The General HD Releases Thread!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Nov 2006, 19:17

Thanks Brad. I'm using to saying Blu-Ray

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Nov 2006, 19:55

Of course. You could say Digital Versatile Disc if you like too

. Remember back in the day it mean Video or Versatile 8)

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 24 Nov 2006, 13:58

meow.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 24 Nov 2006, 15:46

just got the Superman Returns combo disc.Don't know whether to hold off on watching it until i get my HD-player hopefully in the next month

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 24 Nov 2006, 16:35

bradavon wrote:Eva then comes along and invents his own (BRD)

It's a commonly used acronym.

I've no idea why it's Blu not Blue though.

Memorable and unique branding that can be then trademarked would be the most obvious guess.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Nov 2006, 22:15

Yeah probably the trademark part.

saltysam wrote:just got the Superman Returns combo disc.Don't know whether to hold off on watching it until i get my HD-player hopefully in the next month

I'd "definitely" wait myself. The wait isn't "that" long.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Dec 2006, 23:08

My AAWIL arrived.

I was expecting a nasty big HD-DVD case but instead it's really thin and smaller than DVD cases. I really like it. I hope BD cases are the same.

I may pick up "Good Night, And Good Luck" next, pity that's £18.99 delivered

. I hear it's good though.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 09 Dec 2006, 01:54

Got Superman:The Movie today.now have about 13 discs and nothing to play them on

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 09 Dec 2006, 01:55

Have you seen "Good Night & Good Luck" Brad? imo it was a pretty decent film but without much rewatch value.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Dec 2006, 14:23

No but I hear it's good too. It and Lady in the Water (which is far to risky to blind buy at £18.99) are the only other two HD-DVD Combos I'm interested in.

Good Night, and Good Luck is also £18.99 but should be good. It's annoying Combos are so much. AAWIL at £15.99 is acceptable but £18.99 is pricey.

What 13 have you got? That must've cost you a fortune. It's been delayed again, until when?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 09 Dec 2006, 19:37

American Werewolf
Blazing Saddles
Corpse Bride
Enter The Dragon
The Thing
Superman The Movie
Superman Donner Cut
Superman Returns
Batman Begins
Assault On Precinct 13
Hulk
Land Of The Dead
End Of Days

some i've picked up from ebay for around a tenner :bom:

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Dec 2006, 23:46

Is that eBay.com? So you like Hulk then? It's a pity Superman 2: TC isn't being released on HD-DVD too.

Cheers btw

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Dec 2006, 09:56

Well the Einsteins at Universal have done it again, the HD-DVD of Lynch's Dune has ONLY the theatrical cut.

The Extended cut maybe a mess, but it should be there nonetheless since it was on the DVD.

Review.

LOL:-

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Dec 2006, 10:43

Looks like part of the tagline!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Dec 2006, 10:49

grim_tales wrote: Looks like part of the tagline!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Dec 2006, 10:54

What did you expect me to say?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Dec 2006, 19:17

Exactly Grim

That beats the rubbish HD-DVD Tag line at least.

p.s - Cheers for the heads up on Dune, not that I'd be getting it any time soon (are you going to dip in soon Eva then?).

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 13 Dec 2006, 01:27

bradavon wrote:(are you going to dip in soon Eva then?).

Dip into what? HD-DVDs or Dune?

The R1 Dune DVD I'll buy eventually, just to complete my Lynch collection.

I'll be buying a Xbox 360 for sure next year, so I'll probably get HD-DVD addon somewhere down the line as well. In the mean time I'll probably pick up some combo discs of films I don't already own, like Land of the Dead, Miami Vice and Brokeback Mountain (I'm fully aware of the condition the two latter combos are in. I can live without seeing the MV DC and BM extras for a good while.)

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Dec 2006, 19:02

HD-DVD and fair enough. The BBM extras looks pants anyway.

I was put off the HD-DVD MV Combo as I do want to see the DC but fair enough.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 19 Dec 2006, 19:30

Just took delivery of my Toshiba hd player today

just had a quick look at Fearless & Corpse Bride and the picture looks stunning

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 Dec 2006, 20:52

Nice one. Someone's kids will be going to bed early for the next few weeks. Christmas is cancelled kids

What TV do you have?

It's annoying La Haine aside (which is coming) all AFAIK Films are Hollywood ones

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 19 Dec 2006, 21:06

bradavon wrote:Nice one. Someone's kids will be going to bed early for the next few weeks. Christmas is cancelled kids

What TV do you have?

It's annoying La Haine aside (which is coming) all AFAIK Films are Hollywood ones

i have a 40" samsung lcd. i agree brad not much in the way of world cinema yet,but Fearless isn't hollywood

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 Dec 2006, 21:15

Good point.

40" lovely. I hope you have your TV connected via HDMI or DVI.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 19 Dec 2006, 21:47

HDMI connection

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 20 Dec 2006, 21:25

Just watched Fearless looked absolutely lovely,after watching flipped over to the dvd side and the difference is very apparent. i like the way you can bring up chapter selection,special features etc whilst the movie is still playing 8) one downside up to now on the warner bros release i looked at there was a 2 minute preview before the main menu that i couldn't override