by Big Bot on July 3, 2008
The HD Room has posted the first look at the BD Live features that will be available on the Blu-ray edition of Transformers. Included are scans of the BD guide included with the set and some screens from the actual features, including the status screen,showing the GPS tracker, robot health and status, and a data panel.
Hopefully the location of Barricade with match up with IDW’s Reign of Starscream series and it seems that Devastator is still be used instead of Brawl.
The Blu-ray release is due for 2nd September in North America and 9th September in the UK.
by Big Bot on June 26, 2008
Paramount haven’t been kind to the UK. They delayed the Energon DVDs, delayed the Transformers movie by a month, delayed the Movie DVD and HD DVD, delayed the two Animated DVDs due out this year and are now pricing the Animated series DVDs at weird prices.
The RRP for Transformers: Animated Transform and Roll Out DVD (68 minutes) has been set at £12.99, but can be found for £8.99 at most online retailers. The Animated Season One DVD, containing 13 episodes, only has a RRP of £9.99, but has a length of roughly 280 minutes, or 4 times as long.
On the good news for Paramount, they are only releasing the Transformers movie on Blu-ray in the UK 6 days after North America, on 8th September. That’s more like it.
by Big Bot on June 19, 2008
Paramount Home Entertainment have released the cover for the North American version of the Transformers movie on Blu-ray. As you can see from the images, it is exactly the same as the 2 dsic DVD set, expect with the Blu-ray logo.
by Big Bot on June 16, 2008
In a good move by Paramount Home Entertainment, they have decided to release the hit movie Transformers on Blu-ray on 8th September in the UK, only 6 days after North America. This is much better than when the film was released on DVD, which took 6 weeks to arrive across the pond.
Play.com have provided the listing, with a RRP of £24.99, but be sure to find it cheaper.
Thanks to forum member SHADOWSBLAZE for the news.
by Big Bot on May 28, 2008
Paramount have finally announced details of Transformers on Blu-ray for 2nd September in North America.
The 2 disc set will contain the movie in anamorphic widescreen (and rumoured to be optimised for Blu-ray) with improved audio tracks over the HD DVD release, with English 5.1 Dolby Digital Plus, 5.1 Dolby TrueHD and 5.1 PCM (Uncompressed) tracks.
Extras are similar to the 2 disc DVD release, with the commentary by Michael Bay (yes, the same one), and on disc 2, many of the same features, but in HD, including The Story Sparks, Human Allies, I Fight Giant Robots, Battleground, Rise of the Robots, Autobots Roll Out, Decepticons Strike, Inside the AllSpark, Transformers Tech Inspector, From Script to Sand: The Scorponok Desert Attack, Concepts, the teaser trailer and theatrical trailers. There will also be BD-Live features, but these haven’t been specified yet, and the same easter eggs.
by Big Bot on May 24, 2008
The BBFC have provided the first glimpse of confirmation that Transformers will be released on Blu-ray very soon.
Some extra material, to the length of 4m 12s, for disc 2 was rated yesterday, with specific mention that this was for Blu-ray. What’s also interesting is this all seems to be new material, not included on the HD DVD release last year.
by Big Bot on December 4, 2007
Transformers director Michael Bay earlier this year blasted at Paramount and Dreamworks decision to go HD DVD exclusive, meaning Transformers would not be released on the more popular Blu-ray format. He has again today made mention of the next generation format war, with reference to Microsoft, blaming them for continuing the fight in a hope that both formats are ignored completely and digital downloads become the way to go. This isn’t exactly Transformers related but it is interesting to see what Bay really thinks :
What you don’t understand is corporate politics. Microsoft wants both formats to fail so they can be heroes and make the world move to digital downloads. That is the dirty secret no one is talking about. That is why Microsoft is handing out $100 million dollar checks to studios just embrace the HD DVD and not the leading, and superior Blu Ray. They want confusion in the market until they perfect the digital downloads. Time will tell and you will see the truth.
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