Terminator Salvation

[jaykays hat]

I couldn't get this disk to play on my Sony BDP - 300 until I upgraded the firmware to 5.20. Great picture and sound quality and its still one of my favorite films of the year.

[binary]

Originally Posted by The Duke

So, because Warner still hasn't figured out how to do seamless branching they waste a whole other BD disc to include the extended version? Sony included the couple of extra minutes on the same disc via seamless branching.



I'm in the US and am getting the UK release primarily for the steelbook, but another incentive for going with the UK release is that it's from Sony, and has AVC video. While Warner usually does a pretty good job with major releases, I'm still leery of their "lets push the VC-1 encode to the lowest bitrate possible" attitude. One example is Warner's New Line release of "Mongol" - the UK BD from Universal with AVC & DTS MA is a night & day improvement over Warner's VC-1 & DD US release.

my point is that the video bitrate sort of suffered. It is not low but could have been higher if Sony used a SECOND DISC for the extended cut...

the SONY EU/UK BR is @19mbps..........

still no info on WArner video endcode but hopefully it is higher...

[The Duke]

Originally Posted by binary

my point is that the video bitrate sort of suffered. It is not low but could have been higher if Sony used a SECOND DISC for the extended cut...

the SONY EU/UK BR is @19mbps..........

still no info on WArner video endcode but hopefully it is higher...

The difference between the theatrical and extended versions is only 3 minutes; 115 vs. 118 minutes. According to the AVS scientists (just kidding) the disc size of the theatrical is 26,688,724,992 bytes vs. 27,402,006,528 bytes for the extended version. If the video bitrate "sort of suffered", it's not from including the extra 3 minutes on the same disc accessed via seamless branching.

[SapGoblin]

So The Duke~
do you know the region coding for the UK release???

[The Duke]

Originally Posted by SapGoblin

So The Duke~
do you know the region coding for the UK release???

Haven't received my copy yet, but it's been reported several times as ABC region free.

EDIT: Found it - see post #80 in this thread with pictures of the UK Steelbook, back cover clearly says Regions ABC

[Beefbowl]

Originally Posted by SapGoblin

So The Duke~
do you know the region coding for the UK release???

Region free. Plays great on my PS3.

[SapGoblin]

and... trigger...pulled!

THANKS!

[setec astronomy]

hi all, i have a problem and would be very gratefull if any ideas could be thrown my way (i'm a little numb).

I have just bought terminator salvation from tesco's and when i played it first time it stuck on the menu and wouldn't allow me to select any option whatsoever with either the remote control or by pressing play on the blu ray player, (lg-bd370), I then tried it on my (samsung 1500) other player and it worked fine, and then as a final option i tried both uk and us discs in my LG and they worked fine, so I took the disc back (thinking the disc may be faulty) and got another one only to find that the same senario again, if there is any help to be had in trying to get it to work on my main (LG) player i'd appreciate it.

yours hopefully

setec astronomy

[Socko]

Maybe it needs a firmware update?

[BellesPrince]

Originally Posted by Q!

Period.

Wasn't sure whether it was mean't in a sarcastic way because I found the PQ to be acceptable, or a 'that's the end of the argument kind of way.'

Don't really agree with single character posts. Too easy to be misinterpreted.

[Q?]

Originally Posted by BellesPrince

Wasn't sure whether it was mean't in a sarcastic way because I found the PQ to be acceptable, or a 'that's the end of the argument kind of way.'

Don't really agree with single character posts. Too easy to be misinterpreted.

Yeah, that post didn't say much other than period.
Maybe he'd seen it and thought the same, that's my guess anyways.

[jaykays hat]

Originally Posted by setec astronomy

hi all, i have a problem and would be very gratefull if any ideas could be thrown my way (i'm a little numb).

