In addition to the Samsung player, Best Buy and Amazon in the US now have the first UltraHD Blu-ray discs up for pre-oder.
With this, comes the tentative announcement of three more titles :
The thing that is really compelling here is that a lot of the announced movies from the studios were missed opportunities for Atmos on Blu-ray, so there’s a big hope that we can finally have immersive audio on the titles (note that Fox confirmed they will not include the track on Blu-ray, what a bad move).
Of the currently known movie that will be released in UHD here are the ones that I hope will finally get the Atmos treatment at home :
- Exodus: Gods and Kings
- Fantastic Four
- Kingsman: Secret Service
- Life of Pi
- Man of Steel
- Martian, The
- Maze Runner, The : Scorch Trials
- Maze Runner, The
- Pacific Rim
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
As you can see, this is a LOT of potential for Dolby Atmos at home with a lot of great titles. I specially look forward for the Maze Runner titles as they already have impressive soundtracks in 7.1.