Totally with you on that!
I have the extended versions on dvd, and can't watch the theatrical anymore, will have to wait until December 2011 for the extended versions on bluray.
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Totally with you on that!
I have the extended versions on dvd, and can't watch the theatrical anymore, will have to wait until December 2011 for the extended versions on bluray.
RazedInBlack
RazedInBlack
Totally with you on that!
I have the extended versions on dvd, and can't watch the theatrical anymore, will have to wait until December 2011 for the extended versions on bluray.
That long! Hopefuly prices will drop by that time.
Just got my Terminator: Salvation on Blu Ray from Amazon.uk. R117 is all I payed.
Hellboy II is still one of the best movies I've seen on Bluray.
Patiently waiting for LOTR on Bluray
The link was to the extended version
RazedInBlack
RazedInBlack
The link was to the extended version
Ok! Cool.
But its not released as yet I see. I'm gonna get this as well. Thanks for the link.
titeroper
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Picked up the LOTR trilogy and Toy Story 1 on Blu over the weekend: LOTR on Blue is obviously much better than the DVD's - 1st movie picture quality - quite soft in some scene's but apparently they had not perfected compositing the digital stuff with the 35mm stuff correctly, but still completely worth it for the surround - DTS HD soundtrack is absolutely awesome!
Toy Story is just great - usual Pixar demo quality for video and audio,and my favourite digital film to date besides The Incredibles (now that is what I want next on Blu).
Scores: Toy Story 1: 5/5 stars ; LOTR Trilogy: 4/5 stars
Toy Story is just great - usual Pixar demo quality for video and audio,and my favourite digital film to date besides The Incredibles (now that is what I want next on Blu).
Scores: Toy Story 1: 5/5 stars ; LOTR Trilogy: 4/5 stars
RazedInBlack
RazedInBlack
Kalahari.net has Band Of Brothers and The Matrix box sets listed under R200!
http://www.kalahari.net/dvd/bluray/75406.aspx?page=2&function=paging
But lo and behold, they're out of stock!
http://www.kalahari.net/dvd/bluray/75406.aspx?page=2&function=paging
But lo and behold, they're out of stock!
RazedInBlack
RazedInBlack
Amazon.uk BBC Planet Earth, Blue Plane and Life for
Price For All Three: £56.46 Blu Ray
I think thats about R650.
R1300 for Planet Earth and Life at Look and Listen.
Price For All Three: £56.46 Blu Ray
I think thats about R650.
R1300 for Planet Earth and Life at Look and Listen.
Rosaudio
First Officer
RazedInBlack
RazedInBlack
Paid £30 for Planet Earth at HMV
Its about £18 on it own on Amazon. Thats even better.
Rosaudio
First Officer
i hired Avatar on bluray last night. All i can is Wow. It is by far the best picture i have ever seen on my screen. Beats Star Trek, my previous no1. The picture is full screen, so it filled my 47" to perfection. There is not a single scene with a flaw, every scene is perfectly detailed. Is possible to see every blade of grass and every leaf in each tree in the forrest scenes. This movie is why bluray and hd tvs were made. Picture : 5 sound : 5. Did not see if it had hd sound, my amp only goes to dts. A must for any collection.
RazedInBlack
RazedInBlack
Cool! I bought that on Blu Ray, only because I had discount vouchers at Look & Listen. Haven't watched it yet though.
review of Avatar from Blu-ray.com, they are more 'articulate' :
PICTURE QUALITY :
Reference quality. Demo worthy. Grade-A eye candy. Whatever you want to call it, Avatar on Blu-ray is the kind of material that not only sells discs, it sells entire home theater systems. It’s a visual showpiece from start to finish, and if the big box stores start playing Avatar on their floor displays—maybe they already are—I guarantee they’ll see a spike in HDTV and Blu-ray player sales. I don’t want to gush. I’m not a gusher by nature. But put quite simply, Avatar’s 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer—framed in James Cameron’s preferred 1.78:1 aspect ratio, filling up almost the entirety of a 50 GB disc, and coasting along at an extremely high bit rate—is nothing short of superlative in nearly every objectively measurable or subjectively eye-balled category. Clarity is astounding. The texture work and resolve of the various CGI creations shows a degree of fine detail that’s unprecedented. The skin of the Na’vi is defined and has a palpable presence, keenly reflecting light and glistening with perspiration. You can even make out each bead on the high priestesses’ intricate beadwork shawl. Live action elements are just as well attributed. In establishing shots of the environment, individual blades of grass can be seen bending in the wind of a helicopter’s blades. The human actors are crisp and, with very few exceptions, blend in seamlessly with the gorgeous digital backgrounds.
