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CES switched me to Blu Ray!

2655 Views 28 Replies 19 Participants Last post by dpags, Jan 14, 2007

Primus67

Discussion Starter · Jan 12, 2007

i'm an HD DVD owner and i must say that HD DVD's showing at CES, as far as software goes, was embarassing. Blu Ray had an excellent showing and convinced me without a doubt to get a BD player. Now, i'd like some help from you guys on movies i want to get. Can you tell me what you think of them compared to standard def?

They are:

Underworld Evolution

X-Men 3

Fantastic Four

Saw

Monster House

Silent Hill

Stargate

Devils Rejects

Brothers Grimm

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The Descent

These are some for now, and feel free to offer a new convert whatever looks good in the horror genre.

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Chako

· #2 · Jan 12, 2007

They all look better than the regular DVD

dpags

· #3 · Jan 12, 2007

Welcome aboard.

Looks like a good list you got there. The only ones that may have comparitively less-then-stellar PQ quality from reviews are Silent Hill and maybe Saw. I don't have those anyway. The rest should knock your socks off.

inca

· #4 · Jan 12, 2007

Definitely get Underworld evolution and X-Men 3, excellent pq.

MrHunt

· #5 · Jan 12, 2007

Out of the ones listed I will only tell you of the ones I own/have seen...

Underworld Evolution: Looks amazing and is extremely sharp... vastly superior to SD.

X-Men 3: Has grain (as director intended), but looks amazing, much better than the DVD

Silent Hill: Many complain about this one being "barely above DVD", but I think it is because of the noise Gans put into the film just like the games, but I found it very sharp and the audio alone is worth it.

I am also interested in hearing about Devils Rejects since I loved the movie (and the first one also).

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WaldorfSalad

· #6 · Jan 12, 2007

See the sticky thread.

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camaj

· #7 · Jan 12, 2007

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Originally Posted by WaldorfSalad /forum/post/0

See the sticky thread.

Would the be the BD tier thread?

Anyway from what I've heard the first 3 and Monster house and LOEG are all great picture wise. LOEG is also pretty advanced with the interactivity. If the film didn't bore me to tears, I'd have bought it just to check it out.

You're better off flicking through the reviews at places like highdefdigest and looking at the tier system. It'll only take you a few moments and could provide valuable info

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Azumi

· #8 · Jan 12, 2007

hi Primus67,

As you're a horror movie fan, I wish to add that Sony has recently released in continental Europe the BD of the unrated version of Hostel. The disc has no region code (I've seen it on a japanese PS3) and it includes an uncompressed PCM English track. No supplements though.

I was somehow expecting a very grainy image, but instead I was pleasantly surprised by the PQ.

I read somewhere that Sony will release it around March, but I don't know if it's going to be unrated. If in doubt, ours is.

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Neo1965

· #9 · Jan 12, 2007

Speaking purely from Eye Candy alone.

Devil's Rejects PQ is not great, I would put it as near the bottom 25% of all disks I've seen. (I think even T5E looks better).

Silent Hill I would place right in the middle in terms of PQ.

Brother's Grimm & UE is above average but there are better eye candy disks. Remember though that some parts of these movies all have very good eye candy, but then even T5E has some incredible shots (it's just the artifacts that dragged it down).

I will put F4 & X3 & LXG near the top 25% of disks because I can't detect any flaw, but F4 is the shiniest one if you want to see vivid colors. The Human Torch flight scenes look very good to me.

Although others commented about the added fake grain in Monster House, I would say it looks good and should be in top 25%.

Descent PQ is top notch and looks slightly better than the rest on that list, but you have to be a real fan of the horror genre and empathize with 30something yuppie women to like this movie. But beyond that, I can't comment.

Have not opened my Stargate & Saw disks yet.

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Primus67

Discussion Starter · #10 · Jan 12, 2007

believe me, i'd much rather see 30something yuppie women than the 18-24 year old barbies flooding the horror scene.

lrbh

· #11 · Jan 12, 2007

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Originally Posted by Primus67 /forum/post/0

Underworld Evolution

Saw

Brothers Grimm

These are some for now, and feel free to offer a new convert whatever looks good in the horror genre.

