"Little Miss Sunshine" - Fox Searchlight - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: Both
BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada" - 20th Century Fox - Blu-ray
Helen Mirren, "The Queen" - Miramax - Blu-ray
Penelope Cruz, "Volver" - Sony Classics - Blu-ray
Kate Winslet, "Little Children" - New Line Cinema - BOTH
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal" - Fox searchlight - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 1
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland" - Fox Searchlight - Blu-ray
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness" - Sony Pictures - Blu-ray
Peter O'Toole, "Venus" - Miramax - Blu-ray
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson" - ThinkFilm - likely neither
Nominees: Blu-ray - 4; HD DVD - 1
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza, "Babel" - Paramount Village - BOTH
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal" - Fox searchlight - Blu-ray
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine" - Fox Searchlight - Blu-ray
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel" - Paramount Village - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine" - Fox Searchlight - Blu-ray
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls" - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"- New Line Cinema - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 4
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Paul Greengrass, "United 93" - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Stephen Frears, "The Queen" - Miramax - Blu-ray
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel" - Paramount Village - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 4; HD DVD - 4
Winner: Both
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel" - Paramount Village - BOTH
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine" - Fox Searchlight - Blu-ray
Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth" - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
Peter Morgan, "The Queen" - Miramax - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Patrick Marber , "Notes on a Scandal" - Fox searchlight - Blu-ray
William Monahan, "The Departed" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" - 20th Century Fox - Blu-ray
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta, "Little Children" - New Line Cinema - BOTH
Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men" - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
Nominees: Blu-ray - 4; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"After the Wedding" (Denmark) - Zentropa Entertainment, Sigma Films, Sveriges Television Drama - likely neither
"Days of Glory (Indigènes)" (Algeria) - Films Distribution - likely neither
"Lives of Others" (Germany) - Sony Pictures Classics - Blu-ray
"Pan's Labyrinth" (Mexico) - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
"Water" (Canada) - Deepa Mehta Films - likely neither
Nominees: Blu-ray - 2; HD DVD - 1
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Cars" - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
"Happy Feet" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Monster House" - Sony Pictures - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 3; HD DVD - 1
Winner: BOTH
BEST ART DIRECTION
"Dreamgirls," Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
"The Good Shepherd," Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
"Pan's Labyrinth," Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
"The Prestige," Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti - Touchstone/ Buena Vista - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 4; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Black Dahlia," Vilmos Zsigmond - Millenium/Universal Pictures - HD DVD
"Children of Men," Emmanuel Lubezki - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
"The Illusionist," Dick Pope - Yarri Film Group - likely neither
"Pan's Labyrinth," Guillermo Navarro - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
"The Prestige," Wally Pfister - Touchstone/ Buena Vista - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 2; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"Curse of the Golden Flower," Yee Chung Man - Sony Pictures Classics - Blu-ray
"The Devil Wears Prada," Patricia Field - 20th Century Fox - Blu-ray
"Dreamgirls," Sharen Davis - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
"Marie Antoinette," Milena Canonero - Sony Pictures - Blu-ray
"The Queen," Consolata Boyle - Miramax - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 1
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST FILM EDITING
"Babel," Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise - Paramount Village - BOTH
"Blood Diamond," Steven Rosenblum - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Children of Men," Alex RodrÃ*guez and Alfonso Cuarón - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
"The Departed," Thelma Schoonmaker `- Warner Brothers - BOTH
"United 93," Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
Nominees: Blu-ray - 3; HD DVD - 5
Winner: BOTH
BEST MAKEUP
"Apocalypto," Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano - Touchstone/Buena Vista - Blu-ray
"Click," Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso - Sony Pictures - Blu-ray
"Pan's Labyrinth," David Marti and Montse Ribe - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 3; HD DVD - 1
Winner: BOTH
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla - Paramount Village - BOTH
"The Good German," Thomas Newman -Warner Brothers -BOTH
"Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass - Fox searchlight - Blu-ray
"Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
"The Queen," Alexandre Desplat - Miramax - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Music and lyric by Melissa Etheridge - Paramount - BOTH
"Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; lyric by Anne Preven - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
"Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger; lyric by Siedah Garrett - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
"Our Town" from "Cars," Music and Lyric by Randy Newman - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
"Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger; lyric by Willie Reale - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 4
Winner: BOTH
BEST SOUND EDITING
"Apocalypto," Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar - Touchstone/Buena Vista - Blu-ray
"Blood Diamond," Lon Bender - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Flags of Our Fathers," Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Letters from Iwo Jima"," Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Christopher Boyes and George Watters II - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST SOUND MIXING
"Apocalypto," Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara - Touchstone/Buena Vista - Blu-ray
"Blood Diamond," Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Dreamgirls," Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
"Flags of Our Fathers," John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
"Poseidon," Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Superman Returns," Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 3; HD DVD - 2
Winner: Blu-ray
Okay, I think that's all the major categories (and then some, really). Let me know if I screwed up any of the studios/releases.
