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

[teddymeow]

OH. MY. GOD!!!!!

A little bit of wee just came out!

Battle Royale Blu-ray

[Daragon]

Find this scene:



EDIT: Not sure of the PAL exchange program.

Do you have those photos in large perchance?

[Number45]

Took them from here. Shouldn't be hard to find more though, just search for "pirates of the caribbean framing problems.

If you can't see the difference from that shot though, I'm not sure you should bother.

[JP]

Anyone know when the replacement Gladiator streets in the UK?

Oh, and how will you be able to tell the difference?

According to Paramount US the cases were identical apart from the UPC being yellow. There are copies out already over there even though it's not technically been released and they still carry the same black and white UPC but on the back they do show a small logo saying 2 Disc Set.

I can't imagine the covers will be markedly different over here to the current covers as it's not technically a new edition, it's a continuation of the same edition they've been selling since launch.

At the moment both Paramount and Universal following the premise that there was nothing wrong with the original release and them making a big deal of this being a completely new versions would scupper that idea. I'd imagine they'd separate the two editions if they turned this into some sort of collector's edition or anniversary edition and bundled in extra content which they probably can't do at the moment.

It is possible they'll announce it as a new edition but I'd be really surprised if they did.

Although Universal are stating that it'll be about a month before shops get the better version there may already be some in the shops now depending on how much stock of the old master the shops had available as happened in the US.

[NekoFever]

I'm not sure what to do about Gladiator. I might hold off until the fixed ones are in the shops, or I might just spend the tenner or so on one from Play and send it off to get replaced immediately.

Check out the screenshot of the fixed one here. So good...

[Lyris]

Ha ha, that's my brother's site ^

There's a version shipping from (I think) The Netherlands which is fixed.

[Salsa Party Animal]

Amazon.com send me email and told me about Deadwood Complete Series on Blu Ray.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00129AJFO/

Sound good for me, as I not seen one program and love HBO stuff. How good is it ?

[JP]

Does anybody know if the Mesrine: Killer Instinct blu-ray set was released in anything but the card box? I know in the past that films post launch have moved onto the standard blu-ray packaging but seeing it in HMV today it they're still selling it in the card box.

Has anybody here got it in different packaging?

I know the packaging isn't the most important thing but I'm really not a fan of those budget boxes and avoid them whenever possible.

[TonyDA]

I ordered the corrected version of Gladiator (in a Steelbook) from a Dutch company called Mediadis last week, based on recommendations of them on other forums. People on other forums are saying they received theirs a week ago or more, but I've not even had a shipping confirmation - and an email to them asking when it will ship has gone unanswered.

It cost me £20, which I though was OK for the steelbook, so I'll update on here when I get news (or it turns up!).

[TonyDA]

John - got mine from Amazon last week in the same crappy cardboard if that helps?

[Richie_uk]

At LAST !!

http://uk.bluray.ign.com/articles/111/1112481p1.html

Confirms that all six movies are being released on Blu-ray and that the set is coming out Fall 2011

documentaries, vintage behind-the-scenes moments, interviews, retrospectives and never-before-seen footage from the Lucasfilm archives

[JP]

[Dogg Thang]

Star Wars is the Sonic of the movie world for me. Once loved. Now, really means little to me. It's a shame really.

[El Leone]

I'm considering getting a blu-ray player within the next few months so I'm just wondering if you guys have any good recommendations. I understand that the PS3 is a pretty good blu-ray player, and it's future proofed as well, but thats out of my price range.

[Lyris]

Almost anything. You can get second-hand Panasonic players for about 99 pounds or so - check AVForums classifieds.

Or: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DM...1901301&sr=8-7

You can pay more money to add features like better SD DVD playback, analogue surround audio outputs for older amps, or video processing features to offset inaccuracies in your TV (for the hardcore calibration stuff), but just about any player plays 24p Blu-ray Discs properly.