romerojpg wrote:But hope someone gets it cheaper than £20.
Aside from the extended cut aspect the BD is less than £15. If I was a pessimist I'd say it serves the stubborn people right who're only supporting one format
It's a German release, did anyone expect it to be good value for money? German (and French) releases (even DVD) are always a rip off.
Its the ONLY way to get the extended cut, so I do not want the standard cut (which is way cheaper than £15 anyway, try under £10 ) so its the German version with Nail gun in leg action, or nothing.
It has nothing at all to do with HD DVD or Blu Ray, I just want this new cut and this HD DVD is the way to go. Shame it costs so much, but it is probibly worth it (just!). Will wait a little longer and see what other companies price it as.
If it was not in my top 3 films of last year, I probibly would not even think about paying £20 for it
saltysam wrote:their prices seem very steep and to add postage on top
Some aren't, most are. To be fair it's run by one guy (I think) and is a new venture from his reviews website.
romerojpg wrote:Its the ONLY way to get the extended cut, so I do not want the standard cut (which is way cheaper than £15 anyway, try under £10 ) so its the German version with Nail gun in leg action, or nothing.
You paid way more for Resident Evil German DVD . I know I was only checking very quickly on the Crank BD price, where can it be bought for under £10 though?
Does this mean only the PIP version is 1080i or the actual film version too? If it's the former it's no HUGE loss I guess. 1080i on a Full HD TV would be deinterlaced anyway so should still look good. Those with HD Ready TVs won't be able to tell the difference anyway.
I'd still upgrade if it's the latter for when I got a Full HD TV, but would probably pick up the HD-DVD second hand anyway.
" excitement soon turned to disappointment for some early adopters when it was discovered that regular playback of the disc is being limited to 1080i output -- not the industry standard 1080p, as listed on the box art." regular playback would indicate the movie itself,i reckon.
I never saw the point of justifying a potential mediocre purchase by "Oh, it would make a good demo disc".
I'd buy only A. favourites and B. films that are actually worth the time of day on HD. DVD is fine for everything else.
There's no reason why a "demo disc" can't have excellent visuals + sonics AND be an outstanding film at the same time. Blade Runner would be a perfect candidate for this, with its simply sublime cinematography, editing, sound design and score.
Note where it says: "There will be no "recall" of any past Blu-ray titles, the studio will cease production on its entire Blu-ray catalog, and they will no longer be available once current market supplies have been depleted."
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And here's a list of Region A and Region B locked titles. It's similar to the main one at http://bluray.liesinc.net/ but due to the layout it's easier to have a quick glance of what is region locked:
I am not very happy as this disk will not play in 1080i, it will only play in standard def. This will only play in 1080 via HDMI and not component. Also mpeg 2 so image is really grainy and I would go as far as to say this is the worst looking movie I have on BD
It also really narks me off how they're the only (I think) HD company who for the most part just re-use the same DD5.1 and/or DTS soundtrack as found on DVD instead of giving us a proper new HD Audio track.
A few they've upgraded but most their BDs use the legacy tracks. Lazy knobs!
) so its the German version with Nail gun in leg action, or nothing. 
. I know I was only checking very quickly on the Crank BD price, where can it be bought for under £10 though?
