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Actually, all of Warner's BDs so far have had extras in NTSC - even in PAL territories.

This was released back in the day when most theatres still had curtains covering the screen. I remember seeing this and the first "Star Trek" around the same time as a kid. The overture to both films came up, then the curtains parted and the films proper started. Edited by Andre Bijelic -...

Well, there are quite a few changes, which totally alter the pacing of the film: A slightly different opening, which shows the MacNeil's home in Georgetown, then cuts to the opening titles.The scene where Chris MacNeil screams on the phone includes a new music cue and omits the line "I've been...

Yes and no. While the vast majority of films are encoded as 1080p/24 worldwide, there are a few titles in PAL territories that are 1080i/50, which could be described as HD PAL. These discs won't play on the vast majority of North American players, even if the discs themselves have no region...

The problem is with the disc, not the player. Most blu-ray discs are encoded in such a way that doesn't allow for the resume function to work. Try it with a standard DVD and it should work just fine.

But both films were released theatrically at 1.85 - so the blu-rays can't really be considered wrong.

The blu-ray of "Planet Terror" has been opened up to 1.78:1 from 'scope. As has the Canadian release of "Hostage", the thriller with Bruce Willis. I ca't honestly belive that anyone considers the 1.85-1.78 thing an issue. Even with zero overscan, the difference is barely noticable, and you'll...

And the bad news is that it's a 1.78:1 transfer rather than the original 'scope ratio.

I'm not quite sure what it is that you're arguing here. Are you saying that a properly transfered, well-mastered, filmlike image would somehow look worse on smaller sets? Of course video, even HD video, is not the same as film. But video, especially HD, can very closely approximate the look...

This was on one of the movie channels in HD recently and it looked much better than the BD. I recorded it and compared it directly to my BD copy. The broadcast version was a bit grainier and sharper overall, with none of the smeary DNR look. I don't know if it was an older transfer, or if...

I just saw "Coraline" in 3D and agree with this statement 100%. It's been a long time, and I know memory can be a tricky thing, but it didn't seem appreciably better to me than the 3D films I saw in the 80s. I still think it's a fad - albeit one that keeps coming back every 25 years.

I certainly wasn't around when say the original "King Kong" appeared in 1933, but I'd like to see it the way that a contemporary audience would have - at least as closely as possible, so I don't see what sentimentality or nostalgia has to do with it. There's also the issue of when changes are...

There's no Netflix per se, but Zip.ca is its Canadian equivalent.

I believe this has something to do with the closed-caption display. Try turning off the captioning and the the problem should go away.

There's already an R1/R3 version available: http://www.koreandvds.com/dvddetail.html?id=24381 It's 16:9 widescreen (2.35:1), 5.1, NTSC and appears to be a recent transfer - I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Universal used the same transfer for the upcoming SE. The only downside...

Most DVI players disable component output when a DVI cable is connected. Unplug the DVI cable first, then test the compenent connections. Also, it's my understanding that the Oppo only outputs 480i over component.

I started using VHQ but switched over to zip.ca because zip offers a much larger selection. Another benefit of zip is that they'll buy a title that they don't have if you request it. The only downside is that it can take a while to get some of the more popular titles - expect a long wait...

It's available in Toronto at the Sunrise Records on Yonge St., just north of Dundas.

The show is co-produced by the CBC in addition to the BBC, so it's possible that there will be an exclusive Canadian release.

Not exactly. I have a very similar setup - an I-Scan Ultra feeding a Sony CRT set (KP-46WT510). The set only upscales to 1080i when being fed standard 480i interlaced sources. A 480p source will be displayed as 480p. That said, all of my sources (DVD, LD, VHS) look superior via I-Scan than...

Count me in as another who refuses to take part in a format war. So what if Sony succeeds in seeling millions of PS3s? It's useless to me if it won't play "2001", "Blade Runner", "The Lord of the Rings" and every other movie owned by studios that back HD DVD. This situation is far...

I truly despise DVNR. Give me a grainy, noisy image any day over a muddy, smeary filtered, overly "digital" image. The "Star Wars" LDs are pretty bad - I actually prefer the original widescreen releases to the (supposedly) superior THX reissues. But the worst offender has to be MGMs...

If you want to avoid paying high prices for R2 discs from the UK, a good alternative is to get them from Australia. I'd say the majority of R4 Australian discs are identical to their UK R2 counterparts. An Australian site I've dealt with frequently is Family Box Office.

All of the current Panasonic models have the pillarbox feature.

Where is an anamorphic version of "Lifeforce" currently available?

"I heard that there's a R4 NTSC anamorphic "Muppet Christmas Carol"... is that true?" "Muppet Christmas Carol" is pan-and-scan. However, there is a 16X9 version of the TV movie "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas". There's also a 16X9 Australian R4 disc (PAL) of "Muppet Treasure Island".

"Sorcerer" was originally a Universal/Paramount co-production. Does anyone know if Paramount has put together a decent version of this film in another region?

I just picked up a copy of "The Star Chamber". It's a double-sided, single-layer disc, with a pan-and-scan version on one side and an anamorphic widescreen version on the other (unlabeled!) side. It's in 5.1 - probably taken from the 70mm mix - and the correct 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Image...