Toy Story Blu Ray review

[tripoli]

The new Toy Story BluRay disc are coming out at the end of the month. This web site blow has a review and its pretty incredible to see the changes they made for the new digital format. From what I have heard, they had to hunt down the old render servers to get access to the original digital files, upgrade them and then clean them up to the new server hardware and software. Check out the change in the bit rate graph. You can see an incredible difference in clarity of the frames on the web site:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews17/toy_story_dvd_review.htm

Amazon has an incredible deal of the TS1 and TS2 Blu ray DVD combo for $ 39 together. Well worth the price.

 

[Gigatron]

I've had my copies on pre-order since december, when they were first announced :cool

But where do you see a TS1 and TS2 Blu-ray combo pack for $40? Is see TS1 BR/dvd combo packs for $25 and TS2 BR/dvd combo packs for $25, but nothing that shows 1 and 2 BRD packed together for $40.

EDIT: Nevermind - there is no "true" combo deal, but if you add both to the cart, you get $10 off. Even though I had added both to my cart back in december, I wasn't given the discount on my order. And I only found this out because I had mistakenly added TS1 BRD (in dvd packaging) to my cart originally and wanted to change it to match TS2 BRD (in Blu-Ray packing). But in order to qualify for free shipping, I had to nuke the entire order and start from scratch. So, I cancelled the order, created it again and got the discount.

-Fred

 

[tripoli]

Check the best value purchase right below the main Bluray/DVD here:
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Two-Dis...ef=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1267796115&sr=1-1

 

[Gigatron]

Check the best value purchase right below the main Bluray/DVD here:
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Two-Dis...ef=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1267796115&sr=1-1

:$ Guess, it pays to scroll down, sometimes lol:lol


-Fred

 

[Treadwell]

From what I have heard, they had to hunt down the old render servers to get access to the original digital files, upgrade them and then clean them up to the new server hardware and software.

I don't see why they'd have to do that, since they did it once already to prepare the original DVD release. (Prior releases had been transfers from film.) Surely the master file that resulted from that was 2K or something...surely HD-ready.

Maybe what you heard was concerning the 3D version that was in theaters last year. For that, they did need to go all the way back to the original source files so that they could render two versions of every frame, with all the layers adjusted accordingly.

 

[hankey01]

I don't see why they'd have to do that, since they did it once already to prepare the original DVD release. (Prior releases had been transfers from film.) Surely the master file that resulted from that was 2K or something...surely HD-ready.

Maybe what you heard was concerning the 3D version that was in theaters last year. For that, they did need to go all the way back to the original source files so that they could render two versions of every frame, with all the layers adjusted accordingly.

I thought that they had to be re-renderred since the original transfer to DVD wasn't from a high enough resolution to be used for a current HD format, which was why they re-released them in theaters (in 3D). A way to make some money to cover the cost of redoing the Blu Ray transfer in an HD format.

 

[Treadwell]

The 3D theatrical release would not be the same source as the Blu-Ray. They did re-render for that, but it is another animal.

When mastering for DVD, HD elements are created. So they'd already have one. Plus, when they did that the first time, they created high-resolution file(s) of the entire film, which hadn't been done before, having been output to film piecemeal (shot by shot) for the original theatrical release. High resolution as in 2K or maybe even 4K, much higher than 1080.

So, with a file like that in existence, why would they need to do it again, is my question. I'm not saying I know they didn't, but if they did, I'm curious why it was deemed necessary. (shrug)

 

[cboath]

I read a story about the 3D version from last year that said they had to track down all the original files and the original version (or at least the version they used for it) of the software to re-render it for 3D. Not any reason to re-render it for a BR release that I can think of.

 

[hankey01]

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/10297/pixar_re_rendering_original_toy_story_files/index.html

 

[franz bolo]

The new versions seem overly saturated. The clarity is way better though!

Good thing the kids haven't seen this yet! I'll surprise them.

FB

 

[Treadwell]

Ah, there ya go. Thanks for the link, hankey!

 

[rmschneider104]

Wow... I don't care much for upgrading my DVDs to BluRay, but this looks like a no brainer.

 

[Jedi2016]

Seems weird that they color would be adjusted like that.. unless all of the previous files were tweaked wrong and this is how it's supposed to look. Or else DVD Beaver's capture software is messing something up.

I remember when they announced that they were re-rendering the first film. People were actually up in arms saying that they were pulling a Lucas and were going to change and ruin the whole film. Clearly having no idea how CGI works.. that they can literally just open the original files, change the output resolution, and hit "render". Nothing changes.