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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 11:17 AM
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Bought my first Blu-Ray Player
Which movies should I get first??

And, will I see a huge difference in my DVD's that I currently have??
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 11:20 AM
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1. I don't notice a difference with my DVD's in my ps3, which is a Blu-Ray player.
The first movie you should get should contain extreme graphic violence and lots of nudity.
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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 11:22 AM
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2. Action yes - nudity no
Sorry, I just don't want to see nudity on a 42" TV.
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 11:33 AM
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3. Some nudity is pretty interesting.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 09:43 PM
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15. What the hell is Yoda doing to that ice cream sculpture?!?
Freaky, he is.
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 09:59 PM
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16. The "ice cream sculpture" is absorbing "Yoda" in order to keep him from an important meeting.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-22-09 08:56 AM
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19. I've tried that excuse. Believe me, It won't help him.
"I'd have been here sooner, but I was attacked by an ice cream sculpture."

"Right. Where's your TPS report?"
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 11:41 AM
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4. Our first were The Forbidden Kingdom and Hellboy II.
Edited on Wed Oct-21-09 11:41 AM by Orsino
Very pleased with both.

Big ups, also, for the 1995 Ehle-Firth Pride And Prejudice on Blu-ray. Both DVD releases were sadly-lacking, color-wise. Blu-ray is its salvation. Although the series was only filmed on 16mm, and the Blu-ray therefore just a bit grainy--but still breath-taking.
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 12:47 PM
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5. Hope you got a PS3 with it. As far as BR movies to try I suggest:
Wall-E, The Dark Knight, Pan's Labyrinth, Watchmen, 30 Days of Night (turn on the subtitles and you can see what the vampires are saying), Justice League - The New Frontier, The Matrix are all great on Blu-ray. Enjoy.
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targetpractice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 02:55 PM
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6. Battlestar Galactica Blu-Ray Box Set
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 03:28 PM
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7. I don't think you will notice much difference.
Regular DVD is already much sharper than reality.
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Tyrone Slothrop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 03:41 PM
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8. I would get the Planet Earth boxset
They are simply amazing, breathtakingly beautiful -- and fairly informative too.

Cheap on Amazon right now, too!
http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-Complete-BBC-Blu-ray/dp/B000MRAAJM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1256157644&sr=8-1
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Madrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 05:42 PM
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11. I agree with this!
Also - Pan's Labyrinth is beautiful - if you're into that.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 03:41 PM
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9. depends on your TV, and the movie in question
Edited on Wed Oct-21-09 03:42 PM by gmoney
If you have an HDTV, you should see a real difference, but probably also on a regular TV.

You could buy/rent the Blu-Ray of a movie you already have on DVD for comparison purposes. Some Blu-Rays titles are packaged with a regular DVD, such as Coraline, and The Graduate, for easy comparison.

The Blu-Ray player will probably also "upsample" your regular DVDs for some extra sharpness. Also, I've found the Blu-Ray player can overcome the scratches on DVDs from the library or video store that my regular DVD player (or laptop) can't play.

I bought "The Fifth Element" on Blu-Ray, but I'm sort of saving that for when I upgrade my TV to HD.
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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 03:53 PM
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10. I have a 1080P HDTV
We bought Transformers 2 as our first movie. It looks awesome.

I'm gonna try an old DVD movie tonight and see if there is any difference.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 05:44 PM
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12. If you have a high def tv and watch Blu-ray dvds you will see a big difference.
Check out this site: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1168342 for recommendations about which are the best quality Blu-ray dvds from people who really know what they are looking for in regards to quality.

Here is a list of their Reference quality dvds (the ones used to show off how good your setup looks):


Tier 0 - Blu Tier 1 - Gold Tier 2.0 - Silver Tier 3.0 - Bronze Tier 4.0 - Copper Tier 5.0 - Coal
0 - 1 - 1.25 - 1.5 - 1.75 - 2 - 2.25 - 2.5 - 2.75 - 3 - 3.25 - 3.5 - 3.75 - 4 - 4.5 - 5 -