Winners Tally:
Blu-ray: 20
HD DVD: 13
(Out of a possible 20)
Interesting Stats:
Of all 20 categories for American Motion pictures:
65% were won by HD neutral studios
35% were won by Blu-ray only studios
Of the best picture, director, acting, and screenplay categories (8 total):
50% were won by HD neutral studios
50% were won by Blu-ray only studios
Also, here is some more interesting info pertaining to the Oscars and how dominant Blu-ray is...
It's not about exclusives it's about access. An HD DVD owner doesn't care if a title is availale on Blu-ray as well. The desire is simply to have the title available for your player.
It's not about exclusives it's about access. An HD DVD owner doesn't care if a title is availale on Blu-ray as well. The desire is simply to have the title available for your player.
Right, but a non-owner, looking to make a hardware purchase, looks at what is available on each. They're not going to buy a player with less access to titles they might want to see.
Sony today announced that it is bringing out a cheaper Blu-ray player early this summer, a crucial step in its battle to make the high-definition format the replacement for DVDs.
The BDP-S300 will cost $599, yet will have the same capabilities as the $999 BDP-S1 Sony is currently selling, said Randy Waynick, senior vice president of the home products division of Sony Electronics.
The BDP-S300 is a smaller unit than the BDP-S1, and is about the same size as a DVD player. Like the current model, it will be able to output a signal in the highest high-definition format, known as 1080p. It will also be able to play CDs, which the BDP-S1 does not.
Stan Glasgow, president of Sony Electronics, told reporters at a meeting that by Christmas, prices for Blu-ray players should be down below $500.
Sony has previously complained that DVD players became a commodity product too soon, and that it was hard to make a profit in a market dominated by $50 units. Glasgow predicted that Blu-ray players would take the same route.
"Over time, I think it will be just like DVD," he said.
Sweeet! Nice Sony, show HD DVD the Dim Mac....[what the hell is a dim mac?]...Deeeeeaaaf [Death] Tooooooouch [Touch]!
Right, but a non-owner, looking to make a hardware purchase, looks at what is available on each. They're not going to buy a player with less access to titles they might want to see.
Yes because consumers are so in touch with what movies are on what formats and what studios make their favorite movies. Not.
Yes because consumers are so in touch with what movies are on what formats and what studios make their favorite movies. Not.
Average consumers aren't even seriously considering HD video yet. We're probably out of the early adaptor market, but the people buying today are still largely gadget freaks, still a niche market.
Also, people are (obviously) more loyal to movies than they are to a format. They WILL know if their favorite movie is or isn't on a particular format, if they're looking to buy it.
Well, if it's not working as it was intended, then it's broken until fixed to work as intended. Does it make any different to call this "incomplete" = not working = not fixed = still broken. . . .
Yes it makes a big difference. Some of us make an effort to use the right word that conveys the meaning we intend. To you, and others, it seems to make no difference. Just pick a word. If you are against something, pick a word that makes it sound really bad.
It's not too hard to go to a dictionary on a Mac and check out the words before you post something like this.
Broken: ". . . damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order." Note the words "no longer in one piece or in working order" implying it was once in complete working order.
Fixed: "mend; repair : you should fix that shelf." Again, implies that something was in proper working order before needing to be fixed.
Not working: Not "functioning or able to function."
Incomplete: "not having all the necessary or appropriate parts." This is more on target than the others.
Unfinished may be a little better word, implying that there is work in progress, something that is not suggested by the word incomplete. When work is done, it will be finished.
Yes it makes a big difference. Some of us make an effort to use the right word that conveys the meaning we intend. To you, and others, it seems to make no difference. Just pick a word. If you are against something, pick a word that makes it sound really bad.
