Charlie’s Angels: the First Blu-ray Disc?

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announces they've authored the first prototype Blu-ray Disc to contain a full length, high definition feature film.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on Friday said that authoring had been completed on the first Blu-ray Disc to contain a full length, high definition feature film. And the winner for this coveted place in consumer technology history as the first prototype is? Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.

SPHE said the movie was compressed and authored in MPEG 2 full high-definition (1920 x 1080) by Sony Pictures’ Digital Authoring Center and now being player tested. The Blu-ray Disc, said Sony, “features dynamic menus with full resolution graphics and animation, superior audio and unparalleled picture quality.”

“We are extremely proud to deliver on the promise of Blu-ray,” said Don Eklund, Senior Vice President, Advanced Technologies, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. “This is an important step for our industry in order to begin mass production of high-definition movies in the Blu-ray format in the near future.”