The HD News & Technology Thread!

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 26 Dec 2008, 19:28

Batman Returns BD is uncut for the first time in the uk.don't know if it's been resubmitted or it's a mistake.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Dec 2008, 20:51

I'd be all over the French Connection box set if it was £20 but £30 is too much

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saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 26 Dec 2008, 20:56

bradavon wrote:I'd be all over the French Connection box set if it was £20 but £30 is too much .

i paid £15.98 from Amazon

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Dec 2008, 23:13

I know

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Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 Dec 2008, 08:46

bradavon wrote:
Markgway wrote:You forget not everyone has your income.
An odd thing to say when you don't know what my income is.

You got a £500 Xmas bonus FFS! For some people that's a month's wages - IF they're lucky. You just have no clue do you?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 Dec 2008, 08:47

saltysam wrote:Batman Returns BD is uncut for the first time in the uk.don't know if it's been resubmitted or it's a mistake.

Appears to be a mistake.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 Dec 2008, 12:42

Markgway wrote:You got a £500 Xmas bonus FFS! For some people that's a month's wages - IF they're lucky. You just have no clue do you?

LOL

. Talk about making gross presumptions.

You reckon that's a common thing for me? You're a right tool sometimes

. I certainly wasn't expecting it, suspect most of the company got some form of Xmas Bonus and doubt I'll see it again any time soon. It had nothing to do with my salary and more to do with the work I and this other guy have done this year.

The support was moved from elsewhere and I gather it's been a success. The guys who used to run it were utterly useless and our customers hated them.

It was a nice surprise though. I've only been in the company since June.

Besides don't you live with your parents? Meaning the money I get a month maybe more than you but it means little when most of it goes on bills. If you do live with your parents I wouldn't be surprised to hear your "fun money" if you will is higher than mine.

I'm sure the money Salty has left is nothing on what he actually originally gets. It's a depressing sight, the amount bills take away from you.

Go get that BD Player

. I'd struggle to pay £230 out right (except out of savings) with one month's salary.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 01 Jan 2009, 17:42

Falling Down is on the way in late May.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 01 Jan 2009, 22:12

Great film.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 01 Jan 2009, 22:22

I prefer Vic & Bob's version: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AZzaYz80QDA

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Jan 2009, 00:01

Panasonic updates Blu-ray player line, adds internet streaming:

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/t ... ray+lineup

Panasonic launches world's first portable Blu-ray player:

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/t ... le+Blu-ray

I fail to see the point of HD on such a small screen but there you go.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Feb 2009, 14:12

Freesat HDD/Blu-ray Recorders - This Summer:

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/t ... s+uk+25+02

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Mar 2009, 19:06

Sony's Blu-Ray Players Go Wireless -

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... eless/2552

About time.

I've thought it crazy they only have Ethernet ports for ages, especially as so many people have their BD Player nowhere near their router and HomePlug is expensive.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Apr 2009, 14:04

Paramount joins Fox and deploys heavy duty BD+ copy protection to thwart rippers:

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/t ... s+30+04+09

How on earth does this remotely help the consumer? I forsee many disc/player problems afoot. What an odd move when Fox have only relatively recently stopped using region protection.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 30 Apr 2009, 19:11

Paramount have just region coded their first BD.

Season 1 of CSI.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 30 Apr 2009, 19:26

What should it have been?

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 30 Apr 2009, 19:35

grim_tales wrote:What should it have been?

You dont follow Blu, so does it matter much

But Paramount They have all been region free so far.

Its a TV rights thing for coding it I would say, TV and film are vastly different when it comes to dvd and Blu Ray.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 May 2009, 00:14

grim_tales wrote:What should it have been?

Free, Region Free. The clue is in "have just region coded their first BD"

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Markgway wrote:Paramount have just region coded their first BD.

Season 1 of CSI.

Grrr! USA I take it? I wonder why they've changed their policy.

Thank fuck my HD Combo Player is Multi-region. I don't have many but more than enough to make it a must for me. I recently bought Red Desert (1960s Italian Arthouse), it's Region B locked.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 01 May 2009, 01:24

Yes, CSI is a USA release that's Region A.

But as they've all been on TV a million fucking times it makes no sense.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 01 May 2009, 05:12

Markgway wrote:Yes, CSI is a USA release that's Region A.

But as they've all been on TV a million fucking times it makes no sense.

TV broadcasting rights are an entirely different thing to home video format distribution rights.

Just because you hold the license for one, it doesn't automatically mean that you have the other.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 May 2009, 13:21

Ahh, I thought Mark was rolling his eyes if he wasnt a fan of CSI.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 08 May 2009, 22:00

romerojpg wrote:Its a TV rights thing for coding it I would say

You're right since it's only CSI and Dexter that are region coded by Paramount.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 09 May 2009, 01:48

I guess as I don't buy TV shows that won't affect me.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 May 2009, 18:39

LG releases first Blu-ray to support DivX HD:

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/s ... d+20+05+09

Outside of the Combo arena I'm not sure I'd trust LG with a BD Player but this still looks decent. I'd likely still opt for a Panasonic though.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Jun 2009, 01:26

Toshiba may back Blu-ray after all, 'we're keeping options open' says chairman:

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/d ... n+25+06+09