It's not too hard to go to a dictionary on a Mac and check out the words before you post something like this.
Broken: ". . . damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order." Note the words "no longer in one piece or in working order" implying it was once in complete working order.
Fixed: "mend; repair : you should fix that shelf." Again, implies that something was in proper working order before needing to be fixed.
Not working: Not "functioning or able to function."
Incomplete: "not having all the necessary or appropriate parts." This is more on target than the others.
Unfinished may be a little better word, implying that there is work in progress, something that is not suggested by the word incomplete. When work is done, it will be finished.
LOL... It doesn't matter how you paint the canvas in blue, either by brush stroking, spray paint, or even a roller... To the eye of innocent, it's just plain blue canvas. Having said that, most consumers wouldn't care to see it's incomplete or broken. If it's not working, then it is broken. However, if you like the sound of incomplete better, then let it be incomplete to you, but broken to mass consumers.
"Most consumers" don't really care about the "interactive extras." There are an awful lot of people who have never used them. More who watch the bonus features once then never again. "Most consumers" won't even know what BD-J is, never mind whether it's incomplete or whatever. If the all-powerful HDi made such a huge difference, why is it that the Blu-ray release of Superman Returns is at 886 at Amazon while the HD DVD release is at 4,208? Interactive features are currently nothing but a gimmick, even worse than commentary tracks, which usually have the cast and crew droning on about totally irrelevant things just to fill the silence.
LOL... It doesn't matter how you paint the canvas in blue, either by brush stroking, spray paint, or even a roller... To the eye of innocent, it's just plain blue canvas. Having said that, most consumers wouldn't care to see it's incomplete or broken. If it's not working, then it is broken. However, if you like the sound of incomplete better, then let it be incomplete to you, but broken to mass consumers.
How is it not working?
Therein lies the rub.
For example, Mac OS X will soon be upgraded to Leopard. Is OS X broken? Not working? Unfixed? No. It works great. It'll just get better soon.
. . . If it's not working, then it is broken. However, if you like the sound of incomplete better, then let it be incomplete to you, but broken to mass consumers.
You really do ignore the dictionary, I see. I would not be surprised if you have never used a Thesaurus either. Synonyms tells you which words are alike. Why would there be such a book? It exists so people who care about using the right word, to convey their meaning, can choose from words with similar meanings.
Also, I said I preferred "unfinished" to "incomplete." Incomplete doesn't give a clue to the designer's intentions. From what I understand, BD-J simply does not meet the entire specification yet, but everything that it does works properly. There is no way you can justify calling BD-J broken.
The Mac Thesaurus gives this for broken, in part::
1 a broken bottle SMASHED, shattered, fragmented, splintered, crushed, snapped; in bits, in pieces; destroyed, disintegrated; cracked, split; informal in smithereens. ANTONYM whole.
2 a broken arm FRACTURED, damaged, injured.
3 this TV's broken INOPERATIVE, not working, malfunctioning, faulty, defective, in disrepair, damaged, out of order, broken-down, down; informal on the blink, on the fritz, kaput, bust, busted, conked out, acting up, done for. ANTONYM working, fixed.
Wanna know what's annoying? What's annoying is that my brand new Blu-Ray player is feeding compressed audio to my receiver that is at a higher bitrate than my receiver believes it can handle. So, after dropping $600 on a player, I'm now looking at dropping at least another $500 on a new receiver.
Known issue, apparently. The Protect circuits kick in early for no real reason whenever the soundtrack gets too loud. Only happens with Dolby Digital. DTS apparently works fine. I'm hoping they can issue a firmware fix for the PS3 that mends this.
wow... why do I get the feeling that I'm talking to a color blind person trying to explain why blue is blue and green is green. Obviously, you guys have no idea what the real issue with BD-J is. BD-J is an issue because all of standalone BD players do not meet the hardware spec it requires to run the in movie interactive features, except for Sony BD player. The main concern is that due to hardware limitation of current BD players, the BD-J spec can't be finalized whether to include java interactivity during playback, hence BD-J spec is incomplete with BD-J hardware is not compatible with majority of BD players on the market. So, which word would you use to describe this?... Screwed is a better word?... maybe thesaurus on your mac dictionary will articulate the word screwed for you, and try having fun with that.
