The High-Def Thread, Now With 95% Less HD DVD

[RedIsNotBlue]

How many inches can a Blu-ray movie go up to anyway?

I've seen a 92" (or higher, I forgot) display of Avatar on Bluray and it was pretty darn good

However big your projector can make the picture. They sell screen's that are as large as 150 inches if you got the room.

I still don't get how it's possible for that setup to look better than an actual HD TV though.

Why is it hard to understand? Same concept as a tv just it is projected onto a screen from the opposite direction. And the better the video quality of the disc the better it will look on a bigger screen...for example The Dark Knight which had filmed parts of the film specifically for an IMAX screen and we all know how big those screens are.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

WB Announces 10, Pleasantville, You’ve Got Mail Blu-ray
Warner Home Video has announced three "romantic film favorites" (with varying degrees of romanticism) for release on Blu-ray on February 1, just in time for Valentine's Day: 10 (Blake Edwards, 1979), Pleasantville (Gary Ross, 1998) and You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron, 1998). Like Warner recently announced, list price is only $19.98. You've Got Mail will come bundled with a DVD copy of The Shop Around the Corner, the 1940 Ernst Lubitsch upon which it is based.

Special features include:

10

* Vintage Featurette: A Dream... a Fantasy... a TEN!
* Theatrical trailer

Pleasantville

* Commentary by writer/director Gary Ross
* Isolated score track with commentary by composer Randy Newman
* Featurette: "The Art of Pleasantville"
* Music video: Fiona Apple, "Across the Universe" (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)
* Theatrical trailer

You've Got Mail

* Commentary by director/co-writer Nora Ephron and producer Lauren Shuler Donner
* Featurettes:
o Delivering You've Got Mail
o You've Got Chemistry
* HBO First Look: A Conversation with Nora Ephron
* Discover New York's Upper West Side Selectable Movie Tour
* Music video: Carole King, "Anyone at All"
* The Shop Around the Corner bonus movie (on DVD)

WB Cancels My Dog Skip Blu-ray, Delays Ocean’s 11
Warner Home Video has withdrawn My Dog Skip from its Blu-ray release schedule. The studio has not given a new release date, or any reason for the cancellation of this family movie, initially announced for October 19. In other date change news, Ocean's 11, initially slated for today, has been pushed back a month, to November 9.

 

[Figs]

Why is it hard to understand? Same concept as a tv just it is projected onto a screen from the opposite direction. And the better the video quality of the disc the better it will look on a bigger screen...for example The Dark Knight which had filmed parts of the film specifically for an IMAX screen and we all know how big those screens are.

It's not hard to understand, I'm a little out of touch so forgive me if they've advanced big time but last time I checked projectors project onto a wall in your house or the pull down kind of screen. If it gives off just as good of a picture as the HD TV's then that's cool.

So have the LCD/LED TV's fixed that angle viewing problem because that's one of the main reasons i'm looking into getting a Plasma more.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

It's not hard to understand, I'm a little out of touch so forgive me if they've advanced big time but last time I checked projectors project onto a wall in your house or the pull down kind of screen. If it gives off just as good of a picture as the HD TV's then that's cool.

Yep exactly same concept as going to a movie theater and my screen isn't a pull down it is one that is mounted on the wall like an actual movie theater screen. My Tivo is also hooked up to the projector so I am also able to watch TV shows in HD if I wanted to. The projector projects the film onto a screen except instead of using film you are using a Blu-ray disc. HD is HD and 1080p is 1080p no matter what the screen size. Like I said the better quality of a disc the better it will look on a larger screen and the bad quality discs you might end up seeing the flaws more obviously the larger the screen size.

 

[Downhere]

I have wondered about projectors too... I suppose your room has to be really dark to get the best possible picture?

To get the best possible picture quality, you would not want there to be lights on. You can have a low light on an opposite corner and still enjoy the image but you don't want to go beyond that.

With a projector, you have to put a little more thought into your room. I painted my screen wall a dark chocolate brown, which makes the native contrast of the image pop more. Whenever I watch movies I turn the lights off and the image I get is phenomenal. Mind you, I "only" have a 720p projector, yet the image looks perfectly natural and clear with a high level of detail and a nice 3D-ish pop (which is the nice thing about DLP projector's).

Using a projector looks exactly like when you are at the theater and compared to regular TV's, I'd say there's nothing like having a projector. Anything over 80 inches just squashes any HDTV out there, the size makes you feel like your at the theaters not at home. To me, I feel more involved with the bigger screen.

So, I say, if you have the room, the patience, and the finances, go front projection...you won't regret it.

Eeek, I sound like a salesman. lol.

 

[Figs]

Yep exactly same concept as going to a movie theater and my screen isn't a pull down it is one that is mounted on the wall like an actual movie theater screen. My Tivo is also hooked up to the projector so I am also able to watch TV shows in HD if I wanted to. The projector projects the film onto a screen except instead of using film you are using a Blu-ray disc. HD is HD and 1080p is 1080p no matter what the screen size. Like I said the better quality of a disc the better it will look on a larger screen and the bad quality discs you might end up seeing the flaws more obviously the larger the screen size.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Spider-X]

has anyone posted about the Avatar extended edition yet?

