Blood Diamond

[sirk]

Well I finally got around to watching it and while I love the movie, the transfer to blu-ray is terrible. Alot of spots in the movie look as they are just upconverted DVD. Very dissapointed. Hopefully I'm not the only one that feels this way.

[MatrixS2000]

Originally Posted by sirk

Well I finally got around to watching it and while I love the movie, the transfer to blu-ray is terrible. Alot of spots in the movie look as they are just upconverted DVD. Very dissapointed. Hopefully I'm not the only one that feels this way.

Welcome to what HD DVD port over to Blu Ray means....

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by MatrixS2000

Welcome to what HD DVD port over to Blu Ray means....

This is why the format war mattered. . .

[sirk]

How can anyone claim HD-DVD is better than Blu-ray when things are that apparent?? I realize there are storage limits but Warner really dropped the ball on this one.

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by sirk

How can anyone claim HD-DVD is better than Blu-ray when things are that apparent?? I realize there are storage limits but Warner really dropped the ball on this one.

There were many people at places like AVS who claimed that Warner titles like this looked just great. Hard to believe, isn't it?

[Wreck]

It had alot of good moments, however, it had alot of bad

[Kuraudo]

$10 off at best buy. Should I go for cheap or wait til it remasters?
Will it get remastered? What are the odds?

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by Kuraudo

$10 off at best buy. Should I go for cheap or wait til it remasters?
Will it get remastered? What are the odds?

I doubt that this will be remastered anytime soon since there are higher priority releases that need work. Its not like this is utter garbage. On a scale of 1-10 where a standard DVD is a 5, I give it a 7.5 for pq. The main complaint is consistency cause there are some brilliant looking scenes so one would just wonder why the whole movies wasn't this way. I do give the benefit of the doubt and think perhaps it was either meant to be or a limit from the original.

All these questions about good or bad transfers would finally be put to a rest if the studios/directors gave some sort of public endorsement about a particular transfer or open to discussion. I think in order for blu-ray to really take off educating the consumer is must. All a title needs is a couple half ass reviews using technical jargon that no joesixpack would understand and it gets crap sales. Then we all lose eventually.

[ClaytonMG]

Imagine a pretty sharp looking film, but with compression artifacts in some scenes and edge enhancement in others. Plus black levels are pretty inconsistant. I'd say it's a below average picture quality, but an average PQ is ussually amazing in my eyes... if that made sense.

[Septimus Prime]

While the PQ isn't that great, it's a really good movie, so it's still probably worth owning.

[Mystique]

The movie had crap PQ.

[ScarredLungs]

Originally Posted by MatrixS2000

Welcome to what HD DVD port over to Blu Ray means....

Originally Posted by patrick99

This is why the format war mattered. . .

At least that is over with now

[david2189]

think it depends on your tv as to get it or not, for me it was well worth it and i loved it.

[landry_p2000]

I wasn't all that impressed with the presentation on Blu-ray, but I enjoyed the movie.

[Scripture]

Originally Posted by sirk

Well I finally got around to watching it and while I love the movie, the transfer to blu-ray is terrible. Alot of spots in the movie look as they are just upconverted DVD. Very dissapointed. Hopefully I'm not the only one that feels this way.

I disagree completely. Certainly there's some spotty elements at times, but overall I was pleased with the presentation and transfer. Like someone else mentioned, I think some of the issues that people complain about, can stem from the display units.

While there's better transfers out there, this is nice upgrade over the DVD. I think that some people's expectation levels are unrealistic, and entirely misguided at times.

For those on the fence that don't own it, I would recommend renting it first to see for yourself, and then purchasing or not purchasing after you've seen with your own eyes. As for me, buying it was a no-brainer to me personally.