Beowulf BD - Any details?

[Ger]

Does anyone know what the spec's for the upcoming Beowulf BD release will be (audio formats, extras)? I searched around, but can't find a whole lot of detail on it. Will the extras be the same as the HDDVD version?

[me-uk]

Only know that the extras include:
* Reading Between the Lines: The Making of Beowulf
* The Origins of Beowulf
* Beowulf’s Beast of Burder
* Art of Beowulf
* Deleted Scenes

[mikehb]

Originally Posted by Ger

Does anyone know what the spec's for the upcoming Beowulf BD release will be (audio formats, extras)? I searched around, but can't find a whole lot of detail on it. Will the extras be the same as the HDDVD version?

Unless someone beats me to it mine should be with my by the weekend. Will update you on full disc details then

[Adam_uk]

As far as I know Paramount have not released any details of what there release plans are for any titles on Blu Ray

[Ger]

Originally Posted by Adam_uk

As far as I know Paramount have not released any details of what there release plans are for any titles on Blu Ray

Warner are releasing it in the UK. The Blu-ray release date is March 17th.

[Adam_uk]

ah- no one buys them- they are in fat cases!

[R1PLEY]

Is sendit.com the cheapest at £17.89 for the Blu-Ray?

[MarekM]

I read somewhere that it will have DoblyTrueHD track hmm

Marek

[Canary_Jules]

Details were sent to me today by DVD.CO.UK. It's set for release as early as 17th March! See here

[lgans316]

Better to wait for the U.S version coz of the following reasons

1) Usage of high bit rate MPEG-4 AVC by Paramount.
2) More extras in HD.

[adriancal]

Ok so its one week to beowulf's uk blu-ray release doesn't anyone have any updated info on the soundtracks for this release??

[Doctor Hades]

Originally Posted by lgans316

Better to wait for the U.S version coz of the following reasons

1) Usage of high bit rate MPEG-4 AVC by Paramount.
2) More extras in HD.

While I can understand the movie having different distributors in the UK and the US, why would the transfer quality be different between them?

I have the UK version pre-ordered from DVD.co.uk but the US BD version isn't listed on Movietyme yet so I presume it isn't released on the 17th March like it is here. And won't Paramount BDs be region-locked anyway?

[Ger]

DVDActive have full specs (http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/beowulf2.html).

* 2.40:1 Widescreen Transfer (1080p)
* Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Castilian Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian, Audio Descriptive Service 2.0 English
* Subtitles: English, Brazilian Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Latin Spanish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
* A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
* Beowulf: Mapping the Journey Production Pods Gallery
* The Origins of Beowulf
* The Art of Beowulf
* Beasts of Burden: Designing the Creatures of Beowulf
* Creating the Ultimate Beowulf
* Additional Scenes
* All Bonus Material Presented in 1080i

Compared to the US HD-DVD, it looks like the BD is missing the PiP stuff (approx. 44mins), but gets a Dolby TrueHD over the HD's DD+. Is Dolby TrueHD lossless?

[adriancal]

Thanks for that Ger, yes its my understanding that true HD is lossless. It sounds great through my denon 4308!.

[lgans316]

http://www.areadvd.de/blu-ray_disc-r...ray_Disc.shtml

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