Author Archives: Stephen Dawson

Another BD-Live title

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Paramount Pictures will be releasing Iron Man on a twin-disc Blu-ray (and also, ho hum, on DVD) on 9 October 2008. Lots of special features, most of them in HD. Most interestingly, there will be a BD Live extra called … Continue reading →

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No Country for Old Men … whoops!

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Look at the top left hand corner of the graphic. What do you see? Would that be an ‘A’ in a hexagon? That’s a region code marking for Blu-ray discs. Look at the two primarily red boxes on that graphic. … Continue reading →

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The Sixth Sense out on Blu-ray

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released The Sixth Sense on Blu-ray. Details and Blu-ray vs DVD comparison shots here.

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Close Encounters comparison

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve done a few BD vs DVD comparison shots for Close Encounters of the Third Kind now. Have a look. That, with Almost Famous, makes two comparisons unmediated by having to take photos from a screen. So far, the DVD … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray screenshots commence!

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

A couple of weeks ago I issued a cry for help because I couldn’t work out how to grab screen shots from Blu-ray discs. I’m thankful to the four people who emailed me with various suggestions. Two of these involved … Continue reading →

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Australian Roadshow Blu-ray releases

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Roadshow has sent me a list of its forthcoming Blu-ray releases. Good interesting range of titles there: The Mist N/A 2 October 2008 1408 N/A 2 October 2008 Sex & The City: The Movie $49.95 16 October 2008 Music and … Continue reading →

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Cuil pride

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

A month or so ago I sent an email to prominent conservative newspaper blogger Andrew Bolt, expressing my pride in my son, who had recently graduated as an Officer in the Australia Army from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Canberra. … Continue reading →

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Packaging errors on Blu-ray discs

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I use AnyDVD HD to help me analyse DVDs, Blu-ray discs and HD DVDs. However it hasn’t been of as much help with determining the region codes of Blu-ray discs as it has been with DVDs. I raised this on … Continue reading →

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Warner Blu-ray releases

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

For some reason I fell out of contact with Warner Bros for a while, but have now reestablished contact. This evening they sent me a few press releases. First, they’ve got a two-for-$50 promotion on Blu-ray going from Wednesday until … Continue reading →

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HELP! Taking screen shots of Blu-ray

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Does anyone know of a tool which allows you to take full frame grabs from Blu-ray and HD DVD on a Windows platform? You can’t do it with PowerDVD (although this does provide it for DVDs). I would love to … Continue reading →

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