Category Archives: Disc details

Bunch of Warner Bros Blu-ray discs coming, new and old

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Some interesting stuff here: Batman: Gotham Knight $39.95 December 2008 The Lost Boys $34.95 December 2008 The Omega Man Deluxe Edition $29.95 December 2008 (an earlier version of I Am Legend) Beetlejuice 20th Anniversary Edition $34.95 December 2008 L.A. Confidential … Continue reading →

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Easy, or not, on the eyes

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I haven’t actually been doing entirely nothing lately. Truly! In fact I’ve been adding some more Blu-ray reviews, and in their absence some DVD vs Blu-ray comparisons. Check them out. What follows here is an extended discussion regarding the picture … Continue reading →

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James Bond scrubs up, as does Ursula Andress

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Twentieth Century Fox is releasing its first batch of Bond Blu-ray discs in Australia on 12 November 2008. These are: Dr. No (1962) (the first 007, with Sean Connery) From Russia With Love (1963) Thunderball (1965) Live and Let Die … Continue reading →

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More DVD/Blu-ray comparisons

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve added a few more DVD/Blu-ray comparisons. For those that haven’t checked them out, I take an identical frame from the DVD and the Blu-ray, digitally captured using a suitable application and drive on my computer (I’ve been using LG’s … Continue reading →

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‘Heroes’: To BD-Live or Not To BD-Live

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Reader James has been very kind to me. First he found and sent down some VHS tapes for me to use in a comparison (still coming). Now he has sent down Seasons 1 and 2 of ‘Heroes‘ on Blu-ray. Now … Continue reading →

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Piracy

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

The other day one of my daughters announced that she had borrowed from a friend the entire ten season series of ‘Friends‘ on DVD. When she showed me the box, a slim, professional looking, cardboard affair containing only five DVDs, … Continue reading →

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Has Iron Man recovered?

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

This morning I checked ‘The Iron Man Blu-ray Ferro-Thread‘ and found that overnight the problems seem to have disappeared and people were getting onto BD-Live fine with the Iron Man Blu-ray. As compared to my discussion in the post before … Continue reading →

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BD-Live problems

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

The other day Sony kindly sent me its new BDP-S550 Blu-ray player, due for release in Australia in November. Aside from some other virtues, this is a BD-Live player. That is, it can support the Web-enabled content becoming increasingly available … Continue reading →

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At last: Universal Pictures (Australasia) Pty Ltd goes Blu-ray

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve been nagging Universal’s PR company on and off over the last couple of months about when the company will be going Blu-ray. Yesterday I received a press release headed: ‘Heroes: Season 2 DVD Release – October 1’. Great for … Continue reading →

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Juno ‘Digital Copy’, let’s dig deeper

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Let’s dig a little deeper into this whole ‘Digital Copy’ (DC) thing, discussed in the previous post. My brother, presently holidaying in Austria, has written to me suggesting that I ‘should install a Firefox or Maxthon browser and set up … Continue reading →

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