Monthly Archives: August 2008

DVD Dominance

Yesterday Warner Bros sent me the three Dirty Harry sequels on Blu-ray, along with the ‘Limited Edition Giftset’ Blu-ray for Batman Begins. I watched the latter last night and it was glorious. Great movie to begin with, and superb picture … Continue reading

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3DTV

Back in the early 1970s I entered a $100 bet with a school friend to the effect that before we died some form of effective, commercial 3D TV would be available. A hundred dollars seemed like a lot in those … Continue reading

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VHS Weirdness

Well, there you go. It looks like I don’t have too many readers after all! Or none, anyway, that have any spare VHS tapes. Happily charity came to the rescue. More to the point, I went to the Salvation Army … Continue reading

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VHS Help!!!

Independently of each other, my brother and my daughter have both suggested that I should do a pictorial comparison of VHS to DVD to Blu-ray. I think it’s a smashing idea and I’ve got the technical capabilities to do it. … Continue reading

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And another BD/DVD comparison

I’ve added six comparison shots to my review of Independence Day. Here’s the first one:

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Audio calculations

The editor of Australian HI-FI, for which I write, has just emailed me a link to the most incredible and useful set of calculators I’ve ever seen at Sound Studio and Audio Calculations Online – Acoustics Conversion Engines. Okay, they’re … Continue reading

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Two more Blu-ray/DVD comparisons

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

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!

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

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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