Full Metal Jacket headed to Blu-ray - Blu-ray Forum

zombie · 07-27-2006, 10:20 PM

http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=217

Even though it may be MPEG2, it can't be any worse quality than the HD DVD is right?

phloyd · 07-28-2006, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by nyg

http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=217

Even though it may be MPEG2, it can't be any worse quality than the HD DVD is right?

Saying that is tempting fate!

There is no reason to believe it is from a better master

Psiweaver · 07-28-2006, 06:25 PM

god i hope its good.

phloyd · 07-29-2006, 01:44 AM

If it is better than the HD DVD there will be hell to pay...

BTBuck1 · 07-29-2006, 03:21 AM

I didnt think it looked bad on HBOHD. but then I don't think any blu-ray looks bad that i've seen barring HOFD.

Dr Kain · 07-29-2006, 05:37 AM

What is wrong with the HD-DVD?

zombie · 07-29-2006, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

What is wrong with the HD-DVD?

IMO and in a lot of reviewer's opinions it's the worst looking HD DVD to date. Please don't tell me you think it looks good.

BTBuck1 · 07-29-2006, 03:41 PM

was this one of the titles that was ecoded at 540p or something like that?

zombie · 07-29-2006, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian@BBY

was this one of the titles that was ecoded at 540p or something like that?

It was one of the 1080i bob discs. To be frank though, I thought it's quality was closer to that of VHS rather than even SD DVD.

Dr Kain · 07-29-2006, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by nyg

IMO and in a lot of reviewer's opinions it's the worst looking HD DVD to date. Please don't tell me you think it looks good.

I haven't seen it. However, the movie is what, 20 something years old? You can't expect every movie that came out before 2000 to look good.

zombie · 07-29-2006, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I haven't seen it. However, the movie is what, 20 something years old? You can't expect every movie that came out before 2000 to look good.

I don't expect older films to look as good as new releases but I do expect them to at least be of the quality shown by HDNet on older films. They show some nice HD presentations of movies from the 60's and 70's that look way better than the FMJ HD DVD. Warner botched this disc and certainly should have found a better transfer. I expect a much better looking re-release at some point.

BTBuck1 · 07-29-2006, 04:32 PM

Like i said, I saw this movie on HBOHD several times and it looked just fine, this must have been a poor transfer. Hopefully they re-do and get it closer to what i saw on HBOHD.

One film (sorry to stary off topic) to me that looks bad on HD is Titanic. I swear my DVD looks better. (okay maybe not) but the whole movie has this weird painted look. Some scenes look ok, but close ups of faces (this movie has tons) show a weird look, almost like when you get poor reception on OTA analog broadcast but not as severe. The xbox360 came loaded with a Titanic HD preview and it is light years above the HBOHD broadcast from the scenes i saw.

07-27-2006, 10:20 PM	#1
zombie Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:May 2004 Trading Score:865	Full Metal Jacket headed to Blu-ray http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=217 Even though it may be MPEG2, it can't be any worse quality than the HD DVD is right?

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Psiweaver Special Member Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Los Angeles,CA	god i hope its good.

07-29-2006, 01:44 AM	#4
phloyd Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2003 Location:California Trading Score:5	If it is better than the HD DVD there will be hell to pay...

07-29-2006, 03:21 AM	#5
BTBuck1 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Oceanside, CA. Blu-ray collection:507 DVD collection:1	I didnt think it looked bad on HBOHD. but then I don't think any blu-ray looks bad that i've seen barring HOFD.

07-29-2006, 05:37 AM	#6
Dr Kain Banned Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Denver CO	What is wrong with the HD-DVD?

07-29-2006, 03:41 PM	#8
BTBuck1 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Oceanside, CA. Blu-ray collection:507 DVD collection:1	was this one of the titles that was ecoded at 540p or something like that?

07-29-2006, 04:32 PM	#12
BTBuck1 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Oceanside, CA. Blu-ray collection:507 DVD collection:1	Like i said, I saw this movie on HBOHD several times and it looked just fine, this must have been a poor transfer. Hopefully they re-do and get it closer to what i saw on HBOHD. One film (sorry to stary off topic) to me that looks bad on HD is Titanic. I swear my DVD looks better. (okay maybe not) but the whole movie has this weird painted look. Some scenes look ok, but close ups of faces (this movie has tons) show a weird look, almost like when you get poor reception on OTA analog broadcast but not as severe. The xbox360 came loaded with a Titanic HD preview and it is light years above the HBOHD broadcast from the scenes i saw.

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