Category Archives: Blu-ray

6.09GB

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve been belatedly scanning some of my older Blu-ray discs and this morning I did GoodFellas. This Australian version (released by Warner Bros here) turned out to have exactly the same specifications as the US version shown here, including the … Continue reading →

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BD-Live on Star Trek

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

The Star Trek Blu-ray comes with an excellent package of extras: Commentary; Starfleet Vessel Simulator (graphical info feature); 9 Deleted scenes with Optional Commentary (1080p24, MPEG4 AVC, 2 x DD2.0 @ 224kbps – 14 mins); 30 Featurettes (1080p24, MPEG4 AVC, … Continue reading →

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Star Trek

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Consider marking 29 October down in your diary. That’s the date that the new Star Trek movie is appearing on Blu-ray (and on DVD, but isn’t it better to watch it properly?) The Blu-ray version is a special three disc … Continue reading →

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New old movies from Universal!

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

The postman knocked at the door this morning and unexpectedly delivered three brilliant Blu-ray discs from Universal. Labelled the ‘StudioCanal Collection’, these come in cardboard book-style cases, with an 18 page booklet on the movie included in a pocket. I’m … Continue reading →

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Deinterlacing and Upscaling difficulty

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I have just been looking at the second disc of the brilliant ‘Ultimate Collector’s Edition’ Blu-ray version of Woodstock: 3 days of peace and music. One of the extras on this disc is a five minute featurette called ‘The Museum … Continue reading →

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Director’s Cut

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Warner Bros has released a bunch of new Blu-rays covering legacy titles (don’t worry, new titles are coming too: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince will be available on Blu-ray from 18 November, and The Hangover from 25 November). … Continue reading →

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Blu-Dendy

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Whenever a new format appears, we enthusiasts wonder: ‘Will my favourite items appear in this format. If so, how long will I have to wait?’ I’ve been through this when the CD came in, then the DVD. In both cases, … Continue reading →

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The Academy Curve

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Look at the following graph. It shows the frequency balance of a musical section in a 1951 cartoon, ‘Symphony in Slang’, which appears on the Warner Bros Blu-ray release of An American in Paris. The scale on the right shows … Continue reading →

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If your Samsung BDP-1600 Blu-ray player is networked, upgrade it

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I plugged in a Samsung BDP-1600 Blu-ray player this evening, whereupon it automatically asked if it could upgrade itself from version 1.0x firmware to 2.04. As is my practice, I told it to go ahead and went and did something … Continue reading →

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‘NDAs are evil’

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I just wrote a 650 word email to Twentienth Century Fox Home Entertainment. My editor, Jez Ford, used just three words to basically say the same thing in response: ‘NDAs are evil’. Trying to keep in contact with the various … Continue reading →

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