"Casablanca" (1942) / December 2nd

[DigitalFreakNYC]

Who wants to bet this will be a BD-25?

[Super-VHS]

Originally Posted by DigitalFreakNYC

Who wants to bet this will be a BD-25?

I actually bet it won't be.

Because the HD DVD was exclusive I would think that it was optimized for that spec (meaning it takes up more than 25 gigs) so I would think what we'll get is a (not very full) BD-50 port of the HD-30 version.

[Liqwid]

Originally Posted by Super-VHS

I actually bet it won't be.

Because the HD DVD was exclusive I would think that it was optimized for that spec (meaning it takes up more than 25 gigs) so I would think what we'll get is a (not very full) BD-50 port of the HD-30 version.

Being that the track on the HD DVD was as good as it probably will ever be, the BD will probably have 640kbps DD. There's a high chance that this will be on a BD25. Increasing the video bit-rate isn't going to make it look any better, and this has been proven.

[Super-VHS]

@ Liqwid

I was specifically talking about the file size being too much for the BD-25. It appears after looking at the disc info over at AVS:

Casablanca
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VC-1 @ 18 Mbps
DDPlus 1.0 @ 64Kbps
Runtime: 1:42:28
Video File Size: 14,524,678,144
Disc Spaced Used: 24,410,694,198
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It appears that I was incorrect w/the disc size.... I figured that the complete file size (movie + extras) was larger than 25 GBs because it specifically authored for HD DVD... not necessarily because the video encode was so high in bitrate or audio codec or anything like that. It was more because the disc has a lot of extras (in MPEG-2) and that plus the nearly two hour film made me think that it was a larger file (than 25 gigs).

Also, I figured that the exclusivity of this title was probably because it was over 25 gigs and @ the time of it's release (Nov '06) the BD DL was in limited availability. Like I said, I was wrong... It appears that the file size will indeed fit within the BD-25 disc.

Oh, and the original track is mono so (as you can see) it's not (and won't be) 640 Kbps Dolby Digital but rather 64 Kbps.

[Liqwid]

Originally Posted by Super-VHS

Oh, and the original track is mono so (as you can see) it's not (and won't be) 640 Kbps Dolby Digital but rather 64 Kbps.

Well, it appears that I was wrong with the audio bit-rate.

[rezpekt]

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/casablanca2.html

[Brad1963]

I'll pass on this until a stand alone movie version is released. I do not need all this crap and do not want to spend extra $$$ on stuff I do not need.

[TheRescue]

I was gonna pick this up day one, but most definitely not at this price. I'll wait until it comes down, get it used, or wait for the inevitable (if not day one) regular version.

[Treadwell]

I thought it was a Kleenex box at first.

[Atomic Age]

Originally Posted by posters5

Okay the packaging photo sold me. I'll double dip and pick up the blu-ray, and set it along side my SD and HD DVD versions!

Defiantly worth $65 with that package.

Doug

[jjt]

Originally Posted by Atomic Age

Okay the packaging photo sold me. I'll double dip and pick up the blu-ray, and set it along side my SD and HD DVD versions!

Defiantly worth $65 with that package.

Doug

Agreed, I just wish the outside box cover looked cooler.

[Atomic Age]

Originally Posted by jjt

Agreed, I just wish the outside box cover looked cooler.

I like it. It's simple and clean.

Doug

[EpsilonX]

jesus christmas. I might just get an hd dvd player and buy casablanca and the matrix trilogy on hd dvd, since they're both being released as super deluxe special editions that are most likely mediocre. (I also like the HDDVD cover art for casablanca better)

[evizzle]

I would gladly pay for some extras, but why not give me a standard BD case inside? Now I am going to have to buy a BD case, get myself a good looking scan and print my own cover...

[Arkadin]

STANDALONE being released in France!!
noticed it earlier.
I'll have to look back for exact date.