Babysitter Wanted - Blu-ray Forum

KenHurd · 05-26-2010, 01:54 PM

Did anyone else pick this up yesterday? I've been looking forward to seeing this movie since I've heard it's similar to House of the Devil, which I really enjoyed. I got my copy in yesterday and I am really disappointed with the quality of it. The video is MPEG-2 and looks no better than a DVD and the audio defaults to Dolby 2.0. There's a Dolby 5.1 option, but I can't get it to work. Also, there's no pop-up menu. It just goes back to the regular main menu. This just seems like a DVD on a Blu-ray disc.

demers_60 · 05-26-2010, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by KenHurd

Did anyone else pick this up yesterday? I've been looking forward to seeing this movie since I've heard it's similar to House of the Devil, which I really enjoyed. I got my copy in yesterday and I am really disappointed with the quality of it. The video is MPEG-2 and looks no better than a DVD and the audio defaults to Dolby 2.0. There's a Dolby 5.1 option, but I can't get it to work. Also, there's no pop-up menu. It just goes back to the regular main menu. This just seems like a DVD on a Blu-ray disc.

Thanks for the head's up. Wanted to get this but I guess I'll wait for the price to drop. Not paying $25 for a crappy blu.

goodstuff · 05-26-2010, 02:41 PM

Yeah, I picked it up as well. Pretty crappy Blu and the movie is certainly no House of the Devil on which I based this blind buy. The audio (also can only get a 2.0 track) seems to have been mastered at twice the volume of regular discs and it still sounded like crap.

KenHurd · 05-26-2010, 03:18 PM

I think we would have been better off with the DVD. At least it offers 5.1 audio, or so the box says.

Knapsack · 05-26-2010, 03:45 PM

When I saw this thread title, I thought it was going to be a thread about how you need a babysitter to watch the kids while you watch your Blu-rays.

Zen_Amako · 05-26-2010, 07:13 PM

I was interested in this movie, but I couldn't find any reviews of the Blu-ray or even discussions about it prior to release. I might have picked it up had my BB stocked it, but now I'm glad they didn't. I know it was released by the small label that made it, not one of the big studios, so that may be the reason for the poor quality. Still disappointing, though.

deepblonde · 06-22-2010, 01:15 PM

Does anybody know if "Babysitter Wanted" - is Region free?

Could someone please check their disc for me?

I've looked all other the net for days at the usual places for blu-ray region info, but I've come up blank...

thank you

goodstuff · 06-22-2010, 01:30 PM

The back cover has the old DVD Region 1 symbol on it which doesn't make too much sense since BD doesn't use that system. Not sure of any other way for me to tell.

05-26-2010, 01:54 PM	#1
KenHurd Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:May 2008 4K collection:711 Blu-ray collection:2660 DVD collection:435 MA collection:1359 Digital collection:2253 iTunes collection:812 Prime collection:88 Trading Score:7	Babysitter Wanted Did anyone else pick this up yesterday? I've been looking forward to seeing this movie since I've heard it's similar to House of the Devil, which I really enjoyed. I got my copy in yesterday and I am really disappointed with the quality of it. The video is MPEG-2 and looks no better than a DVD and the audio defaults to Dolby 2.0. There's a Dolby 5.1 option, but I can't get it to work. Also, there's no pop-up menu. It just goes back to the regular main menu. This just seems like a DVD on a Blu-ray disc.

06-22-2010, 01:15 PM	#7
deepblonde Member Member since:Apr 2010 Blu-ray reviews:1	Babysitter Wanted - Region free? Does anybody know if "Babysitter Wanted" - is Region free? Could someone please check their disc for me? I've looked all other the net for days at the usual places for blu-ray region info, but I've come up blank... thank you

05-26-2010, 02:41 PM	#3
goodstuff Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2006 4K collection:509 Blu-ray collection:6535 Blu-ray reviews: 85 Trading Score:6	Yeah, I picked it up as well. Pretty crappy Blu and the movie is certainly no House of the Devil on which I based this blind buy. The audio (also can only get a 2.0 track) seems to have been mastered at twice the volume of regular discs and it still sounded like crap.

05-26-2010, 03:18 PM	#4
KenHurd Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:May 2008 4K collection:711 Blu-ray collection:2660 DVD collection:435 MA collection:1359 Digital collection:2253 iTunes collection:812 Prime collection:88 Trading Score:7	I think we would have been better off with the DVD. At least it offers 5.1 audio, or so the box says.

05-26-2010, 03:45 PM	#5
Knapsack Member Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Seattle, WA 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:541 DVD collection:204	When I saw this thread title, I thought it was going to be a thread about how you need a babysitter to watch the kids while you watch your Blu-rays.

05-26-2010, 07:13 PM	#6
Zen_Amako Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Northern VA, USA 4K collection:255 Blu-ray collection:659 Blu-ray reviews: 3 Trading Score:13	I was interested in this movie, but I couldn't find any reviews of the Blu-ray or even discussions about it prior to release. I might have picked it up had my BB stocked it, but now I'm glad they didn't. I know it was released by the small label that made it, not one of the big studios, so that may be the reason for the poor quality. Still disappointing, though.

06-22-2010, 01:30 PM	#8
goodstuff Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2006 4K collection:509 Blu-ray collection:6535 Blu-ray reviews: 85 Trading Score:6	The back cover has the old DVD Region 1 symbol on it which doesn't make too much sense since BD doesn't use that system. Not sure of any other way for me to tell.

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