What's in your HD collection?

[JP]

They announced Hard Boiled as region free a while back as it was a very popular question on their forums!

They said it's just running from a region free PS3 Blu-ray so couldn't be locked without locking the game and they weren't prepared to do that.

It's not a problem for me as the PS3 is my Blu-ray player but it leaves people out in the cold who use standalone players.

I think that they are calling DH4 uncut is a touch misleading really as it was never actually cut, they just produced 2 very slightly different versions. One for the cinema and a slightly more family friendly version for the home.

They actually made them both so everything that is in them is down to the people who made them rather than and censors. It's unlikely that there will be much of a difference or even that one is better than the other but I wanted to get this one and then get the UK version later if needed.

[dvdmike]

Thats why I opted for the dvd for now its the same running time its just a bit more gore and a few more f's including the good one

[buster_broon]

I have about 6 Blu rays now, and 2 HD DVD's, and tbh very disappointed with the reams and reams of Hollywood cheese on both formats. Also, i don't think the improvement is so great as to rebuy movies i already have. Considering avi files are what i watch the most of, the 'upgraded' picture of HD can stay in its fancy slim case for an extra tenner.

i agree with this statement as well

i wont replace all my old stuff as its not that significant, but anything new that gets released i will buy it on HD before i consider it on DVD

but i havent seen anything in 1080p yet - so maybe i'm missing out

[MonkeySteve]

I think that they are calling DH4 uncut is a touch misleading really as it was never actually cut, they just produced 2 very slightly different versions. One for the cinema and a slightly more family friendly version for the home.

They actually made them both so everything that is in them is down to the people who made them rather than and censors. It's unlikely that there will be much of a difference or even that one is better than the other but I wanted to get this one and then get the UK version later if needed.

Apparently the Aussie Blu-ray disc is actually the cinema version, same as everywhere else. Ezydvd just had it listed as 'uncut' on their website by mistake. Would be interesting to know for sure when you get it though!

[JP]

But the cinema vesion isn't on other regions Blu-ray discs. They get the home version.

Only on the Australian region B disc get's the cinema version in HD so far.

It was definately misleading of them to list it as uncut though as neither version is cut.

[MonkeySteve]

I thought the cinema and home Blu-ray versions were the same cut? The UK Blu-ray is apparently the same as the UK cinema version at any rate. Are you saying the Aussie cinema version the one with extra swearing and blood etc, and therefore their Blu-ray edition will be the same?

Sorry for taking this OT btw!

[JP]

Last one before we get back onto the proper subject here...

The DVD is the original cut apparently but fox claimed that they didn't have time to remaster the cinema cut in HD also which may account for the Australian Blu-ray being a month later.

Nobody actually knows 100% what is happening though lol. If the version I import is exactly the same then at worst I've saved myself about £10 when buying it!

[mt50]

just started my HD movie collection this week(blu ray only till i buy a hddvd player in a month or so)

own
Spiderman 3


ordered
50 first dates
weeds season 1
donnie brasco


not really spent much on these either, had a credit note at cex i used for spiderman 3, weeds was ?13 at movietyme and the other two are from amazon.com ?16 inc for both.

[TonyDA]

Time for an update. Still spending too much and not watching enough!

HD-DVD

Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Casino
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
The Departed
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Goodfellas
Inside Man
Jarhead
Matrix - The Complete Trilogy
Million Dollar Baby
The Prestige
Superman Returns
Transformers
Unforgiven

Blu-ray

2001 - A Space Odyssey
Apocalypto
Aviator
Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Casino Royale
Flags Of Our Fathers
Full Metal Jacket
Letters From Iwo Jima
Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates Of The Caribbean II - Dead Man's Chest
Pirates Of The Caribbean III - At World's End
The Shining
Spiderman - The High Definition Trilogy

Planet Earth

Ordered/pre-ordered

Blade Runner (BR)
Cars (BR)
Die Hard With A Vengeance (Australian BR)
Die Hard 4.0 (Australian BR)
Fifth Element (BR)
From Hell (BR)
Layer Cake (BR)

Eastern Promises (HD-DVD)
The Kingdom (HD-DVD)
Lucky Number Slevin (HD-DVD)
Pan's Labyrinth (HD-DVD)
Zodiac (HD-DVD)

[Shozuki]

Blu-Ray

• 300
• Black Hawk Down
• Casino Royale
• Crank
• Die Hard Collection
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
• Kung Fu Hustle
• Last Samurai, The
• Mission Impossible 2
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Ratatouille
• Saw III
• Speed
• Spider-Man: High Definition Trilogy
• Starship Troopers
• TMNT
• Transporter 2
• X-Men 3: The Last Stand
• xXx

HD-DVD

• Batman Begins
• Fast and the Furious, The
• 2 Fast 2 Furious
• Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The
• Jet Li’s Fearless
• King Kong
• Tomb Raider
• Transformers

Not really bothering with HD-DVD these days. Blu-Ray is the most used format for me, hence buying titles on Blu Ray that are worse then their HD-DVD counter parts.

[MikeRox]

Been going a bit mental lately and bolted on another 10+ HD titles >_< recently picked up/ordered

Hairspray BR
Anchorman HD
Old School HD
Shrek 3 HD
Dawn of the Dead HD
Land of the Dead HD
Bourne Trilogy HD
Battlestar Galactica Season 1 HD
Evan Almighty HD
Poseidon HD

Will have about 70 HD DVDs and about 6-7 Blu-ray movies by the end of the year I think. Wish I could find more I wanted on Blu-ray mind.

