Canadian Blu-Ray Releases...

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 23 May 2009, 21:30

Canada seems to release a lot of BD'S that haven't been released elsewhere yet or differ in content to already released titles.unfortunately they seem to find a way to botch most of them,incorrect aspect ratios,region-locking, extras-free seem to be the norm. I have 3,Nightmare On Elm St,From Dusk Till Dawn & Freddy Vs Jason,the transfers are ok but there are no extras and with the exception of Dawn are region locked.Correct Ratio though...other Canadian releases either out or coming that i know about...

15 minutes (1080i)
http://www.amazon.ca/15-Minutes-Blu-ray ... 102&sr=8-1

Chasing Amy
http://www.amazon.ca/Chasing-Amy-Blu-ra ... 941&sr=8-1

Cellular (1080i & cropped to 1:78:1)
http://www.amazon.ca/Cellular-Blu-ray/d ... 6&sr=1-151

English Patient (1080i)
http://www.amazon.ca/The-English-Patien ... 6&sr=1-152

The Pianist
http://www.amazon.ca/Pianist-Blu-ray/dp ... 351&sr=1-7

The Others (not yet released)
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Others-Blu-ray ... 388&sr=1-4

Seven (1080i & cropped to 1:78:1)
http://www.amazon.ca/Seven-Blu-ray/dp/B ... 776&sr=8-1

Cop Land (not yet released)
http://www.amazon.ca/Cop-Land-Blu-ray/d ... 954&sr=8-1

Chocolat (not yet released)
http://www.amazon.ca/Chocolat-Blu-ray/d ... 892&sr=8-1

Road House (new release,mine has shipped,apparently comes with a dvd copy)
http://www.amazon.ca/Road-House-Blu-ray ... 443&sr=1-5

Blade (not yet released)
http://www.amazon.ca/Blade-Blu-ray/dp/B ... 927&sr=8-8

Graduate (comes with a dvd copy)
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Graduate-Blu-r ... 533&sr=1-1

DOA:Dead Or Alive
http://www.amazon.ca/DOA-Dead-or-Alive- ... 311&sr=8-1

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 May 2009, 23:42

I noticed this too Salty. I have my eye on 21 Grams. It has no extras (but then the DVD has only ever had a small making of) but is 1080p and DTS-HD MA.

21 Grams and Seven are said to be made for TV HD Rips but 21 Grams is in the correct aspect ratio and 1080p, because of the AR fuck up I've ignored Seven. I'm sure it's not cropped though but open matte. Check out the DVD Beaver captures.

Graduate and Pianist I already have on decent HD-DVD.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 23 May 2009, 23:55

When you say cropped, you mean opened up, the images of Seven ai saw were opened up to reveal more image, not cropped.

DOA: Dead or Alive :mrgreen: classy shit.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 24 May 2009, 08:07

romerojpg wrote:When you say cropped, you mean opened up, the images of Seven ai saw were opened up to reveal more image, not cropped.

It's still not the intended presentation of the filmmakers, so it's entirely worthless regardless.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 24 May 2009, 13:30

Maybe as we hear of other releases we can keep udating this thread

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 May 2009, 14:10

That 21 Grams price is good, much less than importing.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 May 2009, 10:48

Roadhouse is an mpeg-2 encoded transfer & is region locked A.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 May 2009, 16:17

Roadhouse is coming out in the US also.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 May 2009, 16:58

Blade blu-ray is cropped to 1:78:1

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 29 May 2009, 17:05

Yup Blade is a disc I will kill someone for if they dont give us an amazing disc in HD. Cropping the sides off is total bollocks in this case.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 May 2009, 17:07

To add insult to injury apparently the transfer is otherwise stunning.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 29 May 2009, 17:20

Ahh we know it will come in the end, I would not go near the Canadian releases with a barge pole anyway, cheap and knocked up with no real thought really, esspecially extras wise. They remind me of cheapo asian versions

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 May 2009, 19:08

romerojpg wrote:Ahh we know it will come in the end, I would not go near the Canadian releases with a barge pole anyway, cheap and knocked up with no real thought really, esspecially extras wise. They remind me of cheapo asian versions

i see your point but i really have so many films i need to see or rewatch i have no time at all for extras.with that in mind Elm St,Dawn & Freddy Vs Jason are fine for me

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 29 May 2009, 19:13

Well I also supect many of the Canadian releases are rushed picture wise as well, I would rather see which looks best

Like Sin City for instance, which the real out of Canada releases beat image wise, by only a little, but still

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 31 May 2009, 12:07

Salty, can you find 21 Grams for less than the PlayUSA price? Cheers.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 06 Jul 2009, 20:56

Got The Others today. region locked A, 1080i 1:78:1 transfer.zilch extras.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 Jul 2009, 21:09

Decent AV? How much did you pay btw? Cheers

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 07 Jul 2009, 01:33

bradavon wrote:Decent AV? How much did you pay btw? Cheers

Transfer looks fine,if you remember this is a dark and gloomy film so was never going to stun on BD.Certainly a decent upgrade from the dvd. i paid £11.99 at playusa.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 07 Jul 2009, 13:02

Thanks. It seems £11.99 at Playusa is the way to go.