Comments on: Watchmen Director’s Cut Blu-ray Details Revealed

By: Shelly

Shelly — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:40:04 +0000

I’m so ready to see the next installment of the watchmen… is there one coming?

i usually don’t buy the blu-ray, but i got this one. I saw this review and I thought it was awesome
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/products/watchmen-directors-cut-digital-copy-and-bd-live-blu-ray#reviews

By: Watchmen Director’s Will Get Limited Theatrical Release - Screen Rant

Watchmen Director’s Will Get Limited Theatrical Release - Screen Rant — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:12:25 +0000

[...] the trek to a theater but still want to see the director’s cut of Watchmen, you can wait for the Blu-ray to hit stores on July 28, 2009. There’s also still a suppossed “ultimate cut” of [...]

By: Mosh Jahan

Mosh Jahan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:01:45 +0000

Advances in video technology won’t stop until we reach the point where the next advancement over the previous one yields an experience that is indistinguishable from the previous leap in technology. Only at that point will we slow down and allow formats to have 20 or 50 year shelf life. We are a long, long way from true to life video reproduction so it’s best to get used to frequent technology upgrades for the foreseeable future.

By: 790

790 — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:28:01 +0000

JM, no I’m not jealous.
I admit that I have a issue with upgrading technology every other year as it seems like a waste and self perpetuates this cycle of what’s the latest craze that I have to have,,, but I don’t really need.
Technology is changing so fast that I’m just trying to say that Bluray won’t be the endgame of HD/dvd. You can invest in it, but don’t be too let down when the next digital medium makes Bluray look like VHS. And it won’t take 10 years. That was just what was in that article as I quoted it word for word.

By: JM

JM — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:20:20 +0000

@790

Are u serious? 10 years? that’s a lot to me and everyone else.

I starting to think you’re just jealous because you don’t have bluray capability. I hope im wrong.

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:07:01 +0000

Well I had DVD for about 12 years so if Blu-ray lasts 10 that won’t be too bad. You can’t get much higher usable res and I’m sure new machines will be able to play Blu-rays just like Blu-ray players can handle DVDs.

Vic

By: 790

790 — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:52:10 +0000

Newsflash for all you Bluray fans,,,

Today in the Hollywood Reporter,page 3:
“A team of Australian scientists has developed a data-storage technology that apparently can hold the equivalent of 2,000 dvds on a single disc and could be on the market within a decade (10 years). The researchers, from Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology, applied nanotechnology to pack in 1.6 terabytes of data, a giant leap from the 50 GB capacity of Bluray disc.”

(Imo) Bluray will have a short lifespan…

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:54:48 +0000

I’m perfectly fine with watching regular TV. The HD is nice and all, but not really that important I can go with out it. I don’t wanna miss a good show just because it’s not in HD.Plus while I can see the different it’s not that huge for me from regular TV to HD TV. I mean I see it, but it doesn’t blow me away.

By: Andy S

Andy S — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:09:34 +0000

Vic, I guess my cable company doesn’t carry it. I will have to call Time Warner.

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:05:54 +0000

The Sci Fi Channel has had a HD version for quite a while.

Vic

By: Andy S

Andy S — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:03:29 +0000

I have a 46″ Panny Plasma and the picture looks phenomenal with a HiDef signal, but just average with a regular signal. I find myself barely watching regular channels anymore. SyFy NEEDS to get into HiDef so I can watch Dr. Who and Stargate in HiDef! LOL!!

I have a Pioneer progressive scan DVD player that I have hooked to my TV with Component video cables and the picture looks great on all the DVD’s I have played on it so far. I want to get a new receiver that upconverts EVERYTHING to 1080p and allows me to have one HDMI hookup to the TV. I’m thinking that the new receiver will happen before BluRay as to take advantage of the DTS sound and such.

I sersiously need to hit the lottery. LOL.

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:21:07 +0000

I’m really down about my TV got some major image persistence. My ex wife decided to the leave guide open on the DVR for an entire night and it really screwed up my picture drives me insane.

By: Joshi

Joshi — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:02:43 +0000

A guy I went to school with years ago had similar colour blindness… used to piss him off when teachers would change pen colours on the white board from blue to purple to make them stand out more as he saw no difference.

As for my TV, a few DVD’s that I have have features on them so you can configured the settings on your TV to the give optimum picture and sound (THX something or other). Didn’t really work for my new TV, the picture still seemed off after I’d done it so soon after we got the TV, I found myself in a shop displaying the same make and model of my TV and the picture on there seemed to be pretty good. I quickly grabbed the remote, went to the picture settings and then copied them down on my phone so I could set my home TV to the same thing. :p

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:44:14 +0000

Contrast and Bright scale can be tricky little buggers. I have other people come and configure my TV because I’m partially color blind. For the most part I can see the main colors-ish, but I have trouble distinguishing some of the more similar ones. Partial color blindness can be a bitch. I can see Red from Blue, but struggle with Blue and Purple or Orange and Yellow or in some cases even certain shades of Brown and Red or even Orange and Red if it’s darker orange. One of the most embarrassing things for me is when I’m doing something where you color something or choose a color theme and I accidentally pick a darker pink instead of red. I get made fun of a lot for that.

By: Joshi

Joshi — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:26:39 +0000

To be honest, I have an LG TV which tends to have issues with contrast that other brands don’t, so that’s a contributing factor to X2 not looking so hot, but most of my other movies look great on it. I was amazed at how great The Matrix DVD looked on it.

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:18:31 +0000

I own an HDTV and X2 on DVD and think it still looks great. It’s no blu ray, but it certainly doesn’t look horrible. I can understand being disappointed with the quality in comparison to Blu Ray, but to say it looks horrid is way over board. It still holds up.

About the cases I regret like hell buying The Dark Knight in Blu Ray I wanted the big special case so bad, but I thought the beautiful picture would make up for it… It didn’t. However Iron Man on Blu Ray was my best Blu Ray purchase yet it looks great and had a decent case even.

By: Joshi

Joshi — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:15:31 +0000

Actually, I’ll agree with that. I have a HDTV and when I played X2, even upscaled it looked bad.

By: JM

JM — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:09:17 +0000

Vic it’s right.

But Daniel you’ve said something important, bluray cases are too generic, i own the godfather trilogy in both formats and the bluray one looks like any other cheap movie.

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:03:21 +0000

On a 60″ 1080p HDTV you can definitely see the difference. Big time.

Vic

By: JM

JM — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:00:16 +0000

Daniel F, you missed the point, i mean x2 dvd IN HDTV. Obviously 3 years ago i haven’t even notice any flaw cuz i was using a regular television. But put X2 in a HDTV and it looks like crap, not the case with others dvd’s, like the original xmen for example.

And i buy blurays because of the quality, im not defending the format cuz i owned some, it’s the other way around.

I’know some dvd’s looks good, really good now and i’m still buying some, like old movies that really don’t differ too much for bluray versions and tv series that dont justify the extra bucks.

I hope you get my point now.