Category Archives: Disc details

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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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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Alien and more released, without region codes

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Over at the AVS Forum the specifications for the Blu-ray release of the Alien/Aliens etc boxed set have been posted. Looks like they’ve got a healthy ~26Mbps MPEG4 AVC transfer. Two points of interest: although a Fox title, they are … Continue reading →

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One hundred Blu-ray vs DVD comparisons

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

In the last couple of days I’ve put up Blu-ray vs DVD comparisons for Donnie Darko and Two Hands. Both are fine movies. The results for Donnie Darko (go here for the comparison) are somewhat disappointing, primarily due to the … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray vs DVD comparison: Beauty and the Beast

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

On Blu-ray, Disney’s classic — and I reckon the best of all its animated musicals — Beauty and the Beast is available now. I see that as I write, EzyDVD seems to have sold out. I can see why: the … Continue reading →

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Toy Story Blu-ray comparison & review

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

In celebration of the forthcoming release of Toy Story 3 on 17 November, I’ve put up my recent review of Toy Story 1 (& 2), along with a Blu-ray vs DVD comparison. Of course the Blu-ray is markedly better than … Continue reading →

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