Starship Troopers - Region A Release

Rasczak · 31-07-2007, 4:30 PM

Sony have confirmed Starship Troopers for BluRay Region A release

Special Features are still TBC but Sony have confirmed a October 16 release date and the disc will include a 1080p encode and uncompressed PCM 5.1 surround track.

Tejstar · 31-07-2007, 5:01 PM

Sounds good, now let's just hope this will work on Reg B players!

Rasczak · 31-07-2007, 5:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tejstar

Sounds good, now let's just hope this will work on Reg B players!

There is actually a Region B release of this excellent film already announced - although I haven't seen the specs so don't know if the LPCM track is included (I would suspect it is).

It's a shame that Sony doesn't adopted Dolby TrueHD tracks rather than PCM. Longer term this could end up being a better option.

HugoFJH · 31-07-2007, 5:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Rasczak

There is actually a Region B release of this excellent film already announced - although I haven't seen the specs so don't know if the LPCM track is included (I would suspect it is).

It's a shame that Sony doesn't adopted Dolby TrueHD tracks rather than PCM. Longer term this could end up being a better option.

You have a good point - but as no players currently output the bitstream imagine all the ps3 (as this is the majority so far of BR purchasers) owners who expect "True HD/ DTS HD MA" to appear on their amp, when its currently never going to.

Some BR's (Men of Honour for definite) are being released with only a True HD/DTS MA soundtrack in English included, so what you are suggesting could happen

LPCM is still a great improvement over standard DVD sound

lfletcher · 31-07-2007, 7:07 PM

Pretty certain the worldwide release (i.e. not the US one) is by Disney rather than Sony (so that's what the UK release will be), so should be interesting to compare the two of them. My money is on the Disney one being the best quality (both audio and visual).

Rasczak · 31-07-2007, 7:14 PM

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Originally Posted by lfletcher

My money is on the Disney one being the best quality (both audio and visual).

Really? Sony have been spot on with some of their releases lately - The Fifth Element (Remastered) for example.

lfletcher · 31-07-2007, 7:22 PM

Don't get me wrong I believe Sony have been doing a great job recently (after a pretty poor start). IMO Disney are just as good (if not a little better) on the visual side of things and tend to give us 24 bit audio tracks more than any other studio

It will certainly be an interesting comparison.

Rasczak · 31-07-2007, 7:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lfletcher

It will certainly be an interesting comparison.

Indeed. I have both Region A (Sony BDP1) and Region B (PS3) players at present so I'll pickup whichever is best - although i would prefer to avoid the UK market for as long as possible.

Geoff_D · 31-07-2007, 8:10 PM

Just had my UK version dispatched. Should have PCM 5.1 if previous releases are anything to go by. I seriously doubt it'll have the extras of the US 2-disc DVD (ditto for the Region A version) but I've got that anyway so a bare-bones BD will do me just fine. Can't wait to spin this one!

MJeeves · 31-07-2007, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff_D

Just had my UK version dispatched. Should have PCM 5.1 if previous releases are anything to go by. I seriously doubt it'll have the extras of the US 2-disc DVD (ditto for the Region A version) but I've got that anyway so a bare-bones BD will do me just fine. Can't wait to spin this one!

Cool. Let us know what it's like won't you ?

FOXCLOSE · 01-08-2007, 2:32 PM

Starship Troopers has now been delayed!!

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...ay_on_Hold/833

However the other Paul Verhoeven movie, Hollow Man is still set to be released on October 16.

Tejstar · 01-08-2007, 4:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff_D

Just had my UK version dispatched. Should have PCM 5.1 if previous releases are anything to go by. I seriously doubt it'll have the extras of the US 2-disc DVD (ditto for the Region A version) but I've got that anyway so a bare-bones BD will do me just fine. Can't wait to spin this one!

Where did you order yours out of interest?