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Twin Cinema posted:Plus, I think it's one of those things where The Wire does have a large presence online, at least in all the corners I go to, but that presence is probably not enough to justify putting the work into a Blu Ray. Especially when that Blu Ray would probably cost $150-200 for all of the seasons, which would probably be a price range some/most of the potential buyers would not be able to justify. I bought the DVD boxset "on sale" for around $70-80. They'd have to release them a season at a time anyway. With the right marketing it could be huge. HBO are massive right now and a lot of people would go nuts for a "new" series. Particularly if it's the one that friend of theirs keeps saying is the reason HBO is so good. e: oops, double post
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Sporadic posted:Never change Blu-Ray.com members Geez, 65mm shouldn't even have much grain. The remaster is sharp as a tack and barely has any perceptable grain. Even when I saw Lawrence of Arabia in 4K (8K scan from camera negative), the film grain was extremely fine. More reason why it's inexplicable why Fox even bothered with DVNR since even an older transfer would only have more video-based noise that isn't that bad (see the HD-DVD of Spartacus).
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Sporadic posted:Never change Blu-Ray.com members Haha jesus, I kind of want to watch the noise reduction version with the highest motion smoothing possible so it looks like a sitcom.
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Nov 6, 2012 03:03
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Personally I prefer to watch movies that look like wax figures hanging out on a mountain of cake frosting.
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I'm just convinced that a lot of them are people who are always right and will take whatever position is opposite of the mainstream to appear independent.
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Cemetry Gator posted:I'm just convinced that a lot of them are people who are always right and will take whatever position is opposite of the mainstream to appear independent. I'm not even that overly sensitive when movies apply a fair amount of EE or DNR but that original pic looks disgusting. I just can't fathom how someone can find relatively fine film grain more distracting than having a Bluray film look like it was shot on an SD digital camera. I almost thought that guy was trolling but apparently he spent a long time on those forums arguing that the Predator Bluray looks flawless so I guess he's just a crazy person. kuddles fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Nov 6, 2012 |
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kuddles posted:True, although I fear that actually is the mainstream opinion. I'm guessing his TV settings are all hosed up. My friend's 55" looked terrible with all the default grain scrubbing/noise reduction/120Hz it threw on the picture.
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I like how the image is so smoothed out even the shadows are tamer.
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A lot of people just don't know how to properly use or set up new tvs. And like Cemetry Gator, said there are some people who will never admit they're wrong. So I'm sure plenty of people have no idea of what HD is supposed to look like. This is probably why excessive DVNR is even a problem.
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Yeah, that's certainly part of it. I just know there are a lot of people who have terrible opinions like preferring to watch SD content stretched or movies being altered so that the aspect ratio is 16:9 no matter what, so frankly I'm sure there are a lot of people who can tell what HD content is but still genuinely believe that "HD = no film grain" and I'm afraid of studios listening to them.
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Can someone scan the Beauty and the Beast Diamond Edition's cover insert. The copy I got from Amazon has everything (including the slipcase), but it's missing the cover art.
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Nov 6, 2012 19:52
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Rirse posted:Can someone scan the Beauty and the Beast Diamond Edition's cover insert. The copy I got from Amazon has everything (including the slipcase), but it's missing the cover art. Here you go: http://i.imgur.com/b9iRk.jpg
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A Doomed Purloiner posted:Here you go: There's also pretty sharp scans of the front and back sides at http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Beauty-and-the-Beast-Blu-ray/759/ (Click on "Large: Front / Back" under the thumbnail)
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A Doomed Purloiner posted:Here you go: If I can figure out how to make this scan look clearer, this will work. I would use the Blu-Ray.com images, but the back is not the exact size, plus the lack of copy and the annoying lack of the spine inbetween.
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Frozen Planet dropped down to http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005SH65UO...YAFDDBR2BEDRWP3 Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 07:19 on Nov 9, 2012 |
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Worth a double post... The Mel Brooks Collection is the deal of the day at Amazon. $25.99 for nine movies (so $2.89 a movie) It contains Blazing Saddles/High Anxiety/History of the World: Part I/Robin Hood: Men in Tights/Silent Movie/Spaceballs/To Be or Not to Be/Twelve Chairs/Young Frankenstein http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B007LNBS2I - edit And Casablanca 70th anniversary boxset = $24.99 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006BG7RI0...XWPS8ND35RDQ8FR] Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 10:16 on Nov 8, 2012 |
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Rirse posted:If I can figure out how to make this scan look clearer, this will work. I would use the Blu-Ray.com images, but the back is not the exact size, plus the lack of copy and the annoying lack of the spine inbetween. Here are a few different scans: http://images.gamekult.com/blog/imgdb/000/000/529/487_3.jpg http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/93390-3/Beauty_and_the_Beast_Diamond_Edition_.jpg http://covers.box3.net/newsimg/dvdmov/max1325374954-frontback-cover.jpg
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My copy of Sunset Boulevard arrived today. I only watched a few minutes of it, but it's loving gorgeous. I haven`t watched any of the extras yet, but based on the first 10 minutes if you're on the fence about getting this one, just go for it.
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Get Low dropped to $7.99 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003L20ILA...226YKFSPH717XQS It's a little known gem with Robert Duvall/Bill Murray and the Blu-Ray is flawless.
