The Adventures of Tintin - October 10th 2011

[A-E-Martin]

Zavvi is selling this for £14.99. I'd say it's probably worth it!

[antmumford]

Only £14.99 at Zavvi right now :-)

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[antmumford]

Originally Posted by A-E-Martin

Zavvi is selling this for £14.99. I'd say it's probably worth it!

Jinx ;-)

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[exlybris]

but no photo

[A-E-Martin]

There are some photos of the box on Ebay. Looks to me like it's three regular Blu-ray cases inside a slipbox.

[exlybris]

feeling stupid for not remembering that.
tks A-E-Martin

[lsquare]

So are there any reviews out there? Is the Blu-Ray version worth buying? Any Blu-Ray version with the original 4:3 ratio encode? If not, should I stick with the DVD version? If so, where can I buy the DVD set?

[A-E-Martin]

Originally Posted by lsquare

So are there any reviews out there? Is the Blu-Ray version worth buying? Any Blu-Ray version with the original 4:3 ratio encode? If not, should I stick with the DVD version? If so, where can I buy the DVD set?

There aren't any 4:3 Blu-ray versions of it to my knowledge, and the 4:3 DVD is, generally speaking, now unavailable, unless you're willing to spend £40+ for a used copy or £100+ for a new one. Though those prices do seem to dip every now and again.

But I wouldn't be too worried about the Blu-ray's 16:9 ratio. I've been doing some comparisons, and like someone posted before, it's definitely not just a zoom job. It's actually been completely re-framed and more of the image has been added to the sides compared to the 4:3 version. Sure you're losing some of the image at the top and bottom, but it's hardly anything significant, and no heads are being chopped off. The Blu-ray is probably as good as it's ever going to get. So most likely worth the £15.

[guccisingh]

Originally Posted by A-E-Martin

There aren't any 4:3 Blu-ray versions of it to my knowledge, and the 4:3 DVD is, generally speaking, now unavailable, unless you're willing to spend £40+ for a used copy or £100+ for a new one. Though those prices do seem to dip every now and again.

But I wouldn't be too worried about the Blu-ray's 16:9 ratio. I've been doing some comparisons, and like someone posted before, it's definitely not just a zoom job. It's actually been completely re-framed and more of the image has been added to the sides compared to the 4:3 version. Sure you're losing some of the image at the top and bottom, but it's hardly anything significant, and no heads are being chopped off. The Blu-ray is probably as good as it's ever going to get. So most likely worth the £15.

I have the old HMV DVD Exclusive set of these, but ordered the blu ray too - is there something I am missing ? Is it worth hanging onto the dvds ?

[A-E-Martin]

Originally Posted by guccisingh

I have the old HMV DVD Exclusive set of these, but ordered the blu ray too - is there something I am missing ? Is it worth hanging onto the dvds ?

I don't actually own the DVDs or even the Blu-rays yet, but as far as I know, there aren't any differences in content. But if I were you, I'd hang on to the DVDs for posterity's sake. I wouldn't mind owning both the 4:3 and 16:9 versions myself.

[huyi]

has anyone noticed that there are episodes missing from the blu ray release? some episodes have 2 parts and 1 part of a episode is missing, so annoying, according to imdb database there is supposed to be 39 episodes

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179552/episodes

but on the blu ray box it says there is 21, that is not complete at all, why are there episodes missing?

edit: don't worry i have found them, in order to view the 2nd part of a episode you have to go to scene selection and select it manually, stupid as it sounds, why don't the second part play automatically?

[Inspector Toschi]

Any news on this being region free?

[SolidBlu]

is this region free? complete series? thanks

[tiger_qc]

Bump!

[MacLover]

Originally Posted by SolidBlu

is this region free? complete series? thanks

I think it was Region B Locked, can't remember though.

Originally Posted by tiger_qc

Bump!

Why?

[BigNickUK]

Already a thread here

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=175691

[sukraj]

i might blind buy it.

[DawnShadow]

I'm assuming the UK and Australian sets are exactly the same (please correct me if I'm wrong) but has anyone compared the French boxset to them? It has 7 discs instead of 5 so I'd love to know if it has any benefit or if it's for some reason not as good.

[88mph]

Wish I had read this thread beforehand. Just picked this up thinking it is 1.33:1 and finding out it has been cropped. At least it’s not a simple pan & scan job but some scenes do not look great due to losing top and bottom. I guess it’s unique in that respect.

A bit of a shame since the picture quality is so much better than the old DVD.

Oh well it only cost me £7 and it’s got a cool hologram cover!

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by 88mph

Wish I had read this thread beforehand. Just picked this up thinking it is 1.33:1 and finding out it has been cropped. At least it’s not a simple pan & scan job but some scenes do not look great due to losing top and bottom. I guess it’s unique in that respect.

A bit of a shame since the picture quality is so much better than the old DVD.

Oh well it only cost me £7 and it’s got a cool hologram cover!

You did. Yours is the second post on this thread. Following a post confirming these are widescreen versions, you posted this:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...2&postcount=10