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14-11-2007, 2:12 PM
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Does anyone on here know if/when the trilogy will appear in high def? If so........ will it be a HD or BD disc? It may be one of the key factors in me deciding which format to jump on board with.
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14-11-2007, 2:19 PM
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The only Wingnut film out on HD at the moment, is on HD-DVD (King Kong)... but I believe Lord Of The Rings is being released on both formats through Warner.
Announced at the Warner press conference: http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/17...u-ray-details/
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Hope it is HD (or both) as until I realised it was not released I was leaning to HD with it having more of the films I want.
Cheers for the info guys.
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After looking into it I was wrong it is coming out on HD-DVD amazon already has up the boxart, however no one is sure if it is coming out on Bluray.
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Just edited the previous post with a link to Warner's annoucement about it being a dual format release.
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Lord of the Rings is New Line who are currently format neutral.
The only imbalance with their releases is for new films. On these occasions, the BD is regionally coded and the release is staggered, whilst the HD DVD release, being region free, is held back until they are ready to release in all terretories.
Suffice to say, this won't affect a catalogue title like Lord of the Rings.
BTW, the one bit of good news is that New Line are 'in the salad' with the bank at the moment, and subsequently in need of a few bob.
Hopefully this will result in a dual-format high def release sooner rather than later. Even though it's not new, surely it'd break all records and sell hundreds of thousands across the red and blue platforms, if not more.
It probably wouldn't pay off the overdraft, but it could make a reasonable dent in it.
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Great page here comparing the picture on the SD version and the 1080i HD broadcast version: http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/index.html
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Comparing those pictures it seems like is only a buyer if you haven't got the trilogy already
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The actual HD-DVD transfers will be much higher quality than those images.
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Yeah, those images are downsampled. If you click them, you get larger versions and the difference is really pronounced.
I am sure if the HD transfer is as good as King Kong's, it's going to look glorious.
Can't wait. I'm going to put the HD versions into my DVD figurine versions 
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Originally Posted by eiren  | That link has been posted before.
It makes me smile as any image (let alone HD) will be compressed and will not look anything like the original image when viewed on your computer screen.
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I think those pictures just show how good SD could be if it wasn't for compression. After all both are displayed at a very SD quality and there are a huge difference.
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Originally Posted by eiren The only Wingnut film out on HD at the moment, is on HD-DVD (King Kong)... | and The Frighteners
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Doh! Of course, forgot about that one.
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