Terminator 2 Skynet Edition on Blu-ray Disc and the Limited Edition T2 Complete Collector's Set will be available for $29.99 and $174.99 respectively on May 19, 2009, coinciding with the theatrical release of Terminator: Salvation and the DVD release of the Schwarzenegger DVD Collection.  

Anyway, BD viewing will benefit from even basic calibration. At least the brightness, contrast and backlight settings can be accurate. Grayscale calibration would definately benefit BD viewing.

slumdog millionaire won 8 oscars....or is it 9?

Kind of weird that TDK fail to 'sapu' the oscars but manage to break the box office record. Titanic won 11/14 Oscars. 

he did sunshine with michelle yeoh in it rite?

So rich arr you guys, buying non stop.

Credit crunch made me makan roti only.

Just tested Ip Man BD but my copy was very bad in terms of PQ.. 1st time saw ghosting on my LCD tv... pretty obvious to me, any LCD users experienced the same thing??

I wish I was a master of PQ, but I'm not and have been wrong before. I am still learning.

Anyway, movies/films are normally shot in 24frames per second (24Hz). This is primarily done to save space. Most BD are mastered in 24 fps (technically it is 23.97 fps - this I am not sure why, a real expert needs to explain this). Thus when played back 24 frames are played back in 1 sec. The problem is the eyes is our eyes does not have this refresh rate stuff. Our eyes can normally detect this when a slow panning shot on camera is showing on a screen. We see 24Hz judder. To counter this, most displays repeat each frame 1/2/3/4/5 (24/48/72/96/120 Hz) per second to reduce the effect of judder and thus showing a more natural picture. Again repeating each frame too many times start introducing a "video" like picture and a lot of videophiles dislike this. I have seen refresh rates of up till 72Hz and do not feel that it is videolike. A lot of pjs have this function as well. JVC, Epson and all. I am not sure of the refresh rates of the Optoma. Hope it helps. Again, my explanation might be slightly off. I believe ar188 is pretty well versed with this stuff as well. Correct me if I am wrong.

The thing is 24Hz judder is as the director meant it. So it is not all that bad. The 24Hz conversion to non multiples of 24/48/72/96/120 like 60Hz, 100Hz is where the judder becomes unbearable. I believe that is what is happening in the case of the AMP being turned on for the Samsungs and other displays that have options for processing of 24Hz material wrongly.

Edit: I believe the term speed up I used in the earlier reply was wrong. It is actually 24Hz being displayed at 48/72/96 Hz , meaning the frames are repeated. Speed up is only normally done for 24fps > 25Hz (each frame is sped up).

Just to chip in. AMP stands for Auto Motion Plus. It's a pretty name for frame interpolation that predict motion between frames. It smooths out the judder and make film looks like soap opera. When I first looked at it, i felt like it took out the feeling of a movie (dramatic feeling). but after a couple of days, I can't watch without AMP.

here's nice explanation with pictures

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-LN46A650-46-.../ref=pd_ts_e_3#

won't need to learn so much if we settled for a Kuro plasma instead of LCD.. 

Wanted to order some tittles from Amazon US, while going through the payment detail, I realize that Amazon had included "Import Fees Deposit" to Malaysia and it was not cheap. What is that? Never had this kind of charges from Amazon

Guess buying from Amazon is not getting cheaper unless special promotion like BOGO

import tax is only applicable if you use those expedited intl shipping and above.

this rule has been in place since late last year