Tutti gli Studios mondiali schierati con i due Formati HDDVD/Bluray-disc

[Tonypedra]

Studios che supportano entrabe i formati:

Dreamworks / Paramount / Warner Bros / National Geografic / WEA / Universal Music / BBC Home Video / Eagle Rock / HBO / Magnolia Home Entertainment / Image Entertainment / Mondo Home Entertainment (Italiana)

Solo HDDVD:

Universal Pictures / Weinstein Company / New Line Cinema / Brentwood / DVD International / Goldmil Entertainment / Rhino / Ryko Distribution / Cecchi Gori Home Video (Italiana) / First Look Pictures


Solo Bluray-disc:

20th Century Fox / Disney-Buena Vista / Lionsgate / MGM-UA / Columbia-Sony Pictures / Koch Releasing / Miramax


Studios TOT. 21 HDDVD / 20 Blueray-disc
Titoli in commercio (USA) : 178 HDDVD / 205 Blueray-disc
Titoli in arrivo (USA): 135 HDDVD / 82 Blueray-disc



Studios aggiornati ad Oggi Sabato 7 Aprile 2007

Uscite HDDVD

April 03, 2007
The Good Shepherd (Universal)
April 10, 2007
Dog Day Afternoon (Warner)
Payback: Straight Up - The Director's Cut (Paramount)
A Scanner Darkly (Warner)
April 17, 2007
Feast (Weinstein)
The Game (Universal)
The Jerk (Universal)
School for Scoundrels (Genius)
Smokin' Aces (Universal)
April 24, 2007
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Universal)
Failure to Launch (Paramount)
The Nutty Professor (1996) (Universal)
Planet Earth: The Complete Collection (BBC)
May 01, 2007
Alpha Dog (Universal)
Dreamgirls (DreamWorks)
The Hitcher (2007) (Universal)
May 08, 2007
Battle of the Bulge (Warner)
Black Christmas (2006) (Weinstein)
Harsh Times (Weinstein)
The Road Warrior (Warner)
May 15, 2007
The Fountain (Warner)
May 22, 2007
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Universal)
The Complete Matrix Trilogy (Warner)
Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks)
Freedom Writers (Paramount)
The Hurricane (2000) (Universal)
Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner)
M:I-2 (Paramount)
Mission: Impossible (Paramount)
The Skeleton Key (Universal)
Smokey and the Bandit (Universal)
The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Warner)
May 29, 2007
The Big Lebowski (Universal)
Dragonheart (Universal)
The Frighteners: Director's Cut (Universal)
Lost in Translation (Universal)
Midnight Run (Universal)
The River (Universal)
June 05, 2007
Breach (Universal)
Coming to America (Paramount)
Trading Places (Paramount)
June 12, 2007
Born on the Fourth of July (Universal)
Bruce Almighty (Universal)
Daylight (Universal)
Liar Liar (Universal)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Universal)
Sneakers (Universal)
June 26, 2007
American Me (Universal)
Army of Darkness (Universal)
Being John Malkovich (Universal)
Bulletproof (Universal)
Freedom: Vol. 1 (Bandai Visual)
Hustle & Flow (Paramount)
Mallrats (Universal)
Meet Joe Black (Universal)
Mystery Men (Universal)
Unleashed (Universal)
The Watcher (Universal)
July 03, 2007
The Untouchables (Paramount)
The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut (Paramount)
July 24, 2007
The Bourne Identity (Universal)





Uscite Bluray-disc



April 03, 2007
G.I. Jane (Buena Vista)
Identity (Sony)
King Arthur Director's Cut (Buena Vista)
Volver (Sony)
April 09, 2007
Dragon's Lair (Digital Leisure)
April 10, 2007
Dog Day Afternoon (Warner)
Payback: Straight Up - The Director's Cut (Paramount)
A Scanner Darkly (Warner)
April 17, 2007
The Dirty Dozen (Warner)
Enter the Dragon (Warner)
April 24, 2007
Deja Vu (Buena Vista)
Failure to Launch (Paramount)
Night at the Museum (Fox)
Planet Earth: The Complete Collection (BBC)
The Queen (Buena Vista)
Secret Window (Sony)
Ultimate Avengers Collection (Lionsgate)
May 01, 2007
Dreamgirls (DreamWorks)
Happily N'Ever After (Lionsgate Entetainment)
May 08, 2007
Battle of the Bulge (Warner)
Catch and Release (Sony)
Dirty Dancing (Lionsgate)
Donnie Brasco (Sony)
Revenge (Sony)
The Road Warrior (Warner)
May 15, 2007
The Fountain (Warner)
Stomp the Yard (Sony)
May 22, 2007
Apocalypto (Buena Vista)
Closer (Sony)
Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks)
Freedom Writers (Paramount)
Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner)
M:I-2 (Paramount)
Mission: Impossible (Paramount)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Buena Vista)
Primeval (Buena Vista)
May 29, 2007
Basic Instinct (Lionsgate)
Blood & Chocolate (Sony)
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests (Sony BMG) JUST LISTED!
Curse of the Golden Flower (Sony)
Weeds: Season One (Lionsgate)
June 05, 2007
Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band: Live in Dublin (Sony BMG) JUST LISTED!
Cars (Buena Vista)
Coming to America (Paramount)
Con Air (Buena Vista)
Crimson Tide (Buena Vista)
Hellboy (Sony)
Meatballs (Sony)
The Messengers (Sony)
Rescue Me: The Complete Third Season (Sony)
The Rock (Buena Vista)
Trading Places (Paramount)
June 12, 2007
Cruel Intentions (Sony)
Daddy's Little Girls (Lionsgate)
Ghost Rider (Sony)
Seven Years in Tibet (Sony)
June 19, 2007
Bridge to Terebithia (Buena Vista)
June 26, 2007
Hustle & Flow (Paramount)
July 03, 2007
The Untouchables (Paramount)
The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut (Paramount)
November 20, 2007
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Buena Vista)



