Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Versions) - April 6, 2010

[DenonCI]

Here's another positive review: http://www.ultimateavmag.com/moviereviews/040510lotrbd/

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by jeffrow

I watched Two Towers on tv this weekend and it blows away those pics u have up. I hope thats not how it really looks.

Nothing to worry about.

[ricwhite]

Originally Posted by jeffrow

Either your pics are horriable examples or these blu-rays look worse then dvd. I watched Two Towers on tv this weekend and it blows away those pics u have up. I hope thats not how it really looks.

Be sure your Firefox browser (or other browser) is not distorting your colors. These are a lot of threads on this. Here's one:

Distorted Colors on Firefox

If you think the colors of the screenshots I posted are " way off" and "saturated", then there is something seriously wrong with your monitor or your browser's color management. Just a tip.

[JaB240]

Originally Posted by jeffrow

Either your pics are horriable examples or these blu-rays look worse then dvd. I watched Two Towers on tv this weekend and it blows away those pics u have up. I hope thats not how it really looks.

Wow! Are you serious? Those screenshots look awesome considering it's 106" screen.

[HDPlasma]

Originally Posted by tkbryant

Anyone else notice a white line on the far right of the screen during the river scene with Arwen and the water horses? It's there for about 8-10 seconds. I have my Kuro settings on dot by dot which is pixel for pixel resolution. Its definitely there and seems to bee some kind of digital error.

Yes, it's an issue but don't make a big deal out it or the fanboys will pelt you with rocks.

Originally Posted by Originally Posted by Diesel

Strange anomaly - vertical white line down the very right edge of the screen and another purple-ish one down the very left edge of the screen.


Time - 1:01:54


Edit: Occurs again at 1:03:56.

First time for only 2 seconds, second time for about 20.


Lines are very then, but seeing as it is a night scene, when the white one pops up it definitely catches your attention.

Originally Posted by Originally Posted by petmic10

Yep, I definately see it too.

What a mess from WB/New Line or whoever else had their
hands on this.

Originally Posted by petmic10

It happens again at the 1:11:40 mark and continues all the
way until the 1:12:32 mark. White line on the right and purple
line on the left.

[jeffrow]

Originally Posted by ricwhite

Be sure your Firefox browser (or other browser) is not distorting your colors. These are a lot of threads on this. Here's one:

Distorted Colors on Firefox

If you think the colors of the screenshots I posted are " way off" and "saturated", then there is something seriously wrong with your monitor or your browser's color management. Just a tip.

Well good to know. I was worried that it looked bad. But if it looks good to other people maybe its my monitor. As long as it looks good on blu. I just bought it and was worried. I know people are sayin Fotr is soft. But I expect the other two to be good quality. My wife is watching american idol on the nice tv. LOL I always get stuck on my old tv for the wife. But when AI is done Im going to do a quick sample.

[L32GTPCompG]

Well, I finally broke down and bought the set today. Hopefully FOTR will be a much more pleasant viewing experience than Gladiator. If not, then something's gonna be posted in the Trading Forum.

[Underworld54]

Someone mentioned earlier that his sub was hating him because the soundtrack was putting the sub through hell. Is this soundtrack capable of damaging a sub?

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

Someone mentioned earlier that his sub was hating him because the soundtrack was putting the sub through hell. Is this soundtrack capable of damaging a sub?

Any soundtrack is capable of damaging a sub, if you do everything else wrong.

This soundtrack has an abundance of low-frequency thunder.

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

Any soundtrack is capable of damaging a sub, if you do everything else wrong.

This soundtrack has an abundance of low-frequency thunder.

Please explain what you mean by this mjbethancourt.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

Any soundtrack is capable of damaging a sub, if you do everything else wrong.

This soundtrack has an abundance of low-frequency thunder.

I don't remember the last time I was so excited about watching a movie at home. Saturday my mom is picking up my son and taking him to the Youth Fair. My wife is going with her sister to a baby shower. All alone at home and I can crank the volume as loud as I want.

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

Please explain what you mean by this mjbethancourt.

I mean, if you wreck a sub, it's not the fault of the soundtrack, it is user-error (unless the sub is just faulty); and you don't need a monster soundtrack to send too much power or distortion to a subwoofer... bad judgement can accomplish that just fine.

