Monthly Archives: October 2009

More Know It All

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I have uploaded my three latest ‘Know It All’ columns from Geare magazine. Feel free to check them out if you want to see an overview of hybrid cars, how video compression works, or why 576i and 1080i are sometimes … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray reviews and DVD comparisons!

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

In the last day or so I’ve uploaded two new Blu-ray vs DVD comparisons — Black Hawk Down and A History of Violence — along with my Sound and Image reviews of Sin City (which already had a comparison up), … Continue reading →

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Win Heat on Blu-ray!

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Courtesy of Warner Bros, from 30 October 2009 I have three copies on Blu-ray of the excellent movie Heat (1995) to give away. This is a must-have, not only for the excellence of the movie, but the superb street gun … Continue reading →

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The Green Mile and The Wizard of Oz coming

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Two very different fantasies will be appearing on Blu-ray in Australia on 2 December. The Green Mile was director Frank Darabont’s third Stephen King adaptation and if not quite up the level of The Shawshank Redemption (already out on Blu-ray), … Continue reading →

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January 2010 – Big Month for Disney on Blu-ray

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve just been trawling through the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment publicity website and noticed that come January the following Blu-ray discs will be released: G-Force (2009 – 4.7/10 on IMDB), Up (2009 – 8.6/10) and Monsters, Inc. (2009 – … Continue reading →

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HiFi Writer now searchable

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Of course, it always was. Just use the site:hifi-writer.com modifier in a Google search. But I’ve added a search box to the left of the main page of the Blog, and the front page, and I may add it elsewhere … Continue reading →

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Accompaniments to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

As is Disney’s way, the recent Blu-ray release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (provided to me by the company) is lavish. Three discs: movie on the first with some extras, including a Walt Disney commentary pieced together from … Continue reading →

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6.09GB

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve been belatedly scanning some of my older Blu-ray discs and this morning I did GoodFellas. This Australian version (released by Warner Bros here) turned out to have exactly the same specifications as the US version shown here, including the … Continue reading →

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BD-Live on Star Trek

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

The Star Trek Blu-ray comes with an excellent package of extras: Commentary; Starfleet Vessel Simulator (graphical info feature); 9 Deleted scenes with Optional Commentary (1080p24, MPEG4 AVC, 2 x DD2.0 @ 224kbps – 14 mins); 30 Featurettes (1080p24, MPEG4 AVC, … Continue reading →

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Star Trek

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Consider marking 29 October down in your diary. That’s the date that the new Star Trek movie is appearing on Blu-ray (and on DVD, but isn’t it better to watch it properly?) The Blu-ray version is a special three disc … Continue reading →

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