Haha..

For a gamer then its a no brainer question but if like me [a very occasional gamer..] then its a region free player for sure liao..

Thanks for the clarification bro..

Some titles in Amazon UK start to drop price in past 10 mins+.

There is still no news regarding when will Amazon UK resume selling region free Toy Story 1 and 2.

My ordered for these two titles just dispatched and seem like there is not issue for wrong pricing. Then, it is very likely Disney also unexpected sales for these two titles is so overwhelming in worldwide causing their run out of stock?

G-Force and Chicken Little is part of B1F1. I'm guessing TS1 and TS2 soon will increase price also. Or worse removed from the sale.

Just would like to informed all of you, Amazon UK Buy 1 Free 1 for Disney titles have increased the price from £12.00 to £16.99 for ALL TITLES.

Toy Story 1 and 2 remain unavailable directly from Amazon UK.

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Added on March 23, 2010, 10:26 pmThis Buy 1 Free 1 promotion for Disney title, at first did not appear in front page of Amazon UK or any other pages except those participate titles' pages and worst still the promotion for Toy Story 1 and 2 only available of couple of hours only before become unavailable. Now lot of furious buyers are complaining to their customer service or in Discussion Board. Now Amazon UK customer service helpdesk had write a notice in Discussion Board to ask the buyers to write or call customer service directly.

I believe their received a lot of complain from customers today. Their made refund to some of buyers who brought these 2 titles hours before this promotion started.

This post has been edited by low98944: Mar 23 2010, 10:26 PM

I find playing BD on my PS3 will have slower audio than playing the game. Can you guys recommend me some good quality surround sound speakers. I'm using a 24 inch full HD monitor btw

Try one of those Logitech 5.1 Speaker series. I think its Zxx follows..

Wonder what they will do to my order, mine went thru at £12.00 for the titles I bought (after VAT deduction it was £10.21. Also it says it will be despatched....Let's wait and see. That's a real deal if they honour it.

Their will dispatch it just like my case, this morning their said will dispatch soon and around 2 hours ago, their informed me their already dispatched.

Out of curiosity , Amazon uses DHL to dispatch items? or have anyone received anything else than DHL. I've seen couple of pictures in the previous version of this thread that items from Amazon arrives through DHL..

I've never bought stuff from Amazon, probably newbie for Amazon stuff..

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Mar 23 2010, 11:48 PM

Yeah u're right, they just shipped.

Kabhie Kabhie Blu-ray Review (User review source: zulm.net)

"I have received my eagerly awaited copy of Kabhi Kabhie, and i wasnt dissapointed.

The transfer was better than any DVD of the film i watched. I am no expert at blu ray authoring, but i felt the colours were beautiful, and the depth, especially in the snow scenes were amazing.

I was greatful for a DTS-HD Master audio track, but there was alot of crackling on the track, even the dolby 5.1 wasnt saved from that. I guess the vintage source could have been more cleaned.

I watched the entire movie and really enjoyed (Again)..."

PQ: 4/5
AQ: 3/5

Overal Rating of the the Disc: 3.5/5

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Mar 24 2010, 01:37 AM

Ghajini Blu-ray Review [Source :zulm.net]

Take a bow Mr. Chandna (Digital Entertainment) for what is probably, sorry definately, the best Blu-Ray release by an Indian Video company so far. This 'BIG Home Video' BD of 'Ghajini' comes as not only a total, but a very pleasant surprise. The picture quality is, for the most part, nothing short of excellent and the lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio track is also top notch. In short, this is a must buy for all Hindi movie fans. Highly Recommended



Distributor: Big Home Video
Authoring House: Digital Entertainment http://www.dgtainment.com
Title: Ghajini
Running Time: 03:05:05 hrs
(Split in two parts: Part 1 'Start to Interval' - 01:35:49 hrs | Part 2 'Interval to End' - 01:29:16 hrs)
Region Coding: A/B/C
Video: 2.35:1, HD 1080p 16:9, AVC 23.976Hz (Peak bitrate 39.3Mbps)

Audio:
Hindi - DTS-HD MA 5.1 (48khz)
Hindi - Dolby Digital 5.1 (48khz 640kbps) <-- Default Track
Subtitles: English, Arabic, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Malay, Portugese, Spanish.
Special Features: NONE

Special Mention:
No Watermark Logo, during songs or otherwise
No scrolling advertisements during songs
No advertisements before or during the movie

Review:

From the moment the first scene starts and till the last scene I viewed, I couldn't help but have a smile on my face. Such was the impact of the audio visual of this BD. Although, I had intially just planned on spending a few minutes watching the BD, just to get a brief idea of what the quality was like, I couldn't help but keep watching the glorious picture unfold and the next thing I knew I had spent almost a hour watching the BD. Skipping back and forth, pausing at moments where the picture looked good enough to print out as a picture post card.

