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Avatar is a Fox release which is almost surely region locked.

ToyStory 1 and 2 is region free.

Warner is normally region free (most of the time). Minority Report is a Paramount release in the US but a Fox release in the UK (hard to tell at the moment)

The rest u need to check.

Watched Monsoon Wedding (Criterion) a couple of days ago. Captures the elements of marriage chaos to the parents and all around.

Very interesting watch. Mira Nair is pretty good at weaving a tale. Yes there is the songs, but in all Indian weddings there are actual singing and dancing (North India). She works the characters pretty well, and brings the tale of a traditional India moving into Modern India. Not sure if non Indians will actually see what's being potrayed, but still there is a lot of stuff to take out of it. Those of us who are parents have girls to give away as a bride one day can reflect upon the dads feelings. She tackles a lot of issues, that are new to India (in 2001) like, love before marriage, how the society deals with the western influence, parents choices for their kids and childrens loyalty.

PQ - This is interesting. Criterion did a fabulous job in this restoration as this was initially captured in 16mm and then blown up to 35mm. Grain haters beware....Stay away, but this is how it was shot, also to give the gritty feel of India and its streets.

AQ - Very good 3 channel, the surrounds are sparsely used, but subtle when needed.

I would give it a 2 thumbs up. However, I dare not recommend this to all those who have wrote to hate Bollywood song and dance. Although, in this case it is not a normal Bollywood, there are song and dance but it is at a wedding and it is a real reflection of actual weddings.

Its English mostly but when there is Hindi dialogue there are subtitles.

Ah, something changed then. Predator standalone is region locked, they must have re-released like X-Men.

I believe the best PQ/AQ for Jodha Akhbar is the Bodega version. The only problem with that is it does not have English subtitles. Also the Bodega is 6.1 DTSHDMA....

Nothing much u can do except wait. No tracking info for the option u chose.

This is normal post, no need to sign if no one receive, if can they stuff it into ur post box, else they throw it in. If the post man is a nice guy, he will leave note to pick it up at the nearest post office.

terra,

I believe that with the latest firmware from Oppo some owners are saying that they do not observe/hear the audio sync issues. Not sure though, don't have the disc yet

Do not believe the run times in Amazon....

I believe it is a Universal title. I doubt there will be a significant difference. Quick check and it shows that they are the same with exact runtime, codec and bit rates.So don't worry.

This is from this avs site.

AVS Unnofficial BD AV Specs

Region Year Title Codec Display Aspect Bitrate Length Movie Size Disc Size Bitrate Primary Language Audio
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ABC [US] 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick: Director's Cut VC-1 1080p24 2.40:1 14.01 2:14:06 24,872,761,344 49,007,271,953 24.73 DTS-MA 5.1 48/24 4364
ABC [UK] 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick: Director's Cut VC-1 1080p24 2.40:1 14.01 2:14:06 27,204,661,248 32,693,054,244 27.05 DTS-MA 5.1 48/24 4364

This post has been edited by anfieldude: May 7 2010, 04:30 PM

Stealth that u mentioned has me thinking. If u see the US specs its a MPEG-2 encode with ~ 16.73 Mbps as well, thats pretty low and to add insult it is a MPEG-2.

I hv the US version, now maybe I will get the UK version as comparison to see how bad it can be.

Although, in general I agree that at times, it does look like the UK gets lower encodes, I think 95% of the time it is either the same or negligible differences.

There are exceptions of course.

This post has been edited by anfieldude: May 7 2010, 08:31 PM

Just realised that Bad Boys Blu ray is finally being released on June1. Missed it earlier, this is for those who missed the info like me.

Magnificent Seven is available from amazon de. So if anyone is getting any movies from amazon germany, pls PM me if u need any more spots.

Amazon DE Magnificent Seven

Send them a note. I would expect them to honour the replacement even for those outside of the US. They also shd pay for the return shipping.

I never got to watching Avatar on the big screen but received my BD copy yesterday. I put it in for a quick check and boy was it an experience. The colours are just so vibrant, I can imagine how this will look in a well setup digital projector! Yeah, I believe this one is reference for PQ.

Shipped 5th May shd arrive after 15th the earliest, its not 2 weeks yet, it is only 8 days, be patient...

Watched Avatar and this is my review.

The PQ is definately reference with bright colours. It is a good show off disc for HT and a well calibrated display. I could not really detect any EE, or artifacts due to mastering. AQ uses the surrounds pretty well. They are active all around. LFE moments strong. My setup does not allow below 23Hz so the filtering did not effect me in any way I would know, but I still believe its weak compared to the scene.

The movie, sends out its messages about humanity pretty well. I think it achieves the purpose pretty well. Subtle messaging about politics, wrangle over power, how the "unobtanium...oil rules the world thing is pretty much in yer face.

However, I believe it is justified that it did not win any awards for acting or best film. Nothing spectacular abt the movie. It did not grip me enuf to even complete in single watch..so go figure.