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  1. Duncan Harvey

    Pride and Prejudice (1995 mini, BBC/A&E) Blu-ray 3/31/09

    Just as a quick follow up - in case US fans cannot wait, the UK release of this which came out in September is region free. I tested it on one of my US PS3s.
  2. Duncan Harvey

    Pride and Prejudice (1995 mini, BBC/A&E) Blu-ray 3/31/09

    Although filmed on 16mm (as are most UK filmed TV shows) this does look very nice. When I compared the BD to the original UK DVD of it, the BD was massively better.
  3. Duncan Harvey

    Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: The Third Man

    The packaging claims that the picture is windowboxed - which seems very lazy by Criterion not to have updated the text from the SD-DVD version. Furthermore the use of a cardboard digibox is a disgrace - for a label which prides itself on quality, these flimsy easy to scuff cases look cheap.
  4. Duncan Harvey

    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery finally in OAR!!!

    Christian Slater plays a security guard in the first film who is hypnotised by Austin using the "powers" that he learned in the east. It's a very amusing cameo and was a noticable ommision from the US DVD.
  5. Duncan Harvey

    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery finally in OAR!!!

    anyone help with the above please?
  6. Duncan Harvey

    Can BR Be Pan&Scan?

    Maybe not in the USA but in Europe there were loads. We've had widescreen TVs available to the masses since the early 90s and the BBC has been making widescreen standard definition programmes for the same length of time.
  7. Duncan Harvey

    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery finally in OAR!!!

    Any idea if the Christian Slater and Death of A Henchman bits are in this version? We had them in the UK cut, but they were missing from the R1 DVD - never could figure out why? The UK lost the line about Prince Charles due to over sensitivity after the death of Diana just before the film...
  8. Duncan Harvey

    Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: JFK (Recommended)

    Bit harsh on the commentary! I found it to be a real tour de force by Stone staunchly defending what I feel to be his masterpiece.
  9. Duncan Harvey

    Thunderbirds are Blu!

    Just received from my rental company the first three discs of the Blu-ray release of the classic Supermarionation series "Thunderbirds" First of all, the episodes have been cropped from 4:3 to 16:9 which whilst "morally" unacceptable, doesnt actually harm the enjoyment of the episodes. As...
  10. Duncan Harvey

    Why do some BD take longer to load than others?

    Because the PS3 is massively more powerful than any stand alone player.
  11. Duncan Harvey

    Starship Troopers US Blu-ray July 29

    Got my copy today and dipped into it on a UK PS3 connected to my amp via HDMI, and then onto my LCD. Couldnt see any sync problems.
  12. Duncan Harvey

    Clear and Present Danger"what with that Loading Crap"

    I had my copy of Starship Troopers arrive today and this is a BD-J title. Interestingly enough, when you activate the Bonusview feature it reloads the Java and then kicks off the BV from the start of the film (regardless of where you were when you activated it). Then upon leaving BV it...
  13. Duncan Harvey

    MGM Press Release: 007 on Blu-ray

    Of course not, but why should we - stop apologising for clumsy design Put it another way Is it really hard to enable full selection of the relevant options without the user having to go out of his/her way or interrupt the start of the film? Sheesh
  14. Duncan Harvey

    MGM Press Release: 007 on Blu-ray

    Well its more like mini hardback books, with a spindle inside - akin to a digipack. Nearest DVD comparison I can think of is the R1 release of Schindlers List. They are an attempt by Warners to make their titles look prestigious when for me it has the opposite effect. Looks cheap and there is...
  15. Duncan Harvey

    MGM Press Release: 007 on Blu-ray

    John, I'd echo the comment about player generated subs on Blu-ray. They are a hell of a lot less intrusive than there were/are with dvd. The real "test" though is whether the studios go to the effort to duplicate the relevant fonts etc which are used in the films rather than a generic font...
  16. Duncan Harvey