The picture is sharp and very film like, with the film grain totally intact, as it should be and with no hint of any DNR or edge enhancement. The colors are vibrant and the skin tones very natural. The darker scenes are a pleasure to watch with very fine detail and the blacks for once are truelly black. The video may not always be perfect, but it rarely deviates from being atleast very good. In the end if the video does not get a higher rating, it is not because of the authoring, but rather due visible flaws in the original film element. Flaws, such as a line running through the screen from top to bottom, are visible, although only briefly, but in more than one place in the movie.

The audio too is fantastic. The DTS-HD MA 5.1 track brings out each sound vividly and clearly. The surround mix is very good with the sounds enveloping you from all around. The bass is also exceptionally tight and not boomy at all, unlike most of the 'Yash Raj' BDs. Again, just as with the video, the only reason the audio does not get a higher rating, is not due to any authoring flaws, but rather due to a problem that has plagued many Indian BDs & DVDs, that of the volume level being too loud.

This I believe is not an authoring issue, but rather a problem with the original masters. The surround channel levels, vis a vis the front channels, are too loud, which again is a problem of the original surround mix. This too in my opinion is quite a common issue with a lot of Indian movies, specially the one's originating from the South. Thus, you might be well advised, to lower the surround left & right channels by approx. '4 db', before you start the movie. On the authoring front, my only grouse is that the lossy, redundant and totally unnecessary DD 5.1 track is set as the default track, rather than the lossless, DTS-HD MA 5.1 track.

As if the exceptionally good video and audio is not enough, there is another major reason to be happy with this BD from 'BIG Home Video', there are No Watermark Logos on this BD, during songs or otherwise. Most of you might have guessed by now, I am thoroughly impressed and satisfied with this BD from 'BIG Home Video'. I Highly Recommend this BD, with absolutely no reservations.

Equipment used for testing:

Projector: Panasonic PT-AE2000U
Screen: Da-Lite 4:3 120" 'Model B' - White Matte
Viewing Distance: 11' 6"
A/V Receiver: Denon AVR5800
Speakers: 5.1
Front/Main: Paradigm Reference 100 v2
Center: Paradigm Reference Studio CC v2
Rear: Tannoy - Mercury M5
Subwoofer: Paradigm Reference Servo 15
BD Player:Oppo BDP-83 (Hardware modified for Region Free with latest firmware), PS3 (Region A with latest firmware)

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Mar 24 2010, 01:57 AM

Phuiyoh! Just bought Transformers 2 IMAX edition, came home n watched it immediately. The parts where it goes full screen is da awesome. How I wish whole show was like that. In fact, I wish all BluRay is like that. Hehehe

My neighbours must b cursing coz the sound been blasting since 11.30pm n just finished.

This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 24 2010, 02:02 AM

I guess this is only the Blu-ray that has been released with Big Screen Edition [correct me if im wrong !]
Hope Walmart takes up more Big Screen project in future

Damn stingy fellas gave us about 5 minutes of full screen only.

Only Priority Courier Shipping using DHL. Amazon US using DHL but not sure for Amazon UK.

What are the usual estimated time arrival for normal shipping? How quick you it gets delivered?

A few minutes only ler the fullscreen. Actually there are many BD titles that is shown fullscreen without the black bars. The two that I can recall from the top of my head is The Hurt Locker and Hellboy 2. I believe at the AVS forum there's a thread with a list of all BD titles in fullscreen.

Based on recent records, if you live in west malaysia, you will probably receive it less than 2 weeks in normal case (correct me if I am wrong) but if you live in East Malaysia, you will usually received it after or around estimated delivery date (about 1 month) for US or 2 weeks for UK.

I just received 3 parcels from Amazon US and UK. Finally my "X-Man Origin: Wolverine" and "Drag Me To Hell" that I ordered in Black Friday reached me. But that are replacement copies and I still don't know where is the original copies. Maybe already MIA.