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Enzo.Matrix:
Well you are partially correct Mangley,  it is a fad.   But all current tech is.

The real problem is that they already have the replacement for Blu-ray before it even won the war vs HD.

also bite me Monkey :p  I looks better than it could from DVD..

Wake[of]theBunT:
For me, as a product of VHS, I remember a time when quality didnt overly matter to how much you enjoyed a movie. And more the opposite, movies with rough blurred quality and a tape with natural glitches from the rental shop actually was cool and gave you a sense the movie was timeless and loved by a whole body of people that it physical deteriorated the thing.

Im not getting on board this technology because Im a videophile, but more because I remember seeing those old versions of ET and jaws and indiana jones when i didnt know better, the digital age wasnt here...and now the digital age isnt displaying infancy limits, and I see screenshots of the blu-ray counterparts and i find it cant be argued im not now getting my moneys worth to be blown away and re-discover my favourites. I think "how can I as a fan live with my mediocre dvd transfer when other fans are seeing it the way it should be?"



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First ones are bluray scaled to 720p by blu-ray.com, second is the DVD transfer at that resolution. ME getsing topgun bluray as soon as I can.

teekay2010:
I bought a fantastic laptop... it's absolutely perfect right now. I can play GE:S with no lag... even with all of the settings cranked. I start to see extremely minor, tolerable lag when I put my Anti-aliasing settings up past 4x. Amazing! In regards to this post... it came with a Blu-Ray player.

I bought the Austin Powers trilogy, Ghostbusters (of course!), and a few other films. The Austin Powers films weren't the best quality... rather than doing what MGM did with James Bond and go back to the original camera negatives, Austin Powers appeared to be transferred from a well cleaned film copy, so there's a noticeable glow around white objects and an overall shake to the entire film like the sprockets were misaligned a tad. Way better than DVD, but not the greatest quality.

As for Ghostbusters... it seems like very little was done to clean up the transfer. It's extremely grainy and... old looking. Amazing movie though, so I can't really complain.

I read the first post of the thread, and the first few listed I CAN'T wait for... I want them like, NOW PLEASE!

* Indiana Jones
* Jurassic Park
* Back to the Future [trilogy] that and Star Wars... which was recently announced and will be out soon (aka next year). Then I will be set.

It seems like most old movies look like shit in Blu-Ray (unless the companies spend lots of time and money restoring the films), and most new movies look amazing. Makes sense.

Zombieland looked amazing in 1080p IMO.

Blu-Ray is a fad and I'm sure something will replace it that lets you see 2K to 4K resolution... but that won't be for a while (I hope! hehe)

Mike [fourtecks]:
I hate when they make the menus so complicated it makes my blu-ray player fart. District 9 is the worst offender out of the titles I own. Wait for player to boot up --> insert disk --> load --> load --> preview! --> preview! -->  preview! --> load --> load --> select which menu graphics you want --> load --> load --> laggy as hell interface --> manage to select play and load again until movie plays. Jebus cripes.

The one that works the best for me is There Will Be Blood. Loads right the fuck up, no bullshit complicated menus, watch the damn movie.

Kratos:

--- Quote from: Mike [fourtecks] on August 27, 2010, 03:18:22 am ---I hate when they make the menus so complicated it makes my blu-ray player fart. District 9 is the worst offender out of the titles I own. Wait for player to boot up --> insert disk --> load --> load --> preview! --> preview! -->  preview! --> load --> load --> select which menu graphics you want --> load --> load --> laggy as hell interface --> manage to select play and load again until movie plays. Jebus cripes.

The one that works the best for me is There Will Be Blood. Loads right the fuck up, no bullshit complicated menus, watch the damn movie.

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Your post reminds of this funny picture...

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