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Saw the BD on my shelf and decided to take a look after more years than I can remember. Stunning images and sound. A modern day This is Cinerama-filmed in Todd-AO 65mm around the world A breathtaking achievement from a small group of filmmakers which was successful when released. Here in Sydney...

The French epic shot in Technirama and released in 70mm Cinerama in some countries,has been given a 2k restoration and is available in France(naturally)on BD. It has 5.1 sound but unfortunately, no English subtitles. From my distant memory of seeing it in London,first part had subtitles and the...

Help!!! I have changed my email address and have found no way to amend it to my new one which is XXXXX I have tried to log on to no avail. I have asked for a new password to no avail as when I indicate I am not a robot nothing happens and then I am told I have failed!! I am going round in...

No its not about the image quality-more about defective discs of The Fall of the Roman Empire to give it its full title. Tony Mann's fine lavish intelligent epic and unfortunate flop. I just tried to load my copy and my Oppo refused to do so. Got two friends of mine to check their copies-one...

I see that the new hopefully restored version is up for preorder on Amazon UK. It will be released in September. They also show a currently available version from Cinema Classics from, I presume,Germany. The big question is whether it will have a stereo track. I can't recall it in stereo when...

1982’s cult classic The Beastmaster make an attractive BD that fans of this Sword and Sorcery extravaganza will want to pick up. The transfer looks as though it was taken from a print in excellent condition save for a very few minor scratches. From memory it replicates the look of the film...

Announced and released simultaneously in Australia are the Clark Gable "King and Four Queens"",Honey Pot"," Hour of the Gun" and "Charge of the Light Brigade"(1968 ish if I remember correctly). A friend has the Gable title which is very good PQ. Glad to see these titles but somewhat bemused by...

Given the very reasonable price being asked for the Anchor Bay UK release, I ordered it and have just checked it out with its German counterpart. That release is a bit of a problem for non German viewers defaulting to the German track and sometimes not locking on the English one when you moved...

You never now what you will find when shopping for BD's. Out of the blue this title has been released here in Australia.Bare bones-no extras. PQ looks fine from what I have seen but the sound in mono. No excuse as this was an early 70mm blow up with 6 track sound.

This BD was a surprise discovery here in Sydney and it is also being is released simultaneously in Europe. It was the most expensive film ever made in Scandinavia based upon a very popular trilogy of novels by Jan Guillou.It appears to have been released in two parts which I think have been cut...

If the rumour mill at digitalbits is true, around Easter next year, one of my all time favorites, the 1958 South Pacific, comes to hi- def. I wonder whether they willl include the longer version with seemless branching. However,one thing they must drop is that "commentary " from someone called...

This is about to be released in the UK next week. Does anyone know whether it is region B only or is unrestricted. Of course,a short comment on PQ and SQ would also be appreciated.

It seems that the restored "Becket" is to be released on BD late November according to DVD Beaver.Good news that another classic is getting the high def treatment. However, I have only seen a short clip of the recently released "restored " SD DVD and it looked pretty poor for something that...

Highdefdigest.com recently reported that at last Fox is giving us some classic titles from their catalogue.Sand Pebbles, Patton and Longest day are to be released on Father's day which they seem to think is the ideal time for such titles. I would have thought that any time would be appropriate...

I purchased this about a year ago from the U.S. and had it shipped to Sydney. It was fine until about the firmware 2.0 upgrade when it started to freeze every now and again geting worst with each"upgrade". Now on some discs(combo as well as straight HD), it can't play past about the 40 minutes...

Am I the only one hoping that Universal will release this in HD DVD when the SD comes out in September? From memory it's great fun and always looked fantastic.Given the poor quality,IMO, of some of the other titles they are releasing in HD, I would have thought that this title, given its...

It looks as though Weinstein have purchased the rights to the great Samuel Bronston epics of the 60's:EL CID, 55 DAYS AT PEKING. FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE and CIRCUS WORLD.As they are exclusive to HD DVD, we could see HD transfers. After seeing MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY in Hd DVD, I can't wait...

I have just been trying to download the 2.0 update to my new xa1.I plug the cable from the modem into the player,tell the player that there is the ethernet connection-DHCP and DNS on,go to set up menu and select upgrade,the licence comes up which I accept, and then nothing seems to happen. I...

After spending a frustrating half an hour or so,firstly trying to buy two new HD DVD's and then trying to add them to an existing open order so that they ship altogether,only to be told it was " ineligible", I am giving up on Amazon. Now, where else do subscribers recommend that I shop that...

I know that Amazon would not ship a toshiba player to me here in Sydney but I was gobsmacked when they wouldn't send it to friends of mine who have just moved to Calgary and who would have sent it on to me here. Is there a decent place I can send them to in Calgary where they can buy either one...

I am weakening and being tempted after deciding to sit on the fence to after Christmas but at Amazon's price..... But does this have the latest software upgrade? Help.