Ci sono state delle modifiche si sono aggiunti 3 Studios che ora faranno entrambi i formati ed è stata aggiornata anche la lista delle uscite

[francis]

Grazie per le info.
Personalmente dopo essermi letto un po' di opinioni autorevoli sono arrivato alla convinzione, (che è propria di coloro dei quali ho letto le opinioni) che andranno avanti tutti e due i formati.

Meglio così.

[Tonypedra]

purtroppo ancora non si capisce alcuni distributori Italiani che scelta hanno fatto

[Greenhornet]

Hai dimenticato Warner nella lista delle major che hanno aderito al blu ray.

[AnnihilAS]

@Greenhornet: Warner c'è, è nella lista delle major che supportano entrambi i formati

Ciao,
Pierangelo

[FrancescoP]

Un altro studios, First Look Pictures, ha annunciato il supporto esclusivo ad HD DVD.


First Look Pictures Announces Exclusive HD-DVD Support

First Look Pictures has announced their first HD-DVD title, "The Contract" with John Cusack and Morgan Freeman. The title will release on 7/24, the same day as it's DVD counterpart. It will be priced at $32.99 on HD-DVD. First Look is not releasing the title on Blu-Ray. Since Millenium Pictures & NuImage purchased First Look earlier this year First Look will not be distributing all of their titles, instead of other studios such as Universal & MGM that handled their titles in the past. Last year on of Millenium's biggest titles was The Black Dahlia. With over 20 films set for theatrical release in 2007 First Look could become another big exclusive studio for HD-DVD. First Look also has a huge selection of catalog titles they could release on HD-DVD as well.

First Look has not confirmed special features and audio options yet, but it is expected that the title will have Making-of & Behind-the-Scenes features along with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound.


Il loro primo titolo ad uscire sarà "The Contract" con John Cusack and Morgan Freeman. Il catalogo della First Look Pictures è piccolo ma interessante, tra cui il recente "Guida per Riconoscere i Tuoi Santi":


