Category Archives: Blu-ray

Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray – the standard source

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

For the past year or more I’ve had on long term loan from Sony Computer Entertainment a Sony Playstation 3. This has been the source I’ve been primarily using for my Blu-ray reviews. At the time, the PS3 was the … Continue reading →

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Oppo Rules

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

My review of the Oppo Digital BDP-83 Blu-ray player appears in the newly released issue of Sound and Image magazine. Let me cut to the chase: this is the best Blu-ray player I have yet tested, and I have tested … Continue reading →

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BD-Live advances – a Possible Killer App?

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Yesterday I went to Sydney, courtesy of Sony, to see its new line of Blu-ray players and some of the stuff it’s doing with Blu-ray discs. First, the players. There are three models: the BDP-S360, BDP-S560 and the BDP-S760. They … Continue reading →

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1.0

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

The other day I put on the excellent Warner Bros Blu-ray title, An American in Paris, and noticed something odd: the music was coming out of the front left and right speakers. I already know that this disc has seven … Continue reading →

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Firmware updates

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I go out to my office this morning, planning to finish off my combo review of the two new Panasonic Blu-ray players, the DMP-BD60 and the DMP-BD80. I switch on the system. The BD60 is plugged in at the moment. … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Anamorphic

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

In my disc database I have tick boxes to describe the presentation of the main feature of the disc. These include ‘Pan and Scan’, ‘Widescreen Anamorphic’, ‘Widescreen Non-anamorphic’ and ‘Widescreen cropped’. Pretty much by habit I’ve been ticking the ‘Widescreen … Continue reading →

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Madman launches Blu-ray

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Unexpectedly, I received in the mail today the first Blu-ray released by Madman Entertainment Pty Ltd. This company releases lots of Anime titles here, plus lots of independent movies. The Blu-ray was for the 1986 animated movie: The Transformers: The … Continue reading →

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More Blu-ray releases from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I received a package today from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with the two disc Blu-ray version of The Longest Day, plus The Siege and Big Trouble in Little China. All these are due for release on 5 August 2009, … Continue reading →

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New Blu-ray releases for 29 July

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Warner Bros is releasing a bunch of Blu-ray discs in Australia on the same day, some of which I’m really looking forward to: ‘Watchmen‘: The Complete Motion Comic Surveillance Woodstock International Ultimate Collector’s Edition (40th Anniversary) Woodstock Director’s Cut How … Continue reading →

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DOS

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

When I’m preparing Blu-ray vs DVD comparisons, my process these days is to rip most or all of the ‘I’ frames from the Blu-ray first, organise them, then select the comparison frames and rip DVD frames to match those. That’s … Continue reading →

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