Does Blu Ray Look Any Better?

[mazzachief]

hi all
just joined as you can see.

what i want to know is blu ray much better than sky hd
i have an lcd 32 which will output 1080i
i wasnt over impressed with sky hd apart from planet earth to be honest
oh and i have ps3
any titles to recommend eye candy would be great

thanks

[PootieThang]

Crank - One of my fav movies now, PQ and SQ amazing and movie = amazing
MI3 - WOW this one looks almost as good as Crank and is a great movie overall.
Monster House - Great kids movie that even I enjoyed and I'm 21.
Transporter 2 - Cheesy but good.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by mazzachief

hi all
just joined as you can see.

what i want to know is blu ray much better than sky hd
i have an lcd 32 which will output 1080i
i wasnt over impressed with sky hd apart from planet earth to be honest
oh and i have ps3
any titles to recommend eye candy would be great

thanks

Yes, Blu-ray does look better than SkyHD, Broadcast quality HD is pretty awful apart from a few BBC shows and Sky Sports HD.

That PS3 must have been expensive what with the not being released here yet.

For eyecandy check out this list. Tier 0 and Tier 1 titles are always very good.

[Petra]

here's the tier system from AVS

TIER 0- A deeply immersive experience. Flawless or near flawless transfers.

The Wild (PCM)
Crank (PCM)(IME)
Kingdom of Heaven (MA)
Black Hawk Down (BW)(PCM)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (MA)
Corpse Bride
The Ant Bully

TIER 1- No visible compression, sharp image with many examples of 3D.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (MA)
Tears of the Sun (PCM)
Underworld: Evolution (PCM)
X-Men: The Last Stand (MA)
Aeon Flux
Sahara
Goal: The Dream Begins
Mission: Impossible III (crushed blacks)
Eight Below (PCM)
Kung Fu Hustle (PCM)
World Trade Center
Training Day
ATL
Transporter 2 (MA)
Fantastic 4 (MA)
The Manchurian Candidate
Phantom of the Opera
Good Night and Good Luck
Toto: Live in Amsterdam
Swordfish
Into the Blue (PCM)
Invincible (PCM)
The Covenant (PCM)
The Descent (PCM)(IME) DOES NOT PLAY ON SONY BDP-S1/MUST UPDATE SAMMY!
Pearl Harbor (PCM)
Monster House (PCM)
Behind Enemy Lines (MA)

Tier 2- Very good
Not as many 3D effects, but a very sharp image that feels real

The Brothers Grimm (PCM)
Ultraviolet (PCM)
The Transporter (MA)
Flightplan (PCM)
Haunted Mansion (PCM)
Stargate
S.W.A.T. (PCM)
Enemy of the State (PCM)
Species (PCM)
The Great Raid(PCM)
Syriana
Space Cowboys
The Last Samurai
Stealth (PCM)
Lord of War
Stir of Echoes
Dinosaur (PCM)
Gone in 60 Seconds (PCM)
House of Wax
Blazing Saddles
Glory Road
Sky Captain (purposefully blurry)
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Click (PCM)
The Terminator (PCM)
Million Dollar Baby
Unforgiven
Under Siege
Mission Impossible 2
Mission: Impossible
Speed (MA)
50 First Dates (PCM)
Four Brothers
16 Blocks
Johnny Legend: Live at the House of Blues
Rumor Has It
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (UK Import)(PCM)
Terminator 2
Superman: The Movie
RV (PCM)
Superman Returns

Tier 3- Good
Few 3D effects, some digital noise/artifacting

The Black Crowes
The Lake House
Rocky
The Devil Wears Prada
Hostel (UK Import)(PCM)
Firewall
The Italian Job
Lethal Weapon 2 (bobbed)
Silent Hill (PCM)
Lethal Weapon (bobbed)
Talladega Nights (PCM)
The Devil's Rejects
The New Orleans Benefit Concert
Tomb Raider
Sky High (PCM)
Crash
Dark Water (PCM)
Hitch (PCM)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Saw
Total Recall
XXX (PCM)
Nacho Libre
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Sleepy Hollow (digital noise)
Reds

[mazzachief]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

Yes, Blu-ray does look better than SkyHD, Broadcast quality HD is pretty awful apart from a few BBC shows and Sky Sports HD.

That PS3 must have been expensive what with the not being released here yet.

For eyecandy check out this list. Tier 0 and Tier 1 titles are always very good.

hi mate
i paid 600 pound for it with extra controller and 3 games
but if you want it you buy it lol
regards

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by mazzachief

hi mate
i paid 600 pound for it with extra controller and 3 games
but if you want it you buy it lol
regards

I think I'll wait!

