The General HD Releases Thread!

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Mar 2008, 01:38

bradavon wrote:Is there any news if the Reservoir Dogs Dutch BD is Region Free?

i'm not sure but i know DFW who released it also released a much more recent movie, 1408 and that is definitely region free so it looks likely. HOWEVER people in the usa are saying whilst the movie plays just fine the only special features they can access are the trailers! why? because the rest of the extras are in SD pal and thus won't play in ntsc only region A players.same could be true of Dogs.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Mar 2008, 02:06

Thanks.

That is definitely worth knowing and a pretty odd thing to do too. If the same is true of Reservoir Dogs I'll definitely be getting the RA BD instead.

Anyone with the HD-DVD should be able to confirm if they're NTSC or PAL?

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 14 Mar 2008, 20:10

Batman Begins - July 8th

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... -rays/1565

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 Mar 2008, 22:08

Great. I'll upgrade my HD-DVD to the BD.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 15 Mar 2008, 00:40

Is there any point if you're buying a dual player?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Mar 2008, 01:31

Yes. I'm future proofing.

It's a definite possibility I'll only own one Combo Player and after that it will be a BD Player. While I plan to keep the Combo 5+ years going by how many DVD Players I've had I'll possibly want to upgrade in 2-3 years to something newer. If I still had my DVD Player I bought 5 years ago I'd still be using Scart instead of HDMI, for example.

If it's a Universal HD-DVD I am planning to keep them (as there are stacks of them) but if it's from any other company (Warner, Paramount etc...) I'll switch to the BD as there aren't many HD-DVD exclusives from other companies at all so I may as well own the future safe BD.

I recently sold my (Warner) GoodFellas HD-DVD for the BD. It cost me about £1 after I'd sold the old one on eBay and bought the new one. Salty is doing the same if it doesn't cost him much.

There is also no garuantee I'll be getting a Combo Player, although things are looking good I will.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 17 Mar 2008, 20:37

had to laugh at some of the BD prices in HMV today. the tiny blu-ray section had Beowulf at £25, Starsky & Hutch at £27 and Ice Age 2 at £30

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 17 Mar 2008, 23:13

Yeah, it's a silly joke.

But then average DVDs were regularly £19.99 back in the late 90s.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 25 Mar 2008, 19:28

Face/Off UK BD review:

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/869/faceoff_uk.html

I guess the reviewer doesn't realise it's cut but it's interesting to read the BD has better PQ to the Paramount HD-DVD. I understand their is a German Uncut BD too.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 25 Mar 2008, 19:45

bradavon wrote:but it's interesting to read the BD has better PQ to the Paramount HD-DVD. I understand their is a German Uncut BD too.

As the US HD DVD looks like shit, thats not hard.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 25 Mar 2008, 19:51

You wouldn't like the BD then. The review says it's only minutely better.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 25 Mar 2008, 19:53

Well It may, as its mainly the awful dirt that ruins the transfer of the US one, the UK may have a brain and clean that crap up. The Smooth DNR would be nice to see gone as well.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 25 Mar 2008, 21:22

Gangs of New York BD likely coming:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... u-ray/1589

Tentative Fox 2008 release schedule (Fargo, French Connection, Planet of the Apes 1968, X-Men Trilogy and More):

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... Plans/1588

Batman likely means the 1966 film already announced:

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/ ... ition.html

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 26 Mar 2008, 17:59

Walk Hard:The Dewey Cox Story Region A-is region-free

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Mar 2008, 01:05

Cool.

That's especially cool after the USA BD is a 2 Disc Extended Director's Cut with BD Live extras. Compared with the 1 Disc Theatrical Cut (I think) barely any extras, no BD Live extras UK BD.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 28 Mar 2008, 10:43

i'm going to try the BD-Live extras tonight.i suspect as the official release date for this disc is April 8th they won't work,yet.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Mar 2008, 10:51

Good point. I've no idea what BD Live extras even are

I wonder if the disc checks your IP address and won't work unless you're in North America. I hope not.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 28 Mar 2008, 12:21

The BD-Live content is something to do with Bill Hader apparently. When i loaded the disc the ps3 asked me if i wanted to allow the BD to connect to the internet.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Mar 2008, 05:18

Thanks. What happened when you did?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 29 Mar 2008, 05:43

bradavon wrote:Thanks. What happened when you did?

He caught a glimpse of the visage of Christ.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Mar 2008, 15:46

Unbreakable Region A =Region-Free

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Mar 2008, 20:48

Thanks. I didn't even realise that was out. When did it get released?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Mar 2008, 21:23

bradavon wrote:Thanks. I didn't even realise that was out. When did it get released?

April 1st 2008

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Mar 2008, 23:45

Thanks. I cannot find it listed on any News sites, except for this:

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1312/unbreakable.html

It's great to see BD50 and Lossless Audio mentioned! WTF did they do with the cover art though:

Where did you buy it from?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Mar 2008, 00:30

Brad, that is likely placeholder art. They do that sort of thing for pre-release games all the time.