I only have a HD DVD player now, but i can still enjoy those titles

Brothers Grimm can be purchased on HD DVD in Spain ( www.dvdgo.com )

Or in Japan ( www.yesasia.com )

Saw I & II and Underworld Evolution is coming out on HD DVD in March in Spain

I'll probably have to buy Saw III on Blu-ray though

If you live outside Europe the titles are going to cost you a little more ...

Edit: Oh i forgot to add that there is a terrific US import site that imports HD DVD's outside US: www.xploitedcinema.com

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kmlm13

· #12 · Jan 12, 2007

Devils Reject's has a bunch of Rob Zombie intended grain, but it is very detailed, up-close shots especially. It's not sharp since it's supposed to look like a 70's movie. House of 1000 Corpses will be out this summer also, why they are waiting to realease all these good movies is confusing the crap out of me. I didn't it's that hard to take a DVD movie and bring it to BR

AaronSCH

· #13 · Jan 12, 2007

Well, to quote FLBoy from a different thread, "I'm now format neutral, with the HD A1 and the PS3. I know it's bigamy, but I love them both!" I made it official today in a big and costly way. I purchased the PS3 60G with the remote and more Blu-ray titles than I really could afford post Christmas. I haven't had time to check reviews but here is what I grabbed up at Fry's Electronics (much cheaper than Best Buy):

Kingdom of Heaven

Underworld Evolution

Fantastic Four

X-Men: The Last Stand

Into The Blue

Eight Below

The 12 year old was alive and well in me this afternoon.

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Brian M

· #14 · Jan 12, 2007

Hey guys just bought a 20gig PS3 myself today.Almost close to hooking it up wish me luck

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Taha24

· #15 · Jan 13, 2007

Just be sure to upgrade to 1.32. It takes some time, but its worth it.

xbdestroya

· #16 · Jan 13, 2007

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Originally Posted by AaronSCH /forum/post/0

Kingdom of Heaven

Underworld Evolution

Fantastic Four

X-Men: The Last Stand

Into The Blue

Eight Below

Good choices.

dpags

· #17 · Jan 13, 2007

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Originally Posted by AaronSCH /forum/post/0

Well, to quote FLBoy from a different thread, "I'm now format neutral, with the HD A1 and the PS3. I know it's bigamy, but I love them both!" I made it official today in a big and costly way. I purchased the PS3 60G with the remote and more Blu-ray titles than I really could afford post Christmas. I haven't had time to check reviews but here is what I grabbed up at Fry's Electronics (much cheaper than Best Buy):

Kingdom of Heaven

Underworld Evolution

Fantastic Four

X-Men: The Last Stand

Into The Blue

Eight Below

The 12 year old was alive and well in me this afternoon.

Welcome!

Primus67

Discussion Starter · #18 · Jan 13, 2007

btw, are there any discs that have been known to have problems? i'm planning on buying some movies now so that i'll have a nice library going by the time i get my player. problem is, since i won't be able to see it for a while, i won't know if it has any problems or not and i may not be able to exchange it by the time i find out.

dpags

· #19 · Jan 13, 2007

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Originally Posted by Primus67 /forum/post/0

btw, are there any discs that have been known to have problems? i'm planning on buying some movies now so that i'll have a nice library going by the time i get my player. problem is, since i won't be able to see it for a while, i won't know if it has any problems or not and i may not be able to exchange it by the time i find out.

The original Speed disc will not play on the Samsung, but Fox is exchanging those. The Descent has a BD-J issue with Sony standalone and Pioneer, but Sony put out the FW fix for that today. That's about it for problem discs.

hmurchison

· #20 · Jan 13, 2007

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Originally Posted by AaronSCH /forum/post/0

Well, to quote FLBoy from a different thread, "I'm now format neutral, with the HD A1 and the PS3. I know it's bigamy, but I love them both!" I made it official today in a big and costly way. I purchased the PS3 60G with the remote and more Blu-ray titles than I really could afford post Christmas. I haven't had time to check reviews but here is what I grabbed up at Fry's Electronics (much cheaper than Best Buy):

Kingdom of Heaven

Underworld Evolution

Fantastic Four

X-Men: The Last Stand

Into The Blue

Eight Below

The 12 year old was alive and well in me this afternoon.

Congrats Aaron! I know it was tough on you but you gotta take care of #1 first. We all work hard for our money and each person can only do so much waiting. Let us folks still in the HD DVD camp know what you think about KoH and UE.

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