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

[JP]

The US uses VC-1 also as opposed to AVC that the UK and US Discover Channel version uses.

[sj33]

I have just read on a forum that the Planet Earth boxset is in 1080i, surely the BBC could have made this 1080p....

I seem to recall there being 2 versions, the BBC version and one with Sigouney Weaver - I think the BBC one is 1080p.

[Daragon]

Well it says "i" on the box, can that be ignored?

[JP]

BBC Set (UK) - 1080i
BBC Set (US) - 1080p
Discovery Channel Set (US) - 1080i

EDIT:
Added Links.

[Daragon]

Damn yanks getting the best deal AGAIN! And the BBC is OURS. Get your own **** -_-

That said, does the BBC US version lack the 5th disk or just the DC version?

[JP]

The UK version is the only one with the extras on. I don't use 1080i myself so may well go for the UK set.

Will I be able to spot much of a difference between the two sets as I will be watching in 720p anyway? Should I expect much of a difference between downscaled 1080i & 1080p?

EDIT:
Changed from 1080p to 720p.

[sj33]

You're opening a can of worms there, but I'd suspect you'd see no percievable difference, assuming both are encoded VC1 or AVC.

This usually leads to huge debates about the advantages of 1080p/24 over 1080i/60, and it got quite nasty last time =P

[Ajay1986]

http://www.movietyme.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=37392&osCsid=5fcc53921b5681558af6808ec2818ece

The time is nearly upon us for the daddy of all Blu Ray releases, and i cant bloody wait. Is Movietyme the best place to order it from or is there anywhere better, not really had great experiences with MT recently.

[JP]

I've had mine on pre-order from MovieTyme for ages now. As it's not out until the 18th I'm really not expecting it until after Christmas.

I'm not sure what it's like for international postage on things like this over that period though.

I've gone for the standard 5 disc set rather than the briefcase as it didn't really have anything I wanted.

I have visions of airport security performing "controlled explosions" on the 1000s briefcase sets being imported here due to the additional terrorism paranoia there will probably be over Christmas.

[Lyris]

Will I be able to spot much of a difference between the two sets as I will be watching in 1080p anyway? Should I expect much of a difference between downscaled 1080i & 1080p?

Not downscaled, no.

Purely on video terms, I'd rather have the US version because, assuming they've done their job properly, there's less to go wrong.

[JP]

Sorry, I should have said that I would be watching them in 720p rather than 1080i.

[MikeRox]

I find HD stuff looks better on my display in 720p than it does in 1080i.

Got Hairspray to watch with the missus tomorrow dirty trick to lure her into liking HD more and more so she might start picking up a few titles too bwahaha. It must be starting to work as she's wanting to pick me up a few films for xmas.

[ChrisF]

Got Hairspray to watch with the missus tomorrow dirty trick to lure her into liking HD more and more so she might start picking up a few titles too bwahaha.

I admire your commitment to the cause!

[Lyris]

"Tru Blu Blood" huh Mike

[RLench]

Just tried the second disc now on my PS3 and I'm having difficulties with it!

The background images from the menu screen is missing so it's completely white:


I've not been able to find anything online about this yet, has anybody else had a similar problem? Is it working OK for the people who are trying it on their PS3?

I'm just wondering if it's a disc problem or something to do with the upcoming 1.1 profile?

Any advice would be appreciated.

I just checked and it does it on mine too (PS3).

I really hate the menus and the way it's set out for this film. I just watched one of the extras, and it had some bonus footage (hidden footage, basically, that you click on to watch )

Before I clicked on it, it was supposed to last 8 minutes. After I went back to it, it was 5 minutes. So I've lost something there. I went to another bonus clip and back again...now it was back to 8 minutes. Then I pressed next chapter accidentally (instead of fast forward) and it went to something else entirely. So I went back and I'm now on a totally different chapter that's 2 minutes long. Did the same thing again (forward a chapter, then back) and I'm somewhere completely different to where I wanted. By this point I have absolutely no idea where I am, how to get back to what I was watching, or even how to get back to the main menu

Is this really necessary? Give us a list of features on the main menu (one without loading times, plz)...then, if you want a lite-version or the full-version, ask the user to select. Then they press play and watch it. THAT'S ALL THAT WE WANT!! :angry:

If I can get 'lost' going through these menus then how the hell are the general population going to survive? Disney have made it far too complex and it's basically a complete mess if you try and use any of the advanced features...if you're lucky enough to have a Bluray player that actually runs them