jostenmeat - Since you had have a decent collection of BD movies, in your opinion, what movie has the best picture, so I can buy one and test my future blu ray player.
I'll of course tell you my opinion, but I'd like to say that I use AVS bd-software forum quite a LOT. Also, some of our members here give good reviews on titles in the movie subforum here. j garcia is a frequent contributor, and for example ADTG's thread has got me some Kill Bill's on the way.
Cartoons can look spectacularly smooth, detailed, with tons of color. I can't help myself, but Im going to order these by preference in content, and not necessarily PQ: Ratatouille, Meet the Robinsons, Surf's Up (AMAZING WAVES), A Scanner Darkly, Cars, Open Season (great PQ, sorta lame compared to the others, in content).
Live action: oh boy, too many to list.
The Prestige, Underworld 1/2 (if you have good black detail on display, with good light control), Pale Rider (unbelievable for an older movie), Man on Fire, POTC series, Casino Royale . . . possibly some others like Galapagos, Curse of the Golden Flower...
^Honestly, I know Im missing a bunch, and I've probably listed those only because they represent more recent viewings!
some with excellent PQ, but ummm questionable content IMO, Shooter, Hitman, Spiderman 3... (thankfully, sometimes amazing PQ can help get me thru some more bored moments. I remember the red helicopter scene in Shooter, thinking WOW THAT LOOKS AMAZING....
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other older movies with excellent PQ, especially given the age, Close Encounters, How the West Was Won, besides Pale Rider already mentioned.
Just wait till Criterion releases its first five, everyone has very high expectations. Cost more though. Man who fell to earth, the third man, last emperor, bottle rocket, chungking express but I cannot remember the order in which they are released. I should own all 5 in the next 4-6 weeks maybe.
I got everything hooked up last night. I upgraded the firmware for BD-Live but haven't tried to download anything yet.
After only watching 2 discs, Iron Man and Casino Royale, the video definitely looked more detailed. It wasn't a quantum leap from upscaled DVDs but a definite improvement. Also, boot up and load times were not nearly as bad as I expected. I don't think it was a ton slower than my DVD player.
One issue that's probably part of my learning curve, I got the Dolby Digital soundtrack on Casino Royale instead of the PCM. I'll probably have to double check the audio setup for each disc.
Jim
Make sure to select proper codec/format in the software menu. oh you said that already. Make sure that player's settings are correct.
Keep watching the better looking discs and then watch a few SD DVDs. That was when I really noticed the difference.
Yeah, however jg, he is using a 720p, which might not matter with whatever viewing angle he has. Which would also affect his opinion I suppose as well.
