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Hollywood Theaters upgrading screens to Sony 4k projectors {Engadget HD}
Oct 27th 2009 1:17PM Why won't you be happy until every theater is in digital and 3D? Do you hate movies? Do you really believe that digital is better, and that 3-D films (like Land of the Lost) are revolutionizing cinema?
Blu-ray releases on May 26th 2009 {Engadget HD}
May 27th 2009 1:36AM HC, I think you might be thinking of Robin Hood: Men in Tights. And I bet you anything that Moulin Rouge made more on DVD than both of those Robin Hoods combined. It had quite a following and was perfect for the medium.
Poll: Is Star Trek better at an IMAX or a DLP theater? {Engadget HD}
May 11th 2009 3:55AM You're right, for the most part. Most films are not edited in 2K, but in some smaller-res and highly compressed offline format. Even when they edit in HD, it's a very compressed DNxHD 36. What matters is not what they edit on but what their Digital Intermediary (DI) is on, and those are almost all 2k (I believe that's what you were talking about). Regardless of the capture format, every mainstream movie is color corrected digitally on 2K (very rarely 4K), and they make the film prints off of that very large digital file. Star Trek's DI was in 2K.
HD 101: Why there are black bars on HDTVs {Engadget HD}
Feb 20th 2009 12:52AM The studios don't really want to cater to your television. The whole reason that they created widescreen was to differentiate themselves from the experience at home. Why do you think that they're going hog wild with 3D now?
Blu-ray releases for the week of February 8 {Joystiq Playstation}
Feb 9th 2009 11:33PM If the IMAX image were presented in its entirety on BD, it would have black bars on the left and right of an HDTV. It would look similar to watching SD TV or an old film on HDTV, only with higher resolution.
IMAX is shot on 1.43:1, which is very close to the 4:3 of a standard-def TV. They cropped the top and bottom of The Dark Knight IMAX scenes to fit into your 16:9 HDTVs on Blu-Ray, so, technically, there is information missing from the theatrical IMAX release. The 35mm scenes on Dark Knight had a wider aspect ratio (2.40:1), and are presented in their entirety on the BD disc (with slight letterboxing on the top and bottom).
As for the "IMAX" movies above, I'm not sure how they do the transfer. Anybody know?
Either way, IMAX will look better on BD than DVD, due to the increase in resolution and color information, and is probably your best bet if you want to watch it at home.
The Simpsons finally making high-def debut {Engadget HD}
Jan 25th 2009 2:00PM Who cares about this show anymore? In terms of being the quality show that it once was, the Simpsons has been off the air for quite some time.
Criterion Collection Blu-ray Disc review roundup {Engadget HD}
Dec 13th 2008 12:22AM And yet you know what LaserDisc is?
Passion of the Christ making expected Blu-ray debut in February 2009 {Engadget HD}
Nov 3rd 2008 10:04PM You're sure making all the right picks on formats.
OMG at Resistance Leviathan (ad) attacking building {Joystiq Playstation}
Oct 21st 2008 1:56AM It's a pretty high profile center in a city without much centralization. It's right next to The Grove (fancy, crowded mall), a popular farmer's market, and CBS Studios. Huge center of shopping and what not. A lot of companies in that particular building, too.
Blu-ray releases for the week of October 19th {Joystiq Playstation}
Oct 19th 2008 11:43PM I haven't seen the figures, but I assume it has to do with the massive space it takes for the picture and HD audio tracks (which are less compressed than what you hear in theaters). Sylar, they do release a lot of BD50s (dual-layer). The original Casino Royale was BD50.
