American History X Blu-ray

[Dave_6]

I watched it last week on my 60" Kuro and never noticed any blocking

[Ken Brown]

Hey all. No worries, 'American History X' isn't littered with the faint blocking that appears in some of the screenshots. Its heavy grain field simply looks that way when loaded to the site and compressed as a JPEG file. Notice the disclaimer at the bottom of every enlarged screenshot:

"Please note that this screenshot is not an actual movie frame, it is only a screenshot captured at 1080p using some special screenshot equipment. The screenshot equipment does not take a perfect frame screenshot and the screenshot can also contain more or less capturing artifacts due to hardware limitations of the screenshot equipment. The screenshot is furthermore compressed using JPEG to improve the loading time. The screenshots should not be used to discuss whether a Blu-ray title features good or bad video quality, the purpose of the screenshots are for entertainment and to give you a general idea of what a title will look like, it's not representative of the true quality that Blu-ray offers."

Hope that helps clarify the situation and any fears the screenshots generated!

[Blacklac]

Originally Posted by Ken Brown

Hey all. No worries, 'American History X' isn't littered with the faint blocking that appears in some of the screenshots. Its heavy grain field simply looks that way when loaded to the site and compressed as a JPEG file. Notice the disclaimer at the bottom of every enlarged screenshot:

"Please note that this screenshot is not an actual movie frame, it is only a screenshot captured at 1080p using some special screenshot equipment. The screenshot equipment does not take a perfect frame screenshot and the screenshot can also contain more or less capturing artifacts due to hardware limitations of the screenshot equipment. The screenshot is furthermore compressed using JPEG to improve the loading time. The screenshots should not be used to discuss whether a Blu-ray title features good or bad video quality, the purpose of the screenshots are for entertainment and to give you a general idea of what a title will look like, it's not representative of the true quality that Blu-ray offers."

Hope that helps clarify the situation and any fears the screenshots generated!

Ah yes. Thank you for pointing that out. I completely missed that. I see screen shots
And assume that they would be accurate.

[ulri4651]

For those of you who are holding out for an eventual special edition release- don't hold your breath! This movie BARELY made it to the theaters and I seriously doubt if the studio is going to put any serious effort in to a reissue on either DVD or Blu-ray. Just be glad its on blu-ray and that its only fifteen bucks!

[Carcaridon]

Originally Posted by ulri4651

For those of you who are holding out for an eventual special edition release- don't hold your breath! This movie BARELY made it to the theaters and I seriously doubt if the studio is going to put any serious effort in to a reissue on either DVD or Blu-ray. Just be glad its on blu-ray and that its only fifteen bucks!

I thought about this and having had the DVD for years and only breaking it out once, I figured waiting a little while longer will be ok.

Heck, I've waited years now for The Game SE. I can wait for anything now.

[Rob J in WNY]

Originally Posted by macruz19

It's $14.99 at Walmart, and BJ's wholesale club.

Picked it up this evening. Thanks for the tip. Have been anticipating this movie on BD.

[drtre81]

Originally Posted by Carcaridon

Completely agree here. This is one of my favorite movies, but I'll holdout for the eventual SE.

there won't be one.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by ulri4651

For those of you who are holding out for an eventual special edition release- don't hold your breath! This movie BARELY made it to the theaters and I seriously doubt if the studio is going to put any serious effort in to a reissue on either DVD or Blu-ray. Just be glad its on blu-ray and that its only fifteen bucks!

Exactly.

[YodasFootPowder]

Movie companies have triple dipped on movies that suck total A**. I would certainly expect another release of this in another couple years. Especially since it's a very popular movie and highly rated by everyone.

[DjMethod]

I would have purchased this with the incredible price and all, but I've seen it way too many times recently because it's repeatedly been on Comcast, so it would be pointless for viewing sake.

[drtre81]

Originally Posted by YodasFootPowder

Movie companies have triple dipped on movies that suck total A**. I would certainly expect another release of this in another couple years. Especially since it's a very popular movie and highly rated by everyone.

The dvd came out very early in dvds life span and there was no re-release. There isn't going to be a special edition.

[Sith]

Originally Posted by YodasFootPowder

Movie companies have triple dipped on movies that suck total A**. I would certainly expect another release of this in another couple years. Especially since it's a very popular movie and highly rated by everyone.

Since it's a very popular movie and highly rated by everyone? Isn't it worth
$15.00

[Travis]

I like this movie, but some of it is more than a little disturbing. Watched it years ago, in Taiwan, with a girlfriend, and she said, she never wants to visit America.

This movie and American Me are not very good for tourism.

Haven't bought it yet because no Chinese Subtitles, want my wife to see it and get her reaction. American History X, The Exorcist and a couple other movies are a bit disturbing and I, like many others, like them, but I don't really like having them in the house. If you know what I mean.

Can't wait till it is released in Taiwan.

[YodasFootPowder]

Originally Posted by drtre81

The dvd came out very early in dvds life span and there was no re-release. There isn't going to be a special edition.

So that means that they won't ever release it again on Blu-ray? Like I said, they do it all the time with movies that are total crap. Just because there was never a re-release on DVD means nothing.

Originally Posted by Sith

Since it's a very popular movie and highly rated by everyone? Isn't it worth
$15.00

It's absolutely worth it. All I was saying is I believe they'll make another one down the road.

[Rob J in WNY]

Originally Posted by DjMethod

I would have purchased this with the incredible price and all, but I've seen it way too many times recently because it's repeatedly been on Comcast, so it would be pointless for viewing sake.

C'mon...just get it. For $15, you can add it to your current collection of 144 BDs.

[SlaughterX]

Watched it tonight, I think they really should have kept that second deleted scene in (the one at the burger place). Also I thought the PQ on the first deleted scene was actually pretty damn good for 480p.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by YodasFootPowder

So that means that they won't ever release it again on Blu-ray? Like I said, they do it all the time with movies that are total crap. Just because there was never a re-release on DVD means nothing.



It's absolutely worth it. All I was saying is I believe they'll make another one down the road.

they won't. I assure you they won't.

[YodasFootPowder]

Originally Posted by gamma626

they won't. I assure you they won't.

We will see. Until an executive from New Line comes into this thread and says, "I absolutely assure you we will never double dip on this title, EVER", I'm gonna have to say that nobody here knows what they are talking about, for sure. LOL!

[I-Candy]

Last night, I watched American History X. The black and white scenes look great. The scenes outside very good. Some of the scenes, like the principal's offfice and flashback to the beach are way too grainy for my tastes.

All in all, better than DVD, but could have used some of that DNR that I've heard so much about. LOL

Good Blu-ray, but not eye candy.

[saginawjuggalo]

Originally Posted by I-Candy

Last night, I watched watching American History X. The black and white scenes look great. The scenes outside very good. Some of the scenes, like the principal's offfice and flashback to the beach are way too grainy for my tastes.

All in all, better than DVD, but could have used some of that DNR that I've heard so much about. LOL

Good Blu-ray, but not eye candy.

Heck no, this film already has a 'somewhat' soft look... No need to make matters worse and kill the director's intent look at the same time. This is one of the few non-filtered Warner encodes, hopefully we'll see a lot more film-like transfers from them!

I know you were joking and all but I JUST had to say something.. Personally I've never found the grain to be 'that' bad, just make sure your sharpness isn't set too high or grain will look exaggerated