The General HD Releases Thread!

[saltysam]

Strange Days coming to BD In Germany shortly

http://www.amazon.de/dp/B002880H1E/ref= ... _pe_vfe_t1

[gasteropod]

'Fight Club' Scheduled for Blu-ray

David Fincher's controversial film will finally hit high-definition this November.
20th Century Fox has scheduled 'Fight Club' starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton for a November 17 Blu-ray bow.
Specs and supplements have yet to be revealed, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray has been set at $34.99.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... u-ray/3251

[grim_tales]

I'm getting that

[saltysam]

I'm not.In Brad's immortal words a totally "overrated" film imo.it's been out in Germany for ages.

[grim_tales]

The German release isnt meant to be very good though:

From Imports Forum:

0th Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Fight Club on Blu-ray on 11/17. Extras will include commentary with director David Fincher, commentary with Fincher, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter, commentary with Chuck Palahniuk and Jim Uhls, and commentary by Alex McDowell, Jeff Cronenweth, Michael Kaplan and Kevin Haug, 7 deleted and alternate scenes, multiple featurettes (A Hit in the Ear: Ren Klyce and the Sound Design of Fight Club, Welcome to Fight Club, Angel Faces Beating, The Crash, Tyler's Goodbye, Work: Production, Visual Effects, On Location and more), an Insomniac Mode viewing option, Guys Choice Award, an Edward Norton interview, a music video, 12 TV spots, trailers (including the 8 Rules of Fight Club), promotional and art galleries, Internet spots and more.

[bradavon]

I'll get this. It's great IMO but those German BDs cost a bomb. I went for Leon as well it's Leon but the rest I can wait.

[gasteropod]

Essential buy for me, Fincher's best!

[Markgway]

Fight Club. Yawn.

[bradavon]

I'd so buy a proper Seven BD.

[Shingster]

The UK BD of Leon will contain the theatrical and director's cut. Let's hope Optimum don't fuck it up.

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

Got the check disc today and I'll be working my way through all the Besson titles so it'll be a few days before I review Leon, but first impressions are postive, transfer seems solid and I think the audio is DTS-HD MA although I wasn't paying attention. The Theatrical Cut is also choosable from the Extras menu.

I watched La Dernier Combat earlier and that looked pretty good, no extras on that one mind.

[gasteropod]

Are you able to check if it's 1080p or 1080i? Optimum's BD of 'Brick' is 1080i 25fps according to DVD Beaver.

[romerojpg]

Brick was just a blip on the radar from what I can see all the other titles were right and many had effort put into the discs.

[gasteropod]

What are you talking about? They didn't even release 'They Live' because the check disc got such a bad review on DVD Times or DVD Active, and their BD of 'Escape from New York' is apparently an upscale. Not to mention the discs with the sound pitch problems and whatnot, Optimum are shite. I'll still never forgive them for the worst DVD encoding ever on Spirited Away where she's running through the hedges, fucking dicks.

[Shingster]

1080p 24fps

[gasteropod]

Cheers, Shing.

[romerojpg]

What are you talking about? They didn't even release 'They Live' because the check disc got such a bad review on DVD Times or DVD Active, and their BD of 'Escape from New York' is apparently an upscale. Not to mention the discs with the sound pitch problems and whatnot, Optimum are shite. I'll still never forgive them for the worst DVD encoding ever on Spirited Away where she's running through the hedges, fucking dicks.

I meant of the new batch of releases

I own plenty of the great/perfect discs.

[bradavon]

What are you talking about? They didn't even release 'They Live' because the check disc got such a bad review on DVD Times or DVD Active.

I never knew that was the actual reason.

Not to mention the discs with the sound pitch problems

You can blame Studio Canal for that. Sure Optimum should've rejected them but Studio Canal are to blame.

and whatnot, Optimum are shite. I'll still never forgive them for the worst DVD encoding ever on Spirited Away where she's running through the hedges, fucking dicks.

I've not seen the UK DVD but the Madman R4 is an NTSC-PAL messs. R1 all the way.

I own plenty of the great/perfect discs.

As you say Optimum have released "plenty" of very good BDs and HDs. More than their rubbish ones.

Got the check disc today and I'll be working my way through all the Besson titles so it'll be a few days before I review Leon, but first impressions are postive, transfer seems solid and I think the audio is DTS-HD MA although I wasn't paying attention.

It should be. My German BD does.

This is probably hard for you to check (as French PCM 2.0 is only included) but can you check if Nikita has subtitles and not dubtitles? I'll probably plump for the (barebones) Sony USA BD as it has French TrueHD 5.1 but it's nice to know. I'm pretty sure "only" the original USA BD had dubtitles and the SE has subtitles.

[bradavon]

'Red Heat' Sizzles on Blu-ray:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/3284

One of Arnie's best comes to BD. I'll likely stick with my DVD though, even though it has ropey picture quality (but will do).

[Shingster]

It should be. My German BD does.

You said earlier in this thread you thought the audio on the German was DTS-HR, which matches up with info posted on the AVSforums. A chap over there has posted BDinfo on the French and German releases and the Optimum transfer has a slightly higher disc capacity than the French (which has a DTS-HD MA track), but a lower disc capacity than the German.

I'll get back to you about Nikita in a day or two.

[bradavon]

Didn't I say I thought it had DTS-HD HR? Actually I'm not sure, ignore me.

[Shingster]

Well, apparently the German release does only have DTS-HR.

[bradavon]

The back cover says DTS-HD which usually means HR. My Player just says DTS-HD for both and I cannot decode either so my Amp is no good. TBH DD Plus vs. TrueHD is a big jump but I'm always dubious how different DTS-HD HR is from DTS-HD MA. Like I said I cannot play either though. I'm sure DTS-HD HR has a lot higher bitrate than DD Plus.

I definitely wouldn't upgrade to just get DTS-HD MA (but may do for TrueHD over DD Plus).

[saltysam]

Just got Braveheart (canadian) BD-it's got french writing on it in case anyone is wondering

[bradavon]

What's the AV like? How much did you pay? And from where? Thanks.

[Shingster]

This is probably hard for you to check (as French PCM 2.0 is only included) but can you check if Nikita has subtitles and not dubtitles? I'll probably plump for the (barebones) Sony USA BD as it has French TrueHD 5.1 but it's nice to know. I'm pretty sure "only" the original USA BD had dubtitles and the SE has subtitles.

I've now watched Nikita, they're proper subtitles.