Blood Diamond

[sirk]

Well I finally got around to watching it and while I love the movie, the transfer to blu-ray is terrible. Alot of spots in the movie look as they are just upconverted DVD. Very dissapointed. Hopefully I'm not the only one that feels this way.

[MatrixS2000]

Originally Posted by sirk

Well I finally got around to watching it and while I love the movie, the transfer to blu-ray is terrible. Alot of spots in the movie look as they are just upconverted DVD. Very dissapointed. Hopefully I'm not the only one that feels this way.

Welcome to what HD DVD port over to Blu Ray means....

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by MatrixS2000

Welcome to what HD DVD port over to Blu Ray means....

This is why the format war mattered. . .

[sirk]

How can anyone claim HD-DVD is better than Blu-ray when things are that apparent?? I realize there are storage limits but Warner really dropped the ball on this one.

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by sirk

How can anyone claim HD-DVD is better than Blu-ray when things are that apparent?? I realize there are storage limits but Warner really dropped the ball on this one.

There were many people at places like AVS who claimed that Warner titles like this looked just great. Hard to believe, isn't it?

[Wreck]

It had alot of good moments, however, it had alot of bad

[BLU_Heaven]

disappoinment, brought upon HD-DVD

I really like this movie too...

[Minimejer05]

Im taking that this isnt worth double dipping for a Blu version?

[Smackos]

The real irony of that film was that whilst I was pretty happy with my purchase, good film, average pq (for blu-ray) the first time I watched it was with my two older brothers and one of which had'nt even seen any HD stuff before that and he could'nt believe how good the picture was on it.."It's like being at the cinema.. honestly.. it's the boll%&ks".. made me chuckle..

[katharsis]

Hmmm, doesn't sound good.
Is the quality really that crappy?
I bought this a while back, however didn't get around to watch it, yet and it is still sealed as well. I saw this on DVD first, is there any improvement? If not I guess I will sell it and hope for a better looking release at some point...

[Smackos]

Originally Posted by katharsis

Hmmm, doesn't sound good.
Is the quality really that crappy?
I bought this a while back, however didn't get around to watch it, yet and it is still sealed as well. I saw this on DVD first, is there any improvement? If not I guess I will sell it and hope for a better looking release at some point...

It's not THAT bad.. but there's plenty of edge enhancement throughout the film. Some of the outdoor scenes still look stunning but just in general it's an average quality title now.. the bars been moved higher since then. It's still far and away better than the dvd version ever could be.. but you'd expect that..

[royaloaks]

I bought it and the quality is very average, in fact, RIP OFF

[Invincible0427]

How long, if ever, will it take to be made just for blu instead of being dubbed from the dud??

[katharsis]

Originally Posted by Smackos

It's not THAT bad.. but there's plenty of edge enhancement throughout the film. Some of the outdoor scenes still look stunning but just in general it's an average quality title now.. the bars been moved higher since then. It's still far and away better than the dvd version ever could be.. but you'd expect that..

Puhh, alright! Thanks for clearing that up. I was worried it could be as horrible as the Flying Daggers flick, that was definitely one of the worst ever.
I kind of want to watch it right now (Blood Diamond that is!), still stuck at the office for another 6 hrs though.

[Smackos]

Originally Posted by katharsis

Puhh, alright! Thanks for clearing that up. I was worried it could be as horrible as the Flying Daggers flick, that was definitely one of the worst ever.
I kind of want to watch it right now (Blood Diamond that is!), still stuck at the office for another 6 hrs though.

Well when you get chance to mate have a watch and give us YOUR thoughts on it.. I'd love to know what you think yourself on it. Films always split peoples opinions.
It's nothing like FLying Daggers.. jeez.. I don't think there could have been a softer looking blu-ray if you'd stuck it in a Red case and called it "Transparent to the Master copy"...

[d0uble0se7en]

I needed a third film on my amazon buy 2 get one free so i ended up choosing this. I didn't want to but it was this or flatliners and I like this film better.

[Kuraudo]

$10 off at best buy. Should I go for cheap or wait til it remasters?
Will it get remastered? What are the odds?

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by Kuraudo

$10 off at best buy. Should I go for cheap or wait til it remasters?
Will it get remastered? What are the odds?

I doubt that this will be remastered anytime soon since there are higher priority releases that need work. Its not like this is utter garbage. On a scale of 1-10 where a standard DVD is a 5, I give it a 7.5 for pq. The main complaint is consistency cause there are some brilliant looking scenes so one would just wonder why the whole movies wasn't this way. I do give the benefit of the doubt and think perhaps it was either meant to be or a limit from the original.

All these questions about good or bad transfers would finally be put to a rest if the studios/directors gave some sort of public endorsement about a particular transfer or open to discussion. I think in order for blu-ray to really take off educating the consumer is must. All a title needs is a couple half ass reviews using technical jargon that no joesixpack would understand and it gets crap sales. Then we all lose eventually.

[ClaytonMG]

Imagine a pretty sharp looking film, but with compression artifacts in some scenes and edge enhancement in others. Plus black levels are pretty inconsistant. I'd say it's a below average picture quality, but an average PQ is ussually amazing in my eyes... if that made sense.

[Septimus Prime]

While the PQ isn't that great, it's a really good movie, so it's still probably worth owning.