Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing "Jackass 3" in 3D this week but not in the new industry HiDef 3D standard for Blu-ray. The anaglyph 3D version will make the movie available to play in 3D on any TV but only on DVD. The Blu-ray version will offer an unrated version of the movie, 29 … [Read more...]
Megamind first Dolby TrueHD Blu
February 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
DreamWorks and Paramount may be holding back the 3D on the new Blu-ray Disc version of "Megamind" but the animated comedy features the world premiere of Dolby TrueHD Blu-ray, the home version of Dolby Surround 7.1 introduced in theaters last year.. A few days ago at Dolby Laboratories in Burbank, … [Read more...]
Star Wars, directors do Blu-ray
January 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Just as the Blu-ray industry touted the extraordinary sales success of Blu-ray in 2010 at CES here in Las Vegas on Thursday (Jan. 6), Storm Troopers and Darth Vader took the Panasonic booth stage with Fox Home Entertainment president Mike Dunn to announce that all six films in the Star Wars Saga … [Read more...]
Philips’ three new Blu-ray portables
January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Philips Electronics showed its first three new portable Blu-ray players, starting at $299 int he following 2 1/2-minute video produced for HollywoodInHiDef.com with partner GamerLive.tv at CES 2011 in Las Vegas... By Scott Hettrick … [Read more...]
Panasonic 3D, Blu, web-connects
January 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Get a firsthand summary of all the new 3D, plasma, Blu-ray, and web-connected offerings in a 4 1/2-min. interview I was lucky to get with Panasonic chief technology officer Eisuke Tsuyuzaki whom I bumped into on the show floor at CES 2011 in Las Vegas... Now … [Read more...]
Carnahan wants more A-Team
December 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Joe Carnahan says nothing would make him happier than to get the team back together for another movie -- the "A-Team," that is. The director's re-imagining of the 1980s TV series hits Blu-ray this week (Dec. 14) loaded with bonus features because Carnahan is a big fan of them himself -- the more … [Read more...]
Chu talks Step Up 3D, Bieber 3D
December 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
John Chu came back to direct a second installment in the "Step Up" series of dance movies only because he would be allowed to shoot it in 3D. He says 3D is not only perfect for a dance film but that it enhances the story and emotional nuance of dramatic scenes as well. Chu immediately went to work … [Read more...]
“Avatar” Blu-ray 3D details
November 10, 2010 By 3 Comments
Even though a Blu-ray 3D version of "Avatar" is already available with the purchase of Panasonic 3D products in Europe and is expected to be introduced the same way in the U.S. on Dec. 1, that version does not offer any of the 16-minutes of added scenes or hours of bonus features being introduced in … [Read more...]
Van Dyke on Blu Chitty, 3D
October 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
Dick Van Dyke says "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" is one of his favorites and he told HollywoodInHiDef.com that he can't wait to see it on Blu-ray next week (Nov. 2). In fact, the nearly 85-year-old actor with boundless energy who filmed a remarkable short film in 3D this year called "The Caretaker," … [Read more...]
Beauty Diamond is Blu-ray jewel
October 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," which is being released in HiDef for the first time in a Diamond Edition Blu-ray disc on Tuesday, Oct. 5, was not initially a musical, and Oscar-winning lyricist Howard Ashman came on board only after he had already begun work on Disney's follow-up movie "Aladdin" … [Read more...]
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