I have just bought terminator salvation from tesco's and when i played it first time it stuck on the menu and wouldn't allow me to select any option whatsoever with either the remote control or by pressing play on the blu ray player, (lg-bd370), I then tried it on my (samsung 1500) other player and it worked fine, and then as a final option i tried both uk and us discs in my LG and they worked fine, so I took the disc back (thinking the disc may be faulty) and got another one only to find that the same senario again, if there is any help to be had in trying to get it to work on my main (LG) player i'd appreciate it.

yours hopefully

setec astronomy

As my earlier post states, I had the same problem until I upgraded my firmware on my sony BDP-300.

This reminds of the time The Matrix was first released on DVD and many people had problems playing it.

[Daz_85]

Here's some pics of the HMV exclusive versionI found:

http://versatiledisc.pwp.blueyonder....ales/t4/t1.jpg

The pic is a bit wide so I thought it best to only provide a link.

[quantumphoeniix]

same problem here and same lg player you need a firmware update i tried to hook my bd370 to the net but wouldnt work for shit phoned lg and theyre sending me a firmware disc thats the only advice i can give

[SapGoblin]

Damn! Same firmware problem here too! Just sits on the menu screen forever, unresponsive! Good thing others have already posted...otherwise woulda assumed the disc was defective. So hope it works once I upgrade!

[JBL4645]

Same issue on my new Philips BDP3000 which I have encountered with Escape From New York on DVD region 2 a few years aback on my Pioneer DV-525.

Menu just locked-up! I tried it on one my other two DVD players except for my Sony which had layer changing issues as it was getting on a bit. It ran fine on the Cello DR-810.

I don’t see why I should or anyone else should buy a second Bluray just to get one sodden Bluray to work!

I spoke to Philips consumer and was surprised that the issue had some many reports on Samsung and LG Bluray players and the (jarva menu) which is the cause of problem will be resolved in about 3 weeks time.

I tried two of the same Bluray title and ASDA funny enough hadn’t had any recalls, so I guess some of the customers that brought a Philips BDP3000 about 3 to 4 weeks ago haven’t brought Terminator Salvation, yet?

I’m not sweating the issue if its being looked into, software huh, sigh.

One thing this would never happen with 35/70mm film well maybe with the odd hard-disc digital format which I have encountered first hand in the cinema, now then!

Originally Posted by SapGoblin

Damn! Same firmware problem here too! Just sits on the menu screen forever, unresponsive! Good thing others have already posted...otherwise woulda assumed the disc was defective. So hope it works once I upgrade!

It only means I have to buy the Bluray again because I lost my rag with Terminator Salivation and swapped it for some afterburning Top Gun because I feel the need the need for LFE.1!

[blew-ray]

Originally Posted by setec astronomy

hi all, i have a problem and would be very gratefull if any ideas could be thrown my way (i'm a little numb).

I have just bought terminator salvation from tesco's and when i played it first time it stuck on the menu and wouldn't allow me to select any option whatsoever with either the remote control or by pressing play on the blu ray player, (lg-bd370), I then tried it on my (samsung 1500) other player and it worked fine, and then as a final option i tried both uk and us discs in my LG and they worked fine, so I took the disc back (thinking the disc may be faulty) and got another one only to find that the same senario again, if there is any help to be had in trying to get it to work on my main (LG) player i'd appreciate it.

yours hopefully

setec astronomy

LG have just posted updated firmware, Terminator Salvation now plays on the LGBD370.

[SapGoblin]

yeah- did the firmware upgrade to my sony 300 yesterday...and Terminator Salvation now plays just fine!

And FYI- anyone looking...I'm actually selling an extra copy of the UK edition, complete in case & new, just no artwork (would be like $18 US for shipping to UK)!

Checkout the thread:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=117787

[lgans316]

Specs are here. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...5#post17639865

I expect Anti-AVS crowd not to click on the above link.

[Q?]

I just want to say the UK version has indeed reference PQ and AQ!
I know what a good picture is, the UK didn't suffer from being only on one disc.
The US is a two disc with theatrical cut on the first (?) and directors cut on the second as well all know.
The UK use seamless branching for the cuts, therefore only about 3 min. more than one disc has on the US.
That doesn't matter!