Universal gaat voor DTS HD MA!

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Exclusive: Universal Talks Blu-ray Audio Plans
April 30, 2008

In the waning months of Universal Studios Home Entertainment's HD DVD era, the studio had standardized the use of Dolby TrueHD audio on almost all newly announced titles. This was in stark contrast to the early Universal HD DVD days when the appearance of Dolby TrueHD was overshadowed by the heavy use of Dolby Digital Plus lossy audio.

Times has certainly changed, and now Universal is gearing up to enter the Blu-ray Disc arena for the first time on July 22. With this move from HD DVD to Blu-ray support comes many questions, including how Universal will approach audio with the expanded room a BD-50 disc offers over a 30GD dual-layered HD DVD disc.

Although Universal is remaining tight-lipped on a lot of details surrounding their Blu-ray presence that wasn't included in the press release, they were kind enough to entertain our questions about their audio approach on Blu-ray. The simple answer may surprise you. At the least, it should delight you.

The first wave of Universal Blu-ray Disc titles on July 22 are all from the Mummy franchise and were all previously released on HD DVD: The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King. All of these titles were published with Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 audio tracks, but not Dolby TrueHD tracks.

Per Universal, all three Mummy films will include DTS-HD Master Lossless Audio. That's right, folks. Instead of lazily porting over what was already completed for HD DVD, Universal has heard your cries for lossless audio and is taking action.

Universal went on to tell us that the game plan moving forward is for DTS-HD Master Lossless to become the Blu-ray standard at the studio. Obviously there will be exceptions, but it looks like the majority of titles, and probably all new theatrical titles, will include DTS-HD.

We'll have more from Universal, including their position on U-Control appearing on Blu-ray, in the near future. Stay tuned!

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Hopelijk blijven de discs regiovrij. Maakte ze immers ook niet zoveel uit bij HD DVD.

[.:Quadran:.]

Als dat geen positief nieuws is.

Interessante week voor de Blu Ray-fans.

[Master S]

En kom nu maar met King Kong en The Bourne Trilogie met DTS-HD MA

[Cnet]

En Jurassic Park natuurlijk. Eerste bioscoop film die DTS had.

[rvvnr1]

De eerste BR's van Universal staan in de db op dvd-home.nl:
21-08-2008 Rambo - First Blood Actie Universal
21-08-2008 Rambo - First Blood II Actie Universal
21-08-2008 Rambo - Trilogy (3 disc) Actie Universal
21-08-2008 Rambo III Actie Universal

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Als deel 2 en 3 gelijk zijn aan de UK versies (DTS-HD MA, 1080p/24 VCI), dan hoeven we geen extra's te verwachten. Hoewel ze daar uitgegeven worden door Optimum. Deel 1 door Sony. Echter... dan hoeven we nauwelijks extra's te verwachten.