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Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: THX on January 11, 2005, 01:31:55 PM

Warner/New Line/HBO/etc. just announced 52 HD-DVD titles for release Q4 \'05:

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/Jan/1106003.htm

ABOVE THE LAW
ALEXANDER
ANGELS IN AMERICA (HBO)
AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY (NEW LINE)
BATMAN BEGINS
BLADE (NEW LINE)
CATWOMAN
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
CONSTANTINE
CONTACT
DARK CITY (NEW LINE)
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
ERASER
EXECUTIVE DECISION
FINAL DESTINATION (NEW LINE)
FRIDAY (NEW LINE)
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (HBO)
THE FUGITIVE
GOTHIKA
HARD TO KILL
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER\'S STONE
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
HOUSE OF WAX (2005)
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE MASK (NEW LINE)
THE MATRIX
THE MATRIX RELOADED
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
MAVERICK
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
THE MUSIC MAN
MYSTIC RIVER
NEXT OF KIN
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
OCEAN\'S ELEVEN
OCEAN\'S TWELVE
PASSENGER 57
THE PERFECT STORM
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004)
THE PLAYER (NEW LINE)
THE POLAR EXPRESS
RED PLANET
RUSH HOUR (NEW LINE)
SE7EN (NEW LINE)
SOLDIER
THE SOPRANOS (HBO)
SPAWN (NEW LINE)
SWORDFISH
TROY
UNDER SIEGE
U.S. MARSHALS
WILD WILD WEST

Paramount just announced 21 HD-DVD titles for Q4 \'05:

http://www.mysan.de/international/article21498.html

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
ELIZABETHTOWN
COACH CARTER
ITALIAN JOB
SCHOOL OF ROCK
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
FORREST GUMP
BRAVEHEART
GHOST
GREASE
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2
BLACK RAIN
SAVE THE LAST DANCE
SLEEPY HOLLOW
U2 RATTLE & HUM
VANILLA SKY
LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER
STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT
WE WERE SOLDIERS

Universal just announced 16 HD-DVD titles, likely for Q1 \'06:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/s...02774126&EDATE=

THE BOURNE SUPREMACY
THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
VAN HELSING
APOLLO 13
U-571
12 MONKEYS
DUNE
THE THING
END OF DAYS
BACKDRAFT
WATERWORLD
THE BONE COLLECTOR
SPY GAME
PITCH BLACK
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
DANTE\'S PEAK
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I wonder if Sony/Columbia/Blu-Ray will have any response to this? :)

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: Samwise on January 11, 2005, 01:44:15 PM

Bah, /me wants Blu-Ray

Anyway, now we can start building a new DVD collection all over again. :)

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: Samwise on January 11, 2005, 01:48:26 PM

Just for fun, which of these titles would you purchase again (or for the first time, in case you don\'t already have them on DVD).

Here\'s my list:

ABOVE THE LAW
ALEXANDER
ANGELS IN AMERICA (HBO)
AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY (NEW LINE)
BATMAN BEGINS
BLADE (NEW LINE)
CATWOMAN
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
CONSTANTINE
CONTACT
DARK CITY (NEW LINE)
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
ERASER
EXECUTIVE DECISION
FINAL DESTINATION (NEW LINE)
FRIDAY (NEW LINE)
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (HBO)
THE FUGITIVE
GOTHIKA
HARD TO KILL
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER\'S STONE
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
HOUSE OF WAX (2005)
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE MASK (NEW LINE)
THE MATRIX
THE MATRIX RELOADED
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
MAVERICK
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
THE MUSIC MAN
MYSTIC RIVER
NEXT OF KIN
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
OCEAN\'S ELEVEN
OCEAN\'S TWELVE
PASSENGER 57
THE PERFECT STORM
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004)
THE PLAYER (NEW LINE)
THE POLAR EXPRESS
RED PLANET
RUSH HOUR (NEW LINE)
SE7EN (NEW LINE)
SOLDIER
THE SOPRANOS (HBO)
SPAWN (NEW LINE)
SWORDFISH
TROY
UNDER SIEGE
U.S. MARSHALS
WILD WILD WEST


THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
ELIZABETHTOWN
COACH CARTER
ITALIAN JOB
SCHOOL OF ROCK
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
FORREST GUMP
BRAVEHEART
GHOST
GREASE
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2
BLACK RAIN
SAVE THE LAST DANCE
SLEEPY HOLLOW
U2 RATTLE & HUM
VANILLA SKY
LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER
STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT
WE WERE SOLDIERS


THE BOURNE SUPREMACY
THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
VAN HELSING
APOLLO 13
U-571
12 MONKEYS
DUNE
THE THING
END OF DAYS
BACKDRAFT
WATERWORLD
THE BONE COLLECTOR
SPY GAME
PITCH BLACK
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
DANTE\'S PEAK

Title: Re: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: Coredweller on January 11, 2005, 01:50:01 PM

Quote

CATWOMAN
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
ERASER
EXECUTIVE DECISION
FINAL DESTINATION (NEW LINE)
GOTHIKA
HARD TO KILL
NEXT OF KIN
PASSENGER 57
SOLDIER
SWORDFISH
UNDER SIEGE
WILD WILD WEST
END OF DAYS
THE BONE COLLECTOR

Why?  :rolleyes:

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: THX on January 11, 2005, 02:25:08 PM

Opening bank robbery scene in Swordfish would be the only reason to own it.  And maybe Halle Berry but eh.

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: PS2_-'_'-_PS2 on January 11, 2005, 03:10:34 PM

whats the deal with it anyway? are there any comparisson shots that show the diffrence in quality?

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: Blade on January 11, 2005, 03:45:29 PM

A lot of those movies are worth owning.

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: videoholic on January 11, 2005, 07:54:55 PM

the difference?

Well it\'s the difference of 480p and 1080i.  It\'s quite big.

FOX use to broadcast in 480p, but in September they jumped to HD.  It is a pretty big difference.

I for one will not be buying and titles I already own.  It\'s not that big.  I will however stop buying titles pretty soon.

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: THX on January 11, 2005, 08:59:45 PM

An older poor example but you get the idea:

NTSC:
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HDTV:
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Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: Paul2 on January 11, 2005, 09:43:04 PM

Blu Ray and HD-DVD supports up to 1080p with 60 fps....

film are only 24 fps and 1080p will dow 3-2 pulldown, so if in the future you own 1080p tv, you won\'t have to worry about interlace signal....

so are next generation videogames running at a smooth 1080p/60....:nerd:

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: videoholic on January 12, 2005, 04:31:11 AM

they better.

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: guar on January 12, 2005, 02:15:03 PM

Damn already own most of them. Well except catwoman. Will old type dvds play on the new players? Would hate to start collection over again. Probably wouldn\'t.

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: soundifound on January 12, 2005, 07:57:32 PM

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Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: DeAnna on January 12, 2005, 08:03:37 PM

Quote

Originally posted by PS2_-\'_\'-_PS2
whats the deal with it anyway? are there any comparisson shots that show the diffrence in quality?

HAVEN\'T YOU EVER BEEN TO WALMART???

Well, the HDTV\'s are usually near the normal tvs and you can certainly tell a huge difference in quality.  If my dad could afford it, I think he would buy one for every room in our house :p

Title: First HD-DVD titles announced
Post by: videoholic on January 13, 2005, 03:12:23 AM

Actually at walmart and many retail locations they don\'t show true HD.  THey are showing a DVD loop from a 480p player.

Although I think it\'s becoming a little more common for best buy, etc. to show HD Net and Discovery HD.