Watched Crank last night on BD. Looks damn nice, and that movie is just pure action fun!

Vacancy. So - So movie. Always did have a thing for Kate tho...

Cal

Just picked up Crank - looking forward to it... First BD purchase for me :)

Casino Royale... very nice looking, sounded great too

Fifth Element looks great on Blue-Ray HD. There is slightly better contrast consitency than the SD dvd version I own. Colours are great, if your really picky it's worth picking up for overall good picture quality. I did find the SD