What Have You Bought Recently?

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Who is Hunt Powers?

He is American actor Jack Betts.

[ReturnToZero]

I watched the Anchor Bay BD of The Night Porter today and i think it looks really good. In a few scenes i recognized some light noise but far from the worst i've seen. Otherwise the natural grain is intact, detail is clear and i had no problems with the audio.

I don't know how the film was shot but compared to the Criterion DVD this release looks more "grey/green" in the colours which i personally think gives the movie some atmosphere.

...and Charlotte Rampling is awesome.

[antmumford]

Originally Posted by keirarts

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also.. hanging woman is great!! Not enough naschy perhaps but otherwise a great watch!

Or the BDX3200 which is only about £15 more and a better machine

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by antmumford

Or the BDX3200 which is only about £15 more and a better machine

Though to be fair the 1200 has the latest firmware on it, the only issue is its a wee bit noisy but i'm used to the ps3 which is as quiet as a mouse.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

And yet - because I am a contradictory git - I HATE remixed audio tracks! You know, when they make a mono track into surround or something. Cleaning up the audio track is fine (if done well, which it isn't always!), but if a film was mono, I want it to stay in mono. Thankfully most BDs retain original soundtrack options.

I agree completely and, even though I have a 7.1 surround speaker system, I hate it when a mono track has been badly encoded and comes through the front surrounds rather than the centre channel. If a film was made in the 1960s (for example) with a mono soundtrack, I'll always choose that option from the menu rather than a brand-new DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track.

Saying that, some of the surround tracks on the new HD releases of classic Disney films are extremely good!

[Paul@TheOverlook]

I don't mind stereo or surround mixes of mono films as long they're done properly. Many of them sound really puny, tinny or just plain wrong!

[Refused]

My surround sound system decided to remix mono/stereo tracks into 5.1. I told it to knock that crap off immediately.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Wen't to HMV today and picked up a few BD's.




And yes, that is the Jurassic Park trilogy in a single size amaray. Time to sell my German Jumbo steelbook!

[darthelvis]

Wife bought me J Edgar and Iron Sky for our anniversary! Iron Sky is brilliant!

[Hawkmonger]

Who's idea was it to release Timecop on BD?