Category Archives: Blu-ray

Would you like a movie?

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

If so, the first to ask in comments can have Into the Blue, a modest thriller about beautiful people swimming around in a tropical paradise. No box, no proper disc label. I’ll post within Australia. Running time: 110 minutes Picture: 2.35:1, … Continue reading →

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The Fall

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

What the hell is it with The Fall? This is a glorious movie, made all the way back in 2006. It had David Fincher and Spike Jonze behind it (‘presented by’). It stars Lee Pace (from ‘Pushing Daisies‘) in a … Continue reading →

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Fine music and fine wine

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Sometimes I think the art of listening to hifi — not for the music, but for the performance of the system — is somewhat like the art of tasting wine. Long time readers would realise from that association that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-ray, Giveaway, Imperfect perception, Mysticism, Testing | 4 Comments

Super Slow Motion Zombies

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

The other day I noted that the Blu-ray of Michael Jackson’s This Is It has some trailers hidden on the disc, apparently inaccessible via the play menu. Well today I discovered that there are zombies hidden on another Blu-ray disc. … Continue reading →

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Is This Really It?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

In a comment to an earlier post, Craig makes some astute observations about the insertion of apparent SD material into Michael Jackson’s This Is It. I have now belatedly watched the movie and have been trying to work out what … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray vs DVD comparison: This Is Spinal Tap

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

This is the classic, of course. Being shot in 1984, and done in a documentary shaky-cam style, it is far from the sharpest of Blu-rays on the market … Hang on. I was just about to write: ‘In fact, it … Continue reading →

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Hidden trailers

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Today I gathered some information from the Blu-ray of Michael Jackson’s This Is It, which I’ll be reviewing in the next few days. I use BDInfo to drill down into the tech details, and go through every menu link on … Continue reading →

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Avatar gives 3D backwards recognition

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

CinemaSquid has posted the technical specifications of the Blu-ray for Avatar on the AV Science Forum here. Looks like it will be pretty good. One point that caught my eye was the disc title: ‘RED_BIRD_2D_WW’. Presumably ‘Red Bird’ was some … Continue reading →

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3D content

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Now that 3D TV is about to hit the home, there will be a shortage of 3D content. Samsung is attempting to address this by having a processor generate a 3D look for 2D material. I doubt that this will … Continue reading →

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Three dimensional Panasonic

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I went to Melbourne today courtesy of Panasonic to see its dancing girls and enjoy a lunch. Oh, and to see some products. Like 17 new plasma TVs, ranging from the $999 107cm 1,024 x 768 pixel Viera TH-P4220A, to … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, Blu-ray, Equipment | 2 Comments