I reckon this is a "one-off" case. I think everyone's parcels too got caught up in between the hassle and traffic of year-end / festive season of last year. My longest wait for a parcel from Amazon was 7 weeks from despatched date. I thought it was MIA, but received it eventually.... and just a day short before Amazon actually send out a replacement copy.

I actually got 3 long overdue parcel which I requested for a replacement parcel from Amazon US. Another replacement parcel which they send using Expedited mid last month (expected to arrive 17 March) also not arrived. No sign also for another parcel order order 3 week ago and replacement parcel from Amazon UK still no sign of arrival after a month. So, I got total 6 parcels to arrive.

just finish watch ninja assasin..
great movie for me...alot of action, blood splashing around. but too fake.. still prefer 'blood' movie splashing blood.

PQ is great too. just at the ending of the movie abit fake. too animated for me.

AQ excellent. good ambient sound and also from surround. 70% of the movie time, surround is working. bass also great. expected from warner studio. the only problem is dialog abit soft and throwing of shuriken sound damn fake. at least for me. not much worry on the dialog since more action than talking in here.

must get title if you like boom boom pow and action movie..

This post has been edited by maskedchan: Mar 20 2010, 03:12 PM

Sorry.. No..

BTW does de Bollywood mvs cum wif de uk type or thinner us type casings??

Jus curious
D

Wow, special case you... are you sure Amazon got your address right? Maybe postcode or certain number that was wrongly printed... and make our Pakcik Posman unable to deliver? I do have friends living in E.M'sia Sarawak and they don't have problem losing parcels or receiving too late all the time...


I think our WIR3-ed friend is sleeping now... but err, who likes thick UK casings anyway, right? I know it looks more robust & sturdy but it really taken up space in my cabinet (til date I only have 2 thick UK titles anyway)

Watch Storm Warrior 2 last night....
PQ were 4/5
AQ 4/5 due to a bit soft on dialog....but the 7.1 surround are non stop action

People already start receiving LOTR TE blu-rays. First words aren't so good. Screenshots look soft, especially on Fellowship. Maybe the screenshots weren't done properly. Well, lets wait for the professional reviews.

Head to the AVS forum for the screenshots and discussions.

There are certain author house comes out with thin case and some movies with UK type cases. Big Home Video releases all their titles in thin US case format..

Anyone owned Band of Brothers BD or have watched them in BD?

According to bluray.com review, the PQ transferred was excellent and AQ is of reference quality. It is more of experience than a listen.....wow so good huh??

DO you think this BD is qualified to be one of your demo disc?

It also qualifies to be one in your shelves for many coming years. I guess you should give it a try buy and experience it yourself.

I always wanted to have one, but just dont find the right time yet. Its seems the PQ & AQ is absolute mesmerizing.

You should read the review at http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/

u can get BoB at a reasonable price at amazon.uk now ma. should grab it.

Yes considering the low rates now

1 British pound = 4.95884685 Malaysian ringgits

Actually the local shops now quite reasonable mar. Those days I used to order a lot from Amazon coz KL selling at ridiculous prices, rm150-250. Now it's between rm80-150, I prefer to just grab from the shop, go home n enjoy straightaway. Hehe. Or else I just grab from some the members here and save a weeee bit more.

I damn lazy to wait 2 weeks for parcels nowadays.

Om Shanti Om Blu-ray Disc Review

Layer Format: Dual Layer BD50
Video: VC1 High Definition Widescreen Presentation (2.35.1)
Audio: True HD & Dolby Digital 5.1
Time: 162 Min
Extra's: contains all the Bonus feautures (I also had on the 2 DVD set limited edition)

Well, I don't know if it has been released officially, but I got my copy as a diwali gift from Eros directly. They're a client of mine.

Video
Om Shanti Om makes its way on to Bluray with a nice 1080p/VC-1 encoding, framed in a 2:35:1 aspect ratio. Every frame is as vibrant and colorful as when I saw it in the theater, if not more. Especially the "movie premiere" scene where Shanti gets out of the car. You can see every fiber on the red carpet, and every individual sparkle of each jewel on her hand. The use of colors in this film really show off on blu-ray. The "popping" effect is very apparent in this film, due to it's pristine quality. Even if you're not a fan of hindi movies, this film is just visually awe-inspiring. The film grain is still intact, so you still feel as if you're watching a movie, as opposed to something shot with a handycam. I, personally, think this has "reference quality" transfer written all over it. If this is how Eros plans on transferring all of their blu-ray's, then they are definitely on to something.



Audio
The 5.1True HD track is fairly good. It suffers the same problem that I noticed with "Saawariya". At reference volume, everything sounded fine (the dialogue track was a little low, but bearable), but when the music came on, everything went into overdrive. I had to turn it down a few notches. There is very good use of all 6 speakers, lot of rear sounds, and seamless integration between all of them. But my only problem was the dialogue was a little low, and the music was pretty high, but then again, maybe they meant for that.

Extras
I thought the extras sucked when I first received the Blu-Ray. When I put in the player, there was only 1 extra, besides the commentary, but after watching it, they pretty much combined all the extras on the original 2 disc DVD into one full track. I would've liked it if they had it broken up, so I didn't have to watch the whole thing just to get to the blooper reel, but I'm not complaining. I usually don't buy movies just for the extra, in fact, I hardly ever watch the extras, so I'm definitely not complaining about the fact that the extras are in standard def.

All in all, amazing movie, almost "reference material", and if it's ever released officially, definitely pick this one up. Whether you're a fan of hindi movies, or just want to try something different, this has what it takes. I mean, how many hindi movies have made it to the top 10 U.S Box Office? Check this one out, that's all I have to say.

Yesterday, I just watched "Snatch", a good movie with great story and lot of characters involved. Really enjoyable and worth for re-watch again. PQ i think is 3.5/5 and AQ I give 4/5.

Snatch, a comedy masterpiece.. just loved that cockney rhyme British English. Guy Ritchie's film is always one of a kind.
Highlight of the movie is Brad Pitt's gypsy rhyme English..he gave all he can in the film.[He's a American though]..

You really have to watch it carefully, cause there are several stories in that film. Completely screwed up when i watched it at 1st, but got through the remaining portions.

Blu-ray release should be comprehensively better than DVD release. Any bonus materials bro?

Not too much.

* Commentary with writer/director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn
* Deleted Scenes
* Making Snatch
* Storyboard Comparisons
* Video Photo Gallery
* Trailers and TV Spots

Last night, finally unwrapped & watched Resident Evil. Not a bad movie and not typical shoot-shoot-kill zombie-type movie, because there's a nice story written around it with a little substance.... PQ was fairly good too for a B-type and a 8-year old movie, while grain was at its minimal. AQ was not bad too, being aggressive here & there. Funny,
there's also a hidden Dolby Digital 5.1 audio (that you can't select from the menus) that function as default audio if your system is not compatible with Dolby True-HD... weird!

But the highlight of the movie has to be: Milla Jovovich's "PH" slip; when she was in the observation room towards the end of the movie

Overall, a good & satisfying watch.... but not sure about getting the 2 sequels since it was not directed by Paul Anderson

This post has been edited by fadthil: Mar 21 2010, 10:41 AM

Almost similar to the DVD Release except the "Making of Snatch" & "Storyboard Comparisons".

Thanks for the swift response..

You should already know that. All Dolby TrueHD tracks include a Dolby Digital 640Kbps embedded, it's been this way since the codec ever used on BD. This is also the same with DTS-HD Master Audio that has a core track of DTS 1.5Mbps.