Also, it's evident that you guys have not seen in-movie interactivity in action and have no clue to what it should do for the movies. I can tell you that it's not about playing a java game the come with the BD movie disc. However, you guys are still making comment as whether the consumers would use the feature or not, and it is okay to have the BD-J broken since consumers won't use it? So, even if consumers don't use it, it's okay to have BD-J broken?... This seems to be same logic as... it is okay to steal as long as no one sees you stealing. Good luck raising your child that way. Which ever way you put it, 100 lies don't become a truth.
Lastly, the BD-J analogy to MacOS Tiger is the Quartz 3d Extreme. It came disabled/incomplete/unfinished/broken with first version of Tiger. Is it fixed now or still broken? Are we still screwed?.... or is it not broken because consumers don't use this feature?
Known issue, apparently. The Protect circuits kick in early for no real reason whenever the soundtrack gets too loud. Only happens with Dolby Digital. DTS apparently works fine. I'm hoping they can issue a firmware fix for the PS3 that mends this.
have you tried setting PS3 to output pcm instead of bitstream for the audio?
have you tried setting PS3 to output pcm instead of bitstream for the audio?
Yeah, did all my research. PCM works fine without cutting out, but TOSLINK only has enough bandwidth to transmit stereo PCM. So, I can listen to movies in 5.1 DTS or stereo PCM without any issue, but Dolby Digital 5.1 has issues.
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http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo...26/108524.aspx
Also, here is a breakdown of some other Oscar info over at AVS of all places...
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=811192
BEST PICTURE
"Babel" - Paramount Village - BOTH
"The Departed" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"The Queen" - Miramax - Blu-ray
"Letters From Iwo Jima" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Little Miss Sunshine" - Fox Searchlight - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: Both
BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada" - 20th Century Fox - Blu-ray
Helen Mirren, "The Queen" - Miramax - Blu-ray
Penelope Cruz, "Volver" - Sony Classics - Blu-ray
Kate Winslet, "Little Children" - New Line Cinema - BOTH
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal" - Fox searchlight - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 1
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland" - Fox Searchlight - Blu-ray
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness" - Sony Pictures - Blu-ray
Peter O'Toole, "Venus" - Miramax - Blu-ray
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson" - ThinkFilm - likely neither
Nominees: Blu-ray - 4; HD DVD - 1
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza, "Babel" - Paramount Village - BOTH
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal" - Fox searchlight - Blu-ray
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine" - Fox Searchlight - Blu-ray
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel" - Paramount Village - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine" - Fox Searchlight - Blu-ray
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls" - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"- New Line Cinema - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 4
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Paul Greengrass, "United 93" - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Stephen Frears, "The Queen" - Miramax - Blu-ray
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel" - Paramount Village - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 4; HD DVD - 4
Winner: Both
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel" - Paramount Village - BOTH
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine" - Fox Searchlight - Blu-ray
Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth" - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
Peter Morgan, "The Queen" - Miramax - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Patrick Marber , "Notes on a Scandal" - Fox searchlight - Blu-ray
William Monahan, "The Departed" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" - 20th Century Fox - Blu-ray
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta, "Little Children" - New Line Cinema - BOTH
Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men" - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
Nominees: Blu-ray - 4; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"After the Wedding" (Denmark) - Zentropa Entertainment, Sigma Films, Sveriges Television Drama - likely neither
"Days of Glory (Indigènes)" (Algeria) - Films Distribution - likely neither
"Lives of Others" (Germany) - Sony Pictures Classics - Blu-ray
"Pan's Labyrinth" (Mexico) - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
"Water" (Canada) - Deepa Mehta Films - likely neither
Nominees: Blu-ray - 2; HD DVD - 1
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Cars" - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
"Happy Feet" - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Monster House" - Sony Pictures - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 3; HD DVD - 1
Winner: BOTH
BEST ART DIRECTION
"Dreamgirls," Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
"The Good Shepherd," Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
"Pan's Labyrinth," Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
"The Prestige," Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti - Touchstone/ Buena Vista - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 4; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Black Dahlia," Vilmos Zsigmond - Millenium/Universal Pictures - HD DVD
"Children of Men," Emmanuel Lubezki - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
"The Illusionist," Dick Pope - Yarri Film Group - likely neither
"Pan's Labyrinth," Guillermo Navarro - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
