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Just got my BD copy of Silent Hill today. It is ****ing amazing.
To say I'm furious at the reviewers who slated this title for video, is an understatement. These idiots do damage to home theater. This is one of the best examples of HD I've ever seen. The level of detail is utterly excellent - every bit as good as King Kong on HD DVD. The only down side is that this is an MPEG-2 title and all of this detail occasionally proves a little too much for the dated codec, resulting in some compression noise. When this gets reviewed for DVD Times I'm making sure it gets a 9/10. I don't normally gush over video transfers, but seriously.
If Blu-ray can consistently deliver quality like this, it deserves to win. Apparently not all the releases can, which is a shame.Last edited by Lyris; 02-02-2007, 11:39.
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No first hand experience, but Chicago on BD is getting rave reviews at the mo. Can't stand the film myself, but apparently the disc is truly reference quality in pic & sound terms.
Taken from a post at homethetheater forum -
24-bit LPCM 5.1 lossless. That's right. 24 bit.
AVC-compressed 1080p video that sometimes peaked at over 40 mbps!!! That's like running MPEG2 at 80 mbps.
The level of image and sound quality of this disc is unreal. It VASTLY outperforms the 35mm print I saw projected theatrically in NYC when the film was first released. The 1080p sourced from the IP actually results in an image superior to the "mass duped" 35mm print quality of the theatrical prints in this case.
There is so much detail, the image is so sharp and 3-dimensional, it will blow your mind. While you listen to 24-bit lossless, of course.Last edited by Geoff D; 02-02-2007, 12:16.
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Originally posted by Lyris View PostJust got my BD copy of Silent Hill today. It is ****ing amazing.
To say I'm furious at the reviewers who slated this title for video, is an understatement. These idiots do damage to home theater. This is one of the best examples of HD I've ever seen. The level of detail is utterly excellent - every bit as good as King Kong on HD DVD. The only down side is that this is an MPEG-2 title and all of this detail occasionally proves a little too much for the dated codec, resulting in some compression noise. When this gets reviewed for DVD Times I'm making sure it gets a 9/10. I don't normally gush over video transfers, but seriously.
If Blu-ray can consistently deliver quality like this, it deserves to win. Apparently not all the releases can, which is a shame.
Crank looks ****ing awesome on BD I thought.
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Originally posted by Lyris View PostThe only down side is that this is an MPEG-2 title and all of this detail occasionally proves a little too much for the dated codec, resulting in some compression noise.
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I use DVD World USA for most of my HD DVD purchases, and they sell Blu Ray as well. I ordered six HD DVDs from them a while ago and they marked the value down to $29.99 so I didn't get any customs charges. They arrived in four days as well (I did pay for 3-5 day delivery though, so that was to be expected).
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Originally posted by Bleeders View Post
A pity the HD DVD guys can't be that pushy and aggressive.
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