Rubbish Blu-rays

probedb · 31 Aug 2009 at 14:04

Re: #3, that's what you get with a properly done remaster

milkinc13 · 31 Aug 2009 at 20:56

Camalot said:
What would you say the best blu rays are?

I've only seen Jumper on Blu ray and i thought that was very sharp.

2001: a space odyssey
golden compass
fantastic four, some amazing shots in that
Transformers amazing, hope 2nd is as good in quality, only seen in cinema

Broken Hope · 31 Aug 2009 at 21:09

I, Robot looks pretty damn good on blu-ray also.

^TANK^ · 31 Aug 2009 at 21:36

Camalot said:
What would you say the best blu rays are?

I've only seen Jumper on Blu ray and i thought that was very sharp.

Off the top of my head in no particular order.....................

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Wall E
Bolt
Cars
Ratatouille
I Robot
Kunfu Panda
Tears of the sun
Blade Runner
Avp1 & 2
Troy
Braveheart
Starship troopers
Kill Bill 1 & 2
X Men 1,2,3
The Matrix 1,2,3
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
Band Of Brothers
Rambo
Batman Begins
The Dark Night
The Patriot
Sin City
Taken
Black Hawk Down
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
300
Blood Diamond

DigitalReaper · 31 Aug 2009 at 22:33

http://www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9237
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1168342

Lots of BDs there sorted by audio/video quality. I'll probably be renting a lot of those when I get my projector set up properly

(if the damn rain ever stops so I can finally spray the screen :mad:

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setter · 31 Aug 2009 at 22:38

The only ones ive watched so far are, band of brothers and xmen last stand, im only using them on my pc so far (spec in sig) theese have both looked pretty good, im gonna invest in a stand alone player to see what theyre like on my 32" 1080p telly.

Randell · 1 Sep 2009 at 00:51

Grimley said:
Ghostbusters is pretty bad grain wise, especially right at the beginning, I wouldn't use this disc to show blu-ray to your mates, It'll put them off for life.

grain can often be the directors choice as opposed to a bad transfer.

Ev0 · 1 Sep 2009 at 11:36

I notice Leon is out on BR next week, and it's the full directors cut.

Really hope it's not a naff transfer.

I've still to watch the one Blu Ray movie I've got yet, keep thinking I need to wait until I beef the sound up before giving it a go

x1m · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:13

probedb said:
35mm film yes, but I don't understand the "Old films are irrelevant" bit. Also saying 35mm makes 1080p look like **** is a bit silly, 1080p is perfectly good enough for home projection.

Personally I can't wait to see what North By Northwest looks like when it comes out in November, it's getting an 8K rescan so should look awesome

People automatically assume that old films = bad, not realising that some of them are filmed in pretty high quality! Nothing wrong with 1080p of course, merely suggesting that it isn't the last word in quality. Bakara is supposed to be a very good example of what an 8k rescan can do, but apparently it's a bit arty and poncy (so used as a demo disc

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BiGT- · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:16

I was really dissapointed with 300 and all the stupid grain, maybe it was on purpose but really ruined the film :mad:

sunderland · 2 Sep 2009 at 10:56

BiGT- said:
I was really dissapointed with 300 and all the stupid grain, maybe it was on purpose but really ruined the film

yes 300 was meant to have grain and i can normally live with it but 300 had to much of it,

magicroundabout · 2 Sep 2009 at 11:15

Camalot said:
What would you say the best blu rays are?

I've only seen Jumper on Blu ray and i thought that was very sharp.

i have to say this was one of the worse films i've seen on blue ray. loads of motion blur and not very sharp with all the scenes accross the world.

i was expecting more but was very disapointed

want to see sharp watch Casino Royale. 100x better than jumper

z0mbi3 · 2 Sep 2009 at 11:23

I'm not sure what the BR transfer is like, but Fearless was very good on HDDVD.

james.miller · 2 Sep 2009 at 18:21

Ev0 said:
I notice Leon is out on BR next week, and it's the full directors cut.

Really hope it's not a naff transfer.

I've still to watch the one Blu Ray movie I've got yet, keep thinking I need to wait until I beef the sound up before giving it a go

yes and its about bloody time!

i dont own any blurays with poor transfers as i do tend to check the reviews before buying them. i dont agree with the layercake comments though, I thought that was very good over all. there are a few soft scenes, but nothing like the sd release which was awful in places.

24p, btw, is not a garantee for smooth playback. it never has been.

x1m said:
People automatically assume that old films = bad, not realising that some of them are filmed in pretty high quality! Nothing wrong with 1080p of course, merely suggesting that it isn't the last word in quality. Bakara is supposed to be a very good example of what an 8k rescan can do, but apparently it's a bit arty and poncy (so used as a demo disc )

The Shining. incredibly good transfer.

Ev0 · 2 Sep 2009 at 18:45

james.miller said:
yes and its about bloody time!

I know, how long has it taken them to h'officially release the DC over here!

I remember a friend having a secam vhs version many many years ago

asim18 · 2 Sep 2009 at 18:55

Camalot said:
What would you say the best blu rays are?

I've only seen Jumper on Blu ray and i thought that was very sharp.

The Godfather Trilogy

bliss · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:13

I thought everybody knew Gangs of New York was terrible.

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/409/gangsofnewyork.html

All in all, the 'Gangs of New York' Blu-ray is a travesty. It might look acceptable on a small screen -- in fact, I played it on a 17" LCD monitor while I was listening to the audio commentary, and it looked pretty good there; the edge enhancement was still visible, but not quite as distracting at that size -- but any decently-sized home theater display will magnify its flaws. The disc may look better than the old DVD edition, but that's damning it with faint praise. By High Definition standards, it's just terrible. Blu-ray is capable of better than this.

I read all my reviews from highdefdigest.com and blu-ray.com before purchasing anything these days.

dbmzk1 · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:44

I think the best Blu-ray I've seen is Apocalypto. Full screen too, bonus!

Bennah · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:58

Pigeon_Killer said:
Blu-ray Quality Guide

Thanks for that!

From my experience, all of the Pirates of the Caribbean films were superb on Blu-ray I thought. I am Legend is also worth a watch, couldn't fault it.

Looking at getting the whole of Lost, upto season 5 anyway. After looking at that guide, it performs quite well.

Flibster · 2 Sep 2009 at 21:10

asim18 said:
The Godfather Trilogy

Considering the original prints and negative was pretty much destroyed - it's remarkably good.