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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 550 |
| | Posted: | | | | The standard is control by 18 main companies which includes Disney.
The Blu-ray Disc format was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers, with more than 180 member companies from all over the world. The Board of Directors currently consists of:
Apple Inc.
Dell Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
LG Electronics
Mitsubishi Electric
Panasonic (Matsushita Electric)
Pioneer Corporation
Royal Philips Electronics
Samsung Electronics
Sharp Corporation
Sony Corporation
Sun Microsystems
TDK Corporation
Thomson SA
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. | | | Schultzy - http://www.michaelschultz.net
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | LOL, try and overrule Sony, Schultzy That is a lovely theory, but trust me, Sony rules the roost. NOT anyone else. I am well aware of the composition of the committee and I also know who runs the show. You too have much too learn about the Force.  Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | lalalalalalalalala
Sony does not control the BDA.
EditL Andy Parsons (Pioneer Electronics) is the head of the BDA. | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... | | | | Last edited: by NewEnglander |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yeah, i know that too. ROFLMAO. You guys are a trip.  Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | More information surfaces....
"Sleeping Beauty" Blu-ray Disc also features the original Super Technirama 70 (similar to CinemaScope) 2.55:1 widescreen format for the first time since its intiial theatrical release, a restored hi-def print, and 7.1 HD sound sourced from the original recording tapes found in Germany. The two-disc set will also include a new picture-in-picture commentary by Pixar's John Lasseter, Andreas Deja and Leonard Maltin. | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | That sounds like an awesome commentary. They're all very knowledgeable and interesting people and I predict the commentary will be outstanding.
It's really too bad I have no intention of picking that one up. But I might just have to rent it someday. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting tas314: Quote:
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Does anybody really want to send email and video clips while they're in the middle of watching a movie? The technology sounds neat and all, but when I'm watching a movie, I'm watching a movie. I must be missing something.
Just like a real theatre, people can talk in the middle of the movie. 
First they had online content for DVDs (computer required), then HD DVD, now BD Live... It's all crap. I agree - its all complete garbage. Who would ever want to have online chats in the middle of a movie.. and of course everybody would need their own copy of the movie.. Marketing gimic and hopefully this BD Live rubbish will die an early death. If they want to increase market penetration get rid of the region coding for good (and yes that includes crappy fox titles that use it I believe.) | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Battling Butler: Quote:
"But there's a hitch: Current Blu-ray owners — except for those with PS3s — won't be able to access Sleeping Beauty's online features. BD Live is part of a revised Blu-ray Profile 2.0, which will start to appear on machines from Sony and Panasonic this summer. Players already bought can't be upgraded."
 but its always been known that the players can't be updated except for the PS3? | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,491 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting NewEnglander: Quote:
More information surfaces....
"Sleeping Beauty" Blu-ray Disc also features the original Super Technirama 70 (similar to CinemaScope) 2.55:1 widescreen format for the first time since its intiial theatrical release, a restored hi-def print, and 7.1 HD sound sourced from the original recording tapes found in Germany. The two-disc set will also include a new picture-in-picture commentary by Pixar's John Lasseter, Andreas Deja and Leonard Maltin. I don't own Sleeping Beauty as of yet,, and My boycott of BD isn't over yet,, so the question arises amongst all these posts here in this thread.., Does the Oct. release include a Standard release edition version as well, as for the idea of hooking up to the Internet to use BD live.., who cares? | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yes it does, Terry.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| | Posted: | | | | According to this Video Business article Disney is going to releasing all their BD with BD Live starting with Sleeping Beauty. The features are going to be "in-movie chatting, personalized video messaging, online gaming and e-commerce features." Releases from Disney owned ABC, Touchstone and Miramax may or may not have BD Live on their releases, since Disney is not requiring them to do this. | | | We're on a mission from God.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 793 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting eagle61397: Quote:
"in-movie chatting, personalized video messaging, online gaming and e-commerce features." When I read these so-called "features", I can't help but wonder: what happened to actually watching the movie?  |
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| Registered: March 29, 2007 | | Posts: 281 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pauls42: Quote:
Quoting Battling Butler:
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"But there's a hitch: Current Blu-ray owners — except for those with PS3s — won't be able to access Sleeping Beauty's online features. BD Live is part of a revised Blu-ray Profile 2.0, which will start to appear on machines from Sony and Panasonic this summer. Players already bought can't be upgraded."
but its always been known that the players can't be updated except for the PS3? I can update the firmware on my Panasonic Blu-Ray player |
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| Registered: May 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,033 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dragon 6: Quote:
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Quoting Battling Butler:
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"But there's a hitch: Current Blu-ray owners — except for those with PS3s — won't be able to access Sleeping Beauty's online features. BD Live is part of a revised Blu-ray Profile 2.0, which will start to appear on machines from Sony and Panasonic this summer. Players already bought can't be upgraded."
but its always been known that the players can't be updated except for the PS3? I can update the firmware on my Panasonic Blu-Ray player pretty sure he was referring to updating the player to a profile 2.0 compliant one -Agrare |
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