The DVD/Blu-Ray Thread

[Pasta Disaster]

Need to stop making impulse purchases!

Star Trek: The Next Generation Complete Boxset (49 Discs) - £49.99

Where's that Picard gif...

That's a really good price for the whole series! They were trying to sell them for £70 a season when they first came out

[more heat than light]

That's a really good price for the whole series! They were trying to sell them for £70 a season when they first came out

*remember he paid £25 for each 'Friends' disc when they came out*

[Cuttooth]

£25 a disc?!

[JiggerJay]

I'm probably going to get abuse in the face here, but the 4 disc version of Kingdom of Heaven is £4.99 at Play.

Linky

This is the only version of the film that should ever be seen, the theatrical cut is torn to pieces and makes practically no sense. It's still a flawed movie, but it's beautifully made and has some wonderful moments. At this price it's a steal. Go buy.

I paid £35 for this sucker last year, totally worth it though as it's a really good movie.

Yes you say once upon a time in America is gooseberry fool. Sarge epic fail!

[Garth]

Need to stop making impulse purchases!

Star Trek: The Next Generation Complete Boxset (49 Discs) - £49.99

Where's that Picard gif...

Good lord, that's seriously tempting...

[HSH28]

Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2 Discs) (Blu-ray) - £9.99

Blade Runner look good on Blu-ray?

Stunning. Shows just how good the art direction is when it stands up, and indeed betters, a lot of today's sci-fi films in hi-def.

Yeah it's mean't to have very good picture quality. It's the remastered version of the film with the picture cleaned up and improved, but at that price (for a blu-ray) you can't lose.

How do people have Blu-Ray players and not own Blade Runner?

They scanned the original film in at a ridiculously high resolution to get the highest quality possible...you can tell. Its still, by far, the single best looking Blu-Ray movie available, its the gold standard for the format.

Every single person with a Blu-Ray player who doesn't have Final Cut, needs to order it right now.

[Albert]

The incredible Hulk.

Forgettig for a second that it's not a great film, this has to be the worst quality Blu Ray I have watched yet.

Literally, 5 mins into the film, I had to eject the disc and check I hadnt bought the DVD version by accident.

Admiedly I watched Wall-e the day before which looks fantastic, but this was just taking the piss.

Anybody else seen it and agree?

[Pasta Disaster]

The incredible Hulk.

Forgettig for a second that it's not a great film, this has to be the worst quality Blu Ray I have watched yet.

Literally, 5 mins into the film, I had to eject the disc and check I hadnt bought the DVD version by accident.

Admiedly I watched Wall-e the day before which looks fantastic, but this was just taking the piss.

Anybody else seen it and agree?

You sure you're set up right because I thought it looked really good! I actually like the film too so maybe it's just me..... After WALL-E though, not even Blade Runner will look as good!

[tomvek]

The Dark Knight (2 Disc) Dvd - £10.89 (Sendit)

[NickSCFC]

What's the latest on Star Wars coming to Blu-ray?

I remember reading a few year back about how they cleaned and rescanned every frame for the DVD versions, no idea if they were recorded in HD or not though.

[T9Flake]

No idea, although we could be looking at a 2010 LoTR HD release(if anyone's interested)

(this could be old news so i'm sorry if it is)

[Johnny Ryall]

What's the latest on Star Wars coming to Blu-ray?

I remember reading a few year back about how they cleaned and rescanned every frame for the DVD versions, no idea if they were recorded in HD or not though.

Anything released in the cinema on traditional film has a resolution far above HDTV.

[hideous_enigma]

Star Wars (the original trilogy) has already been shown in HD on ITV-HD. Very nice it looked too.

I guess it'll be released on Blu-ray whenever George needs some more money.

[Cyburn2]

Both Venture Bros Season 1 and Frisky Dingo volume 1 are coming out on February 23rd

http://www.adultswim.co.uk/dvd/

[Captain Kinopio]

10'000 BC looks pretty spectacular on Blu Ray

[Adam Pollard]

10'000 BC looks pretty spectacular on Blu Ray

Surely though it's easily the worst film ever released on Blu Ray.

[Captain Kinopio]

10'000 BC looks pretty spectacular on Blu Ray

Surely though it's easily the worst film ever released on Blu Ray.

I'm over half way through and it's not too bad so far, it seems to place more emphasis on how it looks as opposed to whether the story is actually any good but when it does indeed look this good I'm not complaining.

[Captain Kinopio]

Just bought The Dark Knight

[Sarge]

Ghostbusters to Blu-ray

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is thrilling film fans with today's CES-timed announcement that Ghostbusters will make its high-anticipated Blu-ray debut on June 16, 2009.

The high-def homevideo release will mark the 25th anniversary of the beloved Ivan Reitman flick, arriving packaged with a 32-page scrapbook, an exclusive "Slimer Mode" PIP viewing experience, and a featurette about the refurbishment of the gang's tricked out ride, Ecto-1.

The Blu-ray release is timed to coincide with the launch of Atari's Ghostbusters: The Video Game, which takes players on a new adventure scripted by the film's writers.

SPHE Worldwide Marketing honcho Lexine Wong says, "This great franchise is one of the crown jewels in the studio's library. With Ghostbusters 25th anniversary upon us and the forthcoming release of an eagerly anticipated new video game, this is the perfect opportunity to release this exciting new edition on Blu-ray Disc."

Here's a complete breakdown of the Ghostbusters Blu-ray special features:

All-New Exclusive Special Features

* Digitally Mastered Audio and Video
* Slimer Mode: Picture-in-Picture Graphical Viewing Experience with an examination of the spook-hunters' firehouse headquarters, an in-depth exploration of the creatures in the Ghostbusters mythology, behind-the-scenes discussions of making the movie, new cast, crew and special effects artists interviews and much more!
* Featurette: Ecto-1: Resurrecting the Classic Car
* Ghostbusters Garage: Ecto-1 Gallery
* Collectible 32 Page Scrapbook


Additional Special Features

* Filmmakers' Commentary with Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis and Joe Medjuck
* Featurette: 1984 – The Making of Ghostbusters – Interviews with the cast and crew
* Featurette: Interviews with Cast and Crew
* Featurette: SFX Team - Includes Before and After Multi-Angle Explorations
* Scene Cemetery – 10 Deleted Scenes
* Audio: English, Spanish (Castilian), French (Parisian), Portuguese (Brazil)
* Subtitles: English, Spanish (Latin Am), French (Parisian), Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Arabic
* Storyboard Comparisons
* Closed Captioned

And it's also BD-Live enabled, which will of course allow viewers to download exclusive content and other ghostbustin' goodies online.

The Ghostbusters Blu-ray will have an SLP of $38.96 when it drops in June.

http://uk.bluray.ign.com/articles/942/942181p1.html

[T9Flake]

That's another added to the list

I guess it's likely (sp?) Ghostbusters 2 will be Blu-Ray at a later date.