Love Actually

[ChrisDilke]

Just wondered if anyone else bought this on Blu. I got it in a 2 for £17 deal as it's one of my favourite Christmas films. I don't know quite what to make of this Blu-ray. The PQ is notably sharper than the standard DVD, but I can't help but think that generally it's not too much better than watching an upscaled DVD. There is a bit of grain, although it's not very noticeable if I sit far away from my screen (which is a 32" 1080p screen). The audio is fine too, but I don't believe the pitch has been changed from the DVD at all. Like all Blu-rays, it doesn't suffer PAL speedup, songs from the film such as Wherever You Will Go by The Calling and Smooth by Santana sound exactly like they do on the studio albums, but maybe the DVD didn't suffer from it either. I no longer have the DVD so I can't compare the two, but I really didn't notice any difference in the sound pitch.

Overall it's not the worst Blu-ray transfer but it's certainly not an outstanding one. But maybe Love Actually is the sort of film where that doesn't matter too much.