The Aussie/Kiwi Last Blu-ray You Purchased/Watched Thread

[Cevolution]

Picked up my PS4 preorder this afternoon:

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Originally Posted by beechy

What did u do with the quintets ? My father in law just bought a set I really like them

I gave them back to my brother. I used the Quintet III's for a week, but found them to be a bit of a downgrade going from floorstanding speakers to satellites. I ended up moving the entertainment cabinet in my bedroom 100mm to the left, by doing this I managed to just fit in my Sony floor standing speakers. Apparently the Quintet 4's and 5's are quite a bit better than the III's. I assume your father in law bought the 5's, as they are the current model?

[Cevolution]

Originally Posted by Badas

Got Fu*kin burgled the other day as well. I don't actually own a TV at the moment. Lucky they didn't take the projector.

That's no good to hear mate. Is your insurance covering it? If so, what models have they offered to replace them with, or are they allowing you to choose the model tv's you want?

[warnzie]

Bought from JB. $67



Ordered from amazon

[ijustblumyself]

Does anyone else get annoyed that the American blu-rays are thinner than the Australian ones in your collection? I'd be buying up all these movies but it's just a small thing that annoys me.

[Templar]

Just watched Only God Forgives - WTF?

Weirdest. Movie. Ever.

[MacEachaidh]

Watched:



Yeah, I bought it on impulse, I've watched it, now I think I'll sell it.

Not that it's bad, exactly — technically it's really impressive — but the story didn't do it for me. I never cared at any point what was going to happen next. (Actually, it started out impressively, and was quite creepy, but once

[Show spoiler]they first reached the refuge ship

, the whole thing stalled for me. (One tiny chuckle: Peter Capaldi plays a small character role that is billed as "WHO Doctor"! )

BD-wise ... well, the colour bothered me. There's a cast to the palette (sometimes a dusky lemon-lime, sometimes like blue lemonade) that has almost no apparent reason or consistency to it in the context of story (fair enough in the Lab, maybe, where they're under artificial light, be even there it's not consistent), and it's far more pronounced on this transfer than it was at the flicks, so I'm assuming it's there for technical reasons (controlling colour bloom) rather than artistic ones. Either way, it's a fairly pointless fad, and I *really* hope it goes away soon.

[beechy]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

Picked up my PS4 preorder this afternoon:

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I gave them back to my brother. I used the Quintet III's for a week, but found them to be a bit of a downgrade going from floorstanding speakers to satellites. I ended up moving the entertainment cabinet in my bedroom 100mm to the left, by doing this I managed to just fit in my Sony floor standing speakers. Apparently the Quintet 4's and 5's are quite a bit better than the III's. I assume your father in law bought the 5's, as they are the current model?

Yeah latest model
Iv always really liked the sound of them big fan and imo great sound for such small speakers

Ps4 looks sweet I want one of the new consoles but not sure which iv always preferred x box but I do love uncharted give us your opinion on how each console compares when you have had a play no rush mate ! Would be great to get an opinion from some one who has both

[chcknhwk68]

Originally Posted by Rhinz

I find that I'm the only person I know that buys blu-ray's, even a couple of friends of mine who are huge movie buffs still only buy DVD's. The majority seem to argue that they can't justify spending extra on the blu-ray... It's generally not that huge of a price difference and it's an argument they wouldn't be making if theyd ever actually watched a blu-ray (a couple of people tell me they cant see any difference between blu and dvd, clearly they must have been drunk or something)

Originally Posted by TheDevilsGuard

Completely agree,anyone who can't notice the difference in audio and video, do not have control of their senses or just dont care.

My introduction to HD was after my old CRT started making strange noises,the other half found a cheap HDTV the next day and I thought how I've got a new fancy TV.

Heard about optimizing your HDTV and I bought a cheap BD player+HDMI cable and a receiver over the space of a year and , , , , BAM.

My Guitar Hero phase was over and my BLU-RAY phase began. The picture(initially,still own same HDTV)was great,the audio made it even better.

Under the right conditions my lounge room can feel just like the cinema I go to.

PS. Just watching my BD's has shown how bad my "CHEAP HDTV" really is.I need a new one.

Moral of the story , , , Them other people don't know what the're missing.

[beechy]

Bought: Assasins, The Seige, Manknd The Story Of Us

Watched: Elf

[Templar]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

Watched:



Yeah, I bought it on impulse, I've watched it, now I think I'll sell it.

