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Although I've not seen Blair Witch 2 (or the first one in fact) the sequel is out on Region 1 DVD in March (R2 a month later - not too bad) and it will be the first of a potentially new breed.
Forget the film, this disc will be the first DVD/CD. What this means is that one side of the disc plays like a DVD and contain the film, extras and all the usual stuff while the other side plays like a normal audio CD and features the full 60-minute soundtrack for the film.
I know it's not much of a film to pioneer this new feature with but that's not the point. Even if it costs more to produce surely this will be recouped by extra sales which are generated. The pricing of the DVD isn't any different to a normal one either. Isn't that fantastic?
Is this the beginning of the next stage of DVD evolution? Only if it's used on films which are going to be popular anyway so that it's a feature that people notice. Hopefully the idea will prove successful enough to one day become as standard as putting a films trailer on the disc.
Nuon DVDs (the first being Bedazzled) and players (of which there are about two) which offer enhanced features over normal DVDs are also beginning to surface but I think the current hardware is a bit too established for this to really take off. Nuon DVDs will still work fine on normal players - it's just some extra, EXTRA features won't be accessible (a bit like not having a DVD ROM drive).
DVD discs don't look like they're going to get much cheaper in the near future, but if they start to include the soundtrack and keep packing more and more stuff onto them who cares?
There is the very slight possibility that the region 2 version may not include the soundtrack. I can't see this being the case though since most UK releases these days are the same as the US version - but what if I'm wrong?
Forget the film, this disc will be the first DVD/CD. What this means is that one side of the disc plays like a DVD and contain the film, extras and all the usual stuff while the other side plays like a normal audio CD and features the full 60-minute soundtrack for the film.
I know it's not much of a film to pioneer this new feature with but that's not the point. Even if it costs more to produce surely this will be recouped by extra sales which are generated. The pricing of the DVD isn't any different to a normal one either. Isn't that fantastic?
Is this the beginning of the next stage of DVD evolution? Only if it's used on films which are going to be popular anyway so that it's a feature that people notice. Hopefully the idea will prove successful enough to one day become as standard as putting a films trailer on the disc.
Nuon DVDs (the first being Bedazzled) and players (of which there are about two) which offer enhanced features over normal DVDs are also beginning to surface but I think the current hardware is a bit too established for this to really take off. Nuon DVDs will still work fine on normal players - it's just some extra, EXTRA features won't be accessible (a bit like not having a DVD ROM drive).
DVD discs don't look like they're going to get much cheaper in the near future, but if they start to include the soundtrack and keep packing more and more stuff onto them who cares?
There is the very slight possibility that the region 2 version may not include the soundtrack. I can't see this being the case though since most UK releases these days are the same as the US version - but what if I'm wrong?
Of all the DVDs around at the moment in this country, at least one third of them (if not more) have fewer extra features than the USA version. This and the fact that they get films before us is the reason I continuously go on about how vital a multi-region player is.
On the DVD/CD issue, you are right that a DVD drice can play normal audio CDs (including the BW2 side 2 soundtrack) but the point is that normal CD players can't read DVDs so you'd still have to but a seperate soundtrack
The great thing about doing things this way is so that you can watch the film on your DVD player then flip the disc over and into your portable CD player or your car and listen to it there.
About Nuon DVDs - only one has been officially announced yet so I don't know exactly what will be on them. I know the zoom functions are a lot better and there are more things you can do with the film image while watching it but I'll try and find some links about Nuon 'cos it's something I'd like to know more about as well.
On the DVD/CD issue, you are right that a DVD drice can play normal audio CDs (including the BW2 side 2 soundtrack) but the point is that normal CD players can't read DVDs so you'd still have to but a seperate soundtrack
The great thing about doing things this way is so that you can watch the film on your DVD player then flip the disc over and into your portable CD player or your car and listen to it there.
About Nuon DVDs - only one has been officially announced yet so I don't know exactly what will be on them. I know the zoom functions are a lot better and there are more things you can do with the film image while watching it but I'll try and find some links about Nuon 'cos it's something I'd like to know more about as well.
I see no reason why they can't include it in the UK release on Region 2, it's not really as if there is any difference in the production techniques.
I'm not that much of a techie on these things, but couldn't they include the CD soundtrack on the same side as the DVD movie? Most if not all normal DVD players can play CD tracks, so it seems to me that you would safe manufacturing costs by burning both types of format onto one side of the disc instead of using both sides. Maybe not, like I say I'm not too tooled up myself on these things.
What extra extras does the Nuon DVD player play by the way?
I'm not that much of a techie on these things, but couldn't they include the CD soundtrack on the same side as the DVD movie? Most if not all normal DVD players can play CD tracks, so it seems to me that you would safe manufacturing costs by burning both types of format onto one side of the disc instead of using both sides. Maybe not, like I say I'm not too tooled up myself on these things.
What extra extras does the Nuon DVD player play by the way?
Although I've not seen Blair Witch 2 (or the first one in fact) the sequel is out on Region 1 DVD in March (R2 a month later - not too bad) and it will be the first of a potentially new breed.
Forget the film, this disc will be the first DVD/CD. What this means is that one side of the disc plays like a DVD and contain the film, extras and all the usual stuff while the other side plays like a normal audio CD and features the full 60-minute soundtrack for the film.
I know it's not much of a film to pioneer this new feature with but that's not the point. Even if it costs more to produce surely this will be recouped by extra sales which are generated. The pricing of the DVD isn't any different to a normal one either. Isn't that fantastic?
Is this the beginning of the next stage of DVD evolution? Only if it's used on films which are going to be popular anyway so that it's a feature that people notice. Hopefully the idea will prove successful enough to one day become as standard as putting a films trailer on the disc.
Nuon DVDs (the first being Bedazzled) and players (of which there are about two) which offer enhanced features over normal DVDs are also beginning to surface but I think the current hardware is a bit too established for this to really take off. Nuon DVDs will still work fine on normal players - it's just some extra, EXTRA features won't be accessible (a bit like not having a DVD ROM drive).
DVD discs don't look like they're going to get much cheaper in the near future, but if they start to include the soundtrack and keep packing more and more stuff onto them who cares?
There is the very slight possibility that the region 2 version may not include the soundtrack. I can't see this being the case though since most UK releases these days are the same as the US version - but what if I'm wrong?
Forget the film, this disc will be the first DVD/CD. What this means is that one side of the disc plays like a DVD and contain the film, extras and all the usual stuff while the other side plays like a normal audio CD and features the full 60-minute soundtrack for the film.
I know it's not much of a film to pioneer this new feature with but that's not the point. Even if it costs more to produce surely this will be recouped by extra sales which are generated. The pricing of the DVD isn't any different to a normal one either. Isn't that fantastic?
Is this the beginning of the next stage of DVD evolution? Only if it's used on films which are going to be popular anyway so that it's a feature that people notice. Hopefully the idea will prove successful enough to one day become as standard as putting a films trailer on the disc.
Nuon DVDs (the first being Bedazzled) and players (of which there are about two) which offer enhanced features over normal DVDs are also beginning to surface but I think the current hardware is a bit too established for this to really take off. Nuon DVDs will still work fine on normal players - it's just some extra, EXTRA features won't be accessible (a bit like not having a DVD ROM drive).
DVD discs don't look like they're going to get much cheaper in the near future, but if they start to include the soundtrack and keep packing more and more stuff onto them who cares?
There is the very slight possibility that the region 2 version may not include the soundtrack. I can't see this being the case though since most UK releases these days are the same as the US version - but what if I'm wrong?