Blu-ray Picture In Picture Titles Hit Market
It took a while, but some Blu-ray releases are finally offering the picture-in-picture commenatries that HD DVD has been offering on releases for quite some time. The recent 2.10 firmware update for the PS3 brings those players up to Profile 1.1, meaning the PS3 can now use the picture-in-picture feature, if owers update their units.Hi-Def DVD Empire got a chance to review two of the upcoming releases that offer picture-in-picture, and we're happy to report that the feature does work as well as HD DVD, although the results are a mixed bag.
The picture-in-picture on the release of Sony's Resident Evil: Extinction uses such a small window for the commentary that the text identifying the speakers has actually been placed outside the commentary box.
On the other hand, Fox's Sunshine gets picture-in-picture right, offering a bigger box for the picture-in-picture commentary, with the picture within (at least by our estimation) being a much sharper one than the one we saw on Resident Evil: Extinction.
With the specs now in place to compete with HD DVD on every level, Blu-ray owners can expect lots more releases with picture-in-picture features to be released in 2008.
posted by Shannon T. Nutt at 11:28 AM
2 Comments:
I concur. I just watched Resident Evil: Extinction on Blu-Ray and the PIP is great. Way to go Blu! Oh, and BTW, Warner just chose a side....BLU!
I am confused about the whole picture in picture thing. I don't understand what the difference between the picture in picture on titles like Hairspray, Cars, Ratatoulie (which are said NOT to be true picture in picture) and titles like Sunshine and Resident Evil: Extinction, which are supposed to be TRUE PIP. Can someone explain what advantage TRUE PIP has over what appears to me to be the same thing on these titles that offer picture in picture, but are NOT true PIP????
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