Jet Li's Fearless (HD DVD) in December - Artwork added
27-10-2006 20:07 | 5219 views | Dave Foster | Show Backlinks
Universal Studios Home Video have announced the HD DVD release of Jet Li’s Fearless for 19th December 2006 priced at $39.98 SRP. Inspired by the life of Huo Yuan Jia, a real Chinese martial arts master at the turn of the century, Jet Li takes the title role in his final martial arts epic with action sequences choreographed once again by the legendary Yuen Woo-Ping.
This day-and-date HD DVD / DVD Combo (HD30/DVD9) release features an Unrated (104mins) version of the film on the HD DVD side and both the Unrated (104mins) and US Theatrical (103mins) versions on the DVD side. Full specs are detailed below…
HD DVD Side: Unrated Version
DVD Side: Unrated & Theatrical Versions
This day-and-date HD DVD / DVD Combo (HD30/DVD9) release features an Unrated (104mins) version of the film on the HD DVD side and both the Unrated (104mins) and US Theatrical (103mins) versions on the DVD side. Full specs are detailed below…
HD DVD Side: Unrated Version
- 1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
- Dolby Digital-Plus: Mandarin 5.1, English 5.1
- Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
- Deleted Scenes
- A Fearless Journey
DVD Side: Unrated & Theatrical Versions
- 2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
- Mandarin & English DD5.1 Surround
- English SDH, French & Spanish subtitles
- Deleted Scenes
- A Fearless Journey
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I also assumed Blu-Ray could take about 8 hours of HD on one layer, so why did 'House of Flying Daggers' claim to use up so much space when you could possibly get 4 versions on?
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Originally Posted by bradavon:
Assuming it's uncut (not some weird USA Unrated cut) so the same proper cut and actually has English subs I'm all over this.
The sellsheet thingumy confirms that the 'unrated' version is the original theatrical version.
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Originally Posted by Aretak:
The sellsheet thingumy confirms that the 'unrated' version is the original theatrical version.
Does it? Thanks. What's a shellsheet thingumy and how do you have one? :D
Originally Posted by chen lung:
I also assumed Blu-Ray could take about 8 hours of HD on one layer, so why did 'House of Flying Daggers' claim to use up so much space when you could possibly get 4 versions on?
A decent bitrate maybe.
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Originally Posted by chen lung:
I also assumed Blu-Ray could take about 8 hours of HD on one layer, so why did 'House of Flying Daggers' claim to use up so much space when you could possibly get 4 versions on?
Where did you get that figure from, out of interest? I'd call that an extremely over-generous estimate.
Let's put it this way: 1920x1080 HD is six times the resolution of 720x480 SD. Therefore, using MPEG2, you will presumably need six times the disc space to get acceptable image quality (and that's before you factor in things like uncompressed PCM 5.1 audio). A dual-layer DVD holds 9 GB, about 8 of which is usable. A single-layer Blu-ray disc holds 25 GB, about 21-23 of which is usable. Therefore, using a code as bloated as MPEG2, you're going to struggle to get even two hours' worth of HD material on a single-layer disc with acceptable image quality.
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I'm looking forward to seeing the deleted scenes.