Well, most Blu-Ray titles are using MPEG-2 compression instead of VC-1 even though they have dual layered Blu-Ray discs. The funny thing why use the standard DD or DTS tracks in some movies. Shouldn't HD movies come with HD soundtrack too and since we're paying a premium for them, I guess we deserve something better.

The picture quality of MI3 on the Blu-Ray isn't that good if compared to HD-DVD's version. I'm not saying that Blu-Ray titles are inferior but they're encoded with MPEG-2 when they can simply use VC-1 and the audio tracks are questionable, why DD and DTS. At least all HD-DVD titles come with a minimum of DD Plus, at least it sounded better than the normal DD and DTS tracks.

I guess the Blu-Ray camp needs to get their acts right if they wanna compete with HD-DVD.

Well, if you wanna know whether the movie is using MPEG-2 or VC-1 compression, you can always surf this site, http://www.dvdtown.com and they have very detailed reviews on all major HD titles including the audio tracks used as well.

Blu-Ray has potential if they start to ditch the ancient MPEG-2 compression thingy from their latest movies. Nobody wants to watch Black Hawk Down on Blu-Ray dual layer with MPEG-2 compression. Come on Sony, do you want to end up like your infamous Betamax format? I'm not a Toshiba supporter or what but at least they did the right thing and also to offer HD-DVD players at attractive prices.

It can be intentional noise in movies like War Of The Worlds, Black Hawk Down, Saw, etc. Older prints contain noise (can't be avoided) but they do look stunning in HD as the noise doesn't hurt our eyes as much as those standard definition releases. By comparison, even dvds upscaled to 1080p still looked soft to true HD releases and HD movies usually have stronger colours and deeper blacks, simply stunning I must say besides the extra sharpness to bring out more details from a particular movie.

That's confirmed and it's from Sony Pictures so it's on BD only.

You mean the movie or the game or both?

Well, for RPGs, I guess the FF series is worth wasting our time on since the gameplay and graphics are top notch. They have two FF movies so far but only Advent Child is watchable, the first movie was a total flop at the box office. No doubt, Sony will bring all their exclusive movies to blu-ray but I'll give them a miss, I prefer watching a big budget movie on a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD since such movies will shine in HD. You'll be surprised to know my friend ordered Scary Movie 4 on HD-DVD from the net. The picture was sharper, sounded a little punchier but the wow factor is not there if compared to something like Van Helsing on HD-DVD.

They're like that one lah ..... sometimes we just wanna be simple and casual. I usually go to mediaplex to have a glance but will not buy anything from them, I rather buy it elsewhere. Have been there a couple of times, the previous time, caught their sales people busy playing Ridge Racer on their PS3.

I guess it's not me then, it's rude for them to be busy playing on their PS3 when a customer walks in. Furthermore, it's Mediaplex, they should be more professional mah. So backward, like never played a console game before in their life.