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[quote name='KaneRobot']FINALLY got confirmation from Warner on several titles, as well as new announcements (no dates yet)...check the link below, but here are some highlights (all for both formats). VERY nice stuff here:

The Wizard of Oz
Shawshank Redemption
Matrix 1/2/3 (unboxed)
The Aviator
Superman II (original cut)
Clash of the Titans
Cool Hand Luke
Natural Born Killers
The Dead Pool
Dirty Harry
Falling Down
The Goonies
Harry Potter 1-5 (both boxed and unboxed)

http://www.warnervideo.com/warner_bros_hi_definition/us/html/titles.html


I'm all over Superman II, Shawshank, and the Aviator...among others.[/QUOTE]

Something had to break over there. I can't imagine them announcing this many titles so far in advance (I know the Dirty Harrys aren't due until 2008)

Here's the full list.

[quote name='Iggytx']Here's The Complete List for HD DVD adds:

10,000 B.C.
Appleseed Ex Machina
The Assassination of Jesse James
August Rush
The Aviator
Batman
Batman Anime
The Best of HD DVD: Family
The Best of HD DVD: Action
Bonnie and Clyde
Brave One
The Bucket List
The Cincinnati Kid
Clash of the Titans
Cool hand Luke
Dark Knight
The Dead Pool
Dirty Harry
The Enforcer
Eraser
The Exorcist
Falling Down
The Feast of Love
Fool's Gold
Fred Claus
Friends: The Complete First Season
Get Smart
The Goonies
The Green Mile
Harry Potter (All of them being sold seperate)
Heat
I Am Legend
In the Valley of Elah
The Invasion
Justice League: The Frontier
L.A. Confidential
Magnum Force Deluxe Ed
Matrix (All of them being sold seperate)
The Matrix Online Game Card
Men
Michael Clayton
Natural Born Killers
Nights in Rodanthe
No Reservations
Ocean's (All of them being sold seperate)
One Missed Call
Poltergeist
The Promise
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Smallville Season 1
Smallville Season 2
Smallville Season 3
Smallville Season 4
Speed Racer
Spring Breakdown
Sudden Impact
Superman 2
Superman Doomsday
Taking Lives
That's Entertainment
That's Entertainment 2
That's Entertainment 3
That's Entertainment Trilogy Giftset
Twister
The West Wing: The Complete Seventh Season
Whiteout
The Wizard of Oz[/QUOTE]

I'm down for all of the Dirty Harrys, Eraser, I Am Legend, LA Confidential, and Natural Born Killers.
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']FINALLY got confirmation from Warner on several titles, as well as new announcements (no dates yet)...check the link below, but here are some highlights (all for both formats). VERY nice stuff here:

The Wizard of Oz
Shawshank Redemption
Matrix 1/2/3 (unboxed)
The Aviator
Superman II (original cut)
Clash of the Titans
Cool Hand Luke
Natural Born Killers
The Dead Pool
Dirty Harry
Falling Down
Harry Potter 1-5 (both boxed and unboxed)

http://www.warnervideo.com/warner_bros_hi_definition/us/html/titles.html


I'm all over Superman II, Shawshank, and the Aviator...among others.[/quote]
Damn...tried adding Harry Potter Gift Set and it won't let me. Hopefully it will be available before the end of the month. Gotta use that 25% off coupon.

BTW: These are up as well...

HEAT
Appleseed Ex Machina
Batman
Batman Anime
Dark Knight (Batman Begins 2?)
Eraser
Fred Claus
FRIENDS Season One
Goonies
I Am Legend
Justice League: The New Frontier
Oceans Eleven
Oceans Twelve
Oceans Thirteen
Oceans 11-13 Set
Smallville Season One
Speed Racer (Must be the new movie coming out)
Superman Doomsday (animated)
Twister
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']
BTW: HEAT is up on that list as well...[/QUOTE]

Time to place my second HD-DVD order today (Underworld being the first).

Edit:

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BOO!!!
 
Yeah...hopefully these will be up "officially" in the next few weeks so that 25% code can be used to its full potential.

AVS is organizing another HD DVD buy day on Transformers Day (10/16), so if you're interested in participating that's something to keep in mind as well. I'm not really into that kind of stuff but I have no problem with others doing it.


....this hobby is REALLY starting to get f'ing expensive.
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Must buy.

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Shit, I'd almost convert to HD DVD for that.
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']....this hobby is REALLY starting to get f'ing expensive.[/QUOTE]

Tell me about it. I stopped buying games regularly due to my overall spending. But playing the catch up game (Before Best Buy starts sending back some of the older HD DVDs) is almost as bad.
 