[C6 Z06]

Congrats and enjoy the system.

[blackjackshalack]

X-men 3 is pretty fantastic on Blue-Ray. It's in 6.1 sound as well. It's crazy. The format should only get better in time as well. Right now the disks are only using 1 layer(25 GB) so there is the opertunity to double the resolution(50GB doul layer) and there is talk that they can add a 3rd layer in the future as well.


I live in the states and the PS3 is getting much easier to find here. I got mine last week. I would imagine that Europe is going to start getting the units pretty soon so I would suggest you hold off on paying 3x's the price to get one now. Sony had a tehcnicla problem beofre the launch that slwoed down the ability to process the units at the speed they expected to so they came up very short on the production side for the launch and as a result Europe got screwed. In 2-3 months they will be pretty commen IMO.

[theknub]

backjack, there are many discs that are DL (50gb).

[Maximus]

Yeah and adding a third layer might obsolete al of the current players which I hope the BDA doesn't even consider doing.

[Cellinium]

Hi, this is my first post:P
I was wondering does Crank & Kingdom Of Heaven run on H264 codec?

I just saw Talladega's nights for the first time(The Only BD-Rom I own) on a 1080p 46" Sony X series LCD it did not impress me. kinda looked horrible. I can see those artifacts & tiny dots (noise or compression I'm not sure what it was)

Do Crank & Kingdom have this?!

TY

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Cellinium

Hi, this is my first post:P
I was wondering does Crank & Kingdom Of Heaven run on H264 codec?

I just saw Talladega's nights for the first time(The Only BD-Rom I own) on a 1080p 46" Sony X series LCD it did not impress me. kinda looked horrible. I can see those artifacts & tiny dots (noise or compression I'm not sure what it was)

Do Crank & Kingdom have this?!

TY

No reference all the way with those two discs. Not a blemish in sight.

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

Yeah and adding a third layer might obsolete al of the current players which I hope the BDA doesn't even consider doing.

I've never heard of a BD75. BD100 and BD200, yes.


fuad

[Scorxpion]

Originally Posted by Cellinium

Hi, this is my first post:P
I was wondering does Crank & Kingdom Of Heaven run on H264 codec?

I just saw Talladega's nights for the first time(The Only BD-Rom I own) on a 1080p 46" Sony X series LCD it did not impress me. kinda looked horrible. I can see those artifacts & tiny dots (noise or compression I'm not sure what it was)

Do Crank & Kingdom have this?!

TY

Hi and Welcome
Kingdom of heaven and Crank have Gorgeous PQ And Sound Highly recommended.Both of them are using MPEG-2 compression.
Enjoy it without any hesitation

[frankc4s]

Originally Posted by mazzachief

hi all
just joined as you can see.

what i want to know is blu ray much better than sky hd
i have an lcd 32 which will output 1080i
i wasnt over impressed with sky hd apart from planet earth to be honest
oh and i have ps3
any titles to recommend eye candy would be great

thanks

Get your PS3 hooked up to a screen that can do 1080p, throw in Kingdom of Heaven and see the difference from Sky Lite-HD.

Ps Congrats on the PS3

[jgaepi]

MazzaChief,

I started my Blu-Ray experience a little over a month ago. I had a JVC 32in HDTV with a Denon upconverting DVD player. My new system is a Sony KLV-V40A10 (40 inch) with 1080i and the Sony BDP-S1.

With just Corpse Bride, Underworld, 16 Blocks, XMen 3, and Monster House, I would never look back. The image and sound quality is lightyears ahead of "the past."

With a 40in 1080i television and smaller and a good Blu-Ray player, you are golden, at least I cannot tell the difference between a 1080p experience and 1080i at 40inches or less.

The system is like candy for the eyes. It is amazing and worth every penny I spent. I even sold my wife on it!

With a 32in television and any Blu-Ray player you purchase, you will have no regrets.

[Sinner]

Generally speaking, is the PQ and SQ of Blu-Ray (as well as HD-DVD, I suppose) better than that of broadcast HDTV?

[Garconis]

Originally Posted by Sinner

Generally speaking, is the PQ and SQ of Blu-Ray (as well as HD-DVD, I suppose) better than that of broadcast HDTV?

Yes. Broadcast HD is compressed more, and is usually only at 720p, or 1080i. Not 1080p.

[vizunary]

@ PETRA

Nice list, thanks! where's it from, BTW?

[RUR]

Originally Posted by vizunary

Nice list, thanks! where's it from, BTW?

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...=753726&page=1

Ken