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Patton -- in Blu-Ray

    I've watched Patton today on my 100 inch screen from a PS3 fed into my Mitsubishi HC5000 projector. Looked absolutely fine to me.
  17. Duncan Harvey

    MGM Press Release: 007 on Blu-ray

    But thats no need to not be aware and critical of the shortcomings imposed upon us by either the studios or the technology manufacturers. For example my biggest bugbear with BD is the lack of a resume function for BD-J discs. With more and more of these being released it seems positively...
  18. Duncan Harvey

    MGM Press Release: 007 on Blu-ray

    because I own 5 PS3s and 300 BDs and HD-DVDs perhaps?
  19. Duncan Harvey

    MGM Press Release: 007 on Blu-ray

    The complaint quite reasonably is that you should be able to start the film from the menu after you have adjusted the settings, as opposed to having to pause the film, make the adjustments via the pop up, and then restart the film. Given that films still tend to have the lossy audio formats...
  20. Duncan Harvey

    MGM Press Release: 007 on Blu-ray

    Dont think they did! The 1997/98 releases which were canned IIRC after The Spy Who Loved Me certainly didnt use the original film artwork. I dont think any Bond DVDs have used these - they all went for generic bland imagery which the BDs have continued.
  21. Duncan Harvey

    TV Shows on Blu-ray. What's ahead?

    Both series of Life On Mars are coming out on BD here in the UK in October. Given that the show was made on super 16mm this surprises me, but they should still benefit from high bit rate encoding compared to DVD levels.
  22. Duncan Harvey

    Question: Blu-Ray Titles from Outside the U.S. that Work in U.S. Players?

    not quite that simple though - although not implemented on the relevant releases (which have been converted) European HDTV material will almost certainly be 25p or 50i. So far all of the BBC releases have been converted to 24p or 60i
  23. Duncan Harvey

    How many HD-DVDs do you own? And when did you get in?

    Had HD-DVD since August 06 and BD since October 06. Have approx 90 HD-DVDs - will be keeping them - no point in disposing of them.
  24. Duncan Harvey

    With Blu the apparent victor, it's time to demand some changes....

    British advocates of HD-DVD have been spinning this line for the last 18 months but I cant say I've really noticed it. In fact I've seen the opposite. Blu-ray versions of Face Off and Brokeback Mountain to name just two. Studio Canal were supposed to be the saviours of HD-DVD but aside from...
  25. Duncan Harvey

    What tv show would you love to see in HD?

    What would be more relevant though is to ask which series which exist as 35mm negs would we like to see on HD. Most shows since the mid to late 80s whilst being originated on 35mm were edited on tape/in the video domain. Hence whilst it might be theoretically possible for some of these to be...
  26. Duncan Harvey

    What tv show would you love to see in HD?

    Confirmed as coming to blu-ray in 2008 from Network in the UK
  27. Duncan Harvey

    Why is the volume always lower with HD DVD's?

    I've also found both formats to be significantly lower in volume than DVD. This has been via analogue outputs and also via HDMI into my Sony amp.
  28. Duncan Harvey

    WB poor choice in audio for Terminator 3

    I have to say, a little perspective is probably needed here. Why does 640k mean "horrible" or "sucky"
  29. Duncan Harvey

    Which HD format to buy Harry Potter movies on ?

    I have the UK HD-DVD of OOP and its a 2 discer. Have briefly checked out the end of the film - ie the big battle and it looked and sounded superb in Tru HD on my 100 inch screen (Mitsubishi HC5000 1080p projector). I dont really care about IME but in this case I decided to go for the HD-DVD...
  30. Duncan Harvey

    Bonnie & Clyde HD/BD - 3/25/08 - merged

    on the other hand its perfectly possible to be a fan of world cinema and not care for Bonnie & Clyde. I've never cared for either of the leads, and found this to be very over-rated when I picked up the widescreen DVD back in the late 90s. I'm glad Warners are releasing it, because it has a...
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