Category Archives: Disc details

The Same Encode, But Different

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

While coverting old posts to the new blog, I happened to re-read one I did on Superman Returns, back in July 2008, called ‘Wasting Digital Real-estate‘. In this I theorised that ‘it looks like an identical encode was used on … Continue reading →

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More bitrates

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

In my post below I noted that The Box has both DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD encodes. I added The Broken as well. In both cases, the TrueHD encode seemed more efficient space wise: significantly in the case of a … Continue reading →

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The Box – Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio?

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

… or both. The latest Richard Kelly movie, The Box, will be appearing on Blu-ray in Australia from Icon Film Distribution on 10 March 2010. Last night I examined the disc and found it to be the first disc I … Continue reading →

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How’s the Ticker going?

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Recent Universal Blu-ray discs have a ‘Ticker’ feature on their menu system. Sort of. The ticker is a bar of text in the top right part of the screen and it is supposed to display some messages that came with … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings coming to Blu-ray

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

This was an announcement I received today from Roadshow Entertainment. I shall feed through more info as it becomes available, but it seems that we’ll see LOTR on Blu-ray in April 2010: I may be silly, but I suspect that … Continue reading →

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Heat discs won by clever readers

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

 I have posted three copies of Heat on Blu-ray to three readers who undertook my Blu-ray picture quality survey. They were: Shane from the Gold Coast, Des from Queensland, and Simon Hewlett from Calwell, ACT, not far from where I … Continue reading →

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Pride and Prejudice

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Some months ago Scott Fitzgerald, the Gadget Guy’s Web Master, mentioned to me a ‘jarring “dual quality” of image’ on this wonderful two disc Blu-ray release of the 1995 TV mini-series version of Pride and Prejudice. It’s taken me awhile … Continue reading →

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An American Werewolf on Blu-ray

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Here’s another Blu-ray vs DVD comparison: An American Werewolf in London. Oddly, reviews seem to overlook the marked graininess of the Blu-ray, but it is nonetheless a huge improvement over the DVD. Here’s a sample:

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Blu-ray reviews and DVD comparisons!

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

In the last day or so I’ve uploaded two new Blu-ray vs DVD comparisons — Black Hawk Down and A History of Violence — along with my Sound and Image reviews of Sin City (which already had a comparison up), … Continue reading →

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The Green Mile and The Wizard of Oz coming

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Two very different fantasies will be appearing on Blu-ray in Australia on 2 December. The Green Mile was director Frank Darabont’s third Stephen King adaptation and if not quite up the level of The Shawshank Redemption (already out on Blu-ray), … Continue reading →

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