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Derb · 05-25-2007, 10:55 AM

Amazon shipped my copy of The Lost City yesterday.

urbanlegend · 05-25-2007, 02:44 PM

New:
MI: 2

Used:
Click
Talladega Nights
The Prestige

Will probably pickup tonight:
Pirates 1
Pirates 2

bembol · 05-26-2007, 01:42 AM

How much did those cost you?

Finally sold them! Didn't know you were on DVD File...

Derb · 05-27-2007, 03:33 AM

Blood Diamond
Bruce Springsteen with the Seeger Band: Live in Dublin
Coming to America
The Cowboys
Hellboy
The Messengers
Norbit
Rio Bravo
Trading Places

urbanlegend · 05-27-2007, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bembol

How much did those cost you?

They were darn expensive

Quote:

Didn't know you were on DVD File...

You following me?

Ha ha ha ha

Glad to see you around here too .. I have been around for a while but dont usually post much.

dugpa · 05-27-2007, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derb

Amazon shipped my copy of The Lost City yesterday.

I went to several stores today and still didn't find a copy. Amazon still says on their web page that it ships in 8 to 10 days. I guess I'll order it from them and see what happens.

kama · 05-31-2007, 06:07 AM

The Searchers

Derb · 05-31-2007, 09:21 AM

Ultimate Avengers Collection
Weeds: Season One

ganthc · 05-31-2007, 04:04 PM

Arlington Road
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

on preorder

Ruined · 06-03-2007, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derb

Coming to America

This might have been a bad choice, reviews are indicating the HD DVD version has noticably better video quality.

kama · 06-03-2007, 04:53 AM

Mission Impossible - $15 CAD at Best Buy.

BADBRAD · 06-05-2007, 12:07 AM

I was just given BLOOD DIAMOND on Blu Ray.

billyslits · 06-05-2007, 01:09 AM

Just bought a PS3 and picked up:

Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Casino Royale
Kung Fu Hustle
Kingdom of Heaven
Black Hawk Down
House of Flying Daggers
Volver

I've loved everything I've seen so far and haven't had any problems with stuttering or freezing (unlike my experiences with my Xbox360 HD-DVD player).

My only problems are the transfer on House of Flying Daggers seems a little soft and I can't find Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in any store.

All in all, I'm fully sold on Blu-Ray.

kama · 06-05-2007, 01:40 AM

Rio Bravo
The Cowboys

snipsnapsappy · 06-05-2007, 03:13 AM

Purchased:
Weeds
Hellboy

Rent:
Flags of our Fathers
Night at the Museum
Letters From Iwo Jima
Coming to America
Trading Places

snipsnapsappy · 06-05-2007, 03:16 AM

Anyone that picked up Blood Diamond know what the specs on the BD are?

Netflix is not renting the title for some reason they do not think it releases until July. I was going to rent the BD and then buy the HD, but if the BD has the same picture and sound, I will just go with that as I never really have time to watch IME's anyways.

snipsnapsappy · 06-05-2007, 03:21 AM

Nevermind, I got my answer here:
Blood Diamond Review I am going to just order the BD.

Brutal review on the video:

VIDEO:
I had very high expectations going into this move for a number of reasons. First, I had waited to watch it for so long in HD, I expected an “A” list title to receive the “A” list treatment. Second, with a “newer” release I expected an upgrade over the mostly catalog titles that I have been reviewing lately. Unfortunately, I was let down in a big way.

The encode is done in a VC-1 1080p presentation, that is extremely starved in the bitrate department, and boy does it show. From the opening scene, compression issues arise in the backgrounds as well as the foreground. At first, I thought it might possible be grain, until I got up from my seat to get about 2 feet away from the screen and I was greeted with what looked to be “mini-macroblocks”, which from my normal seating distance shows up as video noise. I then popped up the bitrate meter on the PS3 and was astounded to see a bitrate of 7.9 Mbps! That is damn low for HD content, and frankly, I’m not surprised that it didn’t look worse! From this point on, I was on the lookout for this type of phenomenon, and it appeared again quite frequently in the presentation in low light situations. In one such case, DiCaprio and Connelly are speaking on the porch of an orphanage, and the camera pans back and forth between the two of them, out of about 5 sequences of each character, the video noise only showed up in one of them! Why were the other 9 OK and the other one it was present? Hard to tell, but I wasn’t that impressed.