Not that it's bad, exactly — technically it's really impressive — but the story didn't do it for me. I never cared at any point what was going to happen next. (Actually, it started out impressively, and was quite creepy, but once

[Show spoiler]they first reached the refuge ship

, the whole thing stalled for me. (One tiny chuckle: Peter Capaldi plays a small character role that is billed as "WHO Doctor"! )

BD-wise ... well, the colour bothered me. There's a cast to the palette (sometimes a dusky lemon-lime, sometimes like blue lemonade) that has almost no apparent reason or consistency to it in the context of story (fair enough in the Lab, maybe, where they're under artificial light, be even there it's not consistent), and it's far more pronounced on this transfer than it was at the flicks, so I'm assuming it's there for technical reasons (controlling colour bloom) rather than artistic ones. Either way, it's a fairly pointless fad, and I *really* hope it goes away soon.

I'll take it off your hands Mac - PM me!

[Rusty1989]

Watched:


Eh.

Ordered the Universal Monsters: Essential Collection from Amazon UK. $38! Great lightening deal. I've found UK have had a lot better lightening deals than the US.

[Anamnesis]

Originally Posted by ijustblumyself

Does anyone else get annoyed that the American blu-rays are thinner than the Australian ones in your collection? I'd be buying up all these movies but it's just a small thing that annoys me.

You aren't alone... though I think most members on here prefer them for their space saving ability. I say to that!

[jkington]

Received:




Ordered:

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by ijustblumyself

Does anyone else get annoyed that the American blu-rays are thinner than the Australian ones in your collection? I'd be buying up all these movies but it's just a small thing that annoys me.

I keep all my US editions on separate shelves, makes things look a little more organised.

[Badas]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

That's no good to hear mate. Is your insurance covering it? If so, what models have they offered to replace them with, or are they allowing you to choose the model tv's you want?

I don't know yet. Haven't got that far. I put in a claim. They are sending someone on Tuesday.

Originally Posted by Templar

Just watched Only God Forgives - WTF?

Weirdest. Movie. Ever.

Agreed. In a good or bad way?

I thought it was fantastic. An assault on the senses.

[Lazlo]

Last Black Friday order:



Managed to get Big Bang and Revolution in the Lightning Deals. Couldn't pass up The Conjuring at $8. I have the Zavvi steelbook pre-ordered 'cause it's the only release with the poster as artwork but it'll be almost $30. Will look around for some custom covers i think.

BTW, all my orders say they'll arrive before Christmas. We'll see.

[Templar]

Originally Posted by Badas

Agreed. In a good or bad way?

I thought it was fantastic. An assault on the senses.

I wasn't a fan. I love a good gritty crime drama, and the violence was brutal but not the worst I've seen, it was just too dreamlike to hold my attention - I was fast forwarding most of it. Oh yeah, what was with the friggin musical numbers???

[Supernaut]

Originally Posted by Templar

I wasn't a fan. I love a good gritty crime drama, and the violence was brutal but not the worst I've seen, it was just too dreamlike to hold my attention - I was fast forwarding most of it. Oh yeah, what was with the friggin musical numbers???

It's... a... musical...?

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by Lazlo

Last Black Friday order:

[Show spoiler]

Managed to get Big Bang and Revolution in the Lightning Deals. Couldn't pass up The Conjuring at $8. I have the Zavvi steelbook pre-ordered 'cause it's the only release with the poster as artwork but it'll be almost $30. Will look around for some custom covers i think.

BTW, all my orders say they'll arrive before Christmas. We'll see.

What did Revolution get down to? I've seen some of Season 1 and it actually looked pretty good..

Can't believe the $8 price for Conjuring.. that's amazing considering its a new release. I paid $22 or $24 lol

ps - try out the [*BD] [/BD] tags, it's really handy for other members when posting about your recent purchases.. just insert the numbers at the end of the URL for each film.. ie; movies/12-Monkeys-Blu-ray/11024/

[Lazlo]

Originally Posted by LordCrumb

What did Revolution get down to? I've seen some of Season 1 and it actually looked pretty good..

Can't believe the $8 price for Conjuring.. that's amazing considering its a new release. I paid $22 or $24 lol

ps - try out the [*BD] [/BD] tags, it's really handy for other members when posting about your recent purchases.. just insert the numbers at the end of the URL for each film.. ie; movies/12-Monkeys-Blu-ray/11024/

Revolution was $10. It's a pretty good show. I'm enjoying S2 as much as S1.

I don't tend to use [BD] tags 'cause i sometimes use Tapatalk and they don't show up. You just see the number. Quite frustrating. BTW, does anyone know if that's something the Tapatalk makers would need to change or the mods of this forum?