Category Archives: Blu-ray

Lord of the Rings month

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

April 2010 is the month in which the three Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movies appear on Blu-ray. At this stage they are coming out as three separate discs, but I’m told that there will be a trilogy pack … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray reviews

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve just added five of my Sound and Image and Australian HI-FI Blu-ray reviews to the relevant page. The reviews are: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Pulp Fiction Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Star Trek The Wizard of … Continue reading →

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HD DVD

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Does anyone out there still own a HD DVD player? I do. What are your plans for it? Do you have a bunch of discs that you treasure? Or are you replacing them with Blu-ray?

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Blu-ray giveaway – Halo: Legends

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Apparently this one is a number of animated stories coming out of the Halo game universe. The disc does not have a proper Blu-ray box, nor a slick, but it works just like a bought one. The disc is region … Continue reading →

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Better not offend

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’m looking at the Blu-ray for 2012 at the moment, particularly the special extras. More particularly, the Mayan Personality Profile. You stick in your date of birth and it tells you everything you need to know about yourself. Amazing, heh? … Continue reading →

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Hey, variable chapters

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’m checking out the Blu-ray of the epic disaster movie 2012 and exploring the special extras (more on this later). One of these is a Bonusview PIP commentary feature. You have to select this specially to play, rather than just … Continue reading →

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Oppo benefits from Lexicon’s discomfiture?

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Presumably Oppo makes a nice dollar or two out of selling  the guts of Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray players to Lexicon, to which the latter affixes aluminium fronts and backs and resells for seven times as much as the BDP-83. But yesterday … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray layer rot?

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

The other night one of my daughters wanted to watch The Godfather: Part II with a friend. All was going very nicely until 1:42:32 into the movie, when it became a stillie. The picture froze for a minute or so, … Continue reading →

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Dog Day Afternoon: Blu-ray vs DVD

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Another top notch movie from the 70s, the Blu-ray is a little grainy, but kills the DVD for what’s happening on the screen. Go here for the comparison, and here’s a sample (DVD to left, Blu-ray to right):

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Blu-ray giveaway – The Butterfly Effect

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

This is actually one of Icon’s ‘Blu-ray Double Feature’ discs, which means that it has another movie on the same disc. In this case it is the quite forgettable The Butterfly Effect 2 (4.4/10 on IMDB vs the original’s 7.8/10). … Continue reading →

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