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The Official Blu Ray Thread
Keep this this thread updated with your Hi Def Collection and any new ones you buy. Including HD DVD if you have that. Also any noteworthy Blu Ray news that comes out.
Blu Ray: The Rock Con Air Goodfellas The Patriot Evil Dead 2 Superman 1 and 2 Spiderman Trilogy The Departed Transporter 1 and 2 Troy Blazing Saddles 300 Black Hawk Down Shoot Em Up Full Metal Jacket The Fifth Element Hellboy Gridiron Gang HD DVD: Army of Darkness King Kong Face Off Transformers The Rundown American Gangster Last edited by D Mac; 07-05-2008 at 02:01 PM. |
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Do you really have two copies of 300 or did you make a mistake!
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My blu ray collection consists of the Indiana Jones trailer on my PS3. I'm too cheap to buy the DVD's
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DON'T YOU EVER MAKE A MISTAKE LIKE THAT AGAIN IN MY PRESENCE!
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Am I the only one here with new technology?
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I once owned Ratatioulle and Cars on Blu Ray. I ordered Trapped in the Closest but got that shit again, and was to lazy to return it online, so went to Meijers and pretended I bought them there. Got charged 20 bucks for the two blu rays, returned em for like 50. That is my experience with blu rays. Thank you and goodnight.
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Blu Ray:
Cars Alvin and the Chipmunks Jumper WM24 AC/DC Live in Donnington Justin Timberlake Live Korn Live Good Luck Chuck The Departed Simpsons Movie Open Season Into the blue Game Plan Gridiron Gang Saw IV Rambo RV Surfs Up Full Metal Jacket HD DVD: Transformers |
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What is Goodfellas on blu-ray really gonna offer me that improves so greatly on my dvd version that it warrants like quadruple the price tag?
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Not on Blu Ray you don't. And the picture looks bad ass for an older movie. The colors really stand out. |
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I did have Goodfellas on VHS actually, but when I first started watching DVD's with friends I realied how far superior the quality was on DVD, not to mention they don't deterioriate like VHS either. I've not seen the point in blu-ray yet mainly because of the price, because DVD is still great quality etc and cheap as fuck, I paid £3 for 25th Hour on dvd the other day, it'd be £20 on blu-ray without doubt. I mean if we're talking LOTR here then I can imagine its gonna be immense on blu-ray on a huge flat screen.
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VHS tapes were often ten bucks or so (Prices have been jacked significantly, because now they're a "speciality" market), while DVDs reached retailed prices of 40-50 bucks, which means they probably listed for more (whereas the peak list price for most VHS tapes was 15 bucks). But as it is, I mostly agree. There's little point in buying most movies for exorbiant prices. I don't know if I qualify for a "huge" Flat screen (32"), but some movies are incredible. Shit, I just saw HD shots of Star Wars in one of the previews for the new Star Wars video game, and even that blew away the previous quality. Some of the best reasons to buy BD are due to having a HDTV, though. Computer graphics and animation can look shitty, especially on older movies. Newer movies aren't so bad on DVD, but I stilll grab the Pixar movies on High Def when they come out, simply because, you know, they're computer movies, and I know I will watch the fuck out of them. Ironically, I usually end up paying about five bucks more for a BD disc than I do for DVD, so there's not a huge incentive (In the US, Most retailers sell DVDs for 20-25 bucks US for new releases, and 25-30 for BD). But on the flipside, with a couple of rare exceptions, I'm not updating my old library any time soon. I have three movies on HD I owned on DVD, and two of them were lost or stolen. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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HD DVD
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This is the thing, I'm not anti BR at all I just can't afford it and don't have a tv worth a shit to watch it on. I'm not bothering buying any Pixar movies on dvd for precisely the reasons you mentioned though ![]() |
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Not Fignuts OLE!
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Planet Earth is the only BR I have so far. It is the most amazing documentary ever made.
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BAY BAY
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HD DVD (growing, due to it being CHEEAAPPP ASSS SHIIIIITTTT)
TMNT Van Helsing V for Vendetta The Bourne Supremacy The Bourne Ultimatium 300 King King Batman Begins Hot Fuzz Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Shaun of the Dead Matrix Trilogy Blu-Ray (Growing slower, damn price) Hostel Part 2 X3 The Last Stand Casino Royale |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I'd buy stuff on HD DVD still, but I'm not going to replace my HD Drive once it craps out, so I don't want to have to replace it later. There may eventually be combo drives or whatever, but since My PS3 isn't a combo player...
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There are Blu Ray/HD DVD combo players already out, by LC.
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BAY BAY
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Do you mean LG and not Loose Cannon?
I've got a combo drive in my PC, with blu-ray writing built in too, which is pretty sweet. |
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Amazon.com is having a buy 2 get 1 free Blu Ray sale. I always take advantage of those. You can get free super saver shipping.
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Took advantage of the buy 2 get 1 free offer.
Resivoir Dogs The Untouchables Broken Arrow And I bought Gangs of New York on Blu Ray for 15 bucks. |
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The LG ones are terrible. I nearly bought one.
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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade Sleepy Hollow (I had it on DVD, but my Mom lent it to my Aunt, and I'll never see it again) Edward Scissorhands The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The Transporter Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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BAY BAY
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Every LG Player I've seen reviewed has been highly flawed.
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Haven't got it in yet. I'll let you know. It's supposed to be not very good for Blu Ray, but still better then DVD and the the movie is all on one disc as opposed to 2 discs for the DVD.
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Oh Hell, that was supposed to be an edit. Whatever.
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Is this the original or the remake we're talking about? Because I couldn't picture a reason for a bad transfer for the newer version. Well, unless the money-graubbingasses didn't want to spring for a true HD transfer.
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The remake. Money grabingness indeed. From what I've read, it's just the DVD transfer upscaled.
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/409/gangsofnewyork.html Quote:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1649...ewyork_fr.html Quote:
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BAY BAY
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On a side note, if you have an HD-DVD player, I'd grab some HDs while they're cheap. Some of them with limited (or none) print values are already starting to go up in price.
Bee Movie went for $400.... http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/b...-goes-for-400/ EDIT: Just seen Band of Brothers go for $300.... |
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Hmm, not seen a bad review on the first 2 pages of Google (GGW-H20L). *shrug* it works for me and it was only £70.
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Yup, they're so anal it's fantastic
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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By the way, I picked up Short Circuit on Blu Ray. Another disc lent to another family member, another disc I'll never see. So I bought it for like ten bucks on Blu Ray.
The movie looks spectacular in high definition. Don't know if the transfer could be better, but man, that is fucking sweet, even with dated technology. I don't expect the same standards from an old movie as I do from a newer one, but this really did exceed my expectations. Also, there were a couple moments in Sky Captain where "I think I filled the cup." |
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If you haven't heard already, the Godfather trilogy is coming to Blu in September.
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Just bought the Mummy and inside was a ticket to Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
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Just bought Knocked Up on HD-DVD. Not a fantastic film by any stretch, but it has it's moments and for £3 I coludn't argue.
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