Explain Blu-Ray and HD

Stellios said:
Yep, and they wont be doing HD-DVD at all.
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Why do people keep saying that? :)

My point was that the majority of Blu-ray that I watch are from the awful selection at Blockbuster - movies that are not worth buying, but fun for a watch. This is good news for Blu-ray in general, but certainly not a sign of quality.

As for having to give £120 quid to MS for HDDVD, perhaps wait for standalone players to drop in price. It won't be too much longer till they're cheap as chips and you'll have a crap load of decent movies to choose from.

For all the debates on the technical front, i've seen few people list the Blu-rays actually worth buying. I struggle to find them while my HDDVD collection continues to grow.
 
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I've got a Blu-Ray player (through my PS3) and tbh am struggling to find HD films to add to my Lovefilm list.

Having looked through the films available on both formats, the HD-DVD seems to have more titles that appeal to me.
 
there are plenty of films on either format to be honest. the newer releases seem to be better on BR, and hd-dvd is more geared towards older releases.


out of interest, what have you guys been buying on hd-dvd?
 
Bonjour said:
I've got a Blu-Ray player (through my PS3) and tbh am struggling to find HD films to add to my Lovefilm list.

Having looked through the films available on both formats, the HD-DVD seems to have more titles that appeal to me.
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Same here really, I love my ps3 and the bluray quality is incredibly impressive, but until prices come down and more titles are released, I won't be buying much at all!

james.miller said:
dont get me wrong, i still buy dvd's as well:) i recently picked up the hot fuzz/shaun of the dead boxset for £7. total bargain:)
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Give Hot Fuzz + Shaun of the Dead and Serenity on blu ray please! Damn you Universal Studios, damn you to hell! :(
 
james.miller said:
there are plenty of films on either format to be honest. the newer releases seem to be better on BR, and hd-dvd is more geared towards older releases.
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That pretty much nails it. BR has more modern blockbusters, HDDVD has the older 'classics'.

james.miller said:
out of interest, what have you guys been buying on hd-dvd?
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Exclusives:

Casablanca
Hot Fuzz
Casino
The Dear Hunter
The Thing
Lost In Translation
Shaun of the Dead
The Big Lebowski
Batman Begins
Children of Men
Being John Malkovich
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
King Kong (still best way to show off a projector :) )
Traffic
The Sting
The Frightners
Willy Wonka
Ray
The Fugitive
Serenity (why did Firefly have to end??!)
Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremecy
Born of the Fourth of July

Most multiformat movies were also bought on HDDVD due to being cheaper, region free or released earlier - Goodfellas, The Departed, Matrix Trilogy, Superman, Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers, Planet Earth etc etc

Future 'must buy' exclusives:

Pan's Labyrinth
Deliverance
Scarface
Carlito's Way
The Aviator
The Blues Brothers
Conan the Barbarian
Battlstar Galactica season 1
Heroes season 1
The Bourne Ultimatum
 
interesting:) out of those, excluding the obvious (the bourn series, serenity, batman begins ect) hows many of tose would you say were worth the purchace over the sd version? films like the big lebowski, lost in translation, being john malkovich ect?
 
james.miller said:
interesting:) out of those, excluding the obvious (the bourn series, serenity, batman begins ect) hows many of tose would you say were worth the purchace over the sd version? films like the big lebowski, lost in translation, being john malkovich ect?
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HEROES


rp2000
 
james.miller said:
is that all? :p







i will be buying it though hehe
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Me too if I had a HD-DVD player, for a while I was contemplating getting one just for this 1 title! Apart from content from Universal Studios, the rest of the stuff on HD-DVD has a lot of old "classic" films that are say 10-20 yrs old. A lot of these are not ideal candidates for HD as they don't benefit as much as effects laden modern films, which really come into their own at high resolutions.


rp2000
 
james.miller said:
interesting:) out of those, excluding the obvious (the bourn series, serenity, batman begins ect) hows many of tose would you say were worth the purchace over the sd version? films like the big lebowski, lost in translation, being john malkovich ect?
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That is a valid point. I watch movies on a projector so from my point of view everyone of them is worth the upgrade. I also think that the real classics, movies you'll be watching time after time over the years, are always deserving - it's always more of an event watching movies in hd. At the end of the day, whether these movies are worth buying again depends on whether you think it's worth the cost to see them looking better than ever before. I've enjoyed something like Goodfellas in hd far more than any modern blockbuster.

