First Blu-Ray title: Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle

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[Digital Tech Life] In an astonishing announcement, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed that their first Blu-Ray title will be Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (I was truly rooting for the classic film, Pootie Tang).  Last week, authoring was completed and the movie was sent to player manufacturers for testing.  No word on pricing or release date.

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[Kvoa.com] Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Completes First Full-Length Blu ...: Feingold today announced that authoring has been completed on the first Blu-ray Disc (BD) to contain a full-length, high-definition feature film. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle was compressed and authored in MPEG 2 full high-definition (1920 x 1080) by Sony Pictures' Digital Authoring Center (DAC) and is now being shipped to BD hardware companies for player testing.

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Posted at November 23, 2005 01:47 PM