Blu-ray Christmas Presents

[Melodious Thunk]

From my parents:
Cabin in the Woods

From my brother:
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Muppets

An eclectic Christmas!

[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by Rocky01542

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Any trouble with the "Creature..." disc? Mine refused to play in 3 players

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[Ozu Teapot]

A Hitchcockian Christmas for me - received "The Collection" and "The Masterpiece Collection"...

[BreakfastClub211]

Originally Posted by laz305

Best parents EVER!!!!!! or you ordered them and they just paid for it?

My parents don't really know how to buy for me, so I asked for the steelbooks and the Indiana Jones set, and got the rest themselves, to my surprise

They also got me a lovely Breakfast Club jumper, which is my favourite film

[gavinh2008]

Originally Posted by Phleanix

Sounds awesome tbh!
Would love a cheeky pic of your setup once it's all installed?

Sure I'll put a picture up tomorrow, but to be honest it's not a special set-up. I'm currently decorating my room so I've stripped all the wallpaper off the walls and I need to pull all the flooring up. Room looks pretty much like a tip.

[scott87]

I got

Friends box set
Indiana jones collectors edition
Ted
Top gear
Men in black 3
Mad men season 5
Game of thrones collectors box set
Shriek 1-4 box set
The dark knight blu ray

[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by gavinh2008

Sure I'll put a picture up tomorrow, but to be honest it's not a special set-up. I'm currently decorating my room so I've stripped all the wallpaper off the walls and I need to pull all the flooring up. Room looks pretty much like a tip.

Which TV is it?

[gavinh2008]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

Which TV is it?

43” Samsung PS43E490 3D Plasma. The Blu-ray Player is the Toshiba BDX3200 3D Blu-ray Player. Once I have decorated my room I will put the TV onto the wall instead of on the black unit it's on now, and once my broken down wardrobe on the other side of the room is disposed of I'm going to move my Blu-ray shelves there so they can all stand together instead of apart, I prefer when they're all together.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by gavinh2008

43” Samsung PS43E490 3D Plasma. The Blu-ray Player is the Toshiba BDX3200 3D Blu-ray Player. Once I have decorated my room I will put the TV onto the wall instead of on the black unit it's on now, and once my broken down wardrobe on the other side of the room is disposed of I'm going to move my Blu-ray shelves there so they can all stand together instead of apart, I prefer when they're all together.

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Nice region free player you got there

[Rocky01542]

Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

Any trouble with the "Creature..." disc? Mine refused to play in 3 players

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I put it in my PS3 and it worked perfectly, haven't tried it out on the regular Blu-ray player I use though.

[gavinh2008]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Nice region free player you got there

Thanks I agree, I've used it quite a lot in the past 2 days and it's been an absolute dream. My previous Blu-ray player was beyond annoying, if you paused a Blu-ray for more than about 2 minutes it goes on a screensaver, then when I try playing the disc it just wouldn't play so I'd have to turn it off then turn it back on. This Blu-ray player gives me an option to take the screensaver off and I've kept things paused for ages and they've never made me have to turn off the player and turn it back on. Seriously happy with this player

[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by gavinh2008

43” Samsung PS43E490 3D Plasma. The Blu-ray Player is the Toshiba BDX3200 3D Blu-ray Player. Once I have decorated my room I will put the TV onto the wall instead of on the black unit it's on now, and once my broken down wardrobe on the other side of the room is disposed of I'm going to move my Blu-ray shelves there so they can all stand together instead of apart, I prefer when they're all together.

Ah cool.
Its not full HD however. It was free so cant complain ha ha

[poisonedyouth]

Got Minority Report and Scarface Steelbooks which I've been wanting for ages. Didn't ask for any other films its easier to buy them myself and less complicated than trying to explain which version of a film to get.

[gavinh2008]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

Ah cool.
Its not full HD however. It was free so cant complain ha ha

To be honest I've never noticed. Is there anything wrong with HD Ready? Does it not play my Blu-rays at 1080p like my old one which was Full HD? The picture quality still looks phenomenal on the TV.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by gavinh2008

To be honest I've never noticed. Is there anything wrong with HD Ready? Does it not play my Blu-rays at 1080p like my old one which was Full HD? The picture quality still looks phenomenal on the TV.

It will still play your BD's in 1080p at 24hz but it will only display them at 720p which is 1280 x 720 instead of the 1920 x 1080. Pixel wise it's 921600 for 720p and 2073600.

There would be a difference if you use your PC with your TV but depending on your distance from the screen you might not notice a huge difference and as you've said you're very happy with the quality. So if you watch TV in-bed then you're about ten feet away. You'd probably benefit more from 1080p if you sit at the bottom of your bed.

[PK22]

Originally Posted by Groge511

I've been looking at picking these up, any good?

[Voltaire53]

BDs I got this year:
Conan the Barbarian (the 'new' one)
13 Assassins
Sarah Jane Adventures: Season 4
and, at *last*
Game of Thrones: Season 1

The of my lovely shiny discs were DVDs:
Hustle: Season 7
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks SE
James May's Toy Stories
Wheels on Meals

I'm pretty sure none, or maybe only one, as actually available on BD so all is well

Also, due to having a very generous wife, I got a Kindle Fire HD so I now have a use for all those digital copies (that I hope haven't expired!)

My wife also got Downton Abbey: Series 3 on BD

Hope everyone got what they wanted!

[Voltaire53]

Originally Posted by PK22

I've been looking at picking these up, any good?

Yes... yes they ARE!

[PK22]

Originally Posted by Voltaire53

Yes... yes they ARE!

if i had to get either or what do you reckon?
I'm scared of Walking Dead being cut?

[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by chip75

It will still play your BD's in 1080p at 24hz but it will only display them at 720p which is 1280 x 720 instead of the 1920 x 1080. Pixel wise it's 921600 for 720p and 2073600.

There would be a difference if you use your PC with your TV but depending on your distance from the screen you might not notice a huge difference and as you've said you're very happy with the quality. So if you watch TV in-bed then you're about ten feet away. You'd probably benefit more from 1080p if you sit at the bottom of your bed.

Yes viewing distance and screen size is important for quality difference.
For 1080P noticeable difference on a 40 - 42" screen you need to be around 5 feet to 6 feet away.