The General HD Releases Thread!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Apr 2008, 20:02

Give me the cash, and I won't get one

I'd only get a USA Player but that doesn't mean I want a Region Locked BD, when you'll likely be able to get a Region Free disc in a few months.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 20 Apr 2008, 22:30

bradavon wrote:
I'd only get a USA Player but that doesn't mean I want a Region Locked BD, .

why would region locking matter to you if you are getting a usa machine?you've said yourself there is nothing on Region B you are missing out on?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Apr 2008, 14:07

You do like going round in circles don't you

. I've said it many times, but just for you

- As you know I've only ever been interested in Region A, yes there is nothing on Region B that interests me but that doesn't mean I want Region Locked discs.

Why? Because they're less future safe and I cannot lend them to people, who're bound to get a Region B BD Player. Obviously if the Region A disc is better or only on Region A I'll buy it but given a choice I can wait.

For example: Lionsgate's Rambo 4 is bound to be Region A but Sony's UK disc will likely be Region Free and have an identical spec. If it ends up not having the deleted scenes and/or losssless audio I'll get the Lionsgate BD. The same goes for The Orphanage. Optimum tend to port all/most extras over, usually include lossless audio and have never used region coding yet. I've only just seen it so am happy to wait.

Likewise, if The Orphanage was a Fox disc in America and the UK I'd obviously not wait.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Apr 2008, 14:10

Starship Troopers (1997) & Starship Troopers: Marauder:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... u-ray/1664

Coming in July with PIP Bonus View. There are quite a few Profile 1.1 compatible discs starting to come out. I bet we'll see more and more of it, but Profile 2.0 disc will remain the rarity, at least this year anyway.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 21 Apr 2008, 16:22

bradavon wrote: so am happy to wait.

Of course you are happy to wait you can't even play the bloody things yet lol

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Apr 2008, 21:00

I tell you they make for great coasters.

Ghost in the Shell 2:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... u-ray/1672

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Apr 2008, 08:56

Thanks Brad. Innocence is one outstanding film.

I wonder if it'll be better than the JPN BD from Disney?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 24 Apr 2008, 13:33

Current rumour:
Back to the Future trilogy coming to BD.
http://tinyurl.com/6d75hw

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 24 Apr 2008, 17:58

New Line releasing 'Be Kind Rewind' on Blu-ray June 10th

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... u-ray/1678

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Apr 2008, 18:39

I e-mailed Dutch Filmworks to ask if their Reservoir Dog BD is Region Free or Region B. Here is their response:

Answering your questions:

1) It is Regio encoded. This has only happened once in november, our other products are region free.
2) It is Single Layer
3) It has DTS-HD Master Audio
4) The extra`s are in Standard Definition
5) They are PAL

The Blu-Ray part of our website is still in development.

That's a pity, it means both Reservoir Dogs BDs are Region Locked. I wanted the Dutch BD as it has more extras and the USA one is Region Locked. Oh well I'll have to get the USA disc.

It's particularly worth noting the extras are PAL!

Extras aside the discs look very similar:

1. BD25
2. MPEG2
3. DTS-HD MA/HR - Rewind "says" the USA disc is HR. Not that it matters I imagine. Reservoir Dogs works in plain jane stereo.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 25 Apr 2008, 07:07

Kick ass, one of my childhood faves is coming to BD:-

Short Circuit

Johnny Five is alive!

Another rumour:-
The Nightmare Before Christmas

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 25 Apr 2008, 16:27

Cool.

Short Circuit is great but it's one of those 80s films I still like but no longer consider keepers. If they're on TV I always end up watching them though, usually in the background.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 25 Apr 2008, 18:26

I think I preferred the sequel.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 25 Apr 2008, 19:32

Would buy Nightmare Before Xmas in a heartbeat.one of the greatest animated films ever made.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Apr 2008, 01:59

I don't know if this is old news, useful news or worthless news but here is a list of German Concorde HD Discs:

- Underworld uncut (HD & BR)
- Tomb Raider 1 - Lara Croft (HD & BR)
- Tomb Raider 2 - Cradle of life (HD & BR)
- 12 Monkeys (HD & BR)
- Silent Hill (HD & BR)
- We were soldiers uncut (HD & BR)
- Death Sentence (only BR)
- 30 days of night (only BR)

Source: AVS Forum PM

I'm not sure if it's all the titles. 12 Monkeys BD is the only one that interests me. Not that I'm in any rush to buy it.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 26 Apr 2008, 02:59

I don't understand what people see in "We Were Soldiers", I found it to be an utterly terrible film. Cringe-inducing flag-waving vile tripe at its finest.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 27 Apr 2008, 19:58

Men In Black is up for pre-order at the fair price of £12.99, if anyone's interested: http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDet ... OON-800045

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Apr 2008, 13:03

I e-mailed Concorde Germany to ask if their 12 Monkeys BD is Region Free or Region B. Here is their response:

thank you very much for your request concerning the Blu-ray Discs we at Concorde Home Entertainment’s released so far.

All our BDs do have a regional code, including the BD “12 monkeys”. They are encoded in progressive, whereas in the US most BDs are being encoded interlaced. The BD “12 monkeys” not only contains the German language version but also the original language version, German subtitles can be removed. As subtitling is subject to the regulations fixed in licensing contracts, there might also be future releases on BD where subtitles cannot be removed.

So far, all BDs Concorde Home Entertainment released, are BD 25s, the English soundtrack is in DTS HD High Resolution.

Bonus features on the BDs are in Standard Definition. As we only hold the distribution rights for Germany, Austria and the German speaking Switzerland, they are in PAL and not in NTSC.

Bugger all their BDs are Region B

. That is a pity when the only other European company to universally use Region Coding is EIV, as far a I know. I'm not sure they're correct that most USA BDs are Interlaced.

I wanted to pick up their 12 Monkeys BD as it's otherwise HD-DVD Exclusive. I may as well pick up the Universal HD-DVD, there's no point buying the German HD-DVD.

For those who don't know Concorde released the German Underworld: Extended Cut HD-DVD (and BD). I knew the audio would be German DTS-HD MA, English DTS-HD HR. Underworld is the same.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 28 Apr 2008, 14:12

"How the West was Won" UE

Thank you, Warner.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 28 Apr 2008, 21:42

All our BDs do have a regional code

What's the German for arseholes?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Apr 2008, 21:46

The only upside being: I am only aware of two companies in the whole of Europe who use Region B encoding for all their BDs, most don't use it at all or only have on the odd title. That's much lower than American companies.

It's still annoying though. Region Coding just makes things unnecessarily complicated.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Apr 2008, 13:21