[Shaded Dogfood]

...these more-than-$20 babies are now substantially reduced in price at Best Buy and various other venues. I know I'd watch 'em a whole lot, but what's the buzz on the picture quality- they look to me like pretty early issue DVD's. I can't really see EE on my setup, but stair-steppy, blocky compression artifacts are quite annoying.


I know somebody has seen these. Surely the evaluations would be of interest to folks other than myself alone. Great movies both.

 

[hob]

Still buying $20 discs, not me most I'll pay is $17, and even less if their spotty and they grosse me out. lol

 

[Larry Davis]

FYI, I have read rumors that Criterion is working on a Trainspotting DVD and Grosse Point Blank isn't anamorphic.

 

[Dean Roddey]

Yeh, if GPB was a good transfer, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Its a hilarious film that I've seen a number of times and really enjoyed every time. Trainspotting is a little too intense for casual viewing, but a very good film. If a really good transfer came out, I'd probably pick it up.

 

[Ratters]

I picked up GPB for around ten bucks. Didn't read it really closely and when I got home I found it wasn't anamorphic. I'll keep it cause I liked the movie, but it was disappointing.

 

[tammes]

1 or 2 brief scences in TRAINSPOTTING on my copy looked a

bit fuzzy for about 2-3 seconds. Otherwise a good transfer

and a HELLUVA movie!!!!

Had the same effect on me as FIGHT CLUB....

 

[Shaded Dogfood]

tammes:


Good to hear Trainspotting looks good. I'm not sure the extra Criterion expense would make up for whatever extras would be offered.


Ratters:


Other than not being anamorphic, how was the picture on GPB?

 

[Ratters]

Dogfood- I haven't watched it yet, I just picked it up last week and had too many chores this week to watch it. I'll let you know as soon as I check it out.

 

[Jeff J]

I rented trainspotting a week or so ago. the version that I got was definitely non-anamorphic. pq was so sub-par that I did not even rip it.


might want to wait for the Criterion.


-jeff

 

[Shaded Dogfood]

Jeff J:


Good to know.

 

[Dean Roddey]

Quote:

pq was so sub-par that I did not even rip it.

So you make copies of all of the DVDs you rent, if you like them?

 

[mrmurdstone]

Grosse Point Blank transfer to dvd was just awful. I ordered from Columbia House DVD club, watched it for about 15 min. and then sold it the next day (along with Amadeus) to a local used DVD store.

 

[Jeff J]

dean,

I think that would be illegal. so nope, nothing like that going on here. however, there might be a correlation between the quantity of dvds vs. harddrives that I have purchased over the last couple of months.

-jeff