The Avatar Blu-ray Release Thread

[BluCliff]

Originally Posted by Brandon

That's the first thought I had too until someone told me it's a term used for quite a while by scientists:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtanium

The first time I ever heard of "Unobtainium" was in a film called "The Core", starring Hilary Swank.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by aherron

For those who have a PS3,on the display settings of your system where it says Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr Super White (HDMI).Do you have it on or off?And the RGB Full Range (HDMI) do you have it set to Full?

check this video out. Its the best settings for blu ray movies on the PS3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5SnqnOjbZw

when it comes to audio settings make sure you set it the Linear PCM so you can get lossless audio (PS3 Fat)

[raygendreau]

Just got Avatar from Amazon. Amazing one day delivery with standard shipping.

Since a DVD came with it, I popped it into my PS3 first to see what upscaling would do for it. I watched for a few minutes. My palms became sweaty, my eyes began to water and my hands were shaking. Before I had the chance to hit eject, my PS3 made a derisive noise and spit it out on the floor. Apparently it likes it steady diet of Blu-rays.

Hands trembling, I inserted the BD. Woo-Hoo! Thats more like it! PS3 made a few contented sounds and now I have to get back to the movie.

PQ is incredibly crisp and clear. I'm wondering if the Cameron-Pace 3D fusion camera somehow improves the 2D video as well.

[skoselger]

Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

I think Jame's Cameron's 2k Digital Cameras are replacing the imax 70mm print. All i have to say is NO GRAIN NO GRAIN. Crystal clear

The imax is more detailed then real shots of real people in avatar.

[42041]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

PQ is incredibly crisp and clear. I'm wondering if the Cameron-Pace 3D fusion camera somehow improves the 2D video as well.

As I understand it it's just two 1080p Sony cameras rigged up in a stereoscopic configuration. They use same/similar ones on many TV shows like Dexter and The Office, and movies like Sin City.

[Buddy Christ]

Originally Posted by ldlisturb3d

how many of you heard the thx outro after the movie. There goes you dynamics Thats the best thx demo i heard so far. Wow.

7.1

[aherron]

Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

check this video out. Its the best settings for blu ray movies on the PS3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5SnqnOjbZw

when it comes to audio settings make sure you set it the Linear PCM so you can get lossless audio (PS3 Fat)

Thanks a lot! Now I see a big difference!BEAUTIFUL

[garyrc]

Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

How many of you heard the THX outro after the movie. There goes you dynamics Thats the best THX demo i heard so far. WOW.

Is that on the Blu only, or did you hear it in the theater? I may have to buy the disk.

I've posted on this before, but even though many films have impressive dynamics, and many have had plenty of bass since the THX, Dolby and DTS people started revising the configuration a couple of decades back, I have never heard truly wide dynamics in an IMAX theater. Some of the older 70 mm films had dynamics that were truly overwhelming (the ships crashing, the thunder/earthquake in Ben-Hur, even the shrieking in the 70 mm blow-ups (with their higher potential soundtracks) of ETor Alien

[aherron]

Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

check this video out. Its the best settings for blu ray movies on the PS3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5SnqnOjbZw

when it comes to audio settings make sure you set it the Linear PCM so you can get lossless audio (PS3 Fat)

AVATAR looks AMAZING!

[Bunker]

This is definitely my new favorite Blu-Ray. It feels a tad small on my 32" LCD compared to seeing it in IMAX 3D., though.

[Anti-SD]

This is one AMAZING blu-ray disk.

[garyrc]

Originally Posted by 42041

As I understand it it's just two 1080p Sony cameras rigged up in a stereoscopic configuration. They use same/similar ones on many TV shows like Dexter and The Office, and movies like Sin City.

Can you tell us how far apart the centers of the lenses are? There was a rumor that, for the old 3D of the '50s & 60's, as well as in some modern instances, the centers were much farther apart than the average for human eyes, and this is what gave those 3D movies exaggerated depth, the appearence of widly separated planes -- rather than truly rounded objects -- and eye fatigue. I think one critic (was it Arthur Knight??) said the separation was equivalent to that of an obese gorrilla, rather than a human. AVATAR looked a little more convincing in this regard, so I'm wondering.

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

check this video out. Its the best settings for blu ray movies on the PS3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5SnqnOjbZw

when it comes to audio settings make sure you set it the Linear PCM so you can get lossless audio (PS3 Fat)

That's the video I used way back for my settings as well.

[42041]

Originally Posted by garyrc

Can you tell us how far apart the centers of the lenses are? There was a rumor that, for the old 3D of the '50s & 60's, as well as in some modern instances, the centers were much farther apart than the average for human eyes, and this is what gave those 3D movies exaggerated depth, the appearence of widly separated planes -- rather than truly rounded objects -- and eye fatigue. I think one critic (was it Arthur Knight??) said the separation was equivalent to that of an obese gorrilla, rather than a human. AVATAR looked a little more convincing in this regard, so I'm wondering.

Here's an interesting little video on the cameras they used that addresses that issue at some point:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZmJ8A1Wl6U

[nametag]

Originally Posted by odvan

Avatar is a masterpiece. Because it's a phenomenon. It's a phenomenon because it's a masterpiece.

I think you need a dictionary; being one does not have to correlate to the other. 'masterpiece' is a far more subjective term that can be easily argued either way, 'phenomenon' is less hard to argue with.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by 42041

As I understand it it's just two 1080p Sony cameras rigged up in a stereoscopic configuration. They use same/similar ones on many TV shows like Dexter and The Office, and movies like Sin City.

It's a lot more complicated then that, they did a lot of the work on the lenses etc, to optimize them for 3d.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

Avatar is the clearest movie i've ever scene, print is gonna be done with. Digital is more clean while keeping its detail. Man you really hate avatar and everything about it.

Well 70mm with some slight dnr has no noticable grain and is innfenatly more detailed then anything in avatar.

Originally Posted by garyrc

Does anyone make an 8K or higher camera? If not now, when?

That is a long way away. Movies are only edited at 2k in any case. So the difference isn't that great (imax scenes have been edited at 4k).

Originally Posted by Henry T

Many people (many millions) here in the US think/feel George Bush Jr. was a good president too. and your point is?

hey cool you liked the movie, im just saying i will/have decided for myself if I liked it or not and for me....did not like it. cant help it if its not the popular opinion.

Which is fine. I wan't trying to change your opinion.

[42041]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

Well 70mm with some slight dnr has no noticable grain and is innfenatly more detailed then anything in avatar.

Incidentally, if you think digital capture is the magic solution to all your film-related PQ issues, check out Public Enemies, i believe it was shot mostly on the same cameras
Bottom line, when you spend $300 million to make a great-looking film, it doesn't really matter what you shoot it on. Especially if 70% of it is completely CG.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by 42041

Incidentally, if you think digital capture is the magic solution to all your film-related PQ issues, check out Public Enemies, i believe it was shot mostly on the same cameras
Bottom line, when you spend $300 million to make a great-looking film, it doesn't really matter what you shoot it on. Especially if 70% of it is completely CG.

Agreed, I like both digital cameras and film and hope both are around for a long while to come.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by Blu2U

7.1

no...... only 5.1 LOL