20th Century Fox going to use MPEG-4 Blu-Ray

[mike123abc]

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/31/20th_century-fox_releases_blu-ray_14_november/

There's also evidence that 20th waited for the first full-scale Blu-ray Java (BD-J) development systems to be built, enabling the studio to create richer, more interactive titles than those currently released by other studios. And while some early Blu-ray adopters voiced disappointment that picture quality was not what it could be, even compared to the lower-capacity HD DVD disc, 20th's strategy may offer a solution: By waiting for full-scale BD-J, 20th now promises titles that use full MPEG-4 compression with DTS HD Lossless Master audio. Sony's first titles, by comparison, stick with the older MPEG-2 format, which doesn't compress as tightly. As a result, some say, MPEG-2 videos play back with lesser bit rates, not taking full advantage of BD's higher capacity.

 

[JoeSp]

BluRay titles by Fox using MPEG4 and dual layer!

This is information for you reading pleasure :
http://www.dvdtown.com/announcement/firstblu-raysfromfoxthisnovemb/3934

I hope this movies really show well.:

 

[teamerickson]

I knew this would make you happy! But, this is kind of a duplicate thread.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=75478

 

[vurbano]

I guess now we will see if the BD machine has enough horsepower to decode a more complicated codec. I dont hold out much hope considering the crappy job it does with ancient mpeg2.

 

[vurbano]

Since when isnt 25Gb enough for an HD mpeg2 movie???????????

 

[Ilya]

Threads merged.

 

[mike123abc]

Interesting that they also announce first 50GB disc too....

 

[JoeSp]

Sony's BluRay player is just around the corner. There are players coming from other manufacturer's before Xmas. Maybe Samsung will be vindicated -- maybe not. We shall see?