The Departed

[The Driver]

I doubt there's any difference in video because the old HDDVD (there were 2 in fact HDDVD-DVD Combo + HDDVD) were single sided -have Warner went back and redone it for Blu-ray? I reckon not. There's also Blu-ray Steelbooks which also look to be a direct port.

The UK Blu-ray is fab http://www.dvdtherapy.com/review_info.php?id=1915 I own the HDDVD and see no difference to my UK Blu-ray.

What all the HD discs are missing though is the "Scorsese On Scorsese" (85 minutes) documentary which is on the US 2 disc DVD. This doesn't seem to be on any of the other 2 discers (including the DVD Steelbooks).

Get the cheapest/nicest looking packaging. I have the $2 HDDVD, the £3 DVD Steelbook, the $3 2DVDSE and the £5 UK Blu-ray. I've got all bases covered and it was cheap

£5.99 at Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000PC1MNM and HMV http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProduct...;-1&sku=611096 isn't too shabby.

[Albatross365]

It's hard to fault.

I'd give it the same rating as the review on here.

[kashif]

Originally Posted by chip75

From what I can tell the US set has LPCM audio and the UK DTS-MA (the German version has AC3) there isn't much difference in file sizes the US has 26GB movie file size and the UK 22 the German one has 19GB.

Bitratewise the US is 22, UK 19 and Germany 17mbps. I haven't seen the discs but I doubt there's a huge difference video qualitywise.

Originally Posted by The Driver

I doubt there's any difference in video because the old HDDVD (there were 2 in fact HDDVD-DVD Combo + HDDVD) were single sided -have Warner went back and redone it for Blu-ray? I reckon not. There's also Blu-ray Steelbooks which also look to be a direct port.

The UK Blu-ray is fab http://www.dvdtherapy.com/review_info.php?id=1915 I own the HDDVD and see no difference to my UK Blu-ray.

What all the HD discs are missing though is the "Scorsese On Scorsese" (85 minutes) documentary which is on the US 2 disc DVD. This doesn't seem to be on any of the other 2 discers (including the DVD Steelbooks).

Get the cheapest/nicest looking packaging. I have the $2 HDDVD, the £3 DVD Steelbook, the $3 2DVDSE and the £5 UK Blu-ray. I've got all bases covered and it was cheap

£5.99 at Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000PC1MNM and HMV http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProduct...;-1&sku=611096 isn't too shabby.

Originally Posted by Albatross365

It's hard to fault.

I'd give it the same rating as the review on here.

Thanks a lot guys. I am going to get the UK version

[The Driver]

Originally Posted by kashif

Thanks a lot guys. I am going to get the UK version

On reflection the HDDVD must have been different as single sided discs were 15GB. These HDDVD Combos were 'flipper' discs.

Worth remembering too the US and UK Blu-rays will be AB (although the UK disc is marked "B" -but I just checked it and it's fine on an A machine).

Having just had a look at my discs I can see no difference video wise.

I'd just go for the UK version if I were buying now.

[Pyoko]

The video bitrate on the UK version is actually slightly higher (the higher overall bitrate on the US disc is due to the uncompressed LPCM track). But I seem to recall comparing the releases some time ago and the differences were not significant.

[lkmg]

Only just ordered the US version a few days ago and now I see this thread. Is the UK version so much better?

[lgans316]

US - 14.97 Mbps

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=2400

UK - 16.96 Mbps

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1917

DE - 14.97 Mbps - Same encode as US but no lossless / uncompressed audio. Good old Warner.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1917

[dan21]

Originally Posted by Albatross365

It's hard to fault.

I'd give it the same rating as the review on here.

I echo this sentiment, I personally think it is a high quality transfer

I can only speak for PQ as I do not possess the required knowledge or equipment to properly assess AQ

[kashif]

Originally Posted by The Driver

On reflection the HDDVD must have been different as single sided discs were 15GB. These HDDVD Combos were 'flipper' discs.

Worth remembering too the US and UK Blu-rays will be AB (although the UK disc is marked "B" -but I just checked it and it's fine on an A machine).

Having just had a look at my discs I can see no difference video wise.

I'd just go for the UK version if I were buying now.

Originally Posted by Pyoko

The video bitrate on the UK version is actually slightly higher (the higher overall bitrate on the US disc is due to the uncompressed LPCM track). But I seem to recall comparing the releases some time ago and the differences were not significant.

Originally Posted by lgans316

US - 14.97 Mbps

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=2400

UK - 16.96 Mbps

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1917

DE - 14.97 Mbps - Same encode as US but no lossless / uncompressed audio. Good old Warner.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1917

Originally Posted by dan21

I echo this sentiment, I personally think it is a high quality transfer

I can only speak for PQ as I do not possess the required knowledge or equipment to properly assess AQ

Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

I imagine that with the very similar bitrates and all using VC-1 the encodes will be comparable.

Thanks again guys. I ordered the UK BD yesterday.