Blu-Ray Best Of The Best - for discussing releases only

[JP]

On the subject of poorly mastered blu-rays, a Polish site has posted pictures of another series that Fox are sure to ruin.

I suppose at least with this you do get a big ugly box to contain your big ugly film if you go for the premium version.

[sj33]

It all seems pretty obvious to me. If people want a film that has been manipulated to look different to the original, then fine... but it defeats the point of HD, and makes me wonder why these people bother in the first place. I just want something to looks how it's supposed to look.

People don't complain about grain in the cinema when it's blown up to be 20x as big.

[Sane]

On the subject of poorly mastered blu-rays, a Polish site has posted pictures of another series that Fox are sure to ruin.

I suppose at least with this you do get a big ugly box to contain your big ugly film if you go for the premium version.

Nooo don't say that, I've been waiting forever for these...

[Number45]

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/3330/jasonandtheargonauts.html

[Geoff D]

On the subject of poorly mastered blu-rays, a Polish site has posted pictures of another series that Fox are sure to ruin.

I suppose at least with this you do get a big ugly box to contain your big ugly film if you go for the premium version.

Couple of interesting new extras heading for the set - some footage of James Remar as Hicks, & the infamous Burke cocoon scene.

Of course, it's all for naught if they muff up the films.

[Roddie]

I've watched all the extras that were on the double DVD of Alien and I don't care about the other 3 films, I just want a Blu-ray of the original that looks as good as the Blade Runner BD!

[Matt]

Going back a few pages, but just watched the original Predator disc I had sat on the shelf - I don't imagine they'll ever be a better transfer then that. It's not that grainy at all - just the Fox logo at the beginning, which looked like it was created in the 50's, lol. After that, film had the kind of grain you'd expect, and want, from that era action film. Looked great imo. Some shots grainier than others - those that would require more exposure on set. And a few high grain shots where the film was zoomed in, as it's also blurry at those times (yet also some of the best shots in the film, go figure).

I saw this in the cinema many many years back, I won't claim to have any memory how it looked in comparison to the disc, but I doubt there was any difference.

It looked EXACTLY how you'd want it to if you really want the cinema experience at home

[Geoff D]

Full specs for the Alien anthology set have been released.

[Sane]

Full specs for the Alien anthology set have been released.

Looking at the price tag I wish they would do a separate version with just the movies, I never watch the extras anyway.

[Number45]

^^ same here. I just want the best version of the film with the best possible audio/video.

[CrispyXUK]

Looking at the price tag I wish they would do a separate version with just the movies, I never watch the extras anyway.

Usually I'd agree, but the making ofs really are fantastic on these. Jaws also has the best making of feature ever, running at nearly 2 hours it's better than most films

[SharkSkin-Man]

Hope they release them seperately, don't really want to buy two films again that I'll never watch (Aliens and Alien Resurrection).

[Jebus]

Really strange, the 2nd Harry Potter film (Chamber of Secrets) only outputs 5.1 for me if I set it (via PS3) to bitstream (mix) otherwise it's 2.0...

Tried every other setting to no avail.

[Lyris]

Screen grabs of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind have surfaced.

http://www.asianblurayguide.com/capture/1707/nausicaa_of_the_valley_of_the_wind_anime_japan/

This one was done by Panasonic. It shows. They understand what a film looks like.

[Jebus]

Really strange, the 2nd Harry Potter film (Chamber of Secrets) only outputs 5.1 for me if I set it (via PS3) to bitstream (mix) otherwise it's 2.0...

Tried every other setting to no avail.

...in further issues, the 3rd Harry Potter I had the same problem I've been having for ages...the volume is unbearable...either too loud or too quiet.

Is this just something to get used to? I mean, I'm all for variable audio but to hear softly spoken bits then transition to a loud scene and be scared the walls are going to cave in...

First experienced this with Band of Brothers, but it's rearing it's head again now.