It's Official: Uni goes Blu

[jason_grumpy]

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/new...ticle_id=12118

"While Universal values the close partnership we have shared with Toshiba, it is time to turn our focus to releasing new and catalog titles on Blu-ray," said Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

"The path for widespread adoption of the next-generation platform has finally become clear. Universal will continue its aggressive efforts to broaden awareness for hi-def’s unparalleled offerings in interactivity and connectivity, at an increasingly affordable price. The emergence of a single, high-definition format is cause for consumers, as well as the entire entertainment industry, to celebrate."

Discuss.

Edit: Special thanks to aurevoir05 for the link on bluray.com. He should get the credit.

[Neutral101]

Where's the link?

[jason_grumpy]

Originally Posted by Neutral101

Where's the link?

Posted it.

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/new...ticle_id=12118

[Neutral101]

Never mind, my computer froze so I didn't see the link. Thanks.

[Nighthawk]

Wow. That didn't take long.

[DaveS1138]

Any Universal execs reading this.......Can you please make sure your first title out is 'Serenity'

Its been driving me freekin nuts knowing it was out in High Def and not being able to watch it.

[Satans Puppet]

Hopefully the effort Uni put into the transfers on HD DVD will force some studios on the Blu side to up their game... *cough* Fox.... Lionsgate *cough*

[Blu-heaven]

Nice find - but, again no surprise there - They have no choice - I hope they do a good job on transfers - Hopefully, they don't try to re-cooperate their loses with HD DVD and make customer pay through blu-ray Disk with high prices

[Satans Puppet]

Originally Posted by DaveS1138

Any Universal execs reading this.......Can you please make sure your first title out is 'Serenity'

Its been driving me freekin nuts knowing it was out in High Def and not being able to watch it.

Serenity UK edition on Red is a feast for the eyes when it gets to the bit when they're sneaking through that nasty bit of space... with the reavers.... or however you spell it

[Jimbo976]

Well I thought Universal might be the sticky one. If they are going Blu already then there should be no question on Paramount going Blu as well.

Awesome news.

[Satans Puppet]

Originally Posted by Blu-heaven

Nice find - but, again no surprise there - They have no choice - I hope they do a good job on transfers - Hopefully, they don't try to re-cooperate their loses with HD DVD and make customer pay through blu-ray Disk with high prices

Who says they made losses? It's not like they said well there's like 300k potential disc sales out ther... DUH I know lets send 1m into production!!!! Its not like there was much money spent on adverts either lol

[DaveS1138]

Originally Posted by Satans Puppet

Serenity UK edition on Red is a feast for the eyes when it gets to the bit when they're sneaking through that nasty bit of space... with the reavers.... or however you spell it

Since I have been putting up with the upconverted SD-DVD I would imagine anything is a feast for my eyes That title almost made me go purple soooooo many times......Its funny that now the war is over I'm more impatient than ever

[ericwithcheese]

I wonder how long it will take Universal to release their titles on Blu-ray? Would they have to recode them all?

Top on my Universal want list:
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Land of the Dead
The Bourne Trilogy
Dead Silence

[DaveS1138]

Originally Posted by Blu-heaven

Nice find - but, again no surprise there - They have no choice - I hope they do a good job on transfers - Hopefully, they don't try to re-cooperate their loses with HD DVD and make customer pay through blu-ray Disk with high prices

I doubt they lost much on HD-DVD. It doesn't look like they spent too much effort remastering some of their titles.

I do think we will be stuck with the same masters for a while though until they get into Blu-ray properly. Thats true with more studios than them though. Now that the pointless format war is over the next battle is to convince studios to spend the time and money to do better transfers of old catalog titles.

[Jessejames]

Originally Posted by DaveS1138

Since I have been putting up with the upconverted SD-DVD I would imagine anything is a feast for my eyes That title almost made me go purple soooooo many times......Its funny that now the war is over I'm more impatient than ever

Yeah its Serenity's fault I went Red in the First place!!!!! just had to buy a PS3 today. Ah Well, gotta love the HD, we'll see what Uni do with the transfers to Blu.