It only took one line from VideoBusiness' note about the DVD details of Pixar's latest hit film
Cars to dampen our spirits. The Blu-ray supporting Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment (Disney) didn't mention any plans for a high-def release of the movie yet. The DVD isn't hitting until November 7, well after
Disney's first Blu-ray releases featuring Paul Walker in Eight Below on September 19, but we are looking forward to
other summer movies getting
day-and-date releases, why not one from the friendly
budget HDTV calibrators at Pixar?
The end of the year and the launch of the Playstation 3 is far enough away however that we still hold out hope for plenty of Blu-ray content to become available, and maybe with codec and dual-layer issues straightened out as well. We're looking forward to some great 1080p CG this winter, and we don't mean from
Killzone.
[Corrected Cars release date]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MUGEN @ Aug 4th 2006 9:34AM
oh no! this was one of the movies i've been waiting almost a year for to be on blu-ray.
Lyris @ Aug 4th 2006 10:38AM
I'd rather hear about an HD DVD version myself!
BRYAN @ Aug 4th 2006 12:12PM
I think this has to do more with Disneys tight release schedule for animated features and less to do with BluRay support. Don’t worry; Cars will be out in BluRay sometime near the summer of 2012 with a remastered edition.
WiFiSpy @ Aug 4th 2006 1:23PM
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6359452.html?nid=2838
this article says Nov. 7th for Cars?
TJ @ Aug 4th 2006 4:27PM
As long as Pirates 1 and 2 show up on Blu-ray this Christmas, I'll be happy. I do however expect a Pixar Blu-ray Collection with all 7 of the Disney/Pixar films at some point.
Michael Gray @ Aug 4th 2006 5:17PM
JUST GUESSING..
but the OTHER PIXAR flicks all used a different mode to generate their DVD's then regular movies. Instead of starting from the film source and "scanning" the features into a digital form, the PIXAR flicks all REGNERATED their movies into a frame-rate and picture frame size that was specific for DVD. They even reblock and "reshoot" scenes for the 4:3 versions of the flicks. They used a "pure" digital source mastered specifically to the DVD video specs. (They basically RE-RENDER the entire movie, tuned to NTSC instead of 24p).
My GUESS is that they want to do that again for hi-def content, and since it's a new format, they may need more time to make sure they are getting the best possible picture for HD-DVD/Blu-Ray media.
Just guessing. Have no inside knowledge of it.
Ron Wilson @ Aug 4th 2006 11:26PM
Cars is a great movie. I can't wait for it to come out on DVD.