Tier 0 - Blu

bb nf A Bug's Life Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 2.35:1 | Disney
bb nf Kung Fu Panda Video: AVC | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 2.35:1 | DreamWorks
bb nf Coraline Video: VC-1 | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 1.85:1 | Universal
bb nf Ratatouille Video: AVC | Audio: PCM | AR: 2.40:1 | Disney
bb nf Cars Video: AVC | Audio: PCM | AR: 2.40:1 | Disney
bb nf Monsters Vs. Aliens Proposed Move Video: AVC | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 2.39:1 | DreamWorks
bb nf Monsters, Inc. (UK Import) Proposed Move Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 1.85:1 | Disney
bb nf Meet the Robinsons Video: AVC | Audio: PCM | AR: 1.78:1 | Disney
bb nf I, Robot Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 2.35:1 | Fox
bb nf Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Video: AVC | Audio: PCM | AR: 2.35:1 | Buena Vista
bb nf Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Video: AVC | Audio: PCM | AR: 2.40:1 | Buena Vista
bb nf Chicken Little Video: AVC | Audio: PCM | AR: 1.78:1 | Buena Vista
bb nf Open Season Video: AVC | Audio: PCM | AR: 1.85:1 | Sony
bb nf The Wild Video: AVC | Audio: PCM | AR: 1.85:1 | Buena Vista
bb nf Man on Fire Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 2.40:1 | Fox
bb nf Bee Movie Video: AVC | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 1.85:1 | Dreamworks
bb nf Baraka Video: VC-1 | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 2.20:1 | MPI Media
bb nf Tinker Bell Video: AVC | Audio: PCM | AR: 1.78:1 | Disney
bb nf Domino Video: VC-1 | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 2.40:1 | Warner
bb nf Tell No One Video: VC-1 | Audio: PCM 2.0 | AR: 2.35:1 | MPI Media
bb nf The Host Video: VC-1 | Audio: PCM | AR: 1.85:1 | Magnolia
bb nf Live Free or Die Hard Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 2.35:1 | Fox
bb nf Sin City Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 1.85:1 | Disney
bb nf Rocker, The Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 1.85:1 | Fox
bb nf Transporter 3 Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 2.35:1 | Lionsgate
bb nf Bolt Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 1.78:1 | Disney
bb nf Youth Without Youth Video: AVC | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 2.35:1 | Sony
bb nf TMNT Video: VC-1 | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 2.40:1 | Warner
bb nf Becoming Jane Video: VC-1 | Audio: PCM | AR: 2.35:1 | Disney
bb nf Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Video: AVC | Audio: PCM | AR: 2.40:1 | Buena Vista
bb nf Dragon Hunters Proposed Move Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 1.78:1 | Phase 4 Films
bb nf Wall-E Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 2.40:1 | Disney
bb nf Transporter 2 (Japan Import) Video: AVC | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 2.35:1 | Sony
bb nf Corpse Bride Video: VC-1 | Audio: DD | AR: 1.85:1 | Warner
bb nf Chronicles of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 2.35:1 | Disney
bb nf International, The Video: AVC | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 2.40:1 | Sony
bb nf Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (IMAX) Video: VC-1 | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 1.78:1 | Image
bb nf Happy Feet Video: VC-1 | Audio: DD EX | AR: 2.40:1 | Warner
bb nf Happy Feet (U.K. Import) Video: VC-1 | Audio: PCM | AR: 2.40:1 | Warner
bb nf Lonely Hearts (Japan Import) Video: AVC | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 2.35:1 | Sony
bb nf Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (UK Import) Video: AVC | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 1.78:1 | 2 Entertain
bb nf Horton Hears A Who! Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 1.85:1 | Fox
bb nf Sleeping Beauty Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 2.55:1 | Disney
bb nf Crank 2: High Voltage Video: AVC | Audio: DTS-HD MA (7.1) | AR: 1.85:1 | Lionsgate
bb nf Fighting Proposed Move Video: VC-1 | Audio: DTS-HD MA | AR: 1.85:1 | Universal
bb nf Watchmen: Theatrical Version (UK Import) Proposed Move Video: AVC | Audio: TrueHD | AR: 2.39:1 | Paramount


A Blu-ray that I would recommend is "Home" narrated by Glenn Close: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014762/

Another good one is "Baraka": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103767/

Trust me, you will see a difference. The picture will be stunningly clear, more so than on any regular dvd. Notice the credits at the end of a Blu-ray dvd because those white letter on the black background is perfectly clear like it was painted on your screen.

Your old dvds will look at least as good if not better. Look for Blu-ray dvds on sale because they can be had for a good price, check out Amazon as well.

One way I enjoy Blu-rays is by having a NetFlix subscription for Blu-Ray for $10.95 a month and with that I can get 3 dvds a week in the mail as well as having access to thousands of hours of NetFlix streaming movies and documentaries and tv series. I use a Roku set top box to watch the streaming videos on my 50" plasma and they look every bit as good as a regular dvd. I have been watching season after season of Law and Order: SVU as well as L&O: Criminal Intent.

Enjoy your Blu-ray. We've come a long, long way from black & white television.
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4lbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 09:18 PM
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13. EVen though I also have a Blu-Ray player, I still buy movies on DVD as well.
Pretty much buy the Blu-Ray version if a movie is available in Extended Version.

For example, "Kingdom of Heaven" in Blu-Ray is the extended version and is awesome. An extra 40 minutes really adds missing storylines, as well as battle scenes, and transforms the movie from good to near masterpiece.

Pretty much any movie made in the last 10 years will look extremely good on Blu-Ray. You will notice the difference from DVD. However, movies from 1995 and earlier will usually be just as good on DVD, since the source material is somewhat degraded and won't take full advantage of the higher bitrate like newer movies could.

In other words, why spend $15 for the Blu-Ray of "Die Hard" if you already have the DVD, or if the DVD is available for $8? There will be little difference.

I'm waiting for the complete LOTR trilogy, extended editions, next year in Blu-Ray.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 09:36 PM
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14. Star Trek (TOS), Star Trek II (the other movies are not remastered properly), Firefly, James Bond
:D
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-22-09 02:02 AM
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17. I did that too. But I got a PS3 with my bluray
So far the only bluray disc to enter my home was Hancock. And I noticed I could see through some of the makeup. It is amazingly sharp.

I noticed a difference on DVD's. Its not huge, they look sharper, but also a little more pixely at times. Watching LOTR, I could tell the WETA scenes apart much better. Battle of helms deep was still amazing, but I could see the "not real" much easier than previously.

I will be buying the LOTR set on bluray, but there is NO chance I will buy it before they offer the extended version. I could spit on them for trying to rip people off by doing a "theatrical" release first, and holding the other back. Beyond lame.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-22-09 02:06 AM
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18. watching the scoobiedoo prequell right now
DVD, not bluray. I see a lot of visual static.
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-22-09 09:39 AM
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20. The Fifth Element, (remastered) Enter the Dragon,
Planet Earth, Blade runner (final cut), Pan's Labyrinth, Swordfish, 28 Weeks Later, Dark City.
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