PJ? ayooo... can not, fulus elek la....

Hmmm... was your disc locked on the centre spindle when you opened the case first time round? Maybe it got loose & moved around inside like in a washing machine during shipment! Mine happened many times... but only with dvds, never before on my blurays (bd has better locking spindle device & the case is smaller & compact). But in your case anything can happen because it's not sealed!

Just email back Amazon for a replacement set and I bet, you don't have to return the faulty set. I'm pretty sure they'll reply with something like: "...as the cost of return shipping is prohibitively expensive in this case, you do not need to return the item." Yup, dat's what I get on few occasions. Oh.... but dat's from Amazon US

Yup, cdwow is not bad given their price a bit expensive & all, but it's FREE shipping to M'sia & you can choose which currency you prefer when making payment! One thing I don't like about them is their website... they don't list a bd title's statistics (like features, aspect ratio etc etc). A friend of mine got a locked region B bd even though it was stated as "Region 0" at the website

So far in 2 & half years, only once that my Amazon US Std Shipping took over a month to receive. Usually it'll take between 10-14 days tops!

Ya lor, dats why la... but ok la, if we all get std shipping in 1-3 days, bengkrap la Priority shipping Amazon

Is there any online feature on this JCWT bd... like the "bd-live"? Sometimes the first time round when load may take quite sometime to download its content or wateva... just my 2 cents...

This post has been edited by fadthil: Feb 5 2009, 11:51 PM

If X-Men Trilogy selling at 69.95 ok wat. But for me, I'll wait wan, no rush-rush... price sure drop wan... I bet most of y'll oredi own all 3 on dvd rite... watch dat one first la, hehehe...

Eh, it's US$55.99 la for a 9-disc set!! Dats bladi reasonable. Y wait2 & watch dvd instead... pre-order now!!

Wow, manyak trilogy boxset to buy... next month Fast & Furious, then X-Men in April pulak, aduhh....

Hmmm, thought about car movies, hv to own Gone In 60 Seconds.... heard PQ must be good coz its from Disney

Oh, I oredi owned the first two... my favourite series, have watched repeatedly for more than 10 times. Oso owned both on dvds Can't wait for the 3rd one next month!

ya, can't wait to get my hands on this... hv no idea why I didn't get this long time ago!? I just luv the exterior night scenes in HD on this one... and the "ladies" too are hot (plus AngieJolie of cos) hehe...

Cool feature this... to track price changes at Amazon.com:
Amazon Price Tracker

Have just finished watching UniSol & I'm pleasantly surprised on how good the PQ is.. especially for a low budget, 16 years old movie like this one. It's hard to see any grain anywhere, sharpness is dead-on even on darker scenes.. brilliant work Lionsgate! I oso noticed most Roland Emerich film has good PQ on HD... look at The Patriot. Other studios should follow Lionsgate footstep on their older titles re-release on HD, kudos!

My take on grainy effect on BD movies...
Black Hawk Down - Acceptable
300 - Acceptable
Transformers - Not Acceptable!!

Wah, tdy very quiet one... either everybody still in holiday mood or too busy, work all piling up...

Managed to catch Lara Croft: Tomb Raider yesterday. Almost the entire movie was covered with grain even though the print master seemed to be in good condition. At this point how I wish that the 'avoidable' DNR technique should be applied on this one! The grainy is not film-like & its becoming a distraction especially on darkly lit and interior scenes. The exterior daytime shot however are quite sharp & almost grainless.

I'm not sure whether this grainy effect was intentional or the film stock used was of low quality. It could've been a good sight, this movie... because the cinematography of Peter Menzies Jr. was quite good (I like his work on Incredible Hulk ). I suspected the reason being Paramount utilised MPEG-2 codec for their early releases like this movie, instead of the now preferred MPEG-4 AVC like the recent Iron Man and Indy 4 bds. Maybe this artifact may not be so apparent on a bigger, full HD TV.... or was it the other way round? (mine is 32" & HD-ready onli... )

PQ: 3 out of 5 (AQ is nothing to comment, the DD 5.1 is pretty norm to me...)

You're right. Maybe I might as well follow your footstep... I bought it in the first place because I wanted to upgrade my old featureless JackSparrow dvd... & there's this Amazon 3-for-2 deal...

These too....

Kiss Of The Dragon
Gangs Of New York