The Blu-ray and HDDVD thread

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:17 pm 0

And Blu-Ray 2.0 has already been defined. Jesus, couldn't they come up with this stuff in the beginning?!

Format wars 2.1.2.42 alpha...

Cheers

Bubba

Bod · Post by **Bod** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:30 am 0

I am thinking of ordering War on blueray, & it is out in the USA from 1'st January or a month later over here in blighty.
So was trying to find out if it would play on my PS3 & found this ... http://bluray.liesinc.net/

TT · Post by TT » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:36 pm 0

Louis G wrote:
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

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-HD-EP30 ... 935&sr=8-1

Louis G · Post by **Louis G** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:46 am 0

TT wrote:
Louis G wrote:
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
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-HD-EP30 ... 935&sr=8-1

only with 7 films im afraid. wish we got the 13 film offer.

Louis

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:19 pm 0

I had 2 new disks delivered today. The first is the Simpsons movie on Blu-ray. Let me just say that the Simpsons is eye poppingly sharp in HD. Really, really nice to look at. Does anyone know if they record the series in HD these days?

The second disk I got was the Canadian 5 disk version of Blade Runner on HDDVD. Word of warning to people planning to import. It's a standard (But thicker) HD style box. It's not the fancy tin you get the 5 disk DVD editions in.

Picture wise the new cut is the same fantastic quality as the Blu-ray version I have. I've had a quick look at the US theatrical release and it seems grainier than the new cut but still good. It's nice to have all the versions in one set. I'll have a look at the workprint version later.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:50 pm 0

HGFB wrote:I had 2 new disks delivered today. The first is the Simpsons movie on Blu-ray. Let me just say that the Simpsons is eye poppingly sharp in HD. Really, really nice to look at. Does anyone know if they record the series in HD these days?

The second disk I got was the Canadian 5 disk version of Blade Runner on HDDVD. Word of warning to people planning to import. It's a standard (But thicker) HD style box. It's not the fancy tin you get the 5 disk DVD editions in.

Picture wise the new cut is the same fantastic quality as the Blu-ray version I have. I've had a quick look at the US theatrical release and it seems grainier than the new cut but still good. It's nice to have all the versions in one set. I'll have a look at the workprint version later.

So the US Blu-Ray is out? I thought DVD Pacific and Movietyme were saying the 18th December...

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:15 pm 0

If you buy a XBOX 360 HD Drive (can be found for around Â£99) then you now get the 5 HD DVDs free offer too:

http://www.xbox.com/en-gb/hd-dvd

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:17 pm 0

Misfit wrote:So the US Blu-Ray is out? I thought DVD Pacific and Movietyme were saying the 18th December...

The US Blu-ray Blade Runner? I have no idea. I've got the HDDVD version. And yes that's out early.

mightyzim · Post by **mightyzim** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:27 pm 0

Misfit wrote:If you buy a XBOX 360 HD Drive (can be found for around Â£99) then you now get the 5 HD DVDs free offer too:

http://www.xbox.com/en-gb/hd-dvd

Worth noting that the offer extends back to the 1st October 2007 for those feeling left out. The choice of HD-dvds is limited though to particular titles.

Louis G · Post by **Louis G** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:54 pm 0

Louis G wrote:
TT wrote:
Louis G wrote:
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
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-HD-EP30 ... 935&sr=8-1
only with 7 films im afraid. wish we got the 13 film offer.

Louis

ordered a Toshiba EP30 from play last night for Â£170 had a 10% voucher with 7 free films. No brainer really.

I was looking for a upscaling dvd player so taking into account the dvds im getting the player for Â£65 bargain

Louis

Phineasfool · Post by **Phineasfool** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:20 am 0

Picked up the Harry Potter HD-DVD set today, as well as the 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean on Blu-ray. Gonna wait til my mother comes up to visit for Christmas before watching them, but the set is pretty nice.

polyhex · Post by **polyhex** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:27 am 0

Louis G wrote:
Louis G wrote:
TT wrote:
Louis G wrote:
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
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-HD-EP30 ... 935&sr=8-1
only with 7 films im afraid. wish we got the 13 film offer.

Louis
ordered a Toshiba EP30 from play last night for Â£170 had a 10% voucher with 7 free films. No brainer really.

I was looking for a upscaling dvd player so taking into account the dvds im getting the player for Â£65 bargain

Louis

Got mine yesterday... only niggle is the time it takes to start playing a disc (not sure if thats the same for any HD player) but the picture quality definetly makes up for it

Phineasfool · Post by **Phineasfool** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:25 pm 0

polyhex wrote:
Louis G wrote:
Louis G wrote:
TT wrote:
Louis G wrote: where can i get this deal in the uk?

Louis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-HD-EP30 ... 935&sr=8-1
only with 7 films im afraid. wish we got the 13 film offer.

Louis
ordered a Toshiba EP30 from play last night for Â£170 had a 10% voucher with 7 free films. No brainer really.

I was looking for a upscaling dvd player so taking into account the dvds im getting the player for Â£65 bargain

Louis
Got mine yesterday... only niggle is the time it takes to start playing a disc (not sure if thats the same for any HD player) but the picture quality definetly makes up for it

Some other guys I know with stand alone players say it takes a bit for them to load up. I have the 360 add-on myself, so it goes pretty quick.

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:28 pm 0

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/de ... taltvradio

Nice article on the issues transitioning to HD - nothing new but it collects together a lot of the news and views in one place.

Makes me wonder though. If as it suggests the shows with most problems will be those with old, stage-like sets, as those will have to be rebuilt. Albert Square for one (I can imagine the writers planning with some glee a terrorist bomb that flattens the square, over Xmas 2008 say). Meanwhile the BBC shows that are in HD are the ones sold overseas, in particular in the US.

So why isn't Dr Who in HD? It's has no fixed sets except the Tardis, much of the time it takes place in real-world sets, or uses CG which is easily re-rendered in HD. And it probably does more overseas sales than any other BBC dramas, if not all of them.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:04 pm 0

pogo wrote:So why isn't Dr Who in HD? It's has no fixed sets except the Tardis, much of the time it takes place in real-world sets, or uses CG which is easily re-rendered in HD. And it probably does more overseas sales than any other BBC dramas, if not all of them.

Off topic for this thread but it has been discussed recently in the Doctor Who thread.