Any questions for...

[Joe Cox]

...the Blu-ray Disc Association? Anything Ultra HD Blu-ray or Blu-ray and we can ask them later today...

 

[nugget2014]

are the ultra hd premium discs already able to support rec. 2020 and 12 bit? if so we just have to let tv's catch up in technology again 🙂

 

[simonlewis]

When can we expect true 4k discs and not this upscaled rubbish we are getting now.

 

[ellisdj]

What are the future plans for the UHD format in terms of any changes to specification etc.

i.e. should buyers be aware of any changes coming up that might make their current / intended purchase not be up to spec in the near future

 

[bigboss]

When will we see players with Dolby Vision support?

 

[Deleted member 2457]

When are we going to see more Ultra HD 4K music Blu-Ray's?

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Can they do Mysterious Cities of Gold DVDs season one on Blu-Ray?

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Can they do Thundercats on Blu Ray too?

 

[ellisdj]

Most of these are questions for studios who own the content not the BDA.

 

[nugget2014]

Most of these are questions for studios who own the content not the BDA.

Indeed...

 

[spiny norman]

Does the BD format have sufficient capacity to support the forthcoming 8K resolution for movies, or will a completely new storage system be required?

 

[ellisdj]

Does the BD format have sufficient capacity to support the forthcoming 8K resolution for movies, or will a completely new storage system be required?

Its tri layer discs as it is for the current UHD content, I think they will make need a whole new name and format for 8K and a new HDR equivalent to sell it

 

[nugget2014]

Does the BD format have sufficient capacity to support the forthcoming 8K resolution for movies, or will a completely new storage system be required?

Its tri layer discs as it is for the current UHD content, I think they will make need a whole new name and format for 8K and a new HDR equivalent to sell it

4k is enough for me!

 

[bigboss]

Does the BD format have sufficient capacity to support the forthcoming 8K resolution for movies, or will a completely new storage system be required?

Its tri layer discs as it is for the current UHD content, I think they will make need a whole new name and format for 8K and a new HDR equivalent to sell it

I'm pretty certain that 4K will be the last disc based format. Happy to be proved wrong though.

 

[Benedict_Arnold]

Can we have the encryption codes or can someone launch a buy to download device that has .mkv files so I and others can rip our expensive UHDBD originals onto hard disk and keep the originals away from the little cherubs?

 

[Leeps]

1080p has been around for years. We're now moving into 4k resolution and above.

So why are so many films and TV productions still being released in DVD only? Why should Bluray and more so, 4K Bluray be the sole reserve of mindless blockbuster films, or questionable US TV dramas? So many titles I would want to purchase are available in Region 1, but only in DVD for Europe. Do they think we have poorer eyesight here? Do they want our money or not?

Films: October Sky, Pay it Forward, The Village, Remember the Titans, Pawn Sacrifice, Sea Biscuit

TV: Great Expectations (Gillian Anderson, Winstone), Sense & Sensibility (Charity Wakefield), John Adams, Death in Paradise, Emma (Romola Garai)

I know it's not the BDA's bag, but an associated issue is that we're still being charged a premium in the UK for 1080p TV channels, which surely by now should be the de-facto standard? So moving to 4K seems a bit premature when so many years after its introduction, 1080p hasn't even been universally adopted.

 

[Benedict_Arnold]

+1

Sort of.

Quite a few half decent non blockbusters on Blu-ray, sadly not UHD... Well, not yet.

I've managed to get Far from the Madding Crowd (makes me homesick having grown up right on the post 1973 Hants / Dorset border), Mr. Holmes, to name just two that immediately sting to mind, on BD.
I won't be buying a UHD BDP until there are at least twenty UHD BDs - non blockbuster Batman vs Godzilla types - I can buy and enjoy. Hopefully by then the codecs will have been cracked so they can be ripped to hard disk and the originals kept safe.
Reminds me of a guy downstairs from me in halls at University. Bought a CD player, but only one CD - Pet Shop Boys West End Girls - which he played over and over and over again, usually at two am. Grr....