I have just started having the same problem with my Panny BD60 - although mine won't play certain BluRays, while still playing others. For example: i tried to watch The Dark Knight last night, and the machine wouldn't read the disc, yet, when I inserted the special features disc, it read fine...
Sorry that this is a bit late, but i just wanted to reprint a mini-review I wrote to my friends about it a few days after the movie came out here in Australia. I reprint the thing with no editing, so any mistakes in it are as originally written. And please keep in mind this is not a review of...
Just think, Hollywood could still be churning out those old-style Hollywood musicals and comedies, filled with todays stars, and be utter rubbish. Or, you could watch all the classics and thoroughly enjoy them. Personally, I am thankful that Adam Sandler and his ilk dont try any of those old...
My vote, somewhat sentimentally, goes to Twister , just because it was one of the first DVD's released, and secondly because I have yet to see a copy of it thats actually any good on disc: no region version has yet to satisfy me for picture quality. Hopefully, the HD version should improve...
Carolco = Cutthroat Island. Universal = Jurassic Park Regency = True Lies (although Fight Club has now superseded it) Imagine Entertainment = Ron Howard Castle Rock = Shawshank Redemption
Armageddon here in Australia comes in a great 2-disc set thats similar (but not the same) to the Criterion Region 1 release. The improvement that we have is that the picture is anamorphic (and quite good, too). Apart from that, the PAL speedup issues and PAL/NTSC format issues aside, the region...
Personally, I'm waiting to see what kind of sticker they use on the x-rated discs! now THAT would be interesting. And i could quite easily see a benfit to scratch-and-sniff.
And lets not forget the fire at Aardman last year that claimed a lot of animation history.... perhaps not as old as Fox or MGM material, but still worth mentioning.
I have to confess that up until a year or so ago i was not a fan of "classic" older films, pre-1970. So for ages I had no idea about films like Lawrence of Arabia, Spartacus etc etc. Those older films i tended to look upon with disdain, opting instead for the commercial, hyperkinetic...
This, for me, is the key reason why I shall also be waiting for the dust to settle. bring on HiDef, but bring on the lower pricing and reliable software/hardware. Plus, most average consumers have only "just" come across to DVD, and VHS is still being sold in stores here in Australia! Maybe...
I watched this as well the other night, with the wife. Both of us laughed like crazy during this film. She said she wanted to watch a Christmas movie, I told her Bad Santa was a feel good rolliking kiddie movie with the same intentions as The Grinch or blasted Santa Clause. He he. And they say...
You need: 1 Digital reciever (Dolby & DTS capable) as good as your budget will allow 5 Speakers: 1 Centre, 2 main & 2 surround (again, as good as your budget will allow) Optional: 1 subwoofer (get this later if budget constraints are hampering your quality purchases) This way, at...
When I go to the movies now, which I admit ain't all that often when you've got a thumping big home theatre at home to enjoy... i have learn't to shut out extraneous noise. Although, going against what most people are saying here: I once went with a girlfriend to watch Stuart Little a few...
Saw this on Saturday just gone, and loved it. Thought RDJ was fantastic, and the script just sizzled. One of my friends just sat there waiting for the film to end, but then he's a movie philistine and thought Thin Red Line was a great film. Urgh. I guess this means we have different tastes in...
have watched it twice now, both time thoroughly enjoyed it. Its the first film in about twenty years to actually give me a nightmare! I was the Tom Cruise chcaracter and I was being pursued by those deadly legs from the tripods. I just couldn't get away... you know how you never can escape in...
Myself, I try and watch stuff straight away when I purchase.... although i probably have about five or six of my 700+ collection still to watch that I have bought previously.... Still, as a post above said, its about having a choice. I have noted that as I have recently got married, I have...
Fellowship Of The Ring (Suaron being defeated at the very start) Saving private Ryan The Haunting DTS-ES The Matrix Reloaded Highway Chase sequence. Thats about it.
Well, i watched it last night, up load, and my neighbour came over and asked me to turn the subwoofer down because all he could hear was the bass. Dang! Movie looked fantastic, and sounded just as good. I admit to agreeing with those on this forum about the inconsistent bass, although for...
Well, I picked this disc up on Thursday last week, and still havent managed to watch the actual film yet. I blame my wife, who loathes sci-fi films in general, and Star Wars in particular. But tonight will change all that. She's pulling a late shift at work, and I have a mate coming over to...
FYI, here in Australia, the first commercially available DVD's were pan/scan editions of: The Crow (barely watcheable transfer, and still not re-released) Se7en (worst transfer of any DVD I have ever seen) Adventure of Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert (the best of the bunch, but that's not...
R4 confirmed by all sources as containing DTS, although we wont know for sure until the discs are in our hot little hands here in Australia. I shall be purchasing the R4 version. To my knowledge, Fox (the distributor here in Australia) have never put out a film on DVD in the NTSC format, so...