Unfortunately, that isn’t the only thing that is wrong in the video department. Banding is quite evident in a lot of scenes, specifically in the skyline and in the setting sun. Fine detail is lacking at times, especially in the backgrounds of the forest on the longer shots where instead of seeing individual leaves, you are left with a more DVD like picture of the leaves blending into a green blob.

The highlights of the presentation though are the exterior shots, which have a tendency to be very lifelike, especially when there are close-ups of our main characters. Overall, I’m sure that many will enjoy this presentation on smaller displays, but on my 88-inch screen, there was more to dislike than like in this one. There was plenty of space made available on this disc for content since it is a BD50, but I have to wonder if having an uncompressed PCM track and a low bitrate VC-1 encode was the best choice on this one?

AUDIO:
As bad as the video was, the audio was outstanding! Presented with an uncompressed PCM 5.1 mix for only the second time from Warner (The Departed was the first), this movie has a lot more action to show the impact that the higher bitrate mix can take advantage of. The war sequences were first rate and rank up there with Letters from Iwo Jima and Blackhawk Down for demo material. Bullets were flying from speaker to speaker and the mayhem on screen was transported right into my theater. Dialogue was always intelligible and showed great depth in the soundstage and the musical score by James Newton Howard filled the room like a concert hall.

Derb · 06-05-2007, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snipsnapsappy

Brutal review on the video:

"From this point on, I was on the lookout for this type of phenomenon, and it appeared again quite frequently in the presentation in low light situations."

Derb · 06-05-2007, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruined

This might have been a bad choice, reviews are indicating the HD DVD version has noticably better video quality.

I ain't buying 2 copies to see for myself, but Coming to America got a higher rating for HD DVD

Derb · 06-05-2007, 09:00 AM

Ordered,

Blood and Chocolate
Cruel Intentions
Daddy's Little Girls
Ghost Rider
Music and Lyrics
Primeval
Seven Years in Tibet

$ = :flush:

ganthc · 06-05-2007, 09:57 PM

Based on the deal that amazon was offering, I got these movies:

50 First Dates
A Knight's Tale
Big Fish

plissken99 · 06-06-2007, 05:55 AM

Enemy of the State
Jay and Silentbob Strike back
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Blood Diamond
Deja Vu

More on the way

ganthc · 06-06-2007, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plissken99

Enemy of the State
Jay and Silentbob Strike back
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Blood Diamond
Deja Vu

More on the way

Way to fully embrace both sides there, Pliss!

Derb · 06-07-2007, 06:25 AM

Rescue Me: The Complete Third Season

Hope the show is alright.

**SilentBob** · 06-08-2007, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derb

Rescue Me: The Complete Third Season

Hope the show is alright.

Don't worry the show is good (might need to see Season 1&2 first) Thought about buying the Blu-ray version but will stick with the cheaper SD-DVD becaus ei only watch my shows really once anyways (unlike my movies)

ganthc · 06-08-2007, 08:30 PM

Hellboy

kama · 06-09-2007, 03:34 AM

Bullitt

Derb · 06-10-2007, 03:55 AM

The Last Waltz

Forgot this title exsisted on BD.

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Derb Actor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Canada	Amazon shipped my copy of The Lost City yesterday. __________________ My Blu-ray Collection Time for Blu to go mainstream.

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urbanlegend Actor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Woodbridge	New: MI: 2 Used: Click Talladega Nights The Prestige Will probably pickup tonight: Pirates 1 Pirates 2

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BADBRAD Actor Join Date: Oct 2002	I was just given BLOOD DIAMOND on Blu Ray.

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billyslits Actor Join Date: Jun 2001	Just bought a PS3 and picked up: Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl Casino Royale Kung Fu Hustle Kingdom of Heaven Black Hawk Down House of Flying Daggers Volver I've loved everything I've seen so far and haven't had any problems with stuttering or freezing (unlike my experiences with my Xbox360 HD-DVD player). My only problems are the transfer on House of Flying Daggers seems a little soft and I can't find Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in any store. All in all, I'm fully sold on Blu-Ray.

