Blood and Bone Note this Wired

Blood and Bone

Note this Wired article from 2008 about a Philips technology demonstration of the technology. In any case, at some point in the mid-term future, this technology will go widespread. When it does, 3D will become standard, completing the transition thats just now really getting slowly started. Speaking of Avatar, some interesting notes on Foxs Avatar 2D Blu-ray: 20% of ALL sales of the title were on Blu-ray. Thats 5 million copies sold in the and 8 million worldwide. Some 24 BD3D titles are expected to be released before the end of the year, not including titles tied to hardware as exclusives, so those 8 million 3D households will at least have something to watch. Source: DEG Digital Entertainment Group By the way, for data recording purposes, the BDA added two new recordable BD specs this past year for both BD-R and BD-RE multi-layer BDXL discs, capable of recording 100GB RE and 128GB R. One other issue: Compared to downloading and streaming, BD provides more than 10x the data rate of the average households broadband connection, currently estimated at 6Mbps. Source: Akamai Bottom line: The Blu-ray format is doing quite well compared to standard DVD, and especially well given the recent recession. Home video sales in general are also finally starting to recover from the recession. All so thats the latest on the Blu-ray format from last weeks Blu-Con 2010 industry conference. We finally have an anticipated street date for Disneys Bambi: Diamond Edition Blu-ray. Look for it to arrive in stores on 3/1/ Meanwhile, Sony has set Easy A for Blu-ray and DVD release on 12/21 SRP 95 and 95, followed by Animal Kingdom on both formats on 1/18/11 SRP also 95 and And Paramount and Comedy Central have set Gabriel Iglesias: Im Not Im Fluffy for Blu-ray release on 1/11/ Heres a look at the cover art for DreamWorks Dinner for Schmucks due 1/4/11, along with Sonys Easy A and El Mariachi/Desperado: Double Feature also Okay, with a little luck Ill be back later tonight definitely by tomorrow morning with that big new Blu-ray title review. The aforementioned James Cameron MIGHT have had a little something to do with it. Stay Okay, more interesting announcement news First, DreamWorks and Paramount have Blood and Bone announced the Blu-ray and DVD release of the comedy Dinner for Schmucks on 1/4/ Extras will include deleted scenes and 5 featurettes including The Biggest Schmucks in the World, The Men Behind the Mouseterpieces, Meet the Winners, Schmuck Ups and Paul and Steve: The Decision, all in HD. The DVD will include just the deleted scenes and 2 featurettes The Biggest Schmucks in the World and Schmuck Ups. Also, Warner Home Video has just announced The West Wing for high-def digital distribution via iTunes, Amazon and various VOD providers, though no Blu-ray release has yet been announced. I know there was at least some talk within the studio of releasing The West Wing on Blu-ray, but theres been nothing since. Weve got a couple additional follow-up notes about MGMs new MOD program that we mentioned the other day. First, the initial plans call for the program to feature MGM catalog titles only. Also, there are no current plans to add Fox titles, though that could obviously change in the future. The first titles will go on sale around mid-December. And Fox is currently working to enlist specific retailers to the program, so well know more in a few weeks which will be carrying the titles Amazon, Best Buy, etc. Rest assured, well post additional details as they come in. And one follow up to the Ben-Hur Blu-ray art Blood and Bone from yesterday. Yes, were aware that Ben-Hur came out in 1959, so 2011 cant be the 50th Anniversary release. As I noted in yesterdays post, the cover art is subject to change and likely will. Keep in mind, if youll recall from our past discussions with WHV, Ben-Hur was originally planned to be released on Blu-ray in 2009 or 2010, but the studio decided that they really needed to take the time to redo the films HD transfer right for Blu-ray release.