Category Archives: Blu-ray

Nailing Down An Issue

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

You may have noticed that in my previous post I didn’t mention which Blu-ray player I was using. That’s because I don’t like accusing players of misbehaviour until I’m very certain of my ground. Since doing that post I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Miss Potter shall be amongst my most-played Blu-ray discs

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

In an earlier post I noted that the newly released Blu-ray of Miss Potter runs at 25 frames per second, rather than the usual 24. So it appears to have been sped up, for no good reason. I made reference … Continue reading →

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Viva Blu-ray!

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

There is war in the world, and possibly a major economic problem, so I am going to outline the reasons I like Blu-ray with reference to my experience last Thursday night. My wife and I had some time to kill, … Continue reading →

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Samsung delivers BD-Live

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

When Samsung released its BD-P1500 Blu-ray player a few months ago, it delivered a BonusView player with a promise of a future upgrade to BD-Live. Earlier this month it delivered on that promise with new firmware available from Samsung’s website. … Continue reading →

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Speedy Miss Potter

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Lately I have been devoting my website attentions more to my Blu-ray vs DVD comparison shots than I have to this Blog. Most of them haven’t really been worth commenting on individually here, but now an unusual one has arisen. … Continue reading →

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Everything you always wanted to know about Blu-ray sound, but weren’t silly enough to request

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Earlier this year I did a two part piece on the audio standards of Blu-ray and some of the complications in getting it out just the way you need it. Here it is: ‘The New Digital Sound‘

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HDMI 1.3 cables

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

On the Sony BDP-S350 Review Thread at the Blu-ray forum someone asked, ‘I am totally confused whether I should be using a HDMI 1.3 cable.’ Someone else responded, ‘If you want to bitstream DTS-HD MA and DD TrueHD you must … Continue reading →

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Wall-e coming

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Disney advises that it will be releasing its latest animated marvel, Wall-e, on DVD and Blu-ray on 14 January 2009. Here’s what it says about the extras: Single Disc DVD: Presto – A Pixar Animation Studios original theatrical short about … Continue reading →

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Batman Begins menu: sliding or snappy

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

As is Warner Bros’ habit, the Blu-ray of Batman Begins doesn’t really have a main menu. When you insert the disc, the player shows an FBI warning, then the Warner Bros logo, then reads off some BD-Java code and then … Continue reading →

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Panasonic Makes Me Happy

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

When I reviewed the Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player back in May this year, I wrote: On PAL DVDs, you can set the deinterlacing mode via the ‘Display’ on-screen menu. Unfortunately, while some older Panasonic products had a ‘Film’ mode option, … Continue reading →

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