Terminator 2 Jugement Day Extreme Edition

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Jimmy 435

Jun 29, 2003 - CDT 12:00 AM

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As most people know Artisan released the first near high definition disc for sale. In the Terminator 2 Extreme Edition there were two discs one with a standard definition version and a disc two with a high definition version. The version on disc one has slightly higher picture then the Ultimate Edition yet slightly worse sound. I think that balances out. Disc twos has the theatrical version at 1440 x 1080 resolution not quite true high definition which is 1920 x 1080. It is on an HD-DVD-9 which can only hold two hours of high definition so since Terminator 2 is two hours and twenty minutes long they had to settle for 1440 x 1080. Still that is 4.5x as high as the Standard version of the film. It requires a machine of 3 ghz to play the discs full potencial. A Blue Laser HD-DVD would fit the extended two hour and fifty minute movie at 1920 x 1080 on one disc. This is not HD-DVD but it is a nice little preview. This is ment to be a new DVD feature not a new format. I would buy this but I don't like Terminator 2.

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Jun 30, 2003 - CDT 12:00 AM

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Artisan released "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" before "T2:EE", and I believe that that release also has a HD version on a Disc 2...

Jimmy 435

Jun 30, 2003 - CDT 12:00 AM

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Yes the Standing in the Shadows of Motown DVD has a higher resolution version of the film with resolution 2x that of a SD-DVD. The Terminator 2 extreme edition has 4.5x the resolution of 480p SD-DVD. Its resolution varies on how powerful your machine is. A 2.4ghz machine will play in resolution equal to 720p (1280 x 720) HD broadcasts. A 2.6 ghz machine will play in resolution equal to 1080i (1920 x 540) broadcasts. You need a 3.0 ghz machine to unlock the discs full 1440 x 1080 potential.

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Jun 30, 2003 - CDT 12:00 AM

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Looks like the Microsoft-Intel collusion is in full swing!! LOL ;)

Jimmy 435

Jul 1, 2003 - CDT 12:00 AM

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Because of the intrest in high definition Terminator 2 my guess when Blue Laser HD-DVD comes out in 2006 Terminator 2 will be one of the first titles avalible.

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Jul 30, 2008 - CDT 1:34 PM

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I didn't know they could do that with a DVD.

mvckalel

Jul 30, 2008 - CDT 5:03 PM

says... I now own UP and Monsters, Inc. on blu-ray!!!

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I'm confused

...but when I finally got the HD version to work on my PC, it looked good, with a noticeable better definition, but not by a whole lot a nice extra feature, nevertheless.