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$19.99 for The Coen Brothers Collection (Blood Simple/Miller's Crossing/Raising Arizona/Fargo) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00553K8FY...20D2CKD4Y9R3XQB
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All of these are $5 each No Country For Old Men = http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SIP90G...FDE9ZH2TYK76P5G Reservoir Dogs = http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KX0ISG...38YZH864S60N7PJ Bangkok Dangerous (under "more buying choices" from Amazon) = http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001J710XY...Q1F3YQEA69EG9PK ---- The Hurt Locker = $6.99 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00275EGX8...ASPY1MBD3DNB4Y0 Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Nov 12, 2012 |
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Lord Krangdar posted:Here are a few different scans: That might work. I merged picture 3 with the high res frontcover from Blu-Ray.com (since the one in the picture was misaligned) and seem to made it looks like how it should. Now to figure out a proper printing method and everything is fixed. 
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The new cover for Heavyweights is the greatest. "The existing cover is fantastic but can we add Ben Stiller anywhere? And I know his character was crazy but can we find a normal picture of him smiling? Good. Good. Now can you make him bigger? Bigger. Bigger. Perfect!" ------------ Red (Special Edition) dropped to $7.88 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003Q6D2BE...32597ADRDGJS3FE
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Hello again thread, I'm making a media centre and was wondering if y'all have any advice for good region free Blu-Ray software? Or any workarounds that don't involve bannable levels of  would do. Thanks 
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Lizard Combatant posted:Hello again thread, I'm making a media centre and was wondering if y'all have any advice for good region free Blu-Ray software? Or any workarounds that don't involve bannable levels of Only thing I know of is AnyDVDHD. It's expensive as hell but it breaks the DRM on everything on the fly (and it receives regular updates so if new DRM is released, they will break it eventually) If you don't mind using Buttcoins, they are running a 40% off deal where you can get a lifetime license for $90.69 - edit Oh, and you still need a standalone piece of software to play the discs. So Arcsoft or something of that nature. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Nov 13, 2012 |
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Sporadic posted:Only thing I know of is AnyDVDHD. It's expensive as hell but it breaks the DRM on everything on the fly (and it receives regular updates so if new DRM is released, they will break it eventually) This sounds good, but they want payment in bitcoins. I haven't been paying attention, is this normal now?
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Sporadic posted:The new cover for Heavyweights is the greatest. I'm more interested that the blurb comes from a newspaper that is (technically) defunct
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Wow, I never realised AnyDVD HD was so expensive. It does work pretty well though, I'll give it that. I got fed up with the Bluray player in my PC though, and just went for a Panasonic standalone and hacked the firmware on it (which works great). Blu-ray integration into media centres was always pretty ropey back about 3+ years ago, maybe it's better now. I don't regret the change though, personally.
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Island Nation posted:I'm more interested that the blurb comes from a newspaper that is (technically) defunct They've basically been using the same cover since the VHS release in 1995.  At least, they recorded a commentary for the Blu-Ray. quote:"The Making of Heavyweights", an audio commentary by Apatow, director Steven Brill, actors Allen Covert, Aaron Schwartz, Shaun Weiss, and Tom Hodges, and special guest Paul Feig, over 30 never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes, a video chat with Apatow and Kenan Thompson, Super 8 cast and crew footage, "Where Are They Now?", Apatow's bizarre set photos, and the original theatrical trailer. Lizard Combatant posted:This sounds good, but they want payment in bitcoins. I haven't been paying attention, is this normal now? You only have to pay in bitcoins if you want the discount. It's not normal except for legally on the line companies Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Nov 13, 2012 |
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Anyone else get the crazy Lawrence of Arabia set? I swear this thing has the same physical footprint as a Laserdisc box. Totally nuts.
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Lizard Combatant posted:Hello again thread, I'm making a media centre and was wondering if y'all have any advice for good region free Blu-Ray software? Or any workarounds that don't involve bannable levels of I think there's a way to get VLC to play them, but hosed if I can figure out how.
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TheSwami posted:Anyone else get the crazy Lawrence of Arabia set? I swear this thing has the same physical footprint as a Laserdisc box. Totally nuts. I hate to admit this but I've still never seen the film and I've been waiting for the blu ray to see it. I kind of want to just buy this set.
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TheSwami posted:Anyone else get the crazy Lawrence of Arabia set? I swear this thing has the same physical footprint as a Laserdisc box. Totally nuts. Pre-ordered back in August, but still "shipping soon" on Amazon.  Which scene did you get on the 70mm strip?
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ApexAftermath posted:I hate to admit this but I've still never seen the film and I've been waiting for the blu ray to see it. I kind of want to just buy this set. This is the ideal experience. Lawrence of Arabia more than most other films needs to be seen in high definition with a huge screen. Sit two feet away from it. The feeling of turning your head from left to right as a fighter plane sweeps across mountains is incredible. Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Nov 14, 2012 |
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Sporadic posted:Only thing I know of is AnyDVDHD. It's expensive as hell but it breaks the DRM on everything on the fly (and it receives regular updates so if new DRM is released, they will break it eventually) The proper term is "rear end pennies". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO1Q7F23DxM
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TheSwami posted:Anyone else get the crazy Lawrence of Arabia set? I swear this thing has the same physical footprint as a Laserdisc box. Totally nuts. Is it wrong I'm more excited by the Bill and Ted blu? No. Party on dude. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Egbert Souse posted:Pre-ordered back in August, but still "shipping soon" on Amazon.  It's a drat gorgeous set - and notably they made sure to put Martin Scorsese's segment and the deleted scene on the third disc that's only in this ridiculous box.
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TheSwami posted:Anyone else get the crazy Lawrence of Arabia set? I swear this thing has the same physical footprint as a Laserdisc box. Totally nuts.
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