Category Archives: Blu-ray

Two more Blu-ray/DVD comparisons

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve now done comparison shots between the Australian DVDs and Blu-rays of The Fifth Element and Full Metal Jacket. By coincidence, these are somewhat related. The first Blu-ray release of each of these in the United States was heavily criticised. … Continue reading →

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Another BD-Live title

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Paramount Pictures will be releasing Iron Man on a twin-disc Blu-ray (and also, ho hum, on DVD) on 9 October 2008. Lots of special features, most of them in HD. Most interestingly, there will be a BD Live extra called … Continue reading →

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No Country for Old Men … whoops!

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Look at the top left hand corner of the graphic. What do you see? Would that be an ‘A’ in a hexagon? That’s a region code marking for Blu-ray discs. Look at the two primarily red boxes on that graphic. … Continue reading →

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The Sixth Sense out on Blu-ray

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released The Sixth Sense on Blu-ray. Details and Blu-ray vs DVD comparison shots here.

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Close Encounters comparison

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve done a few BD vs DVD comparison shots for Close Encounters of the Third Kind now. Have a look. That, with Almost Famous, makes two comparisons unmediated by having to take photos from a screen. So far, the DVD … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray screenshots commence!

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

A couple of weeks ago I issued a cry for help because I couldn’t work out how to grab screen shots from Blu-ray discs. I’m thankful to the four people who emailed me with various suggestions. Two of these involved … Continue reading →

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Australian Roadshow Blu-ray releases

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Roadshow has sent me a list of its forthcoming Blu-ray releases. Good interesting range of titles there: The Mist N/A 2 October 2008 1408 N/A 2 October 2008 Sex & The City: The Movie $49.95 16 October 2008 Music and … Continue reading →

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Packaging errors on Blu-ray discs

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I use AnyDVD HD to help me analyse DVDs, Blu-ray discs and HD DVDs. However it hasn’t been of as much help with determining the region codes of Blu-ray discs as it has been with DVDs. I raised this on … Continue reading →

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Warner Blu-ray releases

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

For some reason I fell out of contact with Warner Bros for a while, but have now reestablished contact. This evening they sent me a few press releases. First, they’ve got a two-for-$50 promotion on Blu-ray going from Wednesday until … Continue reading →

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HELP! Taking screen shots of Blu-ray

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Does anyone know of a tool which allows you to take full frame grabs from Blu-ray and HD DVD on a Windows platform? You can’t do it with PowerDVD (although this does provide it for DVDs). I would love to … Continue reading →

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