The General HD Releases Thread!

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 28 Feb 2008, 18:59

bradavon wrote:Sweet. Did you pick any up? Hot Fuzz is particularly good.

i had them all anyway with the exception of Casino which i wasn't mad on. i picked up a copy of Hot Fuzz,the plan being i'd sell the combo but i had a rethink and have listed the sealed copy on ebay.it's still going for over a tenner there at least.i'll return there saturday and see if he's got anything else,may give Casino another try.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 29 Feb 2008, 04:06

No Country for Old Men is being reported as region-free on the Blu-ray region code site! I wasn't expecting that.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Feb 2008, 04:18

That is a good surprise, cool.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Feb 2008, 15:50

Sony have screwed up the uk blu-ray release of Welcome To The Jungle by releasing the cut version despite the film already being uncut on uk dvd. prats

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 29 Feb 2008, 16:18

Morons, is the Region A release of The Rundown uncut at least?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Feb 2008, 16:29

EvaUnit02 wrote:Morons, is the Region A release of The Rundown uncut at least?

it's on hd-dvd only in the states and is uncut.i have it.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 Feb 2008, 22:00

Must be a mistake as the BBFC have not passed the edited version for DVD/BD release. Technically illegal, then...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Mar 2008, 03:38

Yeah I'm sure the DVD has only ever been the Director's Cut. The Theatrical Cut has never been shown at home before.

Fingers crossed Sony release and fix it.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Mar 2008, 23:29

there is no director's cut of this one.the theatrical version was cut for a 12 and then passed uncut for a 15 on dvd. Sony are re-releasing it in April.hope they offer exchanges to those who bought the cut version.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Mar 2008, 23:30

lol a hd-dvd title is no 1 in the usa hi-def charts

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... Chart/1526

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Mar 2008, 00:37

That isn't too surprising, it was a new release when all the others are older.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 02 Mar 2008, 01:09

bradavon wrote:That isn't too surprising, it was a new release when all the others are older.

Really? no #2, the oscar-winning Michael Clayton was released the same day as American Gangster. add the fact that American Gangster as a combo is more expensive and hi-def-digest clearly think it's surprising i'll beg to differ with you

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 02 Mar 2008, 01:10

anyone seen michael clayton?looks boring as hell to me.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Mar 2008, 01:19

saltysam wrote:add the fact that American Gangster as a combo is more expensive

Combos aren't that much more expensive to put Yanks off who wouldn't import the cheaper international HD-DVD.

saltysam wrote:anyone seen michael clayton?looks boring as hell to me.

I'm thinking the same. I hear it's a solid Hollywood thriller but I tend to find those formulaic nowadays.

EvaUnit02 wrote:Morons, is the Region A release of The Rundown uncut at least?

The HD-DVD is £6 delivered, they only have one left in stock though:

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=4380

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Mar 2008, 07:25

Eastern Promises UK BD is Region B, it's a Pathe Fox disc so not exactly surprising:

http://bluray.liesinc.net/index.php?region=b

Pity though, as the USA disc is a Universal HD-DVD Combo.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 02 Mar 2008, 10:42

bradavon wrote:
EvaUnit02 wrote:Morons, is the Region A release of The Rundown uncut at least?
The HD-DVD is £6 delivered, they only have one left in stock though:

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=4380

LOL, what made you think that I'd be interested in buying a movie starring The Rock and Stiffler?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Mar 2008, 20:09

I thought it was supposed to be a decent action flick. I caught a few minutes of it on TV and it looked shit, especially as like you say the Stiffler as an action hero? The Rock as an action hero? It could do it but so far hasn't bothered.

It was also generally directed at anyone who might be interested.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 02 Mar 2008, 20:11

The Rundown is an entertaining action flick and got reasonable reviews . the Rock is very good in this.and of course it has Christopher Walken.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Mar 2008, 06:58

saltysam wrote:My Jap Predator BD arrived today. will probably give it a watch early next week.

Salty what's the PQ like? Is it worth upgrading?

I am reluctant to pick it up due to the barebones status. I'd be happy enough if it had some of the 2 Disc SE extras but to get none is a cheek. Even Speed got the commentaries, which is otherwise barebones. I'll pick that one up.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 03 Mar 2008, 13:28

Predator is comfortably superior to the dvd but isn't as good as it should be imo. the openinf scenes are the worst i've seen on blu-ray but i think that's inherent of the original film stock.things improve dramatically when they arrive in the jungle. i paid £21 at yesasia but i used spare paypal funds,the lack of extras and the less than stellar pq i'd recommend waiting till this is in a BOGOF or a tenner.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Mar 2008, 21:03

Thanks Salty.

The USA RA is due the same date as the UK RB.

I was concerned it would be like Terminator whereby it's basically a good looking DVD but it sounds like an improvement. Terminator is only single layer though and does use MPEG2/PCM so the bitrate is probably really low. Predator is probably dual layer but crucially is in AVC anyway (at least I think it is).

It sounds like I should wait until it's cheap.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Mar 2008, 08:49

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

The Lionsgate USA BD is Region A. I know it has the same MPEG2 encode as the HD-DVD. I bet the Dutch BD is a BD25 too, the USA BD is (which is also MPEG2). I ask as the Dutch BD/HD-DVD has much more extras to the USA BD:

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/f ... ?fid=10677

I'd also prefer buying a Region Free disc anyway.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Mar 2008, 13:10

saltysam wrote:on a seperate note got the uk Run Lola Run BD the other day so will try and watch it this week.

@ Salty/Gasteropod:

Does your Run Lola Run have German TrueHD and/or German DD5.1?

It's supposed to be German TrueHD and English TrueHD (plus some other dubs in DD5.1) but according to this USA review it's actually English TrueHD BUT German DD5.1:

http://avplay.avforums.com/index.php?sh ... eview=9236

He may have a review copy as all the press releases said German or English TrueHD but to be sure I'll pick up the UK BD.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 10 Mar 2008, 17:03

German TrueHD.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Mar 2008, 19:56

Thanks. It sounds like the USA BD is best avoided then.