[quote name='terribledeli']Tell me about it. I stopped buying games regularly due to my overall spending. But playing the catch up game (Before Best Buy starts sending back some of the older HD DVDs) is almost as bad.[/QUOTE]

Same here.

I've only bought one game since I picked up my HD-DVD player (Viva Pinata for $8)
 
So what's everyone banking on being the Christmas sellers?

I'll just toss in my thoughts

Warner Bros: Harry Potter (Gift set or otherwise. I wouldn't be surprised if there's two commercials. The DVD release and one specifically for high definition formats on certain cable channels. I'm positive Warner is banking on it to sell high definition this Christmas)

Dreamworks/Paramount: Shrek the Third (I was leaning towards Transfomers, but with an October release...I don't know if it'll have the staying power on high definition. Regular DVD probably though)

Universal: Bourne Ultimatum (Not the most family friendly release, but the new Toshiba's handing out Identity, I'm sure it'll sell fairly well - atleast 50,000 first week out)

Speaking of Universal, do they really any new day and date releases to announce outside of Bourne? I don't visit the movie theater often, so I can't really remember anything big this summer that hasn't been announced.
 
[quote name='terribledeli']Speaking of Universal, do they really any new day and date releases to announce outside of Bourne? I don't visit the movie theater often, so I can't really remember anything big this summer that hasn't been announced.[/QUOTE]

They already announced Knocked Up, Evan Almighty and Chuck & Larry. Those are all pretty big.

And then there is The Kingdom which is rumored for a late December release along with Eastern Promises, Mr. Bean's Holiday and Balls Of Fury.

- edit And early 2008 is going to bring us the "guaranteed slam dunk" American Gangster.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']Fantastic Four up for order @ Xploited Cinema for $35.95
  • Anamorphic (16:9 1080p Hi-Def) Widescreen (2.35:1) Version (Theatrical Version)
  • English DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1 & German DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1 audio options
  • Optional German subtitles
  • Audio commentary with actors Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Ioan Gruffudd
  • "Heroes Are Born: The Making of 'Fantastic Four'" - Documentary (English with optional German subtitles)
  • "The Baxter Building: Declassified" - Featurette (English with optional German subtitles)
  • Extended & Deleted scenes (English with optional German subtitles)
  • Music Videos
http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/fantastic-four-german-release-p-12469.html

Don't think its the extended cut though...bummer. I'm debating on wether I should get it or not.


Also...Transformers release date on HD DVD is set for 10/16:
http://forums.highdefdigest.com/showthread.php?t=15620[/quote]

Didn't see a direct answer so I would like to ask 2 questions.

1. These HD-DVD imports from xploitedcinema.com; will they work on a US XBox 360 and a US 360 HD DVD drive?

2. On the F4 one listed above specifically, are all of these deleted scenes/extras the same as what's on the extended edition regular DVD that came out right before Silver Surfer? The color of the packaging and the artwork on it, plus the list of special features, seems to be the same. If it is I will get it but if not I will pass.

Thanks in advance.
 
[quote name='MSUHitman']Didn't see a direct answer so I would like to ask 2 questions.

1. These HD-DVD imports from xploitedcinema.com; will they work on a US XBox 360 and a US 360 HD DVD drive?[/quote]
There is no region coding on HD DVD. This is another way in which HD DVD is superior over Blu-ray.
 
[quote name='MSUHitman']Didn't see a direct answer so I would like to ask 2 questions.

1. These HD-DVD imports from xploitedcinema.com; will they work on a US XBox 360 and a US 360 HD DVD drive?

2. On the F4 one listed above specifically, are all of these deleted scenes/extras the same as what's on the extended edition regular DVD that came out right before Silver Surfer? The color of the packaging and the artwork on it, plus the list of special features, seems to be the same. If it is I will get it but if not I will pass.

Thanks in advance.[/quote]

Thank you for answering my first question. Any idea about the second one?
 
Shit, I'm orderin' Transformers HD-DVD now.

And yeah, this is getting expensive now, although the amazon 10% extra off promo does take a little of the sting away. :p
 
[quote name='MSUHitman']Thank you for answering my first question. Any idea about the second one?[/QUOTE]

I have absolutely no clue about FF4. But I can say, in general, HD DVD's in the past contain most of the extra content on the DVD counterpart, but rarely is it all.
 
[quote name='MSUHitman']Thank you for answering my first question. Any idea about the second one?[/QUOTE]

No clue, usually imports are only barebones.

Email Tony over at Xploited Cinema. He should get back to you within a day.
 
