ITV Blu-ray in June
19-05-2008 10:47 | 4833 views | Dave Foster | Show Backlinks
ITV DVD have announced the UK Blu-ray Disc release of six titles on 23rd June 2008. The first batch of titles from ITV will be priced at £19.99 each and cover a wide range of genres. Exact features are TBC, though we expect bonus features to match the existing DVD releases. We can also confirm the discs will not be region coded.
The titles are: Black Narcissus, The Boys from Brazil, Bugsy Malone, Escape to Athena, Great Expectations and Strictly Ballroom.
Specs will be added below as we get them...
Black Narcissus
The titles are: Black Narcissus, The Boys from Brazil, Bugsy Malone, Escape to Athena, Great Expectations and Strictly Ballroom.
Specs will be added below as we get them...
Black Narcissus
- 1080P 4:3 (VC1)
- English DD2.0
- English subtitles
- Profile of Black Narcissus
- Original Trailer (HD)
- 1080P 1.78:1 Widescreen (VC1)
- English DD2.0
- English subtitles
- Original Trailer (HD)
Comments
Member
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There's some excellent titles there. I didn't realise Strictly Ballroom was coming too.
I hope they do something with the audio this time. The DVD is only DD2.0 (the R1 and R4 are DD5.1). It's a pity they're unlikely to port over the superior Disney R1 extras, including a director's commentary.
Strictly Ballroom and Black Narcissus for me (which will look stunning). How can ITV get their BDs so right but their TV channels so wrong?
Member
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Nice to see some classic titles emerging on blu at last!
Will Black Narcissus use the same transfer as the French edition, supposedly the best?
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I forgot which title, but ITV DVD made their Blu-ray debut, quite some ago!
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Originally Posted by SimonI:
Will Black Narcissus use the same transfer as the French edition, supposedly the best?
I imagine it will use the UK transfer, which I believe is sourced from the French transfer.
Going by the DVD Beaver comparison they look to be based on the same Master, the French DVD is then a little sharper. I'd hope that was fixed for the BD.
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This is very reassuring news as I actually received the first announcement a couple of weeks ago through a UK supplier and it clearly stated B region. I assumed that it would be "only".
This should make quite a few people happy.
Pro-B
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Originally Posted by RisingSun:
I forgot which title, but ITV DVD made their Blu-ray debut, quite some ago!
Included Eagle has Landed and Capicorn One however they were missing the extras from the SE DVDs from ITV and Network respectively.
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Updated with specs for the first two titles. I have the discs here so there are final. They work fine on a Region A PS3, so as we previously confirmed, they are not region coded.