10 Items Or Less
12 Days Of Christmas Eve
24 Hours In London (First Look)
Across The Tracks
Aileen Wournos: The Selling Of A Serial Killer (First Look)
Air Panic (First Look)
Alien Lockdown
All The Way (2003)
Amazing Heroes: Firefighters
Amazing Heroes: Police Officers
Amazing Heroes: Rescue Workers
American Adobo
American Rap Stars
Angela (2002)
Animal (2005)
Anitbody
Antibody
Antonia's Line (First Look)
Asoka
Attic Expeditions (First Look)
Autumn Spring
Baby Prodigy (First Look)
Back In The Day
Bangkok Dangerous
Bark!
Baywatch: Season 1
Baywatch: Season 2
Baywatch: Season 3
Between Strangers
Beyond Hypothermia (First Look)
Big Nothing
Big Time
BJ's Teddy Bear Club And Bible Stories, Vol. 1 - 2
BJ's Teddy Bear Club And Bible Stories, Vol. 3 - 4
BJ's Teddy Bear Club And Bible Stories, Vol. 5 - 6
Black Cadillac
Blast!
Blood Gnome
Blue Demon
Blue Diner
Bone Snatcher
Bongwater (First Look)
Bound By Lies
Boys & Girl From County Clare
Breed (2006)
Brotherhood II: Young Warlocks (First Look)
Brotherhood III: Young Demons (First Look)
Brother's Kiss (First Look)
Caffeine
Catfish In Black Bean Sauce
Ccion De Risas: Three Film Collection: Noche De Recamareras / El Basurero / El Gandalla Herculano
Champion (2002)
Chasing Freedom
Chrystal
Clawed: The Legend Of Sasquatch
Close Your Eyes
Cold And Dark
Cold Heart (First Look)
Comeback Season
Convicted
Couple
Crazy As Hell (First Look)
Cult Of Fury (First Look)
Cybermutt
Dahmer (Special Edition)
Danika
Dark Waters (2003/ First Look)
Dead Awake
Dead Girl
Death Train (2003/ First Look)
Deep Evil
Deep Shock (First Look)
Deeply (First Look)
Devious Beings
Direct Action
Dirty Love (R-Rated Version)
Dirty Love (Unrated Version)
Disappeared
Don't Temp Me (Bendito Infierno/ First Look)
Dot.Kill
Dragon Storm (First Look)
Easter Egg Adventure
Ed Gein (First Look)
Elling
Emmanuel's Gift
En La Palma De Tu Mano
Epicenter
Epoch (First Look)
Escape From Alaska
Evil Alien Conquerors (First Look)
Faithless (2000)
Falcon Down (First Look)
Falling Sky (First Look)
Fat Friends: Season 1
Federal Protection (First Look)
Fellini: I'm A Born Liar
Firetrap (First Look)
First Born
Fist Of The North Star (1995/ First Look)
Forty Shades Of Blue
Freeze Frame
Gabriela
Garden Of Evil (First Look)
Gaudi Afternoon
Gentleman's Game
George & The Dragon
Get2gether
Ginger Snaps (First Look)
Glass Trap
Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
Guncrazy
Gunman
Gypsy Eyes
Half Light
Hammerhead
Hard Cash (First Look)
Harvard Man (First Look/ Special Edition)
Healer
Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life
Her Minor Thing
Hollow
Hollywood North
I Accuse
I'll Take You There (First Look)
Immortal (2004)
In A Dark Place
Infinity (First Look)
Innocents (2000)
Instinct To Kill
Irresistible
Isolation
Jimmy Show
Jobz 4 Dogz: Hollywood K-9
Jobz 4 Dogz: Police K-9
Jobz 4 Dogz: Rescue K-9
Johnny Was
Journey To The End Of The Night
Killer Next Door (First Look)
King Of The Ants (First Look)
Kovak Box
Larva
Last Drop
Last Run (2001)
Last Sign
Lawless Heart
Lemon Sky
Leo
Lethal Dose (LD 50)
Lisa Picard Is Famous
Little Fish
Little Red (First Look)
Little Trip To Heaven
Live Forever: The Rise And Fall Of Brit Pop
Local Boys
Lone Hero (First Look)
Lost In The Wild
Lost Voyage
Love Come Down (First Look)
Love Trap
Lovers Lane
Malicious Intent
Manic Cop 3: Badge Of Silence
Mayor Of The Sunset Strip
Maze (2000/ First Look)
Midnight Kiss
Miranda (2002)
Miss Firecracker
Missing In America
Monster Island (PG Version/ First Look)
MosquitoMan
Mr. Fix It
Mrs. Dalloway (First Look)
My Date With Drew
National Lampoon's Blackball
Navigators (2001)
Necromancer (First Look)
Net Games
New York Cop
Nicotina
No One Can Hear You (First Look)
Nora (First Look)
Now That's Funny
Nugget
Olive Juice (First Look)
One Week
Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault (First Look)
Operation Delta Force 5: Random Fire (First Look)
Operator (Special Edition)
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
Out Of Line
Out Of The Cold (First Look)
Outfitters
Parasite (2003)
Party Girl (1995/ First Look)
Perfect Crime
Perfect Opposites
Perfect Strangers (2003)
Pete's Meteor (First Look)
Picture Claire
Pinata: Survival Island
Post Impact (First Look)
Power Play (2002)
Preaching To The Perverted (R-Rated Version)
Preaching To The Perverted (Unrated Version)
Pressure (2002)
Presumed Guilty
Primary Suspect (First Look)
Prince & Me 2
Proposition (2005)
Pulse (2003)
Pumpkin Karver
Punch (First Look/ Special Edition)
Purgatory Flats (First Look)
Purpose
Queen For A Day (Box Set)
Question Of Faith
Radical Jack (First Look)
Rain (2001/ Directed by Christine Jeffs)
Rapid Exchange
Relative Strangers
Remember Me, My Love
Restraining Order (2006/ First Look)
Revelation (2001)
Ring Of Darkness
River King
Rose Parade: A Pageant For The Ages
Runner (1999/ Runner)
Samourais (First Look)
Sand (First Look)
Savage Messiah
Scoundrel's Wife
Screamers (2006)
September Tapes
Shadows Of The Dead
Shameless (First Look)
Shock To The System (1990)
Shooting Gallery
Silence Becomes You
Silent Cradle
Skins
Slash
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Sleepwalker Killing
Snake Island (First Look)
Snake Man
Snapshots
Snow Walker
Snurks
Solas (First Look)
Song For Martin
Soulkeeper
Spirit Trap
Stateside
Stickup (First Look)
Subject Two
Subterano (First Look)
Sunstorm
Surge
System Within
T.A.M.I. Show
Target (2004)
Target Of Opportunity
Ted Bundy (Special Edition)
Terminal Countdown
Thing Below
Three Blind Mice (2003)
Tornado (2004)
Totally Blonde
Touched
Touching Wild Horses
Touching Wild Horses (Spanish Subtitles)
Tough Luck (First Look)
Trauma (2004)
Truth About Demons (First Look)
Truth About Love
UFC 66: Liddell Vs. Ortiz 2
UFC 67: All Or Nothing
Unsolved Mysteries: Bizarre Murders (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: Legends (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: Miracles (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: Psychics (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: The Best Of Unsolved Mysteries
Unsolved Mysteries: UFO's (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: Ultimate Collection
Vampire Clan (First Look)
Virgin Of Juarez
Visitors (2003)
Volcano Disaster
Wassup Rockers (Special Edition)
We Don't Die; We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story
White Coats
Wilderness (2006)
Witness To A Kill
Wolves Of Wall Street (First Look)


fonte: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=830703

[francis]

Un altro studios, First Look Pictures, ha annunciato il supporto esclusivo ad HD DVD.