[quote name='MSUHitman']Thank you for answering my first question. Any idea about the second one?[/quote]

I haven't gotten a chance to see the whole movie, just opened it and checked out a few scenes. I have the DVD extended edition and I haven't seen that one either so I don't know how it will differ. I believe that this one is just the standard movie...not sure about what's in the deleted scenes yet.
 
Triple layer HD DVD approved for production

I really don't care about the capacity difference between the two competing formats. If something has to be on two discs so we can get extras, I couldn't care less. Still, this would finally get rid of the annoying talking point about there being such a difference...and yes, give Disney, Fox et al more incentive to go neutral. I hate even saying that because I don't see it happening anytime soon, if ever....especially in Fox's case. But I guess if I didn't mention it someone else would.

I'd honestly rather see them put their effort into the 34 GB disc that has been worked on, as that seems a lot closer to reality and would allow more wiggle room for lossless audio (not that space for that has been a big issue in the past, but it would be nice to have).

Still, looks like good news. Also, everything I've seen has said it should be compatible with all currently available players, including the first-gen ones.
 
I'm sitting here watching Land of the Dead and it is quite possibly the laziest put together HD DVD ever.

I realize it was also one of the earlier combo discs, but...shit.

Side A contains the HD movie and commentary. Side B contains the SD edition and ALL the extra features. I know some combos have some features on the SD side only, but I've never seen all features on the SD side only (I have heard they do exist though).

Moving on, the usual Universal menu. I know some of their earlier HD DVD releases didn't have clips running through the background (Pitch Black or Riddick springs to mind - I can't remember which one), but at least these releases contained some of the score running through the menu. Land of the Dead contains a Yoda Theme inspired knock-off. I'd swear its a generic Universal filler song that you may hear at the movie theater during the previews.

All of this is disappointing because the transfer is pretty nice. Not reference quality, but a fairly large jump over the SD release.

Not surprisingly, its actually one of the cheapest combos I've seen to date. Best Buy sells it for $30, which is standard for most Universal combos. Usually, the $30 price tag with my wife's discount means I get it for $26. Land, however, was under $23 (amazon.com sells it for $24 which is cheaper than usual as well).
 
[quote name='terribledeli']I'm sitting here watching Land of the Dead and it is quite possibly the laziest put together HD DVD ever.

I realize it was also one of the earlier combo discs, but...shit.

Side A contains the HD movie and commentary. Side B contains the SD edition and ALL the extra features. I know some combos have some features on the SD side only, but I've never seen all features on the SD side only (I have heard they do exist though).

Moving on, the usual Universal menu. I know some of their earlier HD DVD releases didn't have clips running through the background (Pitch Black or Riddick springs to mind - I can't remember which one), but at least these releases contained some of the score running through the menu. Land of the Dead contains a Yoda Theme inspired knock-off. I'd swear its a generic Universal filler song that you may hear at the movie theater during the previews.

All of this is disappointing because the transfer is pretty nice. Not reference quality, but a fairly large jump over the SD release.

Not surprisingly, its actually one of the cheapest combos I've seen to date. Best Buy sells it for $30, which is standard for most Universal combos. Usually, the $30 price tag with my wife's discount means I get it for $26. Land, however, was under $23 (amazon.com sells it for $24 which is cheaper than usual as well).[/QUOTE]

The earlier released combos are all like that. At first they could only do a single layer of 15 GB on the HD DVD side. As a result the HD side was barebones and all the xtras were on the DVD side. Some other ones I can think of are Unleashed and Mummy Returns. Of course, they've been able to do 30 GB on the HD side now, so this is no longer a problem.
 
Saturday Night Fever has been delayed indefinately, which isn't too surprisingly considering it was going up against 10 other release next week.

And I've noticed some news sites are picking up on the Warner Brothers "list of coming soon's". So I think today we'll see two possible scenarios: 1) Warner just pulls the site till it gets fixed. 2) confirmation these titles are coming within the next six months to a year.

I'd prefer the latter because I was planning on picking up Phantom of the Opera for my wife, but the site has a listing for the Special Edition of it. The only thing I noticed different was the shorter running time on the SE.

