Category Archives: Disc details

Another 1080i50 movie

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Icon Film Distribution has kindly sent me another of its Blu-ray discs, the movie In Bruges. I’m pretty keen on watching this one since it scores a solid 8.1 on IMDB with 55,000+ votes. The disc is, like Miss Potter, … Continue reading →

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Shawshank moves up

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

As I mentioned the other day, Warner Bros is releasing The Shawshank Redemption on Blu-ray next month. A couple of days ago they sent me a sample. As it happens, it’s the US version in the US packaging, which we … Continue reading →

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More Bond Coming

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Yesterday Twentieth Century Fox sent me five more James Bond catalogue movie Blu-ray releases, adding to the half dozen released last year. These are due out on 18 March this year. They are: Goldfinger (1964) (perhaps the best of them … Continue reading →

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Star Trek goes Blu

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Paramount Pictures has just released its Australian Blu-ray release schedule for April and May this year. And this is the first time it is a specific schedule, not just the Blu-ray titles mixed in with the DVD schedule. A couple … Continue reading →

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More Blu-ray vs DVD comparisons

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

The so-called Bram Stoker’s Dracula and The Matrix have joined my Blu-ray vs DVD comparisons. The former (which I compared to the PAL Superbit DVD version) is variable in the improvement; the latter is magnificent. The Matrix was a very … Continue reading →

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Number 1 and Number 11 hitting Blu-ray in Australia!

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Warner Bros advises that from 4 March to 1 April 2009 you will be able to purchase The Shawshank Redemption and Casablanca in Australia, in high definition on Blu-ray, for $AUS29.95. Number 1 and Number 11 refer, respectively, to their … Continue reading →

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Nailing Down An Issue

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

You may have noticed that in my previous post I didn’t mention which Blu-ray player I was using. That’s because I don’t like accusing players of misbehaviour until I’m very certain of my ground. Since doing that post I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Wall-e coming

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Disney advises that it will be releasing its latest animated marvel, Wall-e, on DVD and Blu-ray on 14 January 2009. Here’s what it says about the extras: Single Disc DVD: Presto – A Pixar Animation Studios original theatrical short about … Continue reading →

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Batman Begins menu: sliding or snappy

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

As is Warner Bros’ habit, the Blu-ray of Batman Begins doesn’t really have a main menu. When you insert the disc, the player shows an FBI warning, then the Warner Bros logo, then reads off some BD-Java code and then … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray and HD DVD the same … more or less

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

It used to amuse me when people would pronouce Blu-ray to be the ‘better’ format than HD DVD, or vice versa, on picture quality grounds. Potentially BD could be better simply because it had more space available. Kind of. Possibly. … Continue reading →

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