JFK: R1 UE DVD set + US BD specs

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 21 Jul 2008, 14:28

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/jfk.html

I'll purchase the BD sometime, this is definitely one of the best Stone films that I've seen.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 21 Jul 2008, 15:30

According to DVD Times the BD is missing the extras from the UE DVD 3rd disc. Not that I would bother about them - a doc on the Kennedys I think - but makes you wonder why the drop when BD has so much space?

The film is a masterpiece as cinema - but factually dubious at times in the finest Hollywood tradition which knocks off a half star for me. I don't have a problem with Stone suggesting theory, but distortion of the truth presented as fact isn't acceptable.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 21 Jul 2008, 15:47

Markgway wrote:According to DVD Times the BD is missing the extras from the UE DVD 3rd disc. Not that I would bother about them - a doc on the Kennedys I think - but makes you wonder why the drop when BD has so much space?

Optimal bit-rates > extras. That's likely the order of their priorities.

Do remember that HD material still takes a lot more space than SD material on DVDs, even it is encoded with efficient codecs, using modern compression techniques.