Infatti secondo alcuni, (Joe Kane) Sony sta sussidiando gli studios maggiori nelle loro spese dei costi di replicazione dei Blu Ray.
Questo però spingerà una quantità di studios minori verso l'HD DVD.

"It is my understanding Sony is subsidizing the cost of Blu-ray Disc
replication for the major studios to the point where the studios will
pay no more to create a Blu-ray Disc than an HD DVD. This pushes
independent producers into the HD DVD camp".

[FrancescoP]

Il Financial Times riporta la notizia che i principali Studios Europei stanno optando per HD DVD:


Toshiba takes European lead over Sony in HD

By Maija Palmer

Updated: 9:10 p.m. ET April 8, 2007

Aficionados of European cinema who would like to watch films such as Roberto Benigni's award-winning The Tiger and the Snow in high definition, may, for the time being at least, have to buy a HD-DVD player rather than a Blu-Ray Disc machine.

A number of European independent film studios and DVD production companies are opting for Toshiba's HD-DVD format over the rival Sony technology, thanks to a strong support programme by the HD-DVD camp and concerns over the price of Blu-Ray technology.

Sony and Toshiba are locked in a bitter battle over which technology will become the standard for next generation high-definition DVD content, reminiscent of the 1980s battle between VHS and Betamax.

Early indications from the US are that Sony's Blu-Ray discs are outselling HD-DVDs by as much as two to one. However, in Europe, HD-DVD still appears to have the upper hand.

About 35 European films are available on the HD-DVD format, compared with less than 10 for Blu-Ray. The larger European studios such as Studio Canal and Pathé in France, Filmax and DeAPlaneta in Spain, and Imagion and Nixbu in Germany have all announced plans to use the HD-DVD technology.

Although most commentators agree that the deciding battles in the format war will be fought in Hollywood, analysts such as Richard Cooper at Screen Digest say the importance of European independent studios should not be underestimated. European independent films account for only 30 per cent of the market in the UK, but 50 per cent in France, 40 per cent in Germany and 35 to 40 per cent in Spain.

Toshiba and Microsoft have launched a large support campaign for European Studios adopting HD-DVD.

Rodolphe Buet, head of business and marketing at Studio Canal, says: "I have met much more commitment from partners involved with HD-DVD than Blu-Ray. I met Sony in mid-2006 but the support was far below what was offered by the HD-DVD partners."

David Walstra, vice-chairman of the Europe's Blu-Ray Disc Association, admits Sony has concentrated its efforts on the US, and has felt it too early to work with European studios.

Cost is a key issue for European studios, which have smaller audiences for their films, often limited by language. They are keen to maximise their small audiences by producing for the format that has the largest installed base. So far, HD-DVD player sales have been ahead of Blu-Ray in Europe, although the launch of Sony's PlayStation 3 games console, which comes with an inbuilt Blu-Ray Disc player, may change this.

Many European film companies believe that the prices of HD-DVD players will fall faster than those of Blu-Ray players, with Chinese manufacturers expected to begin producing HD-DVD machines later this year.

The cost of production is also an issue. Normal DVD production lines can be upgraded to produce HD-DVDs, whereas for Blu-Ray, companies need to buy completely new equipment.

"A HD-DVD replication line costs about €800,000 ($1m) and you can make 40,000 discs a day on it. A Blu-Ray replication line costs €1.7m or €1.8m and you can make 10,000 to 15,000 discs a day," says Laurent Villaume, chief executive of Qol, a French DVD replication company. "The risk is just not the same."

Although Blu-Ray discs have higher capacity than HD-DVD discs, with a maximum of 50 gigabytes, many film companies say space is not as big an issue for European films. The recently released HD version of Benigni's The Tiger and the Snow, for example, fitted on to a single-layer HD-DVD without any problems.

"European films don't need so much space. Additional capacity will be needed when we produce additional content but that is years away. Italian movies will never have the kind of special effects, stunts and car chases that are used in US movies. The expense is prohibitive," says Alex Ponti, chief executive of DS DVD, an Italian DVD replication company.

Instead, European studios are interested in the fact that the HD-DVD standard – unlike Blu-Ray – mandates that all players must have an internet connection. Many feel this would be a more effective and low-cost way to provide extra features, such as discussion forums between fans and the film directors.

Despite HD-DVD's small lead, however, it is clear that the battle in Europe is only beginning. Even studios such as Studio Canal, which have a long line-up of HD-DVD releases planned, admit they could change their allegiance.

"I am totally agnostic," says Mr Buet. "All the work we are doing on high definition will be useful for making Blu-Ray discs if the Blu-Ray standard wins. It will be easy to change position."

Copyright The Financial Times Ltd. All rights reserved.


fonte: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18013123/

Traduco:


Toshiba prende il predominio su Sony nell'HD in Europa

di Maija Palmer

9:10 p.m. ET April 8, 2007

Gli appassionati del cinema Europeo, che vogliono vedere film come il pluri premiato "La Tigre e la Neve" di Roberto Benigni in alta definizione, almeno per il momento, dovranno comprare un lettore HD-DVD invece che un dispositivo Blu-Ray Disc.

