Category Archives: Disc details

Psycho on Blu-ray

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Universal is releasing Hitchcock’s 1960 classic Psycho on Blu-ray on Wednesday. Looks brilliant. Someone claims that there is some edge enhancement. Perhaps, but if so it is extremely subtle. Anyway, here’s my Blu-ray vs DVD comparison. A sample (one that … Continue reading →

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Long delayed Blu-ray reviews

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve allowed my Web uploading of Blu-ray reviews to lapse for a few months, but that is now corrected. So, if you’re interested in my thoughts as published in Sound and Image, Australian HI-FI or Australian Smart Home Ideas, here … Continue reading →

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The Gladiator rises again?

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve had the Blu-ray of The Gladiator on my shelf since late last year, pondering whether I should do a review. I should have, but other titles kept bobbing to the surface. It would have been unpleasant doing it, because … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray Secondary Audio

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve just been scanning the new Blu-ray release from Sony, From Paris with Love. Like so many discs, it has an audio director’s commentary. What’s different is that this is implemented as BonusView secondary audio, rather than as a separate … Continue reading →

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The Asian Aviator

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

A while back I ordered a few Warner Brothers Blu-ray discs on a two-for-twenty dollars special from EzyDVD. They came in yesterday. One of them was The Aviator, a fine movie. But when I was doing my indexing for my … Continue reading →

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Madman Entertainment’s take on The Fifth Element

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

As I’ve previously mentioned, Madman Entertainment has taken over distribution of The Fifth Element in Australia. I’ve just received a copy and I’m happy to report that it is all good news. First, the video is identical to that on … Continue reading →

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New Blu-ray discs coming

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

The news that I’m sure that we’ve all been waiting for: Donnie Darko! Yes, it is set for Blu-ray release on 11 August. Read all the details here, but the important thing is that it is a two disc release … Continue reading →

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Cloudy with a chance of three dimensions

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Yesterday Sony sent me the Blu-ray 3D version of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, last year’s animated feature. I have now done a fair bit of analysis of the disc and posted it here for those interested .

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File list complications?

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Pixar Blu-ray discs typically have the main content spread over lots of files in order to facilitate the delivery of different on-screen text languages. 3D discs typically have multiple files to support the format. They use a regular *.m2ts file … Continue reading →

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Another 3D TV

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Today I received the fifty inch Panasonic plasma 3D TV. Obviously I’m doing reviews, so most of my observations belong to those, rather than here. But I would like to note that using the same test disc, there is much, … Continue reading →

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