The Prestige DVD & BRD

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 16 Dec 2006, 00:57

Buena Vista Home Entertainment has now officially announced The Prestige for release on February 20th, 2007. Director Christopher Nolan's twisty thriller (it deserves more than one viewing) stars Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie and Andy Serkis. The disc arrives with a 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer, Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks, "The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan" documentary, "The Art of The Prestige" gallery and trailers. Retail is $29.99. Also look for a Blu-ray Disc edition day-and-date.
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Gay, only a BRD release. Fucking Di$ney, for a supposed supporter of HD-DVD they haven't released a single title on the format.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Dec 2006, 17:25

Thanks Eva.

That cover art is okay but it could've been better.

The DVD looks nice but stinks of a single disc with double disc down the line, maybe the UK R2 will be getting this. I'll be picking up a version for sure.

Gay, only a BRD release. Fucking Di$ney, for a supposed supporter of HD-DVD they haven't released a single title on the format.

The same applies to the slew of HD-DVD only formats wouldn't you say?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 17 Dec 2006, 13:25

bradavon wrote:The same applies to the slew of HD-DVD only formats wouldn't you say?

No, as Disney are supposedly supporters of the BOTH formats (i.e. unlike Sony & Fox who only support BRD, Universal who only supports HD-DVD) - yet there's been no Disney HD-DVDs to date.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Jan 2007, 02:03

The Prestige is coming to the UK on HD-DVD. source

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Jan 2007, 21:25

The R3 is up at CD WOW:

http://www.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2. ... de=1867254

It's £9.99 so should be about £7.43 at CD-WOW.US with the voucher. I'm posting it as it's one of those ones which isn't found in the CD WOW search. I had to e-mail CD WOW to ask where it is.

I'll get it at some point. I'm starting to think about only getting DVDs which won't come to HS soon (such as Criterion's) or films I absolutely love. I only saw this recently so don't feel in any rush to buy the DVD and may just get either the BD or HD-DVD.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 26 Jan 2007, 23:03

will pick up the uk hd-dvd for sure

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 29 Jan 2007, 09:15

Why are you slamming a studio for releasing a movie on BRD instead of HD? Didn't you know that BRD is the "in-thing" amongst the Hollywood studios?

Don't you see this is WHY you shouldn't buy EITHER format? And should in truth ban them all for being assclowns and not agreeing on 1 single format? (For which I mostly blame Toshiba (!!!))

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Jan 2007, 00:09

I presume you're talking to Eva?

I'm not slamming either and am all set to get a Combo Player. Waiting will just mean you're putting it off, neither format is going anywhere any time soon.

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 31 Jan 2007, 08:41

I was... and...

I was all set to get a PS3... though it seems it's so limited that I would need to upgrade both my amp and projector... (I would need an amp with 7.1 digital and a projector with HDMI) meaning it's not the cheapest HD player anymore

Putting it off may mean one of them goes belly up before I have to have one though... and I'm not too keen on buying 1st gen anymore... 1st gen (8 bit) DVD players were awfull compared to the 2nd and 3rd generation...

Great film though. Really steallar performance by Bale (I'd say he easily carried this movie, since Jackman is well... Jackman and Caine is a bore, and Scarlett wasn't really used much... (besides she's too skinny

))

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 31 Jan 2007, 22:34

gojensen wrote:I was all set to get a PS3... though it seems it's so limited that I would need to upgrade both my amp and projector... (I would need an amp with 7.1 digital and a projector with HDMI) meaning it's not the cheapest HD player anymore

DD Plus (or the rest downsampled to 1.5Mbps) will pass through Optical or Coaxial but the rest yes you need an Amp with HDMI.

It's precisely why when I get HD I'll be paying extra for a Player with Analogue 5.1 outputs. It's the best my Amp can take and I really don't need a new Amp.

Putting it off may mean one of them goes belly up before I have to have one though... and I'm not too keen on buying 1st gen anymore... 1st gen (8 bit) DVD players were awfull compared to the 2nd and 3rd generation...

Agreed Bale carried the movie, not that I'd say Caine is a bore and Scarlett is well lovely, talented too. Skinny? Nah not IMO.

Barbarian King · Post by **Barbarian King** » 18 Feb 2007, 18:16

Can't wait to own this disc Tuesday. One of the best films of last year.