The Blu-Ray thread

[Starman]

What about when you have a DVD that's non-anamorphic (meaning it's not supported for HDTVs) or the DVD looks really bad?

[Starman]

By the way, the other day I almost bought Good Will Hunting on Blu-Ray and now I'm glad I didn't because Miramax is double dipping it^*!

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8861

Blu-Ray.com is a great site, BTW. (free plug)

*Double Dipping is a term meaning when a studio releases a movie and then releases a special edition with more special features and other stuff shortly after the first release.

[@lmighty DS]

yes. you have to avoid the double dip. out guess the studio. i have yet to buy the 2 kill bill dvds as i know it will be double dipped and called "the whole bloody affair"

[Starman]

yes. you have to avoid the double dip. out guess the studio. i have yet to buy the 2 kill bill dvds as i know it will be double dipped and called "the whole bloody affair"

Yeah, that's been rumored forever but it hasn't happened yet.

[@lmighty DS]

it was screened once in theaters in la last year and i read its coming out this year. my guess is around the time Django Unchained comes out. Q takes his sweet ass time but always comes thru. Hell, Inglourious Basterds was rumored to be happening since Jackie Brown came out

Jackie was 97. Basterds was 09
Kill Bill was 03 maybe this will only be a 9 year wait.

[Inishfree]

I have one and it also plays dvds.

[@lmighty DS]

I have one and it also plays dvds.

lol all blu ray players play dvds. i have a ps3 that plays ONLY ps3 games, upconverts dvds, blu-rays.

[Starman]

I'm thinking about importing the Jurassic Park Blu Ray from the UK since it's only available in the trilogy pack in the US.

[Smee]

Don't you need a higher resolution screen to enjoy the benefits of BR? I've looked at some in-store presentations, and some of them looked pretty bad, like pixel graphics. Is that due to a mismatch of display/original recorded picture resolution and playback medium?

Taking into consideration that BR discs are way overpriced at the moment, I'm not sure I want to switch over from DVDs at all. I'm okay with DVD picture and sound quality.

In the UK....Blu Ray Discs have come way down in price in a short period of time. Im looking at buying the Aliens Quadrilogy (6 disc set). It will only cost me £16

[satellitedog01]

That's awesome! I hope the trend will make a nice Euro trip in the coming months.

[Starman]

We've gotten a lot of Hitchcock movies released on Blu-Ray (in the US at least) this year. Paramount released To Catch a Thief, Criterion released The 39 Steps (and The Lady Vanishes in Dec. 2011), MGM released Notorious, Spellbound and Rebecca, and now Universal is bringing out an Alfred Hitchcock Blu-Ray box set (all of the movies in the set are new to Blu except Psycho and North by Northwest) and Warner Bros. is bringing out Dial M For Murder (in 3D!) and Strangers on a Train. Awesome!

[Tumbling Dice]

I'll have to get Dial M in 3D! 

Will I need to wear 3D glasses?

[Starman]

Yes, and you'll need a 3D TV and a 3D capable Blu-Ray player (if you don't have those yet). But it will also come with the 2D version (I don't have a 3D TV myself).

[Tumbling Dice]

I wasn't planning on spending that much to see Grace Kelly in her nightie in 3D.

[Starman]

LOL