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It doesn't mean the set will have a matching SF disc. It'll be the standard SF disc, just in the box set, if anything. It would make absolutely no business sense to all of a sudden present us with a matching disc. After all, who other than a few OCD-suffering Bond fans cares?
I'm wondering if it's worth buying the 50th Anniversary DVD collection as it is half the price of the blue rays and the other Bond DVD collections that do include special features (not that the money is an issue anyway) and I don't have a blue ray player in my laptop. I move around a bit so there's no point in me getting a TV and a blue ray player at this stage.
Oh no! Sorry to hear that. Back in the late 90's I accidentally ordered Clockwork Orange and Never Say Never Again on CD instead of the actual movies. The former is a good soundtrack though. :)
I don't have the Bonds on DVD. Don't ask me why I have never bought them on DVD because I wouldn't be able to tell you. LOL.
I also watched all of the makings of the Bond films on the MGM channel back between the time of TWINE and DAD.
So, the quality of the DVD's is almost the same as the Blue Rays then? I wonder if I would even notice much difference between the two, watching them on my 15.5 inch Vaio screen..?
Thank you Murdock and Samuel001.
Do you think that there's much difference in picture quality between the following DVD collections:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/James-Bond-007-Ultimate-Collectors/dp/B00307RT86/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1383516451&sr=1-3&keywords=james+bond+collection
and
http://www.amazon.co.uk/James-Bond-Film-Collection-DVD/dp/B0093XXFZM/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1383516451&sr=1-1&keywords=james+bond+collection
I don't know when the former collection in the silver box was released.
I do have 'Never Say Never Again' and 'Skyfall' on DVD.
I carry a big DVD wallet around the world with me so I'd take all the DVD's out of their cases and put them in this.
Do you think that playing them on an actual blue ray player would make the picture quality look better or would they look just as good on a standard DVD player?
Yes, I can confirm that playing DVD's on a Blu Ray player, does improve picture and sound. However, BluRay discs are still better quality all round.
How much better quality would you say?
Is it really though? If there's no difference why did you set out to buy the Bluray set in the first place then and only wind up with the DVDs by accident? And as you haven't even got the Blurays how do you know there's no difference?
The fable of the fox and grapes springs to mind here.
As someone who does actually own the Blurays let me assure you that there is a world of difference. DN alone is worth the price of the box set - it looks indecently gorgeous.
Crystal clear picture, No Grit, No Grain. To me that's all I need to make my judgement. I'm sure there is a difference but I can't see it.
As for the reason I mistakenly got the DVD's are that at the time of the release. The Boxes looked Exactly the same. I do have Blu rays of other movies though. It looks like what happens when I see a 3D movie at the cinema. Granted the DVD's are still gorgeous and I'm happy with them. I'm disappointed it didn't come with a bonus disc, but It's been mentioned that the features themselves weren't special so in for a penny in for a pound I suppose.
It´s more the restaurations of some older films that take your breath away. I have Jaws for instance on dvd and br, and the dvd 30th anniversry edition looks perfect on my 9" netbook and did look perfect on my old 17" tube tv, but doesn´t cut it on 32", and not just in comparison.
I used to see no flaws whatsoever in the picture quality of my Road Warrior dvd, before I got my new tv. Last night I watched it again, for the first time on 32", and I noticed flaws. Again, I presume the br has a better restauration.
I have Skyfall both on dvd and br, and with a standart br player and standart 32" tv the differences are marginal. From 40" upward you definitely better watch br.
If you only use a laptop, I seriously doubt that you will see a difference between dvd and br if you watch a newer film. If you want to go for old Bond films, don´t hesitate and get them on br.
It really also depends on the case. The Manhunter br, despite the picture being much more crisp than the dvd, has the colours screwed up, resulting in the dvd having a much better mood than the br.
Unfortunately my computer just comes with a DVD player and I do not have a TV of my own as of yet. So there isn't a way for me to watch the Bond-films in BR-quality (within the boundaries of the law of course...)
Looks like you'll never be upgrading your Bond collection, then, because the QoS Collector's Edition will never see the light of day, sadly.
I've never understood the value people place on extras, particularly this nonsensical notion about the QoS ultimate edition. Don't get me wrong, they are interesting and I spent a good deal of time pouring over them when they released the DVD's a decade ago. However, in this day and age you can find out much more juicy information via better sources, this forum for instance. I saved and bought myself a top of the range TV and the Blu-ray boxset. It's the best thing I've ever done. I get to watch Bond in the best quality possible and that's all I need. Afterall, it's the films that are the important thing.
It's only Bond that I'm really interested in owning on blue ray. I'm happy with the standard DVD quality of my other films. They look good. I do have Skyfall on DVD and it looks good so on blue ray it must look amazing.
I wonder how much the smallest (preferably Sony seeing my laptop is Sony) blue ray player would weigh seeing I would want to take it in my suitcase..?
It annoys me the way Eon released those 50th Anniversary DVD's without extras even though I'm not heavily into extras. When it comes to Bond I do watch the occasional extra. I don't suppose there's much difference in quality if any between these ones and the ones in the silver box set (Ultimate DVD Collectors Set') on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/James-Bond-007-Ultimate-Collectors/dp/B00307RT86/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1383516451&sr=1-3&keywords=james+bond+collection
I could always buy the 50th Anniversary collection on DVD seeing they're so cheap and when I get a blue ray player or a new laptop that plays blue rays, two or three years down the track, I'll get the 50th Anniversary blue rays.
Are these the ones in the silver box?
When did the Special Edition collection come out? Is there much difference in quality between these and the 50th Anniversary DVD Collection that you also have?