The Blu-ray and HDDVD thread

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:02 pm 0

pogo wrote:Star Wars & Lord Of The Rings. Also the collected works of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, i.e. Studio Ghibli's back catalogue. And The Incredibles.

Does mean I'm likely to get a Blu-Ray player first as Both Pixar and Ghibli are already releasing on BD, Lucasarts will reportedly be following suit, and LOTR should come out on both formats. But there's enough good stuff on HD-DVD (Heroes, Firefly, Serenity, BSG) that I can imagine getting one of those too when the pocket money prices for them reach these shores.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:27 pm 0

HGFB wrote:I've got the HDDVD version of 2001 on in the background. It's so good looking it makes me drool. There's a couple of scenes where the ape learns how to use the bone as a weapon that have a depth of field effect that look just divine.

Ah...the irony! Those these scenes actually had very little depth of field as they were all filmed on studio sets with scenes of African savanna rear projected onto screens. Yet more evidence of Kubrick's g0d-lik3 sk1llz

I'm gonna have to pick up 2001 and Barry Lyndon on Bluray. After that I'll be looking for a decent transfer of Brazil, I've got the original Criterion DVD boxed set which was unfortunately non-anamorphic.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:30 pm 0

pogo wrote:Also the collected works of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, i.e. Studio Ghibli's back catalogue. And The Incredibles.

As much as I love Miyazaki san's work I can't see the attraction of having hand-animated material in HD. For me, the attraction of HD is accurate representation of the grain and intentional artifacting in well-photographed movies and the detail in CG material. I don't see what Ghibli's style would gain from a HD transfer, tbh.

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:47 pm 0

HGFB wrote:What other classics would you like to see on either HDDVD or BD?

Waterworld.

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:48 pm 0

WiteWulf wrote:As much as I love Miyazaki san's work I can't see the attraction of having hand-animated material in HD. For me, the attraction of HD is accurate representation of the grain and intentional artifacting in well-photographed movies and the detail in CG material. I don't see what Ghibli's style would gain from a HD transfer, tbh.

I have all bar the latest on DVD, and the amount of detail you lose compared to seeing them on the big screen is massive. Not only in highly detailed painted backgrounds but also in foregrounds, in the detail of characters, or when they are in the distance. It's anime made for Cinema, not for TV, and there's a big difference.

fog · Post by **fog** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:57 pm 0

HGFB wrote:What other classics would you like to see on either HDDVD or BD?

I'll be happy with just "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:52 am 0

pogo wrote: I have all bar the latest on DVD, and the amount of detail you lose compared to seeing them on the big screen is massive. Not only in highly detailed painted backgrounds but also in foregrounds, in the detail of characters, or when they are in the distance. It's anime made for Cinema, not for TV, and there's a big difference.

Very good point, well made...

Phineasfool · Post by **Phineasfool** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:08 am 0

I want Big Trouble in Little China in HD. Would also like to see Tron.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:32 am 0

I got my Life of Brian blu-ray yesterday and the picture quality is fantastic. Amazon UK are having a 3 for 2 blu-ray sale at the moment. I just ordered Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (Yes. It's me who likes it) and Starship Troopers.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:43 pm 0

HGFB wrote:...Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (Yes. It's me who likes it)...

Nope, me too

Close Encounters is also one of my two favourite movies ever (along with The Fisher King, I'm just a sucker for movies about men who are big kids).

Duck Turkin · Post by **Duck Turkin** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:53 pm 0

HGFB wrote: Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (Yes. It's me who likes it)

I didn't hate it either, although it was a missed opportunity.
I've finally convinced the wife that computer animation looks great in HD, and I'm wondering how Final Fantasy: Advent Children would look in Blu-Ray, if it's available.

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:15 pm 0

Looks like Macs with BD might come true in a month's time:

http://www.hardmac.com/news/2007-12-05/#7523

While if you've OS X 10.5 and the developer tools installed a Spotlight search for 'Blu-Ray' (or HDDVD) finds a bunch of hooks added to OS X to support HD media.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:58 pm 0

I presume that's AACS stuff rather than reading the discs given they're just UDF 2.something discs?

Cheers

Bubba

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:00 pm 0

The PS3 is getting Blu-ray 1.1 support soon.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/07 ... ile_1dot1/

Louis G · Post by **Louis G** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:14 pm 0

PumaG wrote:The best you can get is a Toshiba Ep30? for Â£189 and 13 HD-DVDs.
I'll take shit colour boxes for that deal

where can i get this deal in the uk?

Louis