Color is nothing if not eye-popping, with deep jungle greens, phosphorescent purples, bright orange bursts of fire, and, of course, the Na’vi’s Smurf blue, all contrasted against the bleak fluorescence and gunmetal grays of the human military base. Just as impressive are the deep black levels and right-on contrast, which sculpt out an image that’s frequently so dimensional that you really don’t miss the 3D. My notes while watching the film looked something like this: “This is the most vivid, immersive scene I’ve seen yet on Blu-ray.” A few minutes pass. “Wait, no, this is the most vivid, immersive scene I’ve seen.” And so on, with the film constantly one-upping itself. On the technical side of things, the encode is flawless, with no compression-related concerns whatsoever and practically zero noise. My expectations were certainly surpassed. Like it did in the theaters with 3D, Avatar has just raised the bar for home video on Blu-ray.
SOUND QUALITY :
With all of the visually stunning landscapes to take in, it’s easy to overlook the immersion, power, and intimacy of Avatar’s soundscape, brought to Blu-ray via an exceptionally detailed DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track. There are certainly several sonic shock and awe moments here that will rattle your ribcage, shake the walls, and wake your neighbors—massive LFE-heavy explosions, spitfire machinegunning, and metal-rending, tree-cracking crashes—but where this track really succeeds is in crafting an engaging, believable world of sound. The surround channels are almost ceaselessly active, filling out the space around you with directionally accurate ambience. Just listen to the diversity of minute sounds as the characters traipse through the jungle—strange bird calls, wind, ominous rustlings, the chatter of the Pandoran equivalent of chimps. The cross-channel effects—zipping arrows, the rush of helicopter rotors, the flapping of enormous pterodactyl-like wings—are seamless and transparent, shot through the soundstage with pinpoint precision. More so, the sounds themselves have weight and clarity—the dynamic range is expansive—and the mix is effortlessly balanced. Meaning, no volume boosting or trimming required. I set my receiver to my usual listening level, and I don’t think I touched my remote for the duration of the film. Dialogue remains discernable in the forefront, except for a few chaotic moments when the voices are intentionally—and realistically— difficult to hear. James Horner’s score veers quite closely into Titanic territory at times— during one motif I can practically hear Celine Dion singing “Near, far…”—but it’s appropriately epic, complementing the film well. I really can’t imagine Avatar sounding any better than this.
PICTURE QUALITY :
Reference quality. Demo worthy. Grade-A eye candy. Whatever you want to call it, Avatar on Blu-ray is the kind of material that not only sells discs, it sells entire home theater systems. It’s a visual showpiece from start to finish, and if the big box stores start playing Avatar on their floor displays—maybe they already are—I guarantee they’ll see a spike in HDTV and Blu-ray player sales. I don’t want to gush. I’m not a gusher by nature. But put quite simply, Avatar’s 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer—framed in James Cameron’s preferred 1.78:1 aspect ratio, filling up almost the entirety of a 50 GB disc, and coasting along at an extremely high bit rate—is nothing short of superlative in nearly every objectively measurable or subjectively eye-balled category. Clarity is astounding. The texture work and resolve of the various CGI creations shows a degree of fine detail that’s unprecedented. The skin of the Na’vi is defined and has a palpable presence, keenly reflecting light and glistening with perspiration. You can even make out each bead on the high priestesses’ intricate beadwork shawl. Live action elements are just as well attributed. In establishing shots of the environment, individual blades of grass can be seen bending in the wind of a helicopter’s blades. The human actors are crisp and, with very few exceptions, blend in seamlessly with the gorgeous digital backgrounds.