Numerosi studios cinematografici indipendenti Europei e case di produzioni di DVD stanno scegliendo il formato HD DVD di Toshiba rispetto alla rivale tecnologia Sony, grazie al forte programma di supporto del gruppo HD DVD e in base alle preoccupazioni sui costi della tecnologia Blu-Ray.

Sony e Toshiba sono bloccate in una aspra battaglia su quale tecnologia diventerà lo standard per la prossima generazione di contenuti DVD ad alta definizione, che ricorda la battaglia degli anni '80 tra VHS e Betamax.

Le prime indicazioni dagli USA sono che il dischi Blu-Ray di Sony stanno vendendo con un rapporto due ad uno con HD DVD. Comunque, in Europa, HD DVD continua ad essere apparentemente in vantaggio.

Circa 35 film europei sono disponibili nel formato HD DVD, contro meno di 10 per Blu-Ray. I più grandi studios europei come Studio Canal e Pathé in Francia, Filmax e DeAPlaneta in Spagna, ed Imagion e Nixbu in Germania, hanno tutti annunciato piani di utilizzare la tecnologia HD DVD.

Nonostante molti commentatori sono d'accordo che le battaglie decisive nella format war saranno combattute in Hollywood, analisti come Richard Cooper di Screen Digest affermano che l'importanza degli studios indipendenti europei non deve essere sottovalutata. Gli studios indipendenti europei costituiscono solo il 30% del mercato in UK, ma in Francia sono al 50%, in Germania al 35% ed in Spagna al 40%.

Toshiba e Microsoft hanno lanciato una grande campagna di supporto per gli studios europei che adottano HD DVD.

Rodolphe Buet, direttore del marketing e business a Studio Canal, afferma: "Io ho trovato molto più impegno da parte dei partner coinvolti con HD DVD che con Blu-Ray. Ho incontrato Sony nel 2006 ma il supporto era molto al di sotto di quello offerto dai partner HD DVD".

David Walstra, vice direttore dell'associazione europea Blu-Ray Disc, ammette che Sony ha concentrato i suoi sforzi negli USA, ed ha ritenuto che fosse troppo presto per lavorare con gli studios europei.

Il costo è un fattore chiave per gli studios europei, che hanno audience più piccole per i loro film, spesso limitate dal linguaggio. Sono quindi decisi a massimizzare le loro piccole audience producendo per il formato che ha la maggiore base installata.

Fino ad ora, le vendite dei lettori HD DVD sono stati avanti rispetto a quelle Blu-Ray in Europa, nonostante il recente lancio della console Playstation 3 da parte di Sony potrebbe cambiare questa situazione.

Molte compagnie europee credono che il prezzo dei lettori HD DVD cadrà molto più rapidamente di quelli Blu-Ray, con i produttori cinesi che dovrebbero iniziare a produrre macchine HD DVD più tardi quest'anno.

Il costo della produzione è anche un altro problema. Le normali linee di produzione DVD possono venire aggiornate per produrre HD DVD, mentre per Blu-Ray, le compagnie hanno bisogno di comprare completamente nuovi macchinari.

"Una linea di duplicazione di HD DVD costa circa €800,000 ($1m) e produce circa 40.000 dischi al giorno. Una linea di duplicazione Blu-Ray costa 1.7-1.8 milioni di euro, e produce da 10.000 a 15.000 dischi al giorno," spiega Laurent Villaume, direttore esecutivo di Qol, una compagnia di duplicazione DVD Francese. "Il rischio semplicemente non è lo stesso."

Nonostante i dischi Blu-Ray abbiano maggiore capacità dei dischi HD DVD, con un massimo di 50 Gigabyte, molte compagnie cinematografiche affermano che lo spazio non è un così grande problema per i film europei. La versione HD uscita di recente del film di Roberto Benigni, "La Tigre e la Neve", per esempio, è entrata in un HD DVD a singolo strato senza problemi.

"I film Europei non hanno bisogno di molto spazio. La capacità aggiuntiva sarà necessaria quando produrremo contenuti addizionali, ma questo è ancora lontano molti anni. I film italiani non avranno mai il tipo di effetti speciali, stunt e inseguimenti di macchine che sono utilizzati nei film USA. La spesa è proibitiva," dice Alex Ponti, direttore esecutivo di DS DVD, una società di duplicazione DVD italiana.

Invece gli studi europei sono interessati al fatto che lo standard HD DVD - diversamente da Blu-Ray - rende obbligatorio che tutti i lettori debbano avere una connessione internet. Molti credono che questa sia una via più efficace ed a basso costo per fornire feature extra, come forum di discussioni tra fan e registi cinematografici.

Nonostante il modesto vantaggio di HD DVD, è chiaro che la battaglia in europa è solo all'inizio. Anche gli studios come Studio Canal, che hanno un lungo catalogo di usite HD DVD programmate, ammettono che potrebbero cambiare la loro alleanza.

"Io sono totalmente agnostico, " confessa Buet. "Tutto il lavoro che stiamo facendo nell'alta definizione sarà comunque utile per fare dischi Blu-Ray se lo standard Blu-Ray vincesse. Sarà facile cambiare posizione."

[Tonypedra]

Un altro studios, First Look Pictures, ha annunciato il supporto esclusivo ad HD DVD.


