Terminator 3: I'll be back, in a couple of weeks

by Steven Kim posted Nov 7th 2007 at 4:03PM

We all have to wait a couple of weeks longer than expected to check out Terminator 3, Warner's first Blu-ray release with IME. The release date has been bumped from December 4 to December 18. It's been an interesting road to release for this title: an initial HD DVD-only release; then its announcement as a Blu-ray "catch up" disc; clarification that the PiP commentary would come from two copies of the movie on one disc rather than a single Profile 1.1 version; and now this delay. No word on what the cause for the delay is -- hopefully Warner isn't having to compromise the sound or video quality to make space for the IME version.

Filed under: Blu-ray, HD DVD

Tags: Blu-ray, HD DVD, HdDvd, IME, PiP, t3, terminator

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marco @ Nov 7th 2007 5:20PM

HAHAHAHAHA

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RockinOscar @ Nov 7th 2007 6:35PM

MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *cough* TEEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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shawnmos @ Nov 7th 2007 7:01PM

I have no doubt that we will see many more delays like this in the future.

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HDpurist @ Nov 7th 2007 7:12PM

shawnmos, why do you say that? This is the first IME disc by Warner - once the first is out, all others will flow out without delay.

"an initial HD DVD-only release" - now this is certain how the trends will continue to flow: BD dominance and support win again.

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Region Free HD @ Nov 7th 2007 10:16PM

Correction: This is the first *Blu-ray* IME disc from Warner, and it isn't even Profile 1.1.

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JBDragon @ Nov 8th 2007 2:45AM

It's a FAKE IME. 2 copy's of the SAME MOVIE. One copy is normal, the other has the Video Commentary in it. You could do the SAME THING with a DVD Movie Disc also. Ohh look, Next Gen features, Oh wait, it's a scam to get around of the Blu-Ray's Java Profile 1.0,1.1 & 2.0 problems. There goes the disc space advantage!

People want to just buy a player to watch their Movies, SD, HD, whatever and have it work right. Not to have to deal with it like a PC, does this Disc work right on my player? Who knows. A bunch of suckers buying Beta Players. That's what Blu-Ray players are. They have extra disc space, but if you have to put two copy's of the movie on the disc to simulate the same thing that's on HD DVD, that's just silly.

Blu-Ray is the Better looking DVD format, but that's it! HD DVD has the Next Gen Features besides a better looking picture, Now, since day 1 of release. What a current Gen 3 player does, a older Gen 1 player can also do. I want to pop a disc in the player and just have it work! Just like with DVD, just just with VHS. Pop the Movie in, and have it work and with all features of that Video format. I shouldn't have to be a detective and try figuring this all out as the General Population isn't going to do that.

There's going to be a lot of pissed off Blu-Ray owners that just don't know this whole Profile 1.0,1.1 and 2.0 thing. When Profile 1.1 movies are released and they can't access features advertised on the disc, they are going to start asking questions and wondering why they now have to buy a NEW Blu-Ray player when that last one cost them $499, $599, etc.

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TrentD @ Nov 8th 2007 8:46AM

I'm not sure where you get that Blu-ray has a better picture. The releases that are available on both formats are typically rated exactly the same, even when Paramount did separate encodes for each format, optimized to that format.

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Segarsj @ Nov 8th 2007 2:36PM

I don't think he was saying that Blu-ray looks better than HD DVD. I think that it was a poorly worded jab at Blu-ray in order to say that Blu-ray is only a better looking successor to DVD, but that HD DVD has an equal, or better, picture quality compared to Blu-ray, and that it bests Blu-ray by including all of the interactivity/web connectivity as a standard from day one.

That's what I took from it anyway.

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Hedberg @ Dec 18th 2007 6:45PM

Is this title region free?

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