Complete movie collection on Blu-Ray in August?

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Originally Posted by sdp

They are only releasing it because Mirage knows DVD is a dead format and that Blu-Ray is going to lose the HD war against digital downloads.

No. No it won't. Digital downloads will not encompass Hard Media anytime soon. Not only is there numerous problems simply getting the data transferred at a decent rate... it's also not true HD. Plus, Human Beings are a physical species. We like to get something tangible for our money. Blu-Ray sales are already ahead of DVD sales at the same period. With The Dark Knight already having sold nearly 3 Million Copies on Blu-Ray.

Also, some people have commented on grain. People need to realize that film has grain. And that many directors use more grainy film stock to give their films a certain rough feel. Yes, TMNT 1 is pretty grainy. So hopefully while the film will be restored/cleaned up for the Blu-Ray, they don't try to get rid of the grain. It really looks terrible, cause while they're scrubbing out grain they're also effecting the final picture.

As for extras. They don't have to be in HD even on Blu-Ray. And in many cases, putting old EPK and deleted scenes that weren't properly cared for or shot on film, there's no sense in paying money to attempt to upconvert them to HD. Since Blu-Ray players upconvert anyway. Besides, having the extras in whatever state they're available is superior to having another barebones release.