[JP]

Some of you may have noticed that I've gone a touch blu-ray crazy lately so I thought I should update my list.

Owned

1. 2001: A Space Oddity (USA)
2. 300 (USA)
3. Apocalypto (UK)
4. Babel (UK)
5. Black Hawk Down (UK)
6. The Brothers Grimm (UK)
7. Casino Royale (Australian: Uncut)
8. Close Encounters of The Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition (UK)
9. The Fifth Element (USA: Remastered)
10. Flags of Our Fathers (UK)
11. Happy Feet (USA)
12. Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban (UK)
13. Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone (UK)
14. Harry Potter & The Order of The Pheonix (UK)
15. Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire (UK)
16. Hard Boiled (USA: Free with Stranglehold on the PS3)
17. Hostel: Part II (UK)
18. Ice Age 2: Meltdown (UK)
19. Letters From Iwo jima (UK)
20. Life of Brian: The Immaculate Edition (UK)
21. The March of The Penguins (UK)
22. Meet The Robinsons (UK)
23. Monster House (UK)
24. Open Season (UK)
25. Pan's Labyrinth (UK)
26. Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (UK)
27. Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl (UK)
28. Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End (UK)
29. The Rock (UK)
30. Silent Hill (German Concorde Release)
31. Spiderman 1 (UK)
32. Spiderman 2 (UK)
33. Spiderman 3 (UK)
34. Superman Returns (UK)
35. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (USA)
36. World Trade Centre (UK)

On Order

1. 28 Weeks Later (UK)
2. Blade Runner: The Final Cut 5 Disc Set (USA) [18/12/07]
3. Bram Stoker's Dracula (UK)
4. Bridge to Terabithia (UK)
5. Con Air (UK)
6. Die Hard 3: Die Hard With A Vengeance (Australian: Uncut) [12/12/07]
7. Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (Australian: Uncut) [12/12/07]
8. Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets (UK)
9. Hellboy (UK)
10. Kung-Fu Hustle (UK)
11. Polar Express (UK)
12. Surfs Up (UK) [10/12/07]
13. The Wild (UK)

I know that I'll be picking up The Simpsons Movie on Monday but I'm not buying any more until after Christmas. I don't care what special offers there are, I'm ignoring them!

Just noticed that I'll have 50 when they've all arrived!

[TonyDA]

And here's mine. Have gone US BR mad lately, having ordered a US PS3, and am currently (sadly, perhaps) plotting my xmas viewing!

Owned

1 - 2001 (US Bluray)
2 - Apocalypto (US Bluray)
3 - The Aviator (US Bluray)
4 - Cars (US Bluray)
5 - Casino Royale (UK Bluray)
6 - The Departed (US Bluray)
7 - Die Hard The Ultimate Collection (US Bluray)
8 - Flags Of Our Fathers (US Bluray)
9 - Fifth Element (Remastered US Bluray)
10 - From Hell (UK Bluray)
11 - Full Metal Jacket SE (US Bluray)
12 - Layer Cake (US Bluray)
13 - The Prestige (US Bluray)
14 - Speed (US Bluray)
15 - Spiderman (UK Bluray)
16 - Spiderman 2 (UK Bluray)
17 - Spiderman 3 (UK Bluray)
18 - Superbad (US Bluray)
19 - Batman Begins (US HD-DVD)
20 - Brokeback Mountain (US HD-DVD)
21 - Casino (US HD-DVD)
22 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (US HD-DVD)
23 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (US HD-DVD)
24 - Goodfellas (US HD-DVD)
25 - The Complete Matrix Trilogy (UK HD-DVD)
26 - Million Dollar Baby (US HD-DVD)
27 - The Shining SE (US HD-DVD)
28 - Superman Returns (US HD-DVD)
29 - Transformers (US HD-DVD)
30 - Unforgiven (US HD-DVD)
31 - Planet Earth (UK Blu-Ray)

Pre-Ordered

Ratatouille (US Blu-ray)
Lucky Number Slevin
Hairspray (US Blu-ray)
Ocean's Trilogy Set (US Blu-ray)
Blade Runner (US Blu-ray)
Stardust (US HD-DVD)
The Kingdom (US HD-DVD)
Eastern Promises (US HD-DVD)
Zodiac (US HD-DVD)
3:10 To Yuma (US Blu-ray)

And that's not without the Christmas requests: Bourne Trilogy, Close Encounters, Edward Scissorhands, Life Of Brian....

Also still debating whether I really need to get an uncut/Australian version of Casino Royale.

[RLench]

It's now easier and faster for me to take a photo, crop it, upload it to Flickr, and then hotlink it, than it is write out a list I'm now up to 60 Bluray and 20 HD-DVD (one or two not pictured here as they're out on loan)

Testing out my camera phone...it sucks. So I won't be using it again. You can see how they're laid out though, and my Bonsai trees



And a close-up to see the spines:

[JP]

Nice...

I keep meaning to pick up the Ocean's and MI sets as they are both fairly cheap really.

I've only seen the first films of both sets so I'm still not quite convinced that I should.

Why no Die hard 3?