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Okay guys, seriously, enough is enough surely? Week after week I'm reading reviews of new BD releases and week after week Warner Bros is delivering the most disappointing discs, certainly on catalogue titles. There are four gripes (two of them major) that I have: 1. Their discs don't...

I just watched the first X-Files movie for the first time on BD and I noticed some very strange picture "issues". There are a couple of times when closely spaced vertical lines seem to break up and turn to horizontal noise. Most noticable during the FBI building bombing sequence (the grills...

Ok I haven't watched a whole lot of extra features on BD yet, but those I have watched - specifically on The Nightmare Before Christmas and No Country For Old Men - that were originally made in 1.33:1 aspect ratio have been framed with WHITE borders left and right. What's up with that...

Okay, what's THIS now? I finally gave in and bought into BD (in some ways, against my better judgement) because I thought it had gotten over its initial teething problems. I avoided the Pirates Of The Caribbean debacle by getting the corrected disc in the trilogy boxed set, then I...

I know this is a minor, minor issue compared to the problems some folks have had playing the first batch of Bond discs, but a full set of 2-disc Ultimate Edition DVDs have been released here in the UK this week with artwork that I assume will eventually make its way (with some slight variation)...

I've been watching movies on BD for about 2 months now and I must say I am very impressed. They really are THAT good. Unfortunately there's one thing I knew would bug me, and it really is the ONLY thing that bugs me: I really, really dislike the way that Warner Bros BDs go straight to the...

Well I just took the plunge and upgraded my Panasonic CRT for a Panasonic TX-32LZD85 LCD display. I'm a little disappointed. Ok, VERY disappointed. While Blu-Ray performance is first class, the SD pictures upscaled by the Panny are almost totally ruined by what looks like excessive D-NR...

Amazon has just dropped the price of ALL their Star Trek sets to a staggeringly low £35! Bloomin' heck! Does anybody know how likely these prices are likely to last? I'd love to pick up Voyager and Enterprise at this price point, but I gotta wait another 2 weeks...

Well it looks as if the first of my two requirements for getting into high-def could be here already. Multi-region BD: Stegen Electronics Now all I need is a single format (BD obviously!) and HD could finally be a realistic proposition! Then again, having just seen Beowolf in 3-D I'm...

Okay, I'm looking for a good upscaling player to replace my Denon DVD-2900 and, having tried an Oppo 981 and been somewhat disappointed, I'm looking to get a Denon DVD-2930. I wonder if somebody could give me some honest answers to the following questions: 1. How does the 2930 compare to the...

Well, after being "out of print" since its release date, Amazon.com is now listing Superman: The Ultimate Edition as "in stock". Details here: http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Ultim...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd Is it safe to assume that this is the corrected set, with fixed copies of Superman: The...

Is it just me or does The A-Team season 4 premiere episode "Judgement Day" have bloody awful sound. The first 30 mins is probably the worst thing I've heard on ANY of my 700 DVDs. Quiet, distorted and lifeless. But then it kind of perks up a bit. I have the R2 version. Is the R1 version the...

I tried to post this in the Halloween 4 divimax thread but it appears to be locked so I'm starting a new thread. It's kind of a new topic anyway so here goes. Calling all Halloween 4 fans... I'm trying to figure out which version(s) of this movie have the original (superior) 5.1 mix as...

Oops - sorry - wrong forum! Please DELETE. Thanks, John

Since HD-DVD and, to a lesser extent Blu-Ray, was launched I've been reading all sorts of comments like "the film stinks but the HD-DVD looks fantastic so: highly recommended" or "it's a lousy film but it'll really push my home theater to its limits" or whatever. I can understand buying a lot...

I just had my hand slapped (probably rightfully so) for initiating a discussion on the HD-DVD owners forum about menu screens based on Ron's review of the Toshiba HD-DVD player. It seems that with Warner's HD-DVD discs you can only select special features, alternate audio tracks (DTS...

Right. There's a discussion going on right now about the forthcoming Bond ultimate editions in R2 and I think it needs to be brought over to the main forum because, bugg*r me, if we don't act quickly Sony/MGM might be just about to screw up again... It appears from early previews that...

Forgive me if this has been discussed before in one of the other long threads but I've been spending far too much time on the road lately (with work, tut!) and not enough time in front of the PC. Is it true what I'm hearing about HD-DVD and/or Blu-Ray introducing some kind of region coding at...

There's an interesting article in Home Cinema Choice magazine (Issue 129) which includes comments from Meridian's chairman Bob Stuart. In it he says that "DVD Audio and SACD is a classic example of what happens when there's a format war. People stay away. The absolute worst thing that happened...

Okay, this is weird. I recently bought Network's "Dempsey And Makepeace - Series 1" region 2 DVD set. When I played disc 1, episode 1 (the pilot movie) on my Denon DVD-2900 the picture and sound freeze for an instant (a fraction of a second, but it's annoying) at the start of chapter 12. I...

Okay, this is going to sound rather anal, but it's been a slow news day! :-) I recently bought 4 new 2.35:1 films: Crimson Tide SE, Enemy Of The State SE, The Towering Inferno SE and The Poseidon Adventure SE. The image quality on all 4 titles is magnificent but I was slightly (and I do mean...

Hi, Does anybody have the Japanese SE of "Rambo III" DTS, I believe it's on the Geneon Entertainment label? All I need to know is: does it have the correct Russian-English subtitles intact? And can any Japanese-English subtitles be turned off without affecting the Russian-English ones...

I just fell across a few websites selling so-called Amaray II dvd cases. These are described as "new and approved for enhanced durability and protection". Example here: http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...uct%5Fid=19327 I've never been a huge admirer of regular DVD packaging...

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my old "Powder" (Jeff Goldblum movie, 1995) laserdisc with a DVD but I'm not sure which one to get. I know the R1 DVD has been out for a while but is NOT anamorphic. Last week I fell upon a R2 disc that seems to have been released in 2004 but I couldn't determine...

Forgive me if this thread should be in the Regional DVD section, I just thought it would be more appropriate to the TV section. As Universal sets become less and less reliable, I'm thinking of buying from my local HMV (in England) rather than from Amazon US even though I prefer the NTSC...

One of my favourite guilty pleasures, THE CHASE, starring Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson, is listed as coming from FOX on 6th September. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...v=glance&s=dvd But there's no mention of widescreen (let alone anamorphic!) on Amazon's site and I'm worried...

Hi, Can somebody please tell me if the Canadian version of The A-Team Season 2 (as available at Amazon.ca) is the exact same pressing as the US region 1 set? I'm having a load of problems with the US edition and am hoping the Canadian version is an improvement... Thanks, John

I'm not sure if you guys were already aware of this, but I thought you might like a heads up because there are only 1500 of these babies and they're selling fast: http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/article.asp?ID=506 The DVD is superb with a fantastic 70 minute documentary about the...

There's an interview with Robert Vaughan in the current issue of TV Zone magazine in which he discusses his role in the BBC series "Hustle". During the interview he indicates that UNCLE season sets are definitely on the way, but he suspects they may skip the first (black and white) season and...

Hi, I just finished watching the Blake's 7 series 2 boxed set. I noticed 2 strange anomalies during the later episodes and I wondered if anybody else had experienced them too: 1. VOICE FROM THE PAST (2:02 mark) - The sound breaks up for about a second, messing with the end of Villa's...