Bourne Trilogy - Page 3

WB... As soon as WB became "blu exclusive" the game was over. Eventhough HD DVD sales were always behind... Anyway, that was another time!

I think what disney and Fox are doing for now is fine, no need for a new type of disc. Just include a dvd for a slightly higher price and give consumers the choice. I always buy the 3-disc combos from Disney now, that's always easier for my daughter as she doesn't always want to watch her movies in the HT, fox is doing the same lately and I'm fine with it. For now I don't trust the Universal solution, but we'll see; as long as they're reliable and work properly!

WB will also be doing this with the new Harry Potter movie. Universal seems to be the only one that's insisting on pushing these flippers.

Sorry Brent. Maybe I should've put a disclaimer at the top of my reply.

Enough of this Combo ********. I just ordered the US boxset, cost be damned.

Some folks will freak out over this, but I couldn't care less what they look like. It's the film that matters to me.



http://hd.engadget.com/2009/12/09/bo...y-descriptive/

Is that top bar really going to be there? Disney images on ads look very similar but look different on the actual product. With the 'combo discs' of the other format, they didn't even mention it on the front, they mentioned it on the spine. If the covers look like that, it is ugly. But then again, the main art on these is ugly anyways. The theatrical coverart of the first film (as seen on the UK? BD) is much nicer. The first two look like thrown together photoshop jobs to match the look of 'Ultimatum'. However, 'Ultimatum' looks decent, and I think that one was taken from a theatrical poster.

The Bourne Identity cover art comes from from the second region 1 dvd release. Supremacy is from the video release as well. Ultimatum uses one of the theatrical posters. Universal has actually been using this cover art for the trilogy for quite some time (HD DVDs were the same fwiw...)

I have to agree with this anti-flipper sentiment - seems somewhat misguided given that other studios are including separate DVD copies in their latest releases. I can't see consumers going for it either - having to squint to see which side is which doesn't exactly make these easy to use. That having been said, my HD-DVD flipper disks all worked reasonably well, so I think they'll be ok from a technology perspective.

I will admit to being slightly biased against flipper disks however. Haven't been a big fan ever since I accidentally watched the second half/side of the Goodfellas movie on flipper DVD the first time I watched it.

The complains on flipper disc is it's not designed to benefit the consumers. It's much easier to have two separate discs, one Blu-ray disc and other DVD player playable disc. Many people likes the artwork on the disc. If you don't immediately put the disc back in its case, it's nice to be able to temporary put the disc with the label/artwork side facing down on the table. Many people likes to have their kids or car DVD players to be able to play the SD DVD version. Most important of all, flippers are more complicated to manufacture and will have higher defeats.

What's the benefits for Universal to make flipper disc? This are my opinions. Cheaper movie case, one less disc slot to put the DVD disc. One less disc and the movie case is slightly lighter to ship. Prevent over consumers giving away the DVD version of the disc if they don't need the SD version. As for lower manufacturing cost, I don't think it will be because there aren't enough movies manufactured as Blu-ray/DVD flipper and there will be higher manufacturing defeats. Best example is DVD-18 which is dual-layered double-sided DVD disc. After over 10 years later, there are still higher defeats with DVD-18 discs. But certain movie studios continue to release TV series on DVD-18 discs.

I have the original U.S. Bourne boxset and its really sweet- great looking box and good quality- not the usual flimsy cardboard and lightyears better than the crummy UK version...a must buy!

Some have said the main reason the cost of the box set is so high is due to the box they give you with the 3 movies.
I myself will give the flipper disc a try on the bourne supremacy, I have all 3 on hd dvd but the supremacy hd dvd does not have the gps tracker and bio info like the other 2 films on hd dvd. I only had problems with one flipper disc on hd dvd and that was superman returns, it hangs up on one chapter but that is all.

This still isn't enough to justify the buy for me. I bit the bullet and bought bourne and matrix trilogies from the UK. I could care less if I got no box at all or a golden box, it doesn't change the movie and the slight differences are not worth 100% more money.

Doesn't really matter. The Bourne artwork has always looked terrible in my opinion, a big blue banner at the top does nothing to improve, or make it worse.

Great films though.

I didn't realise the UK one was cheaper- I assumed they were about the same price...I got a decent price on the U.S. boxset on release date but of course I understand many people not willing to pay more for the fancier box. Only other thing I'd consider is the UK discs come in the thicker amaray bluray case which take up more shelf space.
I use the IKEA Benno (15" x 41") dvd shelves and 1 holds 115 UK blu-ray cases as opposed to 145 of the slimmer U.S. type. I have over 500 blu-rays now so space is becoming an issue.

I ordered the UK version (only £15.63 after checkout) from Amazon
my order to canada comes to this
Item(s) Subtotal: £15.63
Postage & Packing: £3.08
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Total before VAT: £18.71
VAT: £0.00
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Total: £18.71
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Total for this Delivery: £18.71

way less then 1/2 what I would pay here

sweetdeal

I went with the UK set as well - $32 US shipped. For half the price, I'll live with the funky player-generated titlecards.

Hey hsinnott
spent 5 awesome days in your hometown last summer
(u2 concerts)
fantastic place to visit and the Guinness is the nectar of the gods

The thicker Amaray cases take up more space but I'm really starting to like them. The disc release is much gentler than all the US cases except for the Viva Elite.

Could someone post BDInfo data on the UK version of the trilogy?

hey glad you had a great time- its nice here in the summer- winters are a bit depressing though!

disc release is better but unfortunetely it seems to leave a mark in the middle of the back cover art over time sometimes. The thicker cases are better for shipping too- more durable in the mail...lost count of how many slim cases arrived in post with broken corners, broken spindle with disc rattling around inside box...but I still prefer the slimmer cases due to the fact the take up less shelf space- over 550 discs for me now so its a big issue.

The US trilogy is Friday's gold box.. Will pick up then.

Can anyone tell me what the PQ differences are between the BD release and the HD DVD ones?

TA

Gman

There was a comparison thread posted by Xylon, I believe, which compared one of the films. I think the BD edged the HD DVD, but not by a significant margin.

**** me. I picked that up for $59.99 a couple of days ago. Now it's $84.99.

the specs on this UK set says Region free but it's also listed as PAL. Does that mean it can't be played on US players? thanks.

The box itself says that the main feature is 1080p and the extras are 480i/p, which means it'll work fine in a US player.

How fast does the UK set get to the delivered based on your experiences?

I've tried a few Uni titles from Europe. Yes they're supposedly region free but I could never get them to work (panasonic DMP-BD30). So I would be very careful before purchasing these titles from UK.