Color is nothing if not eye-popping, with deep jungle greens, phosphorescent purples, bright orange bursts of fire, and, of course, the Na’vi’s Smurf blue, all contrasted against the bleak fluorescence and gunmetal grays of the human military base. Just as impressive are the deep black levels and right-on contrast, which sculpt out an image that’s frequently so dimensional that you really don’t miss the 3D. My notes while watching the film looked something like this: “This is the most vivid, immersive scene I’ve seen yet on Blu-ray.” A few minutes pass. “Wait, no, this is the most vivid, immersive scene I’ve seen.” And so on, with the film constantly one-upping itself. On the technical side of things, the encode is flawless, with no compression-related concerns whatsoever and practically zero noise. My expectations were certainly surpassed. Like it did in the theaters with 3D, Avatar has just raised the bar for home video on Blu-ray.
SOUND QUALITY :
With all of the visually stunning landscapes to take in, it’s easy to overlook the immersion, power, and intimacy of Avatar’s soundscape, brought to Blu-ray via an exceptionally detailed DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track. There are certainly several sonic shock and awe moments here that will rattle your ribcage, shake the walls, and wake your neighbors—massive LFE-heavy explosions, spitfire machinegunning, and metal-rending, tree-cracking crashes—but where this track really succeeds is in crafting an engaging, believable world of sound. The surround channels are almost ceaselessly active, filling out the space around you with directionally accurate ambience. Just listen to the diversity of minute sounds as the characters traipse through the jungle—strange bird calls, wind, ominous rustlings, the chatter of the Pandoran equivalent of chimps. The cross-channel effects—zipping arrows, the rush of helicopter rotors, the flapping of enormous pterodactyl-like wings—are seamless and transparent, shot through the soundstage with pinpoint precision. More so, the sounds themselves have weight and clarity—the dynamic range is expansive—and the mix is effortlessly balanced. Meaning, no volume boosting or trimming required. I set my receiver to my usual listening level, and I don’t think I touched my remote for the duration of the film. Dialogue remains discernable in the forefront, except for a few chaotic moments when the voices are intentionally—and realistically— difficult to hear. James Horner’s score veers quite closely into Titanic territory at times— during one motif I can practically hear Celine Dion singing “Near, far…”—but it’s appropriately epic, complementing the film well. I really can’t imagine Avatar sounding any better than this.
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If u really into watching movies, U could pay a lot more than R1500 for a player. Thats the entry level players. U dont have to buy movies, hiring them is about the same as DVD's.
Sure, its more then say R 250 for a budget DVD player, but if u spend up to R 13 000 on a fancy new FULL HD 1080p LCD screen, the u really HAVE to get a blu-ray player to mke the most of the TV !. or do what I did, go for a slightly cheaper TV ( Sinotec in my case) & spend the saving on a player.
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So you're going to base your opinion on what you 'heard'? Not exactly the wisest way to make a decision. No, it doesn't take a minute to load the menus. Different discs have different load times, in the same way that some dvds have trailers than can't be skipped before the film and others don't. You're going to pass on HD for what you think is 60 seconds? :wtf:
Buy a PS3, then you have a state of the art gaming machine, a media hub to link to your laptop, and one of the best bluray players on the market - less than R3500.
As for the cost of discs, have you not read this thread? You can get discs from Amazon for under R100. I received 4 bluray movies from Amazon on Friday and they were around 6 pounds each (including shipping). That's even cheaper than the cost of DVDs in SA.
But like Rands says, you're going to spend 10grand on a plasma/lcd and then watch normal dvds? Hmmm, doesn't make a lot of sense.
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I'll never buy from SA again, unless I'm buying second hand or there is a brilliant special. The first time I bought Planet Earth it was R650 at Musica, now the price has rocketed (don't remember seeing it at that price though
)My collection:
Band of brothers -Bought by a friend, sent down from London - R250
Surfs Up - Bought 2nd hand - R100
The Dark Knight - 2ndhand - R150
Fight Club/Planet Earth - Bought from an American Website - about R430, including shipping
Hoping to increase my collection soon. Titles I want: Avatar, I Am Legend, Matrix Trilogy, The Departed, Lord of the Rings.
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I recently purchased a PS3 and bought Ghostbusters Bluray from take2 - more uk. ETA 3rd May...cannot wait!
if i start buying from amazon.co.uk, will i be able to get PS3 games at a much cheaper price as well?
if i start buying from amazon.co.uk, will i be able to get PS3 games at a much cheaper price as well?
Unfortunately they don't ship PS3 games
(probably something to do with the licensing)Grim|Reaper
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Unfortunately they don't ship PS3 games
oh well...at least we win with the movies though