First Look Pictures Announces Exclusive HD-DVD Support

First Look Pictures has announced their first HD-DVD title, "The Contract" with John Cusack and Morgan Freeman. The title will release on 7/24, the same day as it's DVD counterpart. It will be priced at $32.99 on HD-DVD. First Look is not releasing the title on Blu-Ray. Since Millenium Pictures & NuImage purchased First Look earlier this year First Look will not be distributing all of their titles, instead of other studios such as Universal & MGM that handled their titles in the past. Last year on of Millenium's biggest titles was The Black Dahlia. With over 20 films set for theatrical release in 2007 First Look could become another big exclusive studio for HD-DVD. First Look also has a huge selection of catalog titles they could release on HD-DVD as well.

First Look has not confirmed special features and audio options yet, but it is expected that the title will have Making-of & Behind-the-Scenes features along with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound.


Il loro primo titolo ad uscire sarà "The Contract" con John Cusack and Morgan Freeman. Il catalogo della First Look Pictures è piccolo ma interessante, tra cui il recente "Guida per Riconoscere i Tuoi Santi":


10 Items Or Less
12 Days Of Christmas Eve
24 Hours In London (First Look)
Across The Tracks
Aileen Wournos: The Selling Of A Serial Killer (First Look)
Air Panic (First Look)
Alien Lockdown
All The Way (2003)
Amazing Heroes: Firefighters
Amazing Heroes: Police Officers
Amazing Heroes: Rescue Workers
American Adobo
American Rap Stars
Angela (2002)
Animal (2005)
Anitbody
Antibody
Antonia's Line (First Look)
Asoka
Attic Expeditions (First Look)
Autumn Spring
Baby Prodigy (First Look)
Back In The Day
Bangkok Dangerous
Bark!
Baywatch: Season 1
Baywatch: Season 2
Baywatch: Season 3
Between Strangers
Beyond Hypothermia (First Look)
Big Nothing
Big Time
BJ's Teddy Bear Club And Bible Stories, Vol. 1 - 2
BJ's Teddy Bear Club And Bible Stories, Vol. 3 - 4
BJ's Teddy Bear Club And Bible Stories, Vol. 5 - 6
Black Cadillac
Blast!
Blood Gnome
Blue Demon
Blue Diner
Bone Snatcher
Bongwater (First Look)
Bound By Lies
Boys & Girl From County Clare
Breed (2006)
Brotherhood II: Young Warlocks (First Look)
Brotherhood III: Young Demons (First Look)
Brother's Kiss (First Look)
Caffeine
Catfish In Black Bean Sauce
Ccion De Risas: Three Film Collection: Noche De Recamareras / El Basurero / El Gandalla Herculano
Champion (2002)
Chasing Freedom
Chrystal
Clawed: The Legend Of Sasquatch
Close Your Eyes
Cold And Dark
Cold Heart (First Look)
Comeback Season
Convicted
Couple
Crazy As Hell (First Look)
Cult Of Fury (First Look)
Cybermutt
Dahmer (Special Edition)
Danika
Dark Waters (2003/ First Look)
Dead Awake
Dead Girl
Death Train (2003/ First Look)
Deep Evil
Deep Shock (First Look)
Deeply (First Look)
Devious Beings
Direct Action
Dirty Love (R-Rated Version)
Dirty Love (Unrated Version)
Disappeared
Don't Temp Me (Bendito Infierno/ First Look)
Dot.Kill
Dragon Storm (First Look)
Easter Egg Adventure
Ed Gein (First Look)
Elling
Emmanuel's Gift
En La Palma De Tu Mano
Epicenter
Epoch (First Look)
Escape From Alaska
Evil Alien Conquerors (First Look)
Faithless (2000)
Falcon Down (First Look)
Falling Sky (First Look)
Fat Friends: Season 1
Federal Protection (First Look)
Fellini: I'm A Born Liar
Firetrap (First Look)
First Born
Fist Of The North Star (1995/ First Look)
Forty Shades Of Blue
Freeze Frame
Gabriela
Garden Of Evil (First Look)
Gaudi Afternoon
Gentleman's Game
George & The Dragon
Get2gether
Ginger Snaps (First Look)
Glass Trap
Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
Guncrazy
Gunman
Gypsy Eyes
Half Light
Hammerhead
Hard Cash (First Look)
Harvard Man (First Look/ Special Edition)
Healer
Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life
