Reporting For Duty
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Categories
BLUE-RAY RELEASES - ARE THEY A MONEY MAKING CON?
As someone who has yet to enter the Blue Ray, and still sceptical about it, it strikes me that the planned boxset release is a little bit of a rip off. I apologise if this belongs on another thread but hust needed a rant and couldn't be bothered goping through the archive. I,ve just looked at the planned extras as there is virtually nothing that we havent already got on the Ultimate editions, save a couple of new documentaries which I,m sure will be standard generic stuff. Still no sign of a Collector's Edition for QOS. I,m sure the picture quality will be sharp but I'm more than happy with my UE Dvds. Rant over! Eon, if you're listening if you re-release on Dvd with alot od new extras plus a QOS UE then and only then will I part with my readies. Rant over!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
I went to my granddad's house the other day, and he's in a reversed role: $1,500 or so of speakers, big TV, but just a DVD player. The quality doesn't look that well, but the sound is phenomenal. I guess it just depends on what you prefer. You can pick up a blu-ray player these days for $60-$80, and you could get almost any blu-ray you want off Amazon for $8-$20. I still go to places like Wal-Mart and Best Buy and find great deals.
Bottom line is its all about the packaging really. I have to admit i will get one though.
I've already got almost all the titles I want on Blu-ray: the first 4 Connery pics, LALD, TMWTGG, LTK and the two Craigs. Am only missing OHMSS and TLD on Blu... As for the other titles in the franchise, the 2-disc Ultimate Collection DVDs (upconverted by my player) are quite sufficient.
(OHMSS and TLD better get stand-alone Blu-ray editions, dammit...)
But, GE? I don't care about the price, I will be purchasing it day one of availability.
Oh sir, you must go blu... It's the only way!!!
The box set due in September will have a nice little slot ready to house SkyFall when that too comes out in April 2013! :-$
:-B
These Bond box sets will never stop and they will keep re-releasing it every now and again whenever a new Bond movie approaches... So now, come to think abt it, unless the blu-ray set reduces which I doubt would happen, I will just stick to my James Bond Ultimate DVD set..
unless it's a cheap movie i dont really care that much about - i only buy blurays now..
I'm not sure how much better quality can get and how many times I need to repurchase titles, especially as the next big thing seems to be around the corner faster and faster.
I guess it ends when you are actually transported into the film itself. Isn't that already available with virtual reality?
You can buy in to it or not - your choice. It's more to do with the size of your picture. A 32" TV isn't going to benefit much from the leap from 1080p to 4k. But a 120" + projector screen will benefit enormously. They have 8K in Japan.
1967 CR is available on blu ray.
And considering some people are content to watch things on their tablets, computers and cell phones, I question if that will go over well.
For example, I had the original Terminator blu release and it was serviceable. When they remastered and rereleased it a few years back the quality jumped by leaps and bounds. I quickly sold my old copy. In contrast, I couldn't tell much of a difference in the latest ballyhooed remastered release of Heat vs. the old copy. Maybe it's because the original release was pretty good. Same goes for Angels and Demons.
I've yet to invest in a 4K setup and am waiting for the prices to fall. This is the one that could be the 'money grab'. Although the quality is noticeably better from what I can tell, the films are too expensive for the moment.
I purchased the 4K version of Total Recall (the pathetic remake), and the quality is exceptional even without a 4K player or tv. I can certainly tell the difference on my 55" lcd with a standard blu ray player.
They don't have to have such a setup. If people are content in watching on tablets etc. then that's fine for them - I don't see what your point is.
Sue their asses for omitting those official two titles, Dimi!
MGM seems to have been waiting for the right time, rolling out the Bond films in 4K gradually, across streaming, on-demand, and as DCP re-releases in cinemas for the last couple years, even though they've had them sitting on the shelves since the Ultimate Edition DVDs were mastered.
It won't make sense to keep "upgrading" the quality with movies that were shot on 35mm film much past 4K. This article is a good read if you're interested in this stuff.
Post-4K, I can only hope that, being unable to sell us on higher quality or the newness of a format, maybe they'll go back to selling us on some quality extras.
I plan on getting a 4K TV soon, but I'm still lost on what brand/series I want to go with.
You just have to know where to look. Some of those TV's are in the few thousand range, but you can find a proper 4K TV for $500-700.
I just prefer the quality difference. These days, a new DVD in the U.S. costs $15-20 and a new blu-ray runs $20-25, so it's really not that big of a difference to me. Especially now, when most people have an HD TV and a blu-ray player is much, much cheaper and more accessible than it was a decade ago.
But it is a hassle to replace all my DVDs for BR, when at some point, I will have to replace all of my BRs for what comes next, then do the same for that format.
And that is without mentioning DVDs that have not had a BR release. Off the top of my head, the classic era Doctor Who stories, a fraction of which, have had a BR release. It's a hassle and a waste of money. I'll stick with DVD, until they aren't made anymore, then I simply won't have a choice, i'll start buying whatever is the current (physical) format.
I'd like to think the death of DVD's is still a long, long way off.
Panasonic
Sony
samsung
Are probably the best
I've been eyeing a $599 Vizio 50", part of the series that came this year that contains HDR, better coloring/dark levels, etc. Seems a pretty fair price, and the TV I have now is Vizio and I love it.
It's between that, or a $550 Vizio 55", but it's regular 4K TV and part of an older series.