Blu-ray? What's that?

Calling all villagers! Hang him!

Ni kena hang, bkn ban lagi dah... Mana org2 kampung? Jebat derhaka!

That's a common problem. Won't worry about it, Sony should issue a fix soon.

Dr. M,

My rumah anak yatim hasn't arrive ar?

Haha... I got it in 720p inside my PS3!

Just need to do a 10 minutes remux, that's it. I think I've posted in the FAQ thread.

Remuxing means only changing the header/container, no video conversion was done! Quality remains the same.

There's a new version ar? Haven't checked long time already.

Aiya POP, why not share earlier. I've not been doing this long time already. Quite busy now.

BOGO?

Amazon.com or eBay bro.

There's a buy 2 free 1 offer right now:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=...=blurayforum-20

Can also watch this thread for bulk/tumpang offer.

The prices at Amazon.com always changes, just like Tesco/Carrefour.

When you see increase in price, it's not actually increased, just going back to their normal selling price, which Amazon always maintain at least 30% off the retail price. Once in a while they drop it a few bucks at limited time.

Even if you bought at a higher price than what they are currently offering, you can ask for the price difference to be refunded (if the purchase is within 30 days).

Yes, you can pre-order it. But they will only ship on the day before the release date.

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Added on May 6, 2008, 10:46 pmTry PM Bro POP, Arj, or Megatron. Sorry, I'm not doing bulk currently. Maybe July.

This post has been edited by aiman04: May 6 2008, 10:46 PM

Not necessarily. Someone order something like 2 BDs and a book previously, also kena. And many taukehs here been doing bulk that totals at least RM2k, lepas. Maybe once or twice only sangkut.

So, make sure always mandi bunga to buang bad luck...

Must be 7 different kinds of flowers from 7 virgin jungle (hutan dara!), must do it naked under full moon while singing buai laju2!

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Added on May 7, 2008, 7:58 amMust go through all check out process to see the final price. There you will see a discount on the cheapest item. Check carefully there, if not satisfying, don't click "Place Order".

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Added on May 7, 2008, 8:03 amPay him the poslaju cost, and a few bucks extra for teh tarik and bun goreng.

Not sure when it will end bro. In this offer most titles we should already have.

Now I just tumpang2, not getting many, one or two only. Not worth doing bulk. July is only tentative.

This post has been edited by aiman04: May 7 2008, 08:03 AM

Hackwire,

I'm not saying that's you're wrong, maybe that's the written rule.

This all based on my own and other forumers experience. Like RX said, there are fellow forumers here that was taxed by kastam only for 2 BDs.

Myself, six years of ordering from Amazon.com, I never kena. Some valued thousands ringgit in one package. And there are some who does bulk almost every week!

So the kastam people never follow rules one, only suka hati... That's why we're saying it depends on your own nasib. Standard or express shipping all same.

But be prepared if your priority shipping by UPS, I've heard a lot of kastam problem using UPS.

But your luck will improve if you use DHL. Rarely heard any problem. They've got "custom brokers" to deal with this. This is real:

http://www.dhl-usa.com/IntlSvcs/detail/WWP...ices/AirFreight

They are not actually "increased". Those are their actual selling price after 30% discount.

From time to time, for limited time, they decrease little bit. So now they're back to normal price.

My BD arrived already. But so sad I'm still away. Mega, keep it for me, will only be back on Thursday.

I read some comments about bad PQ on old movies here. Old movies won't automatically have bad PQ. Many older movies (before late 1970s) uses 70mm film stock. With that kind of perforations, the resolution would be super ultra high. One example is 2001: A Space Odyssey.

35mm movies will still give ultra high resolution. Blade Runner was shot using 35mm anamorphic Panavision (2.35 ratio stretched to 1.33, meaning every single perforation will be used), and was scanned at 4k resolution before being downscaled to the BD resolution. Some movies were shot on 35mm Super35, with top/bottom parts cropped for theatrical release. This will give it some loss in resolutions. Example, Robocop. That said, it will also come back on the condition of the film itself. The special edition Star Wars on DVD was physically cleaned using chemical solutions, then scanned to digital form before being cleaned again by Lowry Digital (now part of DTS).

For movies shot on digital (can either be 1080p or i), that's as far as it can get. To get better resolution from it's source, it will need to be upscaled. So that's why movies shot on film are much, much better in resolution, and is ready for whatever future ultra hi-def format.

Did you guys know that some movies that was shot on digital, like Miami Vice, some grain was intentionally digitally created by the director to get the "look" of film?

PS: I just watched Sunshine 2 weeks ago, I love it! It's now one of my favorite "thinking sci-fi" flick.

Indy 4 is definitely being prepared for blu-ray (confirmed by Blu-ray.com), most probably will be released day-and-date with the DVD in November.

It's safe to assume that we could get a quadrilogy boxset.

Just sell your old DVDs and get her some chanel. That's what I always do when I replace my old DVDs with BD (but not necessarily chanel un my case).

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Added on May 14, 2008, 11:26 amAnd many others will too! Indy could be the start for BIG titles to embrace BLU. Watch out for LOTR and Star Wars!

This post has been edited by aiman04: May 14 2008, 11:26 AM

Movies has wider ratio than our current widecreen TVs. They're mostly 1.85 or 2.35 or 2.40. 1.85 is the closest, so there will only be very small black bars you won't notice it.

BDs will never put the movie into 1.33 ratio (unlike DVDs). It sometimes transfered to fit 1.78, though that only was done with movies shot with Super35, because the movie directors don't like cropping their films. So what you see is actually the real ratio of the movie. To get it to fill up your screen (actually, why? you'll loose portions of the image) you can use the zoom function on your PS3 or TV.

Most movies that was shot on film used Super35 or anamorphic Panavision film stock. Both are framed at 1.33:1 physically.

Super35 uses matting technique, which blacks out the top and bottom to get the aspect ratio as desired by the director. The ratios can be 2.40, 2.35 or 1.85 theatrically. When transfered for home viewing, it can be opened up to 1.78 or even 1.33, which means you'll actually see more information (top and bottom) on than the theatrical version. So if the director doesn't mind to keep the original theatrical ratio, you will see it in full 1.78 (16:9) or 1.33 (4:3) without any cropping.

Anamorphic Panavision stretches the image vertically to fit the 1.33 film stock frame. When projected/transfered, they will be unstretched to get the 2.35 ratio. It uses the whole frame, so it will have better resoulution. This technique will always be in that ratio, so to fit your screen (1.78 or 1.33), the image will have to cropped, using a technique called pan & scan. You'll lose portions of the image the entire movie, and the director usually don't like to do this.

These are atually 35mm formats, there are also 70mm. There are many more film formats, like cinemascope, etc.

Digitally shot 1080p HD will have 1.78 ratio unless cropped.

Fuh! What a busy day!

Anyway, need you guys suggestions. I've got this new unopened Spidey trilogy BD. The owner changed his mind, don't want it along with 2 other BDs.

Saw at Cineleisure the trilogy selling at RM399! How much should I sell it? I'm thinking RM250, is that OK?

PS: Latok Mega, will confirm with you about the BD later.

This post has been edited by aiman04: May 15 2008, 05:54 PM