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I got Iron Man 2 for my birthday yesterday and in the mail recently got Traffic, Se7en, Last Man Standing/The Last Boy Scout, Big, Spaceballs, and The Mist.

 

[Downhere]

Well Mr. Red, that's a heck of a line up you got there so far.

My Blu-ray buying has picked up a bit, over the past month I've gotten Iron Man 2, Percy Jackson, Pitch Black, Alice in Wonderland, Prince of Persia, Lost In Space ($5 bucks on that one), and The Killers: Live From The Royal Albert Hall. I should hit 200 blu's in no time. I'm hoping for some good deals during Thanksgiving and I guess once I hit $50 from Points2Shop I'll order some more.

 

[danoyse]

Now that my vacation is done, I can start picking up blu-rays again. Planning to get Iron Man 2, How to Train Your Dragon, Beauty & the Beast, the Back to the Future trilogy, and Toy Story 3 in the next few weeks.

 

[Ipodman]

I'm looking forward to Toy Story 3 and How To Train Your Dragon since I dont have any animated movies on Blu-ray yet. I'm a little iffy on Shrek 4 tho...

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

The Last Airbender 3D Blu-ray at Best Buy
According to retailer information, Paramount Home Entertainment will release The Last Airbender 3D on November 16, making it the studio's first 3D Blu-ray release for general availability. However, it will be a retailer exclusive, initially available only at Best Buy. Suggested retail price for this multi-disc set is $39.99; other release details are unavailable at this time.

 

[Sam Fisher]

The Last Airbender 3D Blu-ray at Best Buy
According to retailer information, Paramount Home Entertainment will release The Last Airbender 3D on November 16, making it the studio's first 3D Blu-ray release for general availability. However, it will be a retailer exclusive, initially available only at Best Buy. Suggested retail price for this multi-disc set is $39.99; other release details are unavailable at this time.

I LOL'd considering the 3D is supposed to be horrible in that movie

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I LOL'd considering the 3D is supposed to be horrible in that movie

Yeah well it WAS released in 3D and since studios are pushing hard for 3DTV this holiday season and 3D content is severely lacking they need to get 3D Blu-ray's on the store shelves good or bad. Still scratching my head over Avatar's absence on 3D Blu-ray seems like that is the only recent 3D movie that would ignite interest in the average joe consumer. And no Toy Story 3 3D Blu-ray? Come on. I wouldn't mind checking out a 3D Blu-ray but the content is just not there for me at the moment.

 

[Downhere]

That's because Panasonic has an exclusivity agreement for Avatar starting in December. They will offer the 3D version of the film with their 3D TV's.

 

[Ipodman]

And now there's "glasses-less 3D TVs" as they are advertising it

Wonder how many movie will get released in that format...

 

[Downhere]

And now there's "glasses-less 3D TVs" as they are advertising it

Wonder how many movie will get released in that format...

I still think that will take a while to get right, considering the viewing angle is limited with glasses-less 3D TV's. You have to be just in the right spot to see the effect.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

That's because Panasonic has an exclusivity agreement for Avatar starting in December. They will offer the 3D version of the film with their 3D TV's.

I know this and I find it stupid. Making movies exclusive to buying a whole TV setup is ******ed. Offering the movie as a free perk to buying a whole TV would make more sense while at the same time selling the movie BY ITSELF exclusively at a store like Best Buy.

As far as the glasses free 3DTV's they are only making them in small sizes right now. And you wouldn't have to start a whole new format 3D Blu-ray's should work on those just fine. And Downhere I remember just reading something involving a 3DTV where the viewing angles were not limited at all and I am pretty sure it was concerning glasses free technology.

 

[Ipodman]

I still think that will take a while to get right, considering the viewing angle is limited with glasses-less 3D TV's. You have to be just in the right spot to see the effect.

Yea the angle is a problem. It was like when LCD first came out right... the viewing angle was a big fuss

 

[Downhere]

I know this and I find it stupid. Making movies exclusive to buying a whole TV setup is ******ed. Offering the movie as a free perk to buying a whole TV would make more sense while at the same time selling the movie BY ITSELF exclusively at a store like Best Buy.

Of course it's stupid, CE manufacturers are shooting themselves in the foot with this exclusivity crap. If they really want 3D to take off they need to have the content available to all, not just those who buy a certain TV. Samsung has been doing it with Monster's vs. Aliens and soon the Shrek films. Sony will have Alice and Wonderland and Panny will have Avatar. It's pretty much a dumb situation.

The only hope is for these companies to drop the exclusivity next year and let the studio's offer these movies to the masses instead of with a specific TV. Then, maybe they can salvage 3D but at this rate it will become another fad like it has been in the past.

Either way I'm not worried about it as there are not any good solutions in the projector world for me to worry about 3D. Cheapest option coming up is the new JVC projector's which will run at $4500+. So, it will be some time before I were to consider 3D, not to mention, I can't even watch a 3D movie for that long without feeling odd. lol. The effect can be cool but not sure if it's worth the hassle.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Have you not seen this Downhere?