06-05-2007, 01:40 AM	#255 (permalink)
kama Actor Join Date: May 2003 Location: Canada	Rio Bravo The Cowboys

06-05-2007, 03:13 AM	#256 (permalink)
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06-05-2007, 03:16 AM	#257 (permalink)
snipsnapsappy Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Shell Beach, CA, USA	Anyone that picked up Blood Diamond know what the specs on the BD are? Netflix is not renting the title for some reason they do not think it releases until July. I was going to rent the BD and then buy the HD, but if the BD has the same picture and sound, I will just go with that as I never really have time to watch IME's anyways. __________________ I balked, now the proud owner of both formats. I am now bi-partisan. I enjoy what both red and blue have to offer. My Theater MySpace

06-05-2007, 03:21 AM	#258 (permalink)
snipsnapsappy Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Shell Beach, CA, USA	Nevermind, I got my answer here: Blood Diamond Review I am going to just order the BD. Brutal review on the video: VIDEO: I had very high expectations going into this move for a number of reasons. First, I had waited to watch it for so long in HD, I expected an “A” list title to receive the “A” list treatment. Second, with a “newer” release I expected an upgrade over the mostly catalog titles that I have been reviewing lately. Unfortunately, I was let down in a big way. The encode is done in a VC-1 1080p presentation, that is extremely starved in the bitrate department, and boy does it show. From the opening scene, compression issues arise in the backgrounds as well as the foreground. At first, I thought it might possible be grain, until I got up from my seat to get about 2 feet away from the screen and I was greeted with what looked to be “mini-macroblocks”, which from my normal seating distance shows up as video noise. I then popped up the bitrate meter on the PS3 and was astounded to see a bitrate of 7.9 Mbps! That is damn low for HD content, and frankly, I’m not surprised that it didn’t look worse! From this point on, I was on the lookout for this type of phenomenon, and it appeared again quite frequently in the presentation in low light situations. In one such case, DiCaprio and Connelly are speaking on the porch of an orphanage, and the camera pans back and forth between the two of them, out of about 5 sequences of each character, the video noise only showed up in one of them! Why were the other 9 OK and the other one it was present? Hard to tell, but I wasn’t that impressed. Unfortunately, that isn’t the only thing that is wrong in the video department. Banding is quite evident in a lot of scenes, specifically in the skyline and in the setting sun. Fine detail is lacking at times, especially in the backgrounds of the forest on the longer shots where instead of seeing individual leaves, you are left with a more DVD like picture of the leaves blending into a green blob. The highlights of the presentation though are the exterior shots, which have a tendency to be very lifelike, especially when there are close-ups of our main characters. Overall, I’m sure that many will enjoy this presentation on smaller displays, but on my 88-inch screen, there was more to dislike than like in this one. There was plenty of space made available on this disc for content since it is a BD50, but I have to wonder if having an uncompressed PCM track and a low bitrate VC-1 encode was the best choice on this one? AUDIO: As bad as the video was, the audio was outstanding! Presented with an uncompressed PCM 5.1 mix for only the second time from Warner (The Departed was the first), this movie has a lot more action to show the impact that the higher bitrate mix can take advantage of. The war sequences were first rate and rank up there with Letters from Iwo Jima and Blackhawk Down for demo material. Bullets were flying from speaker to speaker and the mayhem on screen was transported right into my theater. Dialogue was always intelligible and showed great depth in the soundstage and the musical score by James Newton Howard filled the room like a concert hall. __________________ I balked, now the proud owner of both formats. I am now bi-partisan. I enjoy what both red and blue have to offer. My Theater MySpace

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Derb Actor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Canada	Ordered, Blood and Chocolate Cruel Intentions Daddy's Little Girls Ghost Rider Music and Lyrics Primeval Seven Years in Tibet $ = :flush: __________________ My Blu-ray Collection Time for Blu to go mainstream.

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