Back to the Future destined for Blu-ray release?
[Thanks, Joel]
[Thanks, Joel]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
JDS @ Jun 4th 2008 10:47AM
Hopefully these are the "gateway" titles to the Speilberg Universal archive.....Jaws, ET, Jurassic Park, Shindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, AI, Minority Report etc....
Big Wizz @ Jun 5th 2008 8:55AM
Personally, I'm waiting for Saving Ryan's Privates in HD.
Lea Thompson never really did anything for me.
jason w @ Jun 4th 2008 11:36AM
Heavy....
But you know what. I know bluray will fail now. I cant believe I didnt see it before... In back to the future 2 there was a small disc not a DVD/BR sized disc in the player so it must be so.... : )
Achilles @ Jun 4th 2008 11:48AM
lol
andyg8180 @ Jun 4th 2008 12:34PM
not double dipping... i loooove Back to the Future... but i cant see myself double dipping... Plus i just saw die hard 1 on blu and the DVD version upconverted was reaaaalllly close... i mean really close to the blu...
but if you havnt bought the original box set, i would def wait till the price drops then go blu...
Raptor007 @ Jun 4th 2008 6:45PM
A well-made HD title looks miles beyond upconverted DVD. Hopefully Back to the Future will be done right. I haven't bought the originals yet because I've been waiting for the Blu-rays.
Truth Teller @ Jun 5th 2008 8:10AM
The biggest differences between upscaled SD DVD & high def is only really obviously visible in the USA.
In the USA standard def NTSC is a low & rather poor 480 visible lines
(and a bit of a joke internationally, being widely known as standing
for 'Never The Same Colour').
In Europe our SD PAL is much better 576 lines resolution
(& we've had widespread 16:9 widescreen for a decade too).
A good quality PAL SD DVD upscaled is close to a so-so high def
movies & very very close to a poor high def encode.
(In fact IIRC correctly the original pi$$-poor 'The Fifth Element'
looked little better than the upscaled version even in the USA - which is really saying something, wow, it must have been really terrible)
There's also the very relevant matter of screen size and viewing distance.
Most consumers, through either a lack of space or a lack of desire (to
turn their living rooms into a mini-cineplex), will never go beyond the
32" - 50" sized sets so again high def is going to have a more limited
'effect' than it might otherwise have.
Just like multi-channel lossless audio is a completely meaningless feature to all but a relative handful.
Unfortunately some high def enthusiasts just can't bring themselves
to admit this and just start shouting that anyone making these points
is just trying to unfairly talk down or (laughably) 'attack' their
beloved video format.......
......which they seem to just keep on insisting everyone should
'support' even if it does deliver a poor cost/benefit to the
majority.
As if.
TJ @ Jun 4th 2008 12:46PM
Somehow I never got around to picking these up because of misframing problems on the DVD. So I'll definitely pick 'em up on BD.
Mr. E @ Jun 4th 2008 1:53PM
Awesome. These will be a must-buy for me. I remember way back when I had them on LaserDisc, I edited myself a 5-hour continuous version of all three movies back to back onto one S-VHS tape. Too bad that probably wouldn't fit onto one Blu-ray in HD! Maybe someday I can create a digital edit like that and put it onto my media server.
Andy Anonymous @ Jun 4th 2008 2:04PM
Wow Engadget, didn't the screening in question occur about two months ago? A little late, aren't we?
Sean @ Jun 4th 2008 11:19PM
id buy it.
Nfinity @ Jun 5th 2008 4:48AM
I don't understand the whole hype thing.. to master a movie in HD doesn't necessarily mean mastering it for Blu-Ray.
They might be making HD versions of these movies for multiple purposes from cable and VOD in HD to digital downloads and Blu-Ray.
Essentially everything is in the MAKING but usually will show up on a specific medium only when that medium has proven lucrative which Blu-Ray is very far from.
JDS @ Jun 5th 2008 9:02AM
nfinity,
All 3 Back to the Future films play on cable in HD on a regular basis.
Producer Bob Gale was quoted as saying that what folks were seeing in the theater was the "digital master for the upcoming high-definition Blu-ray version of Back to the Future."
What part of "digital master for the upcoming high-definition Blu-ray version of Back to the Future" don't you understand?