-in THX Optimizer which presets the display for the correct levels of brightness, contrast, and color temperature. How many of us have wished we could calibrate our display with the push of one button? Now we can. THX certified media can also carry metadata telling devices down the chain what the proper settings are. We also briefly touched on audio: specifically that THX Cinema, THX Surround EX and THX Ultra2 Cinema modes are now available with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in the latest receivers. This assures that when we are watching our movies on Blu-ray we are getting the best possible sound.

While the current THX Demo Disc II is DVD only, I was informed that a Blu-ray version is currently in production. THX is very excited about High Definition and the future of Blu-ray Disc. I would like to thank Ed Rice, Allan Scholinick, and Warren Mansfield for helping me on my visit.

Källa: Blu-ray.com

[Addex]

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CES: All Quiet on the Universal Front

Amidst mounting speculation that it is soon to shift alliances, Universal Studios has confirmed that it will not be making any new HD DVD title announcements at this year's CES.

Though previous years have seen a cavalcade of title announcements from HD DVD-supporting studios at CES, this year's deafening silence from Universal and Paramount/DreamWorks has only fueled speculation that one (or both) of the studios are plotting a move to format neutrality or perhaps even Blu-ray exclusivity.

While Universal is issuing a terse "no comment" in response to the persistent rumors, a studio spokesperson did confirm for us that they will not be making any new title announcements at this year's CES.

Paramount similarly declined to make any new title announcements at CES, but as we first reported Monday, the studio is shooting down reports that it plans to abandon the format

Källa: High-Def Digest

[Unregistereddbbf4a58]

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CES: All Quiet on the Universal Front

While Universal is issuing a terse "no comment" in response to the persistent rumors, a studio spokesperson did confirm for us that they will not be making any new title announcements at this year's CES.

Paramount similarly declined to make any new title announcements at CES, but as we first reported Monday, the studio is shooting down reports that it plans to abandon the format

Källa: High-Def Digest

Vänta tills deras försäljning börja stagnera rejält...skall bli intressant att se Universals och Paramounts uttalanden och ställningstagande genetemot HD DVD respektive BD om 6 månader...

/FM