From PRNewswire…
Nov 18, 2005 17:54 ET
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Completes First Full-Length Blu-ray Disc
CULVER CITY, Calif., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) president Benjamin S. Feingold today announced that authoring has been completed on the first Blu-ray Disc (BD) to contain a full-length, high-definition feature film. Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle was compressed and authored in MPEG 2 full high-definition (1920 x 1080) by Sony Pictures’ Digital Authoring Center (DAC) and is now being shipped to BD hardware companies for player testing.
Utilizing Blu-ray’s unprecedented storage capacity, the Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle disc features dynamic menus with full resolution graphics and animation, superior audio and unparalleled picture quality. “We are confident this achievement will help everyone understand that Blu-ray is real and poised to enter the marketplace,” said Mr. Feingold. “Blu-ray will bring the highest quality HD experience possible to the home.”
“We are extremely proud to deliver on the promise of Blu-ray. This is an important step for our industry in order to begin mass production of high-definition movies in the Blu-ray format in the near future,” said Don Eklund, Senior Vice President, Advanced Technologies, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
“Sony Pictures authoring tools, together with our unmatched expertise, have made the first Blu-ray Disc a reality and we are thrilled to ship this prototype disc to BD hardware manufacturers for testing,” said James Mercs Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Authoring Center, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
About Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is a division of Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. Sony Pictures Entertainment’s global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sonypictures.com/.
Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
CONTACT: Fritz Friedman, +1-310-244-7799, Fritz_friedman@spe.sony.com,
or Claire Mullaly, +1-310-244-4722, Claire_mullaly@spe.sony.com, both of Sony
Pictures Home Entertainment
Web site: http://www.sonypictures.com/
Of all the films in their vast archives – they pick Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle for their first test disc… That seems like a choice made my a lonely, horny exec. I mean, Spiderman 1 or 2, I could really see… But that must be some mighty fine looking T&A in glorious 1920×1080 HD. (I wonder if it is 1080i, or 1080p?)