Optoma Provides a 3D Solution for 720p Projectors
The 3D-XL converter allows 720p output of 1080p 3D Blu-rays.

There's nothing wrong with going 720p, especially if you're one of those that shelled out for a nice projector before 1080p really kicked in. If you're primarily playing videogames and watching television, the resolution difference doesn't even matter for most content.

But 3D is a different story. If you're hoping to enjoy 3D Blu-rays on your 720p projector, you'll be in for disappointment unless you pick up the new 3D-XL converter from Optoma.

The 3D-XL takes that HDMI 1.4 1080p signal from your Blu-ray player and converts it into a HDMI 1.3 720p signal that your projector can understand. You'll still need a projector that does 120Hz of course, but as long as you've got that – and the appropriate 3D accessories like glasses and a transmitter – you'll be ready to go.

 

[Downhere]

Have you not seen this Downhere?

Optoma Provides a 3D Solution for 720p Projectors
The 3D-XL converter allows 720p output of 1080p 3D Blu-rays.

There's nothing wrong with going 720p, especially if you're one of those that shelled out for a nice projector before 1080p really kicked in. If you're primarily playing videogames and watching television, the resolution difference doesn't even matter for most content.

But 3D is a different story. If you're hoping to enjoy 3D Blu-rays on your 720p projector, you'll be in for disappointment unless you pick up the new 3D-XL converter from Optoma.

The 3D-XL takes that HDMI 1.4 1080p signal from your Blu-ray player and converts it into a HDMI 1.3 720p signal that your projector can understand. You'll still need a projector that does 120Hz of course, but as long as you've got that – and the appropriate 3D accessories like glasses and a transmitter – you'll be ready to go.

That's not bad, if only there was content to be had. lol. But for me to put money into that I'd rather put it towards a new projector. But, I can wait for now.

 

[BatMatt]

3D TV doesn't offer enough for me right now to invest. The idea is cool (sometimes) and I think 3D PS3 games would be great (Killzone 3) but basically I'd have to buy the Best Buy bundle, I don't need the BD player but the glasses are so expensive on their own, and its just a lot of money right now to watch a handful of titles that don't interest me

 

[Downhere]

The other thing about 3D displays is that I would want the option to convert 2D material as well, like with the Samsung models. While, it may not work with some content, I'm sure it may be cool for some films that are more action oriented. I'd at least like to have the option, but I'm not sure how that would work with projector's.

 

[<(o_o)>]

has anyone posted about the Avatar extended edition yet?

For the price tag of $35.00 I will stick with my bare bones Blu-Ray for now.

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Disc-Ex...V3QY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1286410690&sr=8-1

Disc 1: Three Movie Versions

Original Theatrical Edition (includes family audio track with objectionable language removed)
Special Edition Re-Release (includes family audio track with objectionable language removed)
Collector’s Extended Cut with 16 additional minutes, including alternate opening on earth
Disc 2: Filmmaker's Journey
Over 45 minutes of never-before-seen deleted scenes
Capturing Avatar: Feature-length documentary covering the 16-year filmmakers’ journey, including interviews with James Cameron, Jon Landau, cast and crew
A Message from Pandora: James Cameron’s visit to the Amazon rainforest
The 2006 art reel: Original pitch of the Avatar vision
Brother termite test: Original motion capture test
The ILM prototype: Visual effects reel
Screen tests: Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana
Zoë’s life cast: Makeup session footage
On-set footage as live-action filming begins
VFX progressions
Crew film: The Volume
Disc 3: Pandora's Box
Interactive scene deconstruction: Explore the stages of production of 17 different scenes through three viewing modes: capture level, template level, and final level with picture-in-picture reference
Production featurettes: Sculpting Avatar, Creating the Banshee, Creating the Thanator, The AMP Suit, Flying Vehicles, Na’vi Costumes, Speaking Na’vi, Pandora Flora, Stunts, Performance Capture, Virtual Camera, The 3D Fusion Camera, The Simul-Cam, Editing Avatar, Scoring Avatar, Sound Design, The Haka: The Spirit of New Zealand
Avatar original script
Avatar screenplay by James Cameron
Pandorapedia: Comprehensive guide to Pandora
Lyrics from five songs by James Cameron
The art of Avatar: Over 1,850 images in 16 themed galleries (The World of Pandora, The Creatures, Pandora Flora, Pandora Bioluminescence, The Na’vi, The Avatars, Maquettes, Na’vi Weapons, Na’vi Props, Na’vi Musical Instruments, RDA Designs, Flying Vehicles, AMP Suit, Human Weapons, Land Vehicles, One-Sheet Concepts)
BD-Live extras (requires BD-Live-enabled player and Internet connection--may be available a limited-time only): Crew Short: The Night Before Avatar; additional screen tests, including Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, and Laz Alonso; speaking Na’vi rehearsal footage; Weta Workshop: walk-and-talk presentation