Worth Upgrading These Films?

[jcarugati]

Hey,

I own The Prestige, Casino Royale, Troy, and The Rock on standard DVD and I was going to buy them all on Blu-ray, but I watched Casino and Troy SD on Blu-ray player and they looked quite amazing, but I can imagine the Blu-ray is better or not much better.

I want to know if any of these titles are worth upgrading, because if the Blu-ray player upconverts them nicely enough on SD, I won't put out the cash.

Thanks.

[Giyomu]

I'd go with Casino Royale, Rock and Troy director s cut

[robertc88]

An easy decision for me as I owned each of those on SD DVD. Don't forget about the audio!

[HDJK]

Casino Royal is a reference title on Blu-ray and The Rock is quite amazing as well, so definite recommendations to replace the DVD. I didn't have the other two on DVD.

[w_tanoto]

casino royale is a must

[stockstar1138]

casino royale and the rock are musts.

[The Lion King]

Personally hate Casino Royale, but the BD had very good PQ and worth buying if you're a fan.

[Lucy Diamond]

Definitely Casino Royale.

If you can sit through Troy, then it is completely amazing...site and sound.

[Kevinbsiemens]

troy is a must upgrade

[NARMAK]

All those movies have Blu-ray transfers worthy of asking to be upgraded from SD

As someone else said, audio is also a big improvement & considerably noticeable with the right equipment

[DRS]

Troy Director's Cut is a must, especially if you only have the regular on DVD

Casino Royale too

[aviman33]

None.. Some of these may look good or sound good, but none of these are very good movies.

[Grant Matrix]

The Rock is a phenomenal upgrade from the DVD. Casino Royale is a bit of an upgrade also, but not as dramatic as the Rock, but still worthy of being upgraded. I got Troy as a blind buy never having seen the DVD, but PQ was amazing!! If you have patience you should be able to get each of these around $15 on a nice sale or in a BOGO.

[SpaceDog]

This is part of the reason I stopped buying DVDs in advance of getting into Blu-Ray, I didn't want to have to decide on double-dips.
That said, I have not seen the DVD versions, but the Prestige and Casino Royale are absolutely wonderful on blu-ray. They are well worth it.

[Rovic]

i've replaced troy and the prestige from sdvd....i think they were well worth the replacement, the pq and sq are defenetly way better...although if you buy the director's cut of troy you will see some extended scenes so it will be slightly longer than the sdvd version...

[sfmarine]

The Rock has great sound...
Troy - PQ is simply amazing especially the beach scenes.
Casino Royale has greawt PQ & AQ

I'd leave out the prestige...there's not much re-watch value in it....or at least with me anyway. I replaced..TR, Troy and CR with BD versions.

[aygie]

Originally Posted by aviman33

None.. Some of these may look good or sound good, but none of these are very good movies.

[Romulus]

The Prestige looks and sounds amazing. One of my favorites to date.

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by Aygie

Gotta love thread crapping.. there's a lot of that here..

On the subject..

Prestige is naturally soft, by DP request, it's the same DP as Batman Begin and it look the same. Clean but softer than other. It has a great PCM 5.1 track tought!

Casino Royale, Troy, and The Rock are great! The Rock is very nice for a catalog title!. The New Troy is way better than the first print (witch is not the directors cut and the PQ look worst)