Rubbish Blu-rays

Randell · 2 Sep 2009 at 21:46

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

iro Planet Earth as mentioned specifically it did solved the 2:3 pull-down judder on the HD-DVD versions.

24p mode should guarantee smooth playback if the judder is as a result of 2:3 pull-down in the NTSC 48hz to PAL 50hz or 60hz conversion. If the judder is still there there is a problem with the source or display. Either the implementation is shoddy or the set-up is incorrect. Both source and display (TV or PJ) need to be able to cope with 24p and sometimes the TV needs a special mode enabled in order for it to work, e.g. advanced mode on Pioneer's Cinema mode.

^TANK^ · 2 Sep 2009 at 22:23

I got an American import region free of Sin city uncut, the case is so much slimmer why cant we have these size cases in the uk? I much prefer them.

james.miller · 2 Sep 2009 at 22:25

Randell said:
iro Planet Earth as mentioned specifically it did solved the 2:3 pull-down judder on the HD-DVD versions.

24p mode should guarantee smooth playback if the judder is as a result of 2:3 pull-down in the NTSC 48hz to PAL 50hz or 60hz conversion. If the judder is still there there is a problem with the source or display. Either the implementation is shoddy or the set-up is incorrect. Both source and display (TV or PJ) need to be able to cope with 24p and sometimes the TV needs a special mode enabled in order for it to work, e.g. advanced mode on Pioneer's Cinema mode.

yep. sometimes, there's less judder with 24hz switched off lol

^TANK^ · 2 Sep 2009 at 22:29

james.miller said:
yep. sometimes, there's less judder with 24hz switched off lol

I still cant get over how **** Trainspotting looks on Blu ray, judder Armageddon

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-Ad- · 3 Sep 2009 at 08:18

^TANK^ said:
I still cant get over how **** Trainspotting looks on Blu ray, judder Armageddon.

Smoke some dooby doo and it'l all smoove out man

Will avoid that disc, ta for the heads up

magicroundabout · 3 Sep 2009 at 09:29

i purchased Dirty Dancing for my partner some time ago and when she switched it on to watch she turned it off again within 20mins.

not cos the film was bad

but the quality of the picture was terible. colours were flat and it looked like an upscaled dvd rip off a torrent site.

went back and traded it in for 3:10 to Yuma

Pigeon_Killer · 3 Sep 2009 at 12:34

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.

Not meant to be that hot according to the AVForums review

'However, if you already own the disc on DVD, then the decision whether to upgrade is not as clear cut as it might have been. The AV on this disc is solid without being spectacular, and the advantages over upscaling DVD are not as massive as you might expect.'

Been waiting years for this release but I'll probably just get the DVD version now.

magicroundabout · 3 Sep 2009 at 12:43

has anyone got the Dark Knight in SD and BR?

Is it worth the upgrade to BR?

Pigeon_Killer · 3 Sep 2009 at 12:45

IMO yes it is. Picture and sound quality are superb

magicroundabout · 3 Sep 2009 at 12:47

that's enough for me Pigeon. Purchased.

Crizzy · 3 Sep 2009 at 13:30

the Dark Knight is still probably my favourite BR

Richeh · 3 Sep 2009 at 14:10

In all fairness the IMAX sections of the Dark Knight are jawdropping, but the rest of the disc isn't as good as it could have been, still looks great but not up there with the top discs. In my opinion of course.

Would have to say 30 days of night is up there for me.

Deleted member 651465 · 3 Sep 2009 at 14:43

Gladiator is supposedly awful.

On the flip side, Braveheart is meant to be amazing

I use websites to look up the films if i'm buying older catalogue titles.

probedb · 3 Sep 2009 at 16:13

EVH said:
Gladiator is supposedly awful.

On the flip side, Braveheart is meant to be amazing

I use websites to look up the films if i'm buying older catalogue titles.

It's not awful, just nowhere near as good as it could have been. If they'd bothered to do a new master for it instead of using one that's nearly 10 years old it'd have been great

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviewshd/bdreviews083109.html#gla

Ev0 · 3 Sep 2009 at 22:57

Pigeon_Killer said:
Not meant to be that hot according to the AVForums review

'However, if you already own the disc on DVD, then the decision whether to upgrade is not as clear cut as it might have been. The AV on this disc is solid without being spectacular, and the advantages over upscaling DVD are not as massive as you might expect.'

Been waiting years for this release but I'll probably just get the DVD version now.

mm I don't have it on DVD, just an old vhs which I have no way to play back now lol, so might give the BR a go.

Pigeon_Killer · 3 Sep 2009 at 23:35

Ev0 said:
mm I don't have it on DVD, just an old vhs which I have no way to play back now lol, so might give the BR a go.

I don't have it either but I don't know if the Blu-ray's worth nearly twice the price for a slightly better picture.

Tom|Nbk · 4 Sep 2009 at 00:08

Slogan said:
Full Metal Jacket is an atrocious transfer. An already noisy (visually) film with a noise layer over the top.

What?

I found it decent enough. I was just happy enough to have a higher quality copy of another Kubrick classic.

While we're on Kubrick I also found 2001 : Space Oddysey and The Shining incredible. Was an absoloute joy watching the Shining in 1080

Ev0 · 4 Sep 2009 at 00:24

Pigeon_Killer said:
I don't have it either but I don't know if the Blu-ray's worth nearly twice the price for a slightly better picture.

I need something to try my br player out so that's my excuse

atpbx · 4 Sep 2009 at 07:17

Richeh said:
Would have to say 30 days of night is up there for me.

As well as being a surprisingly good film, I was also amazed to watch the extras to find out it was shot almost entirely in a large cow shed in New Zealand.
Its a very well shot film.

Edz · 4 Sep 2009 at 09:21

Best PQ = excluding animated films would be The Fall (stunning)

Worst PQ = Either 28 days or March of the Penquins

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