Category Archives: Blu-ray

Another Blu-ray vs DVD comparison: Great Expectations

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Here it is. Here’s a sample: Meanwhile, I have an exceedingly silly movie — Good Luck Chuck — on a Testmold Blu-ray to give away. Content is same as a bought one, but no box or slick. First to ask … Continue reading →

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Animal Kingdom wins lots of AFI awards – comparison up

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve got to admit that I’m no great fan of Australian movies, even so-called iconic ones. But I really enjoyed Animal Kingdom, even though it was a little dour. The excellent plot was the key for me, while the performances … Continue reading →

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Se7en – the Blu-ray vs DVD comparison

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Well, belatedly, here it is. And for a taste, here is one of the comparison shots:

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The African Queen Blu-ray vs DVD comparison

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

It’s right here. Pretty nice job by Beyond Home Entertainment. Here’s a sample:

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Actual Blu-ray 3D content coming!

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Roadshow has just announced that on 30 December it will be releasing Piranha 3D on Blu-ray 3D, followed by Cats & Dogs 2: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as a two disc release with Blu-ray 3D on one and the regular … Continue reading →

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World’s Weirdest Blu-ray mastering job?

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Or, how Evan Almighty wastes 13,324,032,000 bytes on nothing useful at all.

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Toy Story 3 – Blu-ray vs DVD comparison

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Well, belatedly, here it is. As I mentioned earlier, the DVD proved to be a challenge in frame grabbling, thanks to Disney’s intentional corruption of its structure in order to make disc copying a smidge more difficult. This was complicated … Continue reading →

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The shape and colour of Se7en

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

On 2 December 2010 Roadshow Entertainment is releasing one of the truly great movies to Blu-ray: Se7en (aka Seven). That’t not just my opinion. IMDB has it listed at #28 on user ratings. For ten years David Fincher had been … Continue reading →

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A Letter to the Old Country

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Yesterday I received a Blu-ray player produced by a very highly regarded UK company, which shall remain nameless. This is not a cheap Blu-ray player. But oddly it seemed rather deficient on the HDMI audio output front, not having anything … Continue reading →

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Free Blu-ray: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Yes, yours for free: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Ask for it in comments. Australian addresses only. This is a test disc, without a box, but it works fine.

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