For those who have no problems with ratings logo on the front, Angels and Demons is released UK on Sept14. There is also a bundle with DaVinci Code

Angels & Demons and DaVinci Code Blu Ray Bundle Amazon UK

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Added on September 8, 2009, 10:40 amAs new? I think it is out of print. U might need to buy it used.

This post has been edited by anfieldude: Sep 8 2009, 10:40 AM

Where did u buy it from? DD5.1?

UK is region locked. Unless u hv region free player . US shd have PCM5.1...

This post has been edited by anfieldude: Sep 12 2009, 12:29 PM

The PQ is not deemed as bad, just inconsistent. Also unless u r projecting on a large screen and really pay attention to detail, I believe 99% of the people will not notice the flaws. This is true to most BD's that AVS critics find faults with.

I believe the BOGO for Amazon UK is mostly Fox titles, so they are mostly region locked.

I think Warner needs to re-release these titles with better mastering...

fathil,

LCDs require some form of frame interpolation due to the nature of their refresh rates. As such, frame/motion interpolation is normally there in all LCDs. Sony's motionflow is their way of doing frame interpolation. The algorithms usually due a lot more processing to try to maintain a smooth image on screen. Most algorithms analyze the frames, say 1,2 and insert frames in between them and refresh them on the screen. Seems easy, but in most implementations they introduce artifacting. The problem with most implementations are that it gives the film a more video like feel, because there is so much manipulation of the film to begin with. I would advise to turn all off when viewing 24fps content, unless u feel u like the look of video compared to film.

As you would have noticed, most plasmas do not mention frame interpolation due to the nature of plasma refresh. However, most plasmas still have do it on 24fps material. Panasonic plasmas take the 24fps repeat every frame and refresh at 48fps. The higher end Panny plasma & Samsung plasmas I believe refresh at 96fps and Pioneer plasmas refresh it at 72Hz. This is to reduce the judder effect of panning shots. However, the implementation of this can still be flawed. One example is Pannys implementation is not as good as the rest.

Projectors use frame interpolation and frame duplication depending on the projector company.

I believe for those viewing BD material, having a display that can properly display 24fps is critical. Whenever, a display cannot do that and does pulldown to display at 60Hz, it is a real mess!

The aim of frame interpolation/motion interpolation is to give the viewer a better smoother feel to the movie.

Hope this helps.

Is this US pressing? Or HK? Does it have lossless audio on Kingdom af Heaven and Bolt?

This post has been edited by anfieldude: Sep 15 2009, 02:22 PM

DTS-HD MA or just DTS-HR? Seems like its lossless if it is DTS-HD MA. Prices are pretty good, especially for the Bolt...3 disc edition I suppose?

Untouchables is lossy but thats just how it is anywhere.

If it is same PQ and AQ specs as the US pressings, then why worry where it is pressed. Maybe Malaysian BD prices will drop from now.

Blu Ray.com did a review of the only 3 Tamil Blu Ray releases. Kudos to them to doing it. I own only one of them, more of a support for the studio in their efforts to move ahead. I actually pity the reviewer the 3 films chosen to be ported to Blu Ray for Tamil are really not too great, there are better ones but at least the Tamil film industry is moving in that direction. I stay away from Tamil movies as there is rarely movies of substance out there. There is one director works that I would like to see more of Maniratnam (if any out there are interested). His movies have plenty of story and he takes movies out of some interesting people and issues (mixed marriages in India, terrorism and of course there is song and dance in them, that's how the industry is!)

Made me think, when we will finally see a Malaysian (preferably Malay) movie making it to Blu Ray. I would love to see some of the old P.Ramlee pictures go through some restoration for Blu Ray because I really think he is a smashing actor and his movies were way ahead of his times. I stopped watching Malay movies some time ago since like Tamil movies they really have slumped in quality. Maybe a Criterion like restoration on some of P Ramlee's classics would revive the interest.

Question, how many of you out there watch foreign language (non native spoken language) movies (ie, French, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin) and how has Blu Ray improved your viewing experience for this.

I know that HK movies are a thrill to watch due to their big budget action related movies, but how many non Mandarin speaking watch the movies that are more serious in nature...