Ben Reid
17 Sep 2006 10:50
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has finally released the full specs for its first wave of Blu-Ray titles, just days before the movies are due to hit stores.
The film studio told earlier this month that it will release its first four titles, 'Dinosaur,' 'Eight Below,' 'The Great Raid' and 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,' on 19 September. Other Blu-ray-supporting studios Sony, Warner, Paramount and Fox are all employing a variety of different sound formats and video codecs on their disc releases, therefore those looking to adopt the Blu-Ray format early on have been awaiting news on what approach Buena Vista was going to opt for. But it appears that the studio's first batch is just as varied as its rivals'.
All four movies will feature 1080p video transfers in their original theatrical aspect ratios, however, two of the films ('Dinosaur' and 'Jay and Silent Bob') are encoded in MPEG-2, while 'Eight Below' and 'Great Raid' are in AVC/MPEG-4.
Each film will playback in 48kHz/16-bit uncompressed PCM 5.1 surround sound, with 'Dinosaur' getting the added dividend of a full 48kHz/24-bit PCM track plus a DTS 5.1 surround option. All four releases also include standard Dolby Digital 5.1 surround tracks (encoded at 640kbps).
As for prices, each movie carries $34.99 price tag, with the exception of 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,' which lists for $29.99.
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