Her Minor Thing
Hollow
Hollywood North
I Accuse
I'll Take You There (First Look)
Immortal (2004)
In A Dark Place
Infinity (First Look)
Innocents (2000)
Instinct To Kill
Irresistible
Isolation
Jimmy Show
Jobz 4 Dogz: Hollywood K-9
Jobz 4 Dogz: Police K-9
Jobz 4 Dogz: Rescue K-9
Johnny Was
Journey To The End Of The Night
Killer Next Door (First Look)
King Of The Ants (First Look)
Kovak Box
Larva
Last Drop
Last Run (2001)
Last Sign
Lawless Heart
Lemon Sky
Leo
Lethal Dose (LD 50)
Lisa Picard Is Famous
Little Fish
Little Red (First Look)
Little Trip To Heaven
Live Forever: The Rise And Fall Of Brit Pop
Local Boys
Lone Hero (First Look)
Lost In The Wild
Lost Voyage
Love Come Down (First Look)
Love Trap
Lovers Lane
Malicious Intent
Manic Cop 3: Badge Of Silence
Mayor Of The Sunset Strip
Maze (2000/ First Look)
Midnight Kiss
Miranda (2002)
Miss Firecracker
Missing In America
Monster Island (PG Version/ First Look)
MosquitoMan
Mr. Fix It
Mrs. Dalloway (First Look)
My Date With Drew
National Lampoon's Blackball
Navigators (2001)
Necromancer (First Look)
Net Games
New York Cop
Nicotina
No One Can Hear You (First Look)
Nora (First Look)
Now That's Funny
Nugget
Olive Juice (First Look)
One Week
Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault (First Look)
Operation Delta Force 5: Random Fire (First Look)
Operator (Special Edition)
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
Out Of Line
Out Of The Cold (First Look)
Outfitters
Parasite (2003)
Party Girl (1995/ First Look)
Perfect Crime
Perfect Opposites
Perfect Strangers (2003)
Pete's Meteor (First Look)
Picture Claire
Pinata: Survival Island
Post Impact (First Look)
Power Play (2002)
Preaching To The Perverted (R-Rated Version)
Preaching To The Perverted (Unrated Version)
Pressure (2002)
Presumed Guilty
Primary Suspect (First Look)
Prince & Me 2
Proposition (2005)
Pulse (2003)
Pumpkin Karver
Punch (First Look/ Special Edition)
Purgatory Flats (First Look)
Purpose
Queen For A Day (Box Set)
Question Of Faith
Radical Jack (First Look)
Rain (2001/ Directed by Christine Jeffs)
Rapid Exchange
Relative Strangers
Remember Me, My Love
Restraining Order (2006/ First Look)
Revelation (2001)
Ring Of Darkness
River King
Rose Parade: A Pageant For The Ages
Runner (1999/ Runner)
Samourais (First Look)
Sand (First Look)
Savage Messiah
Scoundrel's Wife
Screamers (2006)
September Tapes
Shadows Of The Dead
Shameless (First Look)
Shock To The System (1990)
Shooting Gallery
Silence Becomes You
Silent Cradle
Skins
Slash
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Sleepwalker Killing
Snake Island (First Look)
Snake Man
Snapshots
Snow Walker
Snurks
Solas (First Look)
Song For Martin
Soulkeeper
Spirit Trap
Stateside
Stickup (First Look)
Subject Two
Subterano (First Look)
Sunstorm
Surge
System Within
T.A.M.I. Show
Target (2004)
Target Of Opportunity
Ted Bundy (Special Edition)
Terminal Countdown
Thing Below
Three Blind Mice (2003)
Tornado (2004)
Totally Blonde
Touched
Touching Wild Horses
Touching Wild Horses (Spanish Subtitles)
Tough Luck (First Look)
Trauma (2004)
Truth About Demons (First Look)
Truth About Love
UFC 66: Liddell Vs. Ortiz 2
UFC 67: All Or Nothing
Unsolved Mysteries: Bizarre Murders (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: Legends (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: Miracles (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: Psychics (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: The Best Of Unsolved Mysteries
Unsolved Mysteries: UFO's (Box Set/ Special Edition)
Unsolved Mysteries: Ultimate Collection
Vampire Clan (First Look)
Virgin Of Juarez
Visitors (2003)
Volcano Disaster
Wassup Rockers (Special Edition)
We Don't Die; We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story
White Coats
Wilderness (2006)
Witness To A Kill
Wolves Of Wall Street (First Look)


