To people who have Blu-Ray

Transfer issues aside, not all releases will look pin sharp as it's down to the cinematographer how the film will look and sometimes 'grainy' is intentional especially in films that are supposed to be gritty in tone.
Discs are cheap if you hunt around. I got three in Computer Exchange second hand but in good condition at the weekend - Role Models and State of Play for
 
It can also depend on the grade and type of fillm the director and cinematographer used. So if the Director chooses a film grade that is slightly grainer HD apparently shows this up where as DVD and VHS wouldn't have done.

Sometimes it can be down to the transfer and the quality of the print that they take the transfer from
 
It's true, where there's fans there's going to be continued repackaging. I know that Iron Man got released on Blu-Ray, then a few months later, hey presto an 'Ultimate double disc edition' Blu-Ray.

It wouldn't surprise me if they are releasing the theatrical versions of LOTR as it'd be a great ploy. Release them on Blu-Ray, wait for the fans to buy them.....then later on release the extended versions so the fans shell out twice.

This tactic was done before. George Lucas released Star Wars to DVD late, but it was the special editions which a lot of the fans don't like. So Lucas said 'well thats all you're getting on DVD' so they went and bought it......Then Lucas did a u-turn and said 'actually i'll also release them in their original state'...so many fans bought 2 boxsets.

but yeah if i had a pound for every time i heard something was a 'ultimate', 'supreme', 'collector's' 'special' 'deluxe' edition........
 
I just bought a 40 inch sony hdtv had a ps3 and bought some blueray films - First one I put in was 2001 space Odyssey and my jaw banged on the ground with the quality - especially a 40 year old film.
It is a big difference from dvd - Next stop is too see if Spartacus has a good blue ray transfer.
 
Spartacus is not out on Bluray.

It was available on HD DVD and the disc was pretty poor .

Hopefully Universal will create a new master before issuing the Bluray.

Best version of the film at the moment is the 2 disc US dvd from Criterion.

Best hope Criterion do not issue it on Bluray as their US discs are all region locked
 
thats really odd. what are they thinking? as if collectors - who know the movie and have it on dvd already are going to buy the standard edition on bluray?!!!

very stupid of the company.
 
Re : The Star Trek movies.
There is only one Directors Version and thats the first film.
Robert Wise had to complete the film in a rush for the release date so the effects were never done to his satisfaction.
The 2001 reboot is simply new effects added to the standard he wanted. But as they were created in sd there's no way to release that version of the film on Bluray unless they do the effects again and as Wise is dead he wont be able to give the ok so it will no longer be a DC.

The additions to a couple of others were pretty insignificant

Just got season 3 of Trek TOS on Bluray and the highlight is the original version of the second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" before it was re-edited for the series, and its in HD too
 
Blueray is one of GoRAB ways of telling you you have too much money...The difference from VHS to DVD was huge (quality / flexibility). Dvd to blueray isnt much and is never worth the cost.
 
We'll have to wait and see how it turns out. Buying a 4:3 version is a bit different, because you are obviously losing out. It'd be more like buying a colourised version. I can understand purists not doing that, but for me it will depend on how good the treatment is. Possibly films intended for 2D will be better in 3D than ones actually intended for 3D, because there should be fewer gimmicky uses. Or maybe it will be rubbish.

In 5 years time 3D will be standard on new TVs, much as HD is today. I know it's a bit off-topic for this thread, but when considering whether to re-buy in Blu-Ray it's worth bearing in mind.

It turns out to be pretty easy to do, nowadays. The main technology is based on a screen with a very high refresh rate, which they can do now and which is a good thing to have anyway. You also need high bandwidth from the device to the TV, which modern HDMI can handle. The rest is pretty trivial.

You'll need glasses, which use battery-driven shutters rather than polarisation - it's a different technology to movies. (Cinemas use double resolution rather than double refresh.) These will cost a few pounRAB to make, but overall it'll be cheaper to make only 3D TVs than a mix of 2D and 3D.

The glasses are a drawback, but you only need them when 3D is enabled; the result of the time it'll function like a 2D TV. Avatar and other recent films show there is enough interest. It'll happen because of economies of scale, even if some consumers don't like it.
 
i bought a ps3 and a 32" HD tv just over 2 weeks ago now, partly because i wanted to play the games but i also really love films and wanted to start getting blu-rays to see what all the fuss is about. Luckily because of the jan sales i picked up planet earth and band of brothers on blu ray for
 
I disagree with that. True, some transfers aren't staggeringly better but believe me some actually are. The jump in picture quality of Blade Runner, Iron Man & Zulu blew me away. There are also much more capabilities with BluRay discs. For example, I bought the Special Edition Close Encounters blueray last summer and it has 3 different versions of the film on ONE disc, including commentaries, pop-ups and soundtrack only options. You don't get that with dvd.
 
It's worth it as the picture quality is miles better. I'm less keen on watching SD films now.

Some HD films are not as good as others though.
 
i agree with some comments here - i do own a bluray - and just recently bought one - and very happy to start getting movies on bluray now (which will only be the occasional movie from now on) ...but one thing i certainly wont be doing is buying anything i have on DVD for bluray. think its a bit of waste of money personally
 
as for 3d, it will be good as free soon enough. not saying it will be useful for everything, clearly not. but it just requires higher refresh tvs, and that within a year or two will become a standard feature. you will have it if you need it. the shutter glasses won't be free of course.
 
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