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

I don't remember the last time I was so excited about watching a movie at home. Saturday my mom is picking up my son and taking him to the Youth Fair. My wife is going with her sister to a baby shower. All alone at home and I can crank the volume as loud as I want.

Hope you don't have any dogs... mine have been going nuts with all the noise these last two evenings.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

I don't remember the last time I was so excited about watching a movie at home. Saturday my mom is picking up my son and taking him to the Youth Fair. My wife is going with her sister to a baby shower. All alone at home and I can crank the volume as loud as I want.

[Q?]

It's very possible that I'll get it this friday

I'll definitely post my thoughts on the matter if I do get them, seeing that I would somehow be obligated to do so, considering the amounts of posts I've made here

[roughneck0101]

I seem to be the only guy with this problem..I bought LOTR blu, got home and inserted The fellowship of the ring in to my PS3, I got on BD live, played the trailers and then went to play the movie.....All I got was a black screen..nothing else, I tried to go back to the chapters selection and hit play, same thing, I took it back and exchanged it for another...same thing. Sony says Its the disc. contact WB about it. anyone else having this problem? any solutions?

PS
I do have the latest Firmware update and its a PS3 phat 60 gig model.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Originally Posted by roughneck0101

I seem to be the only guy with this problem..I bought LOTR blu, got home and inserted The fellowship of the ring in to my PS3, I got on BD live, played the trailers and then went to play the movie.....All I got was a black screen..nothing else, I tried to go back to the chapters selection and hit play, same thing, I took it back and exchanged it for another...same thing. Sony says Its the disc. contact WB about it. anyone else having this problem? any solutions?

PS
I do have the latest Firmware update and its a PS3 phat 60 gig model.

nope sorry, dont seem to have that problem, have a ps3 slim and it plays fine
download the lastest firmware update and see if that works..
or take off ur internet connection maybe...
thats been a problem with some other blus in the past

[Stinky-Dinkins]

Great review Dave, still waiting on mine.

Originally Posted by roughneck0101

I seem to be the only guy with this problem..I bought LOTR blu, got home and inserted The fellowship of the ring in to my PS3, I got on BD live, played the trailers and then went to play the movie.....All I got was a black screen..nothing else, I tried to go back to the chapters selection and hit play, same thing, I took it back and exchanged it for another...same thing. Sony says Its the disc. contact WB about it. anyone else having this problem? any solutions?

PS
I do have the latest Firmware update and its a PS3 phat 60 gig model.

I remember having a similar problem with A Bug's Life on an old 60gb launch PS3.

Couldn't get it to work, would just hang on the black screen.

I think eventually I ended up letting it sit there for literally a little over 5 minutes (which feels like a ridiculous amount of time when doing nothing but staring at a friggin' black screen) and it ended up starting and playing fine.... just took time (lots of it.)

[ricwhite]

Originally Posted by roughneck0101

I seem to be the only guy with this problem..I bought LOTR blu, got home and inserted The fellowship of the ring in to my PS3, I got on BD live, played the trailers and then went to play the movie.....All I got was a black screen..nothing else, I tried to go back to the chapters selection and hit play, same thing, I took it back and exchanged it for another...same thing. Sony says Its the disc. contact WB about it. anyone else having this problem? any solutions?

PS
I do have the latest Firmware update and its a PS3 phat 60 gig model.

The mathematical odds of getting two bad discs in a row is enormous. I guess it's always possible there's a bad "batch" or something, but that is really odd, in my opinion. Take the bad disc and try it out on another PS3 -- maybe the one in the store where you bought it. See if it works there. If it does (and I'm willing to guess that it will) then look up the firmware version and settings. Make a note. Change if needed on your machine and try again.

[Stinky-Dinkins]

I don't think it's the firmware, the disc, or the player.

I think I remember that after I asked someone about the problem I was having with A Bug's Life they said it has something to do with BD Live functionality on certain units playing certain titles (not that the units are defective or are going bad, it's just it sometimes gets hitchy with certain hardware configurations,) or that some router's get *****y with BDLive. They said to try either A: Diasble BD Live by disabling online connection -or- B: Let the screen just hang for a long time and see if it loads eventually.

I tried the latter (and it worked,) but he could try the first suggestion first.