fonte: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=830703

Grazie lo inserirò subito.... se avete altre notizie...

[Tonypedra]

Studios che supportano entrabe i formati:

Dreamworks / Paramount / Warner Bros / National Geografic / WEA / Universal Music / BBC Home Video / Eagle Rock / HBO / Magnolia Home Entertainment / Image Entertainment / Mondo Home Entertainment (Italiana)

Solo HDDVD:

Universal Pictures / Weinstein Company / New Line Cinema / Brentwood / DVD International / Goldmil Entertainment / Rhino / Ryko Distribution / Cecchi Gori Home Video (Italiana) / First Look Pictures


Solo Bluray-disc:

20th Century Fox / Disney-Buena Vista / Lionsgate / MGM-UA / Columbia-Sony Pictures / Koch Releasing / Miramax / Digital Leisure


Studios TOT. 24 HDDVD / 21 Blueray-disc
Titoli in commercio (USA) : 189 HDDVD / 217 Blueray-disc
Titoli in arrivo (USA): 131 HDDVD / 80 Blueray-disc



Studios aggiornati ad Oggi Martedi 24 Aprile 2007

Uscite HDDVD

April 24, 2007
Digital Video Essentials (DVD International)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Universal)
Failure to Launch (Paramount)
The Nutty Professor (1996) (Universal)
Planet Earth: The Complete Series (BBC)
May 01, 2007
Alpha Dog (Universal)
Dreamgirls (DreamWorks)
The Hitcher (2007) (Universal)
May 08, 2007
Battle of the Bulge (Warner)
May 15, 2007
The Fountain (Warner)
The Road Warrior (Warner)
May 22, 2007
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Universal)
The Complete Matrix Trilogy (Warner)
The Cowboys (Warner)
Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks)
Freedom Writers (Paramount)
Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner)
M:I-2 (Paramount)
Mission: Impossible (Paramount)
Rio Bravo (Warner)
The Skeleton Key (Universal)
Smokey and the Bandit (Universal)
The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Warner)
May 29, 2007
The Big Lebowski (Universal)
Dragonheart (Universal)
The Frighteners: Director's Cut (Universal)
Lost in Translation (Universal)
Midnight Run (Universal)
The River (Universal)
June 05, 2007
Breach (Universal)
Coming to America (Paramount)
Norbit (DreamWorks)
Trading Places (Paramount)
June 12, 2007
Black Christmas (2006) (Weinstein)
Born on the Fourth of July (Universal)
Bruce Almighty (Universal)
Daylight (Universal)
Harsh Times (Weinstein)
Liar Liar (Universal)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Universal)
Music and Lyrics (Warner) JUST LISTED!
Sneakers (Universal)
June 26, 2007
American Me (Universal)
Army of Darkness (Re-issue) (Universal)
Being John Malkovich (Universal)
Bulletproof (Universal)
Freedom: Vol. 1 (Bandai Visual)
Hustle & Flow (Paramount)
Mallrats (Universal)
Meet Joe Black (Universal)
Mystery Men (Universal)
Unleashed (Re-issue) (Universal)
The Watcher (Universal)
July 03, 2007
Blood Diamond (Warner)
The Untouchables (Paramount)
The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut (Paramount)
July 10, 2007
Dead Silence (Universal) JUST LISTED!
July 24, 2007
The Bourne Identity (Universal)
The Contract (First Look)





Uscite Bluray-disc



April 24, 2007
Deja Vu (Buena Vista)
Failure to Launch (Paramount)
Night at the Museum (Fox)
Planet Earth: The Complete Series (BBC)
The Queen (Buena Vista)
Secret Window (Sony)
Ultimate Avengers Collection (Lionsgate)
May 01, 2007
Dreamgirls (DreamWorks)
Happily N'Ever After (Lionsgate Entetainment)
May 08, 2007
Battle of the Bulge (Warner)
Catch & Release (Sony)
Dirty Dancing (Lionsgate)
Donnie Brasco (Sony)
Revenge (Sony)
May 15, 2007
The Fountain (Warner)
The Road Warrior (Warner)
Stomp the Yard (Sony)
May 22, 2007
Apocalypto (Buena Vista)
Closer (Sony)
The Cowboys (Warner)
Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks)
Freedom Writers (Paramount)
Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner)
M:I-2 (Paramount)
Mission: Impossible (Paramount)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Buena Vista)
Primeval (Buena Vista)
Rio Bravo (Warner)
May 29, 2007
Basic Instinct (Lionsgate)
Blood & Chocolate (Sony)
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests (Sony BMG)
Curse of the Golden Flower (Sony)
Weeds: Season One (Lionsgate)
June 05, 2007
Blood Diamond (Warner)
Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band: Live in Dublin (Sony BMG)
Cars (Buena Vista)
Coming to America (Paramount)
Con Air (Buena Vista)
Crimson Tide (Buena Vista)
Hellboy (Sony)
The Messengers (Sony)
Norbit (Paramount)
Rescue Me: The Complete Third Season (Sony)
The Rock (Buena Vista)
Trading Places (Paramount)
June 12, 2007
Cruel Intentions (Sony)
Daddy's Little Girls (Lionsgate)
Ghost Rider (Sony)
Music and Lyrics (Warner) JUST LISTED!
Seven Years in Tibet (Sony)
June 19, 2007
Bridge to Terebithia (Buena Vista)
June 26, 2007
Hustle & Flow (Paramount)
July 03, 2007
Flatliners (Sony) JUST LISTED!
The Patriot (Extended Cut) (Sony) JUST LISTED!
The Untouchables (Paramount)
The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut (Paramount)
Wild Things (Sony) JUST LISTED!
November 20, 2007
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Buena Vista)





Ancora piu' studios in HDDVD Aggiornamento 24 Aprile 2007

[AnnihilAS]

Però mi sembra che tra quelli che supportano Blu Ray manchi l'italiana Eagle Pictures, che tra l'altro ha già fatto uscire due o tre dischi (ad esempio: Memorie di una Geisha)

Ciao,
Pierangelo

[igor]

scusatemi ma a mio avviso "poco" importanti sono le uscite americane, non sarebbe meglio che Tony ci facesse avere le uscite italiane oppure le uscite europee con audio italiano?

scusate se ho detto castronerie

ciao

igor

[Pearl]

@ Igor:

Ci sono già due discussioni sull'argomento

[nchiar]

comunque secondo mazon il numero di film blu ray che possono essere spediti oggi è 233 per blu ray e 198 per hd dvd.

[Cosmopavone]

Da quel che mi risulta New Line Cinema (in quanto Warner) non supporta in esclusiva l'Hd-dvd bensi' tutti e due formati e internet pare confrmare la cosa.
Si vociferava anche di una versione di isda sul famoso supporto ibrido made in warner.