The Island (Dreamworks) on Blu-ray in Europe

[Konrad]

Warner has released "The Island" on Blu-ray in Europe. Just watched it, image and audio are very good (1080p, VC-1, 2.40:1; English, German, French, Italian and Spanish language tracks in DD 5.1 @ 640 kbps). The disc is code-free - I watched it on my U.S. Panny which does enforce regional coding and it played fine.

This is good news since an eventual U.S. release would be an HD-DVD exclusive (Dreamworks). It shows that some Paramount/Dreamworks titles will also be available on Blu-ray in the future (e.g. Flags of Our Fathers was also released by Warner on Blu-ray in Europe so it will continue to be available on Blu-ray, too, even if the Paramount U.S. Blu-ray release should be discontinued).

[Rob71]

Was this the UK version?

[jhansla]

I have the UK version ordered. Should be here sometime next week. And in case you're wondering yes it works on all regions

[Konrad]

Originally Posted by Rob71

Was this the UK version?

No, it was the version for the German speaking market. However, the discs are identical, only the languages on the covers are different. If you want the English language cover you will have to go for the UK version.

[moweeis]

And the Flags of our fathers release in Europe was better than the paramount one in the US! (it has 5.1 PCM where US version only had DD 5.1)

[lgans316]

Btw Warner holds the distribution rights for Flags and The Island outside U.S.

[u_nick]

I just threw Island and Lucky Number Slevin into a shopping cart, on Amazon.co.uk, and the price came out to be around 50 pounds... a currency converter tells me this is around 108 USD? Is that right?

[drwatson1234]

Originally Posted by u_nick

I just threw Island and Lucky Number Slevin into a shopping cart, on Amazon.co.uk, and the price came out to be around 50 pounds... a currency converter tells me this is around 108 USD? Is that right?

Unfortunately, it probably is correct. The pound is just over double the value of the dollar. A steep price for only two movies, but they are great movies! Let me know what you do... Good luck!

[howarmat]

its 40ish us dollars...there is already a long thread about this movie....many people ordered it and it is well worth the $40

[Dave Hull]

Hi You can get them both cheaper from WWW.sendit.com
The price for both films is £32.78 + postage.
better than £51.00 from Amazon.

Dave.

[jedivball]

Originally Posted by howarmat

its 40ish us dollars...there is already a long thread about this movie....many people ordered it and it is well worth the $40

I got my copy from sendit.com, and like the above post it was only about 18 pounds. It only took 7 days to get to me. The cover has only english writing on it. The case is a little thicker than the US Blu-ray cases.

[red_5ive]

Originally Posted by jhansla

I have the UK version ordered. Should be here sometime next week. And in case you're wondering yes it works on all regions

I was just on sendit.com and it says it's Region 2. Did I miss something?

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by u_nick

I just threw Island and Lucky Number Slevin into a shopping cart, on Amazon.co.uk, and the price came out to be around 50 pounds... a currency converter tells me this is around 108 USD? Is that right?

Ouch!
That's gonna make a dent in that wallet.

[cueman98]

Originally Posted by u_nick

I just threw Island and Lucky Number Slevin into a shopping cart, on Amazon.co.uk, and the price came out to be around 50 pounds... a currency converter tells me this is around 108 USD? Is that right?

Are you in the u.k?, I would make sure about "Lucky Number Slevin" being "all region" if your in the U.S. before importing. The Island is "all region" though. Amazon can be a bit up in the air on these things.

[jedivball]

Originally Posted by red_5ive

I was just on sendit.com and it says it's Region 2. Did I miss something?

I just got my copy of "The Island" about two weeks ago from sendit.com and i did say region 2 (which is not a region for Blu-ray) and I think there was some warning about the ship to address is not conpatable with this disc. I belive all WB disc are region ABC.

I haven't had any problems playing it in my US PS3 or Sony BDP-S1.

[Mr. Joshua]

The Island European Blu-Ray is Region 2 it will not play in an American Blu-Ray player. The website Sendit.com when I clicked to add The Island to my basket said it would not work in my Region. So how is everyone in the States viewing these Region 2 movies?

[cueman98]

Originally Posted by wsciv123

The Island European Blu-Ray is Region 2 it will not play in an American Blu-Ray player. The website Sendit.com when I clicked to add The Island to my basket said it would not work in my Region. So how is everyone in the States viewing these Region 2 movies?

It says region 2. But actually is "all region". I know this because I have it, and it works fine in my U.S. PS3.

[red_5ive]

Originally Posted by cueman98

It says region 2. But actually is "all region". I know this because I have it, and it works fine in my U.S. PS3.

Thanks, I love this movie, but geez... here I go again... I just told myself last week after my last BD spree that I'm not going to buy any for a while. I think there should be a blurb on Wikipedia under "Addiction" that points to blu-ray as an example.

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by wsciv123

The Island European Blu-Ray is Region 2 it will not play in an American Blu-Ray player. The website Sendit.com when I clicked to add The Island to my basket said it would not work in my Region. So how is everyone in the States viewing these Region 2 movies?

Mine plays just fine in my Philips player.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by wsciv123

The Island European Blu-Ray is Region 2 it will not play in an American Blu-Ray player. The website Sendit.com when I clicked to add The Island to my basket said it would not work in my Region. So how is everyone in the States viewing these Region 2 movies?

There is no region 2 for Blu-ray. There are regions A, B and C.

Yes, SendIt.com does warn you, but the warnings are wrong. I've informed them, and they are planning an update to handle the specific Blu-ray regions.

Basically, all catalog titles should be region ABC (all regions). The Island is one, and you can see the UK version is available here from HDAddicts.com, which are in western Canada.

Gary