"The Prestige," Wally Pfister - Touchstone/ Buena Vista - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 2; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"Curse of the Golden Flower," Yee Chung Man - Sony Pictures Classics - Blu-ray
"The Devil Wears Prada," Patricia Field - 20th Century Fox - Blu-ray
"Dreamgirls," Sharen Davis - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
"Marie Antoinette," Milena Canonero - Sony Pictures - Blu-ray
"The Queen," Consolata Boyle - Miramax - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 1
Winner: Blu-ray
BEST FILM EDITING
"Babel," Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise - Paramount Village - BOTH
"Blood Diamond," Steven Rosenblum - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Children of Men," Alex RodrÃ*guez and Alfonso Cuarón - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
"The Departed," Thelma Schoonmaker `- Warner Brothers - BOTH
"United 93," Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson - Universal Pictures - HD DVD
Nominees: Blu-ray - 3; HD DVD - 5
Winner: BOTH
BEST MAKEUP
"Apocalypto," Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano - Touchstone/Buena Vista - Blu-ray
"Click," Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso - Sony Pictures - Blu-ray
"Pan's Labyrinth," David Marti and Montse Ribe - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 3; HD DVD - 1
Winner: BOTH
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla - Paramount Village - BOTH
"The Good German," Thomas Newman -Warner Brothers -BOTH
"Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass - Fox searchlight - Blu-ray
"Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete - Picturehouse (a Time Warner Company) - BOTH
"The Queen," Alexandre Desplat - Miramax - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Music and lyric by Melissa Etheridge - Paramount - BOTH
"Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; lyric by Anne Preven - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
"Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger; lyric by Siedah Garrett - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
"Our Town" from "Cars," Music and Lyric by Randy Newman - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
"Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger; lyric by Willie Reale - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 4
Winner: BOTH
BEST SOUND EDITING
"Apocalypto," Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar - Touchstone/Buena Vista - Blu-ray
"Blood Diamond," Lon Bender - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Flags of Our Fathers," Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Letters from Iwo Jima"," Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Christopher Boyes and George Watters II - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST SOUND MIXING
"Apocalypto," Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara - Touchstone/Buena Vista - Blu-ray
"Blood Diamond," Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Dreamgirls," Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton - Dreamworks/Paramount - BOTH
"Flags of Our Fathers," John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
Nominees: Blu-ray - 5; HD DVD - 3
Winner: BOTH
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall - Disney Pictures - Blu-ray
"Poseidon," Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier - Warner Brothers - BOTH
"Superman Returns," Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum - Warner Brothers - BOTH
Nominees: Blu-ray - 3; HD DVD - 2
Winner: Blu-ray
Okay, I think that's all the major categories (and then some, really). Let me know if I screwed up any of the studios/releases.
Winners Tally:
Blu-ray: 20
HD DVD: 13
(Out of a possible 20)
Interesting Stats:
Of all 20 categories for American Motion pictures:
65% were won by HD neutral studios
35% were won by Blu-ray only studios
Of the best picture, director, acting, and screenplay categories (8 total):
50% were won by HD neutral studios
50% were won by Blu-ray only studios
Also, here is some more interesting info pertaining to the Oscars and how dominant Blu-ray is...
http://forums.highdefdigest.com/showthread.php?t=3816
I did some summing up from what was on IMDB and Blu-ray has 3/4 of titles including 7 exclusives
while HD DVD had 45% of titles with 0 exclusives
Best motion picture of the year Departed BOTH
Performance by an actor in a leading role The Last King of Scotland Blu-ray
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role The Queen Blu-ray
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Little Miss Sunshine Blu-Ray
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Dreamgirls Both
Best Achievement in Directing Departed Both
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Little Miss Sunshine Blu-ray
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Departed BOTH
Previously Produced or Published
Best Achievement in Cinematography Laberinto del Fauno, El Both
Best Achievement in Editing Departed BOTH
Best Achievement in Art Direction Laberinto del Fauno, El Both
Best Achievement in Costume Design Marie Antoinette Blu-ray
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, An Inconvenient Truth N/A
Original Score
Best Achievement in Makeup Laberinto del Fauno, E Both
Best Achievement in Sound Dreamgirls BOTH
Best Achievement in Visual Effects Pirates of the Caribbean: Blu-Ray
Dead Man's Chest
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Happy Feet Both
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Leben der Anderen, Das Blu-ray
Best Documentary, Features An Inconvenient Truth N/A
Best Documentary, Short Subjects The Blood of Yingzhou N/A
District
Best Short Film, Animated Danish Poet N/a
Best Short Film, Live Action West bank story N/a
Total 22 100%
Blu-ray Exclusives 7 31%
Blu-ray 17 77%
HD DVD Exclusives 0 0%
HD DVD 10 45%
Both 10 45%
Unknown 5 23%
0 HD DVD exclusives...As Kelso for That 70's Show would say..."Ooooh! Burn! That's a burn about a burn! That's a 2nd degree burn!"
