Studios Doing Blu-ray: The Good Stuff, The Merits, Or Whatever You Want To Call It

Different studios have different merits. This is especially true in the Blu-rays they produce. In this post, I outlined the good points of certain studios. You can use this as a guide when purchasing Blu-ray movies, so you’ll always know what to expect from those Blu-ray discs.

Sony

• Use of HD audio (PCM/DTHD/dts HDMA)

• Large and growing catalogue of both old and new titles

20th Century Fox

• Superior visuals

• Use of HD audio (dts HDMA)

• Promise of more back catalogue titles in the near future

Warner Brothers

• Very good range of both old and new catalogue titles, plus many more on the way

• Very good picture quality

• Many older titles have kept their original extras, though mostly not in hi-def

Disney

• Picture quality has been stunning using the superios AVC encode, especially Pirates of the Caribbean and the Pixas animations.

• Full use of PCM soundtracks

• Good range of extra materials

• Many great titles coming shortly

Lions Gate

• Use of HD audio (PCM and dts HDMA), often in their 6.1 and 7.1 forms

• Good range of extras on disc, often in full HD

• Ever growing catalogue of titles

• Most recent titles have profile V.2.0

New Line Home Cinema

• Excellent picture quality

• Excellent audio with full use of 7.1 dts HDMA

• Large catalogue of popular titles waiting to be released soon, hopefully fully loaded with extra material in HD

Paramount/Dreamworks

• Good picture quality

• Special features ported over from DVD, though only in SD

• Good selection of popular titles that should be available soon

Universal

• Too soon to say, but have a very large catalogue of titles.

Tomorrow, I’ll be outlining the bad points for each studio. Stay tuned for that.

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