Posted Sep 01, 2006 at 01:11PM by Rushan S. Listed in: Blu-Ray, News Tags: Europe, North America, Australia, CGI, Chris Evans
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FoxWe really are living in interesting times. Not only are video game consoles receiving launch games, but they're receiving launch movies as well! Fox has announced its first eight movies for the BluRay format and they will be launching with the PlayStation 3. They'll retail for $40 US and $50 Canadian. What are they?


Beyond Enemy Lines - BD-J. DTS HD Lossless Master Audio, MPEG-4 Compression. Commentaries by Director John Moore, Editor Martin Smith, and Producers John Davis and Wyck Godfrey. HD Trailers of upcoming BluRay movies.

Fantastic Four - HDMV. Presented with DTS HD Lossless Master Audio. Commentaries by Ioan Gruffud, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis and Julian McMahon. HD Trailers of upcoming BluRay movies.

Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut) - HDMV. DTS HD Lossless Master Audio. 3 hours and 42 minutes long. Dual-Layer.

Kiss of the Dragon - HDMV. DTS HD Lossless Master Audio. Commentaries by Chris Nash, Bridget Fonda, and Jet Li. HD Trailers of upcoming BluRay movies.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - BD-J. DTS HD Lossless Master Audio, MPEG-4 Compression. Commentaries by cast and crew. Search index which lets you sort scenes by actor, character, location, and 69 other categories. First Person Shooter game with 12 play modes. 99 bookmarks. Pop-Up Trivia track. HD Trailers of upcoming BluRay movies.

The Omen (666) - HDMV. DTS HD Lossless Master Audio, MPEG4 Compression. Commentary by John Moore, Glenn Williamson and Dan Zimmerman. Two featurettes, two extended scenes, pop-up trivia track called "The Devil's Footsteps."

Speed - BD-J. DTS HD Lossless Master Audio, MPEG-4 Compression. Commentary by Jan De Bont, Graham Yost, and Mark Gordon. Animated pop-up trivia track. Search index with 56 categories. 99 bookmarks. Java game called "Speed: The Takedown" with 12 play modes. HD Trailers of upcoming BluRay movies.

The Transporter - HDMV. DTS HD Lossless Master Audio. Commentaries by Actor Jason Statham and Producer Steven Chasman. HD Trailers of upcoming BluRay movies.

The first movie to be available on both DVD and BluRay will be Ice Age: The Meltdown. It will be released on November 21st in North America and the week of November 13th in Europe and Australia.

Ice Age: The Meltdown - HDMV. DTS HD Lossless Master Audio. New "No Time for Nuts" CGI short. The disc also includes a Director's commentary, "Crash and Eddie" Stunts -- three CGI short shorts, The Animation Director's Chair, Lost Historical Films on the Ice Age Period, "Scrat's Piranha Smackdown" Sound Effects Lab, "Crash And Eddie" Blooper, and much more.

Be sure to pick them up with your PS3 if you want some HD movies to go with your HD games!


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   by Say no to drugs, Fox (Unregistered) - 2006-09-01
 » !!!

Is Fox on that crackpipe again, 'cause none of these movies are worth $20, let alone $40. They must mean $40 for ALL of them! And even then I'll be waiting at the cashier for some change. Fantastic 4 for 40. Give me a freakin' break.

   by Yeeeeeehaaaa (Unregistered) - 2006-09-01
 » Finally

Finally we can see BD and HD-DVD tested at the same codex..

   by Dan (Unregistered) - 2006-09-01
 » What a collection of movie classics ,...

...NOT.
Whatever.

There are only a few special movies i`d like to own in HD.
"Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon" would be on the top of my list.


I mean , for the usual dorky movie i don`t need HD.
A decent DVD Player with good upscaling will do just fine.

"The March of the Penguins" would be a good movie for HD.
The movie itself , well...it`s ok.
But those crystal clear pictures from nature are the perfect showcase for HD and flatscreens.

   by Nero (Unregistered) - 2006-09-01

From trailers and such, Ice Age i think is one of the best in HD

   by iceatcs (Unregistered) - 2006-09-01
 » The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen game?

i know it is *****tie movie!

But I am wondering about the FPS game from features.
Is it only running on PC, or PS3? Or maybe play on any BluRay player?


   by KnowLedge - 2006-09-01
 » HD-DVD is doomed

Noticed what codecs they use? DTS Master Audio, and MPEG4, on dual layered BD-R.

You know what this means? BD-R movies in their full glory, totally outclassing what is or ever will be available on HD-DVD.

   by haaaaaaaaa (Unregistered) - 2006-09-01
 » haaaaaaaaa

$40 dollars a movie!!!!!! YEAAAAAAAAA RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know anyone who would pay that much! Now I know why everyone downloads music and movies online and then burns them to DVDR.

   by kura (Unregistered) - 2006-09-01
 » it's canadian dollars dudes

lol

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   by Kevin (Unregistered) - 2006-09-01
 » ***** that!!!

$40 dollars, ***** that!!!!!!! HD-Dvd might get the upper hand if they keep that the retail price.

   by dave (Unregistered) - 2006-09-01
 » how

I hear so much about blu-ray but they say hd-dvd is winning. sony makes movies, fox and disney supports them. now on the hd-dvd side I dont hear anything. I dont hear about fox making movies for that format. I dont see hd-dvds on shelves nothing. its like hyping a rumor. even if hd-dvd is winning blu-ray will endup on top. simply because if all the studios support both formats, sony still will make movies and tv series making blu-ray have more movies.

   by CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2006-09-01
 » Price

I would pay $40 for a movie, if it's a good movie in HD. I personally liked Kingdom of Heaven. I watched it at a theater and I own the DVD of it and would still buy a Blu-ray disc of it. I think it would be cool to watch in HD. Movies will go down in price, not to worry.

   by Blu ray hata (Unregistered) - 2006-09-01
 » The future of blu ray

Blu Ray may have already lost:

http://www.projectorcentral.com/blu-ray_2.htm



to summarize the above article:
HD DVD has way better picture quality
HD DVD has way better sound quality
HD DVD has more movies
HD DVD players are half the price.

Beta-Ray

   by Christopher C. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2006-09-01
 »  huh?

Do the movies come in gold encrusted jewel cases and a Reeses Pieces peanutbutter cup as well?

   by Nevermind (Unregistered) - 2006-09-02
 » Dumbass Blu ray hata

HD DVD has way better picture quality

- Not anymore.. HD-DVD's are released with VC1 and have till now been compared to the first BD Mpeg2 releases. These releases are Mpeg 4 which is the superior codec.

HD DVD has way better sound quality

-Look above.. Same goes for sound.

HD DVD has more movies

-BS

HD DVD players are half the price.

-Not after PS3's release. Then they are the same price.

You came just short of being the dumbass of the month. ;)

   by Clessy (Unregistered) - 2006-09-02
 » Meh

BR and HD are support to retail at $40 usd right now. Its just no store charges or carries them at that price. Except $25 to $30 just like HD and BR are right now.

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/3872/dscn0099ar1.jpg My HD collect is already big. I'm pretty sure i've got the largest HD collect in the world cause no one else cares :P

   by iceatcs (Unregistered) - 2006-09-02
 » clessy

you shouldn't have bought HD-DVD.

Buy Bluray, cos more studios supported



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