Thread: A Blu Ray question
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23rd Apr 2012, 5:09 PM #1
A Blu Ray question
I'm hoping that someone here will be able to confirm something about Blu Ray for me (I'm thinking most likely Perry "Steve" Vale, but not discounting someone else knowing the answer...)
Someone once told me that the terms of the Blu Ray licence were such that the main feature on any Blu Ray Disc HAD to be in High Definition (although special features etc. could be in SD). Recently, I mentioned this on another forum, and was quickly shot down by just one poster, who said that I was misinformed.
So, the question I have is... is this true, and is there a source for it?
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29th Apr 2012, 8:21 PM #2
...no-one?
Damn
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Three Americans and a Brit attempt to watch their way through the entirety of Doctor Who
----
Latest Episode: The WOTAN Clan, discussing The War Machines
Available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Podbean
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29th Apr 2012, 8:44 PM #3
I know you can have SD features on a Blu-Ray disc.
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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29th Apr 2012, 11:58 PM #4
Hi,
Unless someone can get their hands on a copy of a BluRay license, we might never know!Assume you're going to Win
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30th Apr 2012, 1:40 AM #5
Hi Ant!
Just noticed this. Can't recall ever commenting on the subject, but I would suspect it to be true. I can't think of any exceptions that I know of. I can think of some things that were not shot in HD, such as Life On Mars, but they are upscaled to HD from SD. I think you might be right in your assumption, but cannot prove it or say for sure.“If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.” - Gutle Schnaper Rothschild
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30th Apr 2012, 1:47 AM #6
Watchers in the Fourth Dimension: A Doctor Who Podcast
Three Americans and a Brit attempt to watch their way through the entirety of Doctor Who
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Latest Episode: The WOTAN Clan, discussing The War Machines
Available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Podbean
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @watchers4d
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30th Apr 2012, 10:58 AM #7
The information on the wikipedia entry on Blu Rays stops short of confirming this but it doesn't deny it either. In any case it seems a shame given that Blu Rays can potentially hold 25 GB of information.
However to fit several stories on one disc no upscaling would be possible so there'd be no benefit to those of us who've already bought all the Classic Who releases.
Also as most Blu Ray players are backwards compatible (at least to DVDs within the same region) and they usually upscale the picture automatically so again aside possibly from saving space no real benefit unless you haven't already bought the DVDs.
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