Author Archives: Stephen Dawson

Mad Max is 1080p24

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

When I mentioned the forthcoming Blu-ray release of Mad Max a couple of weeks ago, the view was expressed in comments that the interlacing problems with the DVD wouldn’t be replicated on the Blu-ray since it would be 1080p24, and … Continue reading →

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The Evil Dead – hidden extra featurettes

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has kindly sent me a bundle of interesting catalogue titles on Blu-ray. The first one I ran through the BDInfo MRI Scanner was The Evil Dead which, weirdly, I have never seen. I’ve been meaning to … Continue reading →

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Getting more puritanical

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

I have just received the Blu-ray version of Easy Rider from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Thanks Sony! One immediate and obvious difference from the DVD: this disc is rated MA rather than the M at which my DVD copy is … Continue reading →

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Around the world

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

In the previous post I made reference to the NEW Unofficial Blu-ray Audio and Video Specifications Thread thread on the AV Science Forum. For a long time this showed only titles which were from the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray region codes

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve been asked about whether region coding has been abandoned for Blu-ray, and I reckon it’s worth revisiting the topic briefly. So here’s my take. No, unfortunately region coding hasn’t been abandoned. But there have been changes. Basically, Universal, Paramount … Continue reading →

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Apples and Oranges

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

I must say, as soon as I saw ‘The Biology of Home Entertainment‘ tweeted, I thought I’d be reading something interesting. It promised to explain ‘How your senses influence your level of enjoyment!’ That makes a great deal of sense. The … Continue reading →

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Australian Audio Show set for October 2011

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

On behalf of the Chester Group, organisers of the renowned National Audio Show in Britain, Sound+Image, Australian Hi-Fi and nextmedia are proud to announce The Australian Audio & AV Show 2011. The first such show for many years! Melbourne, Friday … Continue reading →

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Digital TV video bitrates – January 2011

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

Time to update the video and audio bitrates for digital TV again in the light of the introduction of the new channel ‘Eleven’. (The last update was in October last year.) To gather this data, on 18 through 20 January … Continue reading →

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Another thing to blame scammers for

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

The ten billionth person to download an iPod ap from the iTunes store got a phone call from the vice president of iTunes, telling her that she’d won a $10,000 iTunes account. She hung up. Fortunately Apple rang back later.

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Roadshow releasing Proyas classic on Blu-ray

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

Roadshow Entertainment has been pretty sharp in getting content out onto Blu-ray, and it’s good to see that it isn’t overlooking the older catalogue. On 3 February 2011 it is releasing Alex Proyas’ The Crow. This is particularly welcome because … Continue reading →

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