Category Archives: Blu-ray

How black can Epson get?

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Yesterday Epson flew me up to Sydney to attend at Fox Studios, well, not precisely a launch, but a briefing on its two forthcoming home theatre projectors. They will be available in November. These are somewhat of a departure for … Continue reading →

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Plasma 3D TV

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I have now used six different 3D TVs with Blu-ray 3D discs: four LCDs from three brands, and two plasmas from two brands. And I think I’d be safe in saying that I prefer plasma for 3D Blu-ray. But it … Continue reading →

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Psycho on Blu-ray

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Universal is releasing Hitchcock’s 1960 classic Psycho on Blu-ray on Wednesday. Looks brilliant. Someone claims that there is some edge enhancement. Perhaps, but if so it is extremely subtle. Anyway, here’s my Blu-ray vs DVD comparison. A sample (one that … Continue reading →

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From Anaglyph to Frame Sequential 3D

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

[Update: Andrew Woods, a 3D expert from Curtin University in Western Australia, emails me with regard to this post: Yes, an interesting and appealing thought. It has been tried by many, but usually with mixed results. Various methods have been … Continue reading →

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Product Placement

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’m not one to get all upset about product placement in movies. I do sometimes find it quite amusing, though. Here is part of a scene from The Final Destination (on Blu-ray, naturally): And here is part of a scene … Continue reading →

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New Blu-ray vs DVD comparisons …

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

… for Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same, and the previously mentioned Pride & Prejudice (2005). The former extracts about all the detail available from the film, most of which is grain. Still, get it for the TrueHD sound.

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Edge compression effects

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’m working up a Blu-ray vs DVD comparison for the 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice and noticed something interesting. [Update: the comparison is here.] Virtually all widescreen Blu-ray discs have, in my experience, conformed to a convention where the … Continue reading →

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Long delayed Blu-ray reviews

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve allowed my Web uploading of Blu-ray reviews to lapse for a few months, but that is now corrected. So, if you’re interested in my thoughts as published in Sound and Image, Australian HI-FI or Australian Smart Home Ideas, here … Continue reading →

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You’re Not Even Reading This

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Today I received from local disc distributor, Eagle Entertainment, its latest Blu-ray: Evil Angel, a horror thriller starring Ving Rhames (Marsellus Wallace from Pulp Fiction). The company distributes lesser known and independent films on DVD and, increasingly, Blu-ray. As is … Continue reading →

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Apologetically region coded Blu-ray

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve just noticed over at the ‘NEW Unofficial Blu-ray Audio and Video Specifications Thread’ on the AVS Forums a remark about the region coding screen of a new Blu-ray disc. It apologises for its existence!

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