WHV Announcement: Band of Brothers (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

Click on image to be taken to official site

 

[Felix Martinez]

I don't like the selling point of "re-mastered."

Please, please keep grain intact.

Otherwise, really looking forward to this set!

 

[Ray_R]

But how will the picture quality compare with the Japanese HDDVD's? At least it comes in the same tin-jobby as the SDDVD.

 

[Richard Travale]

$99MSRP? So, what will we be seeing in stores, $70ish?

 

[Bryan Beckman]

Amazon's preorder price is $69.95. You can also get it from the Warner Bros. store for $55.95+tax if you use the 30% discount code ANWBTS and buy one other title (it's only good if you purchase two or more items), otherwise it's $77.95. You get free shipping at both sites.

Considering how expensive the other HBO Blu-ray sets are, this is a good price for an outstanding miniseries.

 

[Jari K]

Yes, fair price, IMO.

Just finished watching Ken Burns' "The War" documentary, so I´m just in the right frame of mind to re-watch "BoB". This time in 1080p.

Damn, I simply can´t wait.

 

[Kris Z.]

They'd have to be profoundly stupid to try to remove the grain on this, however I do wonder what the "remastered" refers to since it was finished on DI; not a whole lot to do there really. Hopefully it's just marketing.

I'm also curious about the DTS-HD MA, does this mean Warner isn't doing the actual encoding/authoring?

 

[David Wilkins]

This title should should be a revelation, so far as the way DNR is applied. This title plus the last several Spielberg movies, which have very pronounced grain, by design.

I can already hear the droning pin-heads from every corner of internet-land, doing their best Quasimodo: "The grain...the grain...".

If they choose to dampen the grain on this one...well, it will make the 'Patton' outcry sound like a polite, repressed whimper; and the result will be more obvious by an order of magnitude. Along with a muted color palette, grain is the primary image component. Should be interesting.

 

[Douglas Monce]

Kris is right, the look of this show is created completely in the computer. I suspect "remaster" means simply that they went back to the original digital master files to create the encodes for the blu-ray.

Doug

 

[Douglas Monce]

Considering that the grain and the subdued color palate on this show is completely intentional, I doubt seriously that they will do anything to change it.

Doug

 

[David Wilkins]

That's what one would assume, but who can tell these days. I'm eager to hear the first reports.

That being said: I hope we can avoid the pre-release, judge, jury and executioner via screen capture syndrome.

 

[Xylon]

Remastered?

 

[Jari K]

So you start this DNR-speculation already, just based on the work "remastered" on the press release? Can´t wait for the "screencaps"... :rolleyes

 

[Xylon]

Oy! Calm down, friend!

Screencaps will come

After watching it of course.

 

[frankie108]

Anyways, I want to see it exactly as I saw it on my ratty old crt Toshiba HDTV 7 years ago. Is that too much to ask???

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Well, I couldn't help myself and preordered it w/ the 30% off coupon at the WHV site (along w/ LA Confidential and Adv of Robin Hood) -- at least it's an HBO title, not New Line. Gonna have to keep my fingers crossed I guess.

_Man_

 

[Jari K]

I pre-ordered this too. I´ll watching "moving screenshots" from my couch.

 

[Dave Moritz]

This title is as good as in my HD collection the day it comes out! I am glad I held of on buying this title so I will only have to buy it one time. The first time I saw this title was on my 31" Toshiba CRT TV on DVD. So I am now counting the days to see it with a awsum 1080p transfer on my 50" HDTV.

Oh ya after I get my Denon AVR-2809ci and it has been set up, Band Of Brothers in DTS-HD MA will be one of the first group of Blu-ray titles I will watch to test out the new receiver!

 

[Scott Simonian]

This is the only thing that brings me some comfort that this BD will be okay and not touched by the DNR demons out there. Could you imagine if a movie like 300 (shot digitally with CGI grain added) where the grain was scrubbed out?


I predict that this set will look great. When it was played on HBO, we didn't own an HDTV in the house so I have never seen the show in HD. Can't wait. Oh and DTS-HD Master Audio too?!?! Woohoo!

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

According to a poster at AVS who got his copy sent VERY early from Warner, it looks fantastic, high-level grain and all: