Posts by Bryn

My set arrived today (R2), and I have real problems watching waxworks outside of Madam Tussaud's. These transfers look pretty good to me. As good as I expect films of this age would ever allow. Can't comment on Star Trek V...

I picked up Licence to Kill and the Man With the Golden Gun today. The picture on both (based on a short viewing) is as good as you would expect based on the previous releases.

Interestingly, Goldeneye and Diamonds Are Forever are both now available in HD for rental from the Apple store (if you have an AppleTV).

The HD player market isn't that large right now: I'd be very surprised if the relative numbers of currently installed BR and HD-DVD players counted all that much. Paramount didn't look at it that way, and I'm not sure Warner would...

I've also watched it over my Xmas break ... I have to agree. It looks great on my 1080p display. Spectacular at a few points. This rates for me alongside a small number of other discs, 12 Monkeys being another, which show off hi-def's...

Wow ... given the original shape of this disc, that has to be one of the best-looking restorations I've seen ...

Leningrad Cowboys Go America... (How could no-one have mentioned this???)

Brazil (Criterion) - This is the set that really shows off what DVD can do to enhance your appreciation of a film. It really all started with this set, which I think remains the benchmark for "serious" DVD packages. North by...

Watched it twice now - at the Embassy theatre in Wellington. NZ Audiences have been great - there's been clapping and cheering both times, and people pulling out the hankies when they should. But this is PJ's home town - perhaps we...

If there was no Criterion Edition of "Brazil", I might still not have a player. I was (and am) a huuuuuge Brazil fan. I ordered the set from Amazon before I even had a player, and bought my player as soon as they arrived (with the...