It's not about exclusives it's about access. An HD DVD owner doesn't care if a title is availale on Blu-ray as well. The desire is simply to have the title available for your player.
Right, but a non-owner, looking to make a hardware purchase, looks at what is available on each. They're not going to buy a player with less access to titles they might want to see.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=124
Sony today announced that it is bringing out a cheaper Blu-ray player early this summer, a crucial step in its battle to make the high-definition format the replacement for DVDs.
The BDP-S300 will cost $599, yet will have the same capabilities as the $999 BDP-S1 Sony is currently selling, said Randy Waynick, senior vice president of the home products division of Sony Electronics.
The BDP-S300 is a smaller unit than the BDP-S1, and is about the same size as a DVD player. Like the current model, it will be able to output a signal in the highest high-definition format, known as 1080p. It will also be able to play CDs, which the BDP-S1 does not.
Stan Glasgow, president of Sony Electronics, told reporters at a meeting that by Christmas, prices for Blu-ray players should be down below $500.
Sony has previously complained that DVD players became a commodity product too soon, and that it was hard to make a profit in a market dominated by $50 units. Glasgow predicted that Blu-ray players would take the same route.
"Over time, I think it will be just like DVD," he said.
Sweeet! Nice Sony, show HD DVD the Dim Mac....[what the hell is a dim mac?]...Deeeeeaaaf [Death] Tooooooouch [Touch]!
Right, but a non-owner, looking to make a hardware purchase, looks at what is available on each. They're not going to buy a player with less access to titles they might want to see.
Yes because consumers are so in touch with what movies are on what formats and what studios make their favorite movies. Not.
Yes because consumers are so in touch with what movies are on what formats and what studios make their favorite movies. Not.
Average consumers aren't even seriously considering HD video yet. We're probably out of the early adaptor market, but the people buying today are still largely gadget freaks, still a niche market.
Also, people are (obviously) more loyal to movies than they are to a format. They WILL know if their favorite movie is or isn't on a particular format, if they're looking to buy it.
Well, if it's not working as it was intended, then it's broken until fixed to work as intended. Does it make any different to call this "incomplete" = not working = not fixed = still broken. . . .
Yes it makes a big difference. Some of us make an effort to use the right word that conveys the meaning we intend. To you, and others, it seems to make no difference. Just pick a word. If you are against something, pick a word that makes it sound really bad.
It's not too hard to go to a dictionary on a Mac and check out the words before you post something like this.
Broken: ". . . damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order." Note the words "no longer in one piece or in working order" implying it was once in complete working order.
Fixed: "mend; repair : you should fix that shelf." Again, implies that something was in proper working order before needing to be fixed.
Not working: Not "functioning or able to function."
Incomplete: "not having all the necessary or appropriate parts." This is more on target than the others.
Unfinished may be a little better word, implying that there is work in progress, something that is not suggested by the word incomplete. When work is done, it will be finished.
Yes it makes a big difference. Some of us make an effort to use the right word that conveys the meaning we intend. To you, and others, it seems to make no difference. Just pick a word. If you are against something, pick a word that makes it sound really bad.
It's not too hard to go to a dictionary on a Mac and check out the words before you post something like this.
Broken: ". . . damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order." Note the words "no longer in one piece or in working order" implying it was once in complete working order.
Fixed: "mend; repair : you should fix that shelf." Again, implies that something was in proper working order before needing to be fixed.
Not working: Not "functioning or able to function."
Incomplete: "not having all the necessary or appropriate parts." This is more on target than the others.
Unfinished may be a little better word, implying that there is work in progress, something that is not suggested by the word incomplete. When work is done, it will be finished.
LOL... It doesn't matter how you paint the canvas in blue, either by brush stroking, spray paint, or even a roller... To the eye of innocent, it's just plain blue canvas. Having said that, most consumers wouldn't care to see it's incomplete or broken. If it's not working, then it is broken. However, if you like the sound of incomplete better, then let it be incomplete to you, but broken to mass consumers.
LOL... It doesn't matter how you paint the canvas in blue, either by brush stroking, spray paint, or even a roller... To the eye of innocent, it's just plain blue canvas. Having said that, most consumers wouldn't care to see it's incomplete or broken. If it's not working, then it is broken. However, if you like the sound of incomplete better, then let it be incomplete to you, but broken to mass consumers.
How is it not working?
Therein lies the rub.
For example, Mac OS X will soon be upgraded to Leopard. Is OS X broken? Not working? Unfixed? No. It works great. It'll just get better soon.
. . . If it's not working, then it is broken. However, if you like the sound of incomplete better, then let it be incomplete to you, but broken to mass consumers.
You really do ignore the dictionary, I see. I would not be surprised if you have never used a Thesaurus either. Synonyms tells you which words are alike. Why would there be such a book? It exists so people who care about using the right word, to convey their meaning, can choose from words with similar meanings.
Also, I said I preferred "unfinished" to "incomplete." Incomplete doesn't give a clue to the designer's intentions. From what I understand, BD-J simply does not meet the entire specification yet, but everything that it does works properly. There is no way you can justify calling BD-J broken.
The Mac Thesaurus gives this for broken, in part::
1 a broken bottle SMASHED, shattered, fragmented, splintered, crushed, snapped; in bits, in pieces; destroyed, disintegrated; cracked, split; informal in smithereens. ANTONYM whole.
2 a broken arm FRACTURED, damaged, injured.
3 this TV's broken INOPERATIVE, not working, malfunctioning, faulty, defective, in disrepair, damaged, out of order, broken-down, down; informal on the blink, on the fritz, kaput, bust, busted, conked out, acting up, done for. ANTONYM working, fixed.
Broken just doesn't fit.
Joy, Sony. Joy.
Oh yeah, That's Sony's fault.
It's a Sony receiver, so yes it is.
Known issue, apparently. The Protect circuits kick in early for no real reason whenever the soundtrack gets too loud. Only happens with Dolby Digital. DTS apparently works fine. I'm hoping they can issue a firmware fix for the PS3 that mends this.
Also, it's evident that you guys have not seen in-movie interactivity in action and have no clue to what it should do for the movies. I can tell you that it's not about playing a java game the come with the BD movie disc. However, you guys are still making comment as whether the consumers would use the feature or not, and it is okay to have the BD-J broken since consumers won't use it? So, even if consumers don't use it, it's okay to have BD-J broken?... This seems to be same logic as... it is okay to steal as long as no one sees you stealing. Good luck raising your child that way. Which ever way you put it, 100 lies don't become a truth.
Lastly, the BD-J analogy to MacOS Tiger is the Quartz 3d Extreme. It came disabled/incomplete/unfinished/broken with first version of Tiger. Is it fixed now or still broken? Are we still screwed?.... or is it not broken because consumers don't use this feature?
It's a Sony receiver, so yes it is.
Known issue, apparently. The Protect circuits kick in early for no real reason whenever the soundtrack gets too loud. Only happens with Dolby Digital. DTS apparently works fine. I'm hoping they can issue a firmware fix for the PS3 that mends this.
have you tried setting PS3 to output pcm instead of bitstream for the audio?
It's a Sony receiver, so yes it is.
lol Cake got owned. I love when people automatically assume people don't know what they're talking about. Even I'm guilty of it sometimes.
3 this TV's broken INOPERATIVE, (BD-J ->) not working,...
...ANTONYM working, fixed.
Broken just doesn't fit.
my highlights
ermm.... not that i give a hoot (really) about the merits of relative semantic linguistic syntax on a (mainly) american board...
but doesnt the above quote (from yourself) rather make a point against you
Even I'm guilty of it sometimes.
no your not!
how would you know!!!
have you tried setting PS3 to output pcm instead of bitstream for the audio?
Yeah, did all my research. PCM works fine without cutting out, but TOSLINK only has enough bandwidth to transmit stereo PCM. So, I can listen to movies in 5.1 DTS or stereo PCM without any issue, but Dolby Digital 5.1 has issues.
I guess I know where my tax return'll be going.