The Blu-ray Picture Quality Rating Thread

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This is the unofficial/official blu-ray picture quality thread. We've borrowed what avs has done and decided it will work very well here. If you'd like to take a look at their list here it is. Highdefdigest has a list of their own that is also similar, seen here. We won't pretend we came up with this idea, but we will try to carry it on with our own opinions. But basically we want this to be a quick guide on which movie looks best. Want to know which movie to rent to show off your brand new plasma? This is where you'd come. This list is strictly for Picture Quality. It could very well be full of stinker movies, they'll just look great doing it. Movie's are listed from Best looking to worst. Naturally we only want the best of the best looking here, so the "worst" is a bit of a lie.

We welcome you to discuss, agree and disagree with everything you see here. Think something should be ranked higher or lower? Tell us what kind of equipment you're using and where and why you think the movie should be placed. This is a group effort and we won't take one person's word on how good a particular movie looks.

If you've got a better way of displaying the movies, or a way of color coding the various specs, let me know. And obviously i left out a lot of great looking blu-ray movies, so let us know if the below list looks right and tell us which movies need added. This is basically a rough draft so it'll be ever changing!

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Here's a break down of what you're looking at. Each movie is linked to blu-ray.com's review. From there you can purchase the video on Amazon.com.

Key: Name of movie | release date | video codec | audio codec | aspect ratio | Distributor | Blu-ray release date

Ratatouille (2007)
AVC | PCM 5.1 (24-Bit) | 2.40:1 | Disney | 11-6-2007

Cars (2006)
AVC | PCM 5.1 (24-Bit) | 2.40:1 | Disney | 11-6-2007

Meet the Robinsons (2007)
AVC | PCM 5.1 (24-Bit) | 1.78:1 | Disney | 10-23-2007

I, Robot (2004)
AVC | DTS-HD MA 5.1 (24-Bit) | 2.35:1 | Fox | 3-11-2008

Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End (2007)
AVC | PCM 5.1 (24-Bit) | 2.40:1 | Buena Vista | 12-4-2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
AVC | PCM 5.1 (24-Bit) | 2.35:1 | Buena Vista | 5-22-2007

Chicken Little (2005)
AVC | PCM 5.1 (16-Bit) | 1.78:1 | Buena Vista | 3-20-2007

Open Season (2006)
AVC | PCM 5.1 (16-Bit) | 1.85:1 | Sony | 1-30-2007

Man on Fire (2004)
AVC | DTS-HD MA 5.1 (24-Bit) | 2.40:1 | Fox | 1-08-2008

Beowulf (2007)
AVC | Dolby TrueHD (24-Bit) | 2.40:1 | Paramount | 7-28-2008

Bee Movie (2007)
AVC | Dolby TrueHD (24-Bit) | 1.85:1 | Dreamworks | 5-20-2008

TMNT (2007)
VC-1 | Dolby TrueHD (16-Bit) | 2.40:1 | Warner | 8-07-2007

Black Snake Moan (2007)
AVC | Dolby Digital | 2.35:1 | Paramount | 6-26-2007

Crank (2006)
MPEG-2 | PCM 6.1 (16-Bit) | 1.78:1 | Lionsgate | 1-09-2007