A brief stroll into most high street retailers in the UK such as HMV and Virgin proved a step too far for me this weekend. Blu-Ray Titles such as X-Men 3 and Kingdom of Heaven are being priced at £29 ($57), other titles such as AvP at £23 - and HD-DVD titles receive similar treatment. Pricing...
Going down the blu-ray route via the PS3 in the UK and (as usual) I'm envious of the US catalog compared to what we have in the UK. Obviously the PS3 will not be region free (if Sony's DVD players are anything to go by), so before I import, I was wondering which studios do not currently...
All - I've been very impressed by all your comments on the blu-ray vs hd-dvd debate. I've finally entered the HD scene in the most "toe-in-the-water"/cost effective sense by buying the hd-dvd add-on for the xbox360 - and will be buying the PS3 aswell when it's out here in the UK at the end of...
I have to say that I think what DVDEmpire is doing is great. They're making the market truly transparent and taking away the ability of the spin doctors of each camp to hypothesise as to why their format is winning over the other. The figures tell an obvious story - despite HDDVD's early...
To follow up on the two threads here - Gilmour and Waters solo work has never matched the greatness of what they achieved together. However, Gilmour's Pink Floyd and the latest "On an Island" are definitely more listenable than Roger Waters' efforts (although I can't stand "About Face").
And...
Guys - get the disk for the Moore/Braga commentary alone - probably the most honest I've ever heard. The writers themselves reflect our own opinions of the film. I couldn't believe it when they were saying that the Nexus idea didn't quite work, and that they didn't feel they expressed the...
SPOILERS below: I thought it was great. Clear that Paul WS Anderson KNOWS the Alien saga and the comic book material and for a hollywood director (as opposed to pure fanboy) did a GREAT job at pulling it all together - the Predalien nod at the end was a superb touch. Having seen Alien...
just looked on play.com and playusa.com at the R1 and R2 versions - does anyone know why the R2 version has 7 discs as opposed to the R1 6 disc version? Is the UK getting anything extra? (about time we had payback after years of getting substandard DVD product)
how about this for expanding your 3d library - 3DPlus from soft4d does a reaonably good job of generating depth from existing 2d DVDs. The website is a slow piece of crap, but the product does actually work - it works very well on tracking shots (where I'm guessing it just works out that objects...
VOST - french for "Version Originale Sous-titre", basically means in English (or Original Version) with French sub-titles (sous-titre). And for perfectionsists, yes, there's an accent on the final "e", but can't remember how to type them:b .
....or the one where a Bon Jovi video is playing: Beavis: "Hey Butthead, remember when Bon Jovi were cool?" Butthead: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh.........no." The episodes (mostly) work pretty well without the videos, particularly on the "Feel our pain" VHS release. TW
Is there going to be a way to watch the two-part episodes as one long TV movie? Will Paramount include part 1 of BoBW on series 4 as an Easter Egg, so they can be watched seemlessly? A while back they released all the two-parters on VHS, and they worked very well. Torq.
All - I think you're right, and I stand convinced that this is the best way to go given current technology limitations.
I had no idea there'd be an intermission, rather than a cut off "mid-scene", so I guess it'll just be like putting in the second episode of a series, like say Frank Herbert's...
Sounds like a belated April fool. I don't see the business case for this at all - maybe they've agreed to license some of Creative's equipment?? The THX brand would lose much of it's strength if it was associated with Creative. Don't get me wrong I am a fan of some Creative products, it's...
Any predictions when we'll see the next home cinema standard released?
I'll guess 2007 - and am willing to bet that the exclusive system/format seller will be the Star Wars sextet in all its remastered/remixed/re-edited glory ;)