The Pianist (UK Import) review up

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/1057/pianist_uk.html
 
The Aviator - November 6
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For some men, the sky was the limit. For Howard Hughes -- wily industrialist, glamorous movie producer and unstoppable American innovator -- it was just the beginning.
Now on November 6, The Aviator, the blockbuster epic biopic directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Hughes and Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, will be flying higher than ever for its high definition debut from Warner Home Video ($28.99 SRP).
The Aviator won five Academy Awards® -- Best Supporting Actress for Miss Blanchett; Best Art Direction; Cinematography; Costume Design and Editing. Mr. Scorsese and Mr. DiCaprio were also nominated.
Special Features:
  • Commentary from director Martin Scorsese
  • Additional deleted scene
  • History Channel documentary
  • Still gallery
  • Theatrical trailer (HD)
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Is this movie good...is it twisted like The Departed?
 
[quote name='Sporadic']I hated it.

Leo sucks in this movie, the plot jumps around to much and I ended up turning it off halfway through.[/quote]

Same.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']The Aviator - November 6


Is this movie good...is it twisted like The Departed?[/quote]

It's a decent movie. Leo as well as the supporting cast do a great job. The film pretty much follows Howard Hughes through many years of his life and it's fairly interesting. I'd say it's worth seeing at least once.
 
[quote name='Sporadic']I hated it.

Leo sucks in this movie, the plot jumps around too much and I ended up turning it off halfway through.[/QUOTE]

Word for word my thoughts on the movie. It just tries too hard.
 
I liked The Aviator ok. Yeah it does reek of "trying too hard" but it's still entertaining. However, I'm sure as hell not buying it - the audio on BOTH formats is just 640kbps DD 5.1. What the shit is that? That's lazy. I generally don't reward companies for being lazy.
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']I liked The Aviator ok. Yeah it does reek of "trying too hard" but it's still entertaining. However, I'm sure as hell not buying it - the audio on BOTH formats is just 640kbps DD 5.1. What the shit is that? That's lazy. I generally don't reward companies for being lazy.[/QUOTE]

Ugh and I wanted this but with no TrueHD as well as matching studio master it's not happening. I REALLY wanted this because I suspected the video would be GORGEOUS in high def.
 
Hey, check out what showed up today (Dreamgirlz HD-DVD)

NWShttp://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3383/dreamgirlzrh5.jpgNWS

I found a half off coupon for Adam & Eve so I figured why the hell not for $24. It came in a normal HD-DVD case (2 discs though it came with the DVD version) with a foil wrap slipcover. The box says it was filmed in 1080p but it doesn't look like that big of a step up.

I scanned a few scenes and it is a definitive step-up from the upscaled DVD version which was plagued with tons of macroblocking and grain. Not exactly what I was expecting but again for $24 it's not half bad.
 
So what's the half off coupon :D
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In other news....

Warner going HD DVD exclusive? Lets hope so :bouncy:

Warner Bros is considering a "lucrative offer" to back HD DVD exclusively in the high-def disc format war.

That's according to an article in today's Los Angeles Times.

Warner Bros. is now releasing titles in both Blu-ray and HD DVD and the studio has preached that the two-format approach has led to increased sales of such titles as The Departed.

But the surprise departure last month of Steve Nickerson, Warner Home Video's senior vice president for High-Definition, has raised speculation that the studio may be reconsidering its policy. Nickerson was an outspoken booster of the two-format approach in the high-def war.

The Times writes that "Hollywood insiders" say Warner is "mulling over a lucrative offer that could bring such popular titles as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix into the HD DVD camp." The newspaper doesn't say, but the offer is presumably from Toshiba, the leading backer of the HD DVD format.

If Warner were to endorse HD DVD exclusively, it would follow similar exclusive endorsements last month from Paramount and DreamWorks. (Universal is also backing HD DVD exclusively while four major studios are supporting Blu-ray exclusively.)

While a Warner switch would seriously boost HD DVD's chances in the high-def format war, the Times reports that the Blu-ray side is also busy trying to line up exclusive deals with studios and retailers.

Wal-Mart, the newspaper said, had set a mid-August deadline for deciding which format to keep in its stores; it now carries both players. But Toshiba supposedly offered a large promotional budget to support HD DVD sales in a recent meeting at Wal-Mart headquarters.

Wal-Mart would not comment on that, but told the Times that "it would be good for the studios or somebody to make the call (on the high-def format war.)."
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http://www.tvpredictions.com/warner091007.htm
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']So what's the half off coupon :D[/QUOTE]

:cool: There's two, you can either use CRAVE or HEYNOW. It knocks the price down by half but shipping is still $7.

They have Dreamgirlz, Debbie Does Dallas Again, Pirates, Curse Eternal and Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre in stock. No sign of Mobster's Ball or Girlvana 3 though.
 
I'm probably gonna wait for the Years 1-5 boxset. I know theyre gonna release a really nice complete boxset once DH comes out, but I think i can justify a double dip with a 4 year span.
 
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