Anything new - Hot Fuzz etc - or suitably cinematic - King Kong - is a no brainer. I'm actually kiddy over the thought of Scarface and Conana in hd :)
 
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Warbie said:
That is a valid point. I watch movies on a projector so from my point of view everyone of them is worth the upgrade. I also think that the real classics, movies you'll be watching time after time over the years, are always deserving. Whether these movies are worth buying again for you depends on whether you think it's worth the cost to see them looking better than ever before. I've enjoyed something like Goodfellas in hd far more than any modern blockbuster.

Anything new - Hot Fuzz etc - or suitably cinematic - King Kong - is a no brainer. I'm actually kiddy over the thought of Scarface and Conana in hd :)
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Goodfellas is on my list to rent on Blu-ray, but ultimately the race for next gen optical media will be based on nwer releases so I guess the onus is on Universal and Sony (the 2 notable exclusive distributors on each side) to up their releases. (I still can't understand why Spider-Man is not on Blu-ray for instance).


rp2000
 
Isn't the Spiderman trilogy box set coming out soon? That's bound to sell by the truck load.

tbh i'm not really fussed about Spiderman after the first movie - it's things like Kung Fu Hustle and Donnie Brasco that sold me on the format.
 
some of the older films are definately worth purchasing in hd, but i have to go so ill have to give you a list of worthwhile purchases later:p

Warbie said:
That is a valid point. I watch movies on a projector so from my point of view everyone of them is worth the upgrade. I also think that the real classics, movies you'll be watching time after time over the years, are always deserving - it's always more of an event watching movies in hd. At the end of the day, whether these movies are worth buying again depends on whether you think it's worth the cost to see them looking better than ever before. I've enjoyed something like Goodfellas in hd far more than any modern blockbuster.

Anything new - Hot Fuzz etc - or suitably cinematic - King Kong - is a no brainer. I'm actually kiddy over the thought of Scarface and Conana in hd :)
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agreed. totally. and goodfellas on hd-dvd, which i havent seen yet. that is supposed to be a great transfer:)
 
Joebob said:
The first movie was the worst one IMO.
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You cant have seen number 3 then :D

The first one was my favourite but i thought the villain was a bit silly, second one had a better 'villain' but i still didnt think as much of it
 
Reeve said:
You cant have seen number 3 then :D

The first one was my favourite but i thought the villain was a bit silly, second one had a better 'villain' but i still didnt think as much of it
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Yeah I have seen number three. I actually quite liked all 3 of them tbh, I just thought 1 wasn't as good as 2 or 3... just my opinion.
 
Warbie said:
Isn't the Spiderman trilogy box set coming out soon? That's bound to sell by the truck load.

tbh i'm not really fussed about Spiderman after the first movie - it's things like Kung Fu Hustle and Donnie Brasco that sold me on the format.
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You are right, October the 30th it is due out. Surprised Sony are not bigging this up more. Regardless of what people think of the films, they have been the highest grossing films ever, on their respective opening weekends.

Disney could do with releasing Lost on Blu-ray to counter Heroes on HD-DVD.

I would like to see more TV shows on either HD format, Surely your 24s, Smallvilles, Heroes, Lost etc would sell by the bucketloads as these are very popular with the 20-30 crowd who probably happen to be the same people who care more about all this HD stuff.

I think the biggest selling Blu-ray and HD-DVDs to date have been POTC, 300 (65%-35% split), Casino Royale, The Matrix etc which all would appeal to "younger" crowds.


rp2000

Edit: Found this ics feed that puts release dates of Sony Blu-rays into your favourite Calendar application.
http://ical.blu-ray.sony-europe.com/calendar.ics
 
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I like Spiderman 1 + 2, not seen 3, but to be quite honest, I wouldn't pay £40 for the 3 of them... I think i'll wait til they're a fair bit cheaper.

Currently thinking about picking up Black Hawk Down, Goodfellas and maybe Stealth. Anyone got these on Bluray and happy with them?
 
I have Goodfellas on Blu-ray and HDDVD (don't ask :)) and both are equally impressive. I'm not keen on the other two movies so can't comment. Kung Fu Hustle, Donnie Brasco, Crank, The Descent are some of my fave Blu-rays. Well worth checking out. Oh, Apocalypto looks lovelly and The Fountain is awesome (or utter poo - this film is a great divider)

rp2000, Lost season 3 is out on Blu-ray soon.
 
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