50% off 47 different Blu-ray titles on Amazon; mighty attractive to fence sitters

[dobyblue]

I've heard from several places the adult industy was having trouble with blueray. Sony wasn't allowing major blueray producers to make adult title discs. They can of course film them, but getting mass distribution is the problem.

What I'm getting at is....I think that had a major roll in the VHS-Beta war. Something like 60 to 70 percent of the movies rented or purchased the first year were adult titles.

Sony aren't the only people that can run off Blu-ray titles. Cinram, Panasonic, Technicolor - they all have Blu-ray pressing facilities.
There was a rumour that Sony would pull licencing from any facility pressing porn on BLu-ray, but this was shown to be a false rumour.
Vivid will be releasing Debbie Does Dallas...Again on Blu-ray and HD DVD later this month.

 

[evilkat]

One title I bought right away was The Fifth Element for $14.95. Sony have completed the remastering of this title for its 50GB release. They know the master was not in good shape for the original one and will be doing some sort of swap program for those that bought the 25GB version. This means to me I can get a nice clean 1080p transfer of The Fifth Element with LPCM 5.1 sound. Deal, deal and deal.

Fortunately, someone actually gifted the superbit version of the fifth element to me just this past christmas! Still I have to say I was very much inclined to get a player until the Aussie bloke pointed out some of the shortcomings that I had completely forgotten about.

I've been saved, Strat!!!

 

[darien87]

Oooooo Entrapment in Blu-Ray. That might be worth it just to watch CZ Jones' *** in high-def as she squeezes under those strings when she's practicing!!!

 

[stratman]

Fortunately, someone actually gifted the superbit version of the fifth element to me just this past christmas! Still I have to say I was very much inclined to get a player until the Aussie bloke pointed out some of the shortcomings that I had completely forgotten about.

I've been saved, Strat!!!

Gotta fight the urge, no matter what candy is thrown at you!

 

[davo]

What I'm getting at is....I think that had a major roll in the VHS-Beta war. Something like 60 to 70 percent of the movies rented or purchased the first year were adult titles.

A tinsy wincy teeny weeny small small small detail people seem to forget when they post similar comments to bmac(no disrespect).




We now have the INTERNET.

Figure that into the equation.

 

[Audioholics]

They are likely dumping the noisy titles so they can finally start having a market filled with well-mastered titles. The majority of Blu-ray discs on the market right now look darn-awful and are noisier than standard cable TV in Myrtle Beach.... and that's BAAAAAD.

I wouldn't buy ANY Blu-ray title until I saw proof that it didn't exhibit the noise issues I've seen to date on the majority of big titles.

 

[davo]

Blu-ray seems to have a bad rap for using crappy codecs. Does anyone know how to tell what codec was used on each disc? i.e. I haven't seen it on any disc's or disc covers and I wouldn't want to be ripped off getting a bad one.

Maybe the Blu-ray consortium could indulge us all since it is THEIR FAULT this problem exists.

I'll post this as a new thread, mods can delete either one.

 

[stratman]

They are likely dumping the noisy titles so they can finally start having a market filled with well-mastered titles. The majority of Blu-ray discs on the market right now look darn-awful and are noisier than standard cable TV in Myrtle Beach.... and that's BAAAAAD.

I wouldn't buy ANY Blu-ray title until I saw proof that it didn't exhibit the noise issues I've seen to date on the majority of big titles.

I visited Myrtle Beach, I thought it was nice and quiet,a bit too quiet

 

[dobyblue]

They are likely dumping the noisy titles so they can finally start having a market filled with well-mastered titles. The majority of Blu-ray discs on the market right now look darn-awful and are noisier than standard cable TV in Myrtle Beach.... and that's BAAAAAD.

I wouldn't buy ANY Blu-ray title until I saw proof that it didn't exhibit the noise issues I've seen to date on the majority of big titles.

I'm completely baffled by this post.

Ice Age : The Meltdown
X3 The Last Stand
Kingdom of Heaven
Black Hawk Down
The Transporter 2
AVP

Can you point out which ones of these you think are noisy titles??
The majority of big titles?
Here's the 5/5 PQ ratings from Home Theater Spot alone.

 PQ 	Blu-ray Title
 5.00 	Eight Below
 5.00 	MI3
 5.00 	X3
 5.00 	The Omen
 5.00 	The Wild
 5.00 	World Trade Center
 5.00 	All the King's Men
 5.00 	Transporter 2
 5.00 	Invincible
 5.00 	The Covenant
 5.00 	Pearl Harbour
 5.00 	Gridiron Gang
 5.00 	Open Season
 5.00 	Flyboys
 5.00 	Phone Booth
 5.00 	Reign of Fire
 5.00 	The Prestige
 5.00 	Stranger Than Fiction
 5.00 	Destiny's Child
 5.00 	Casino Royale

Can you give some examples outside of the June and July releases from last year that you consider to be big titles that have been full of noise?

 

[darien87]

Well thanks a lot. I just spent $80 on DVD's over at Amazon.

 

[mpompey]

Who cares about the price of disks, take 50% off the price of players, and ensure that you have enough players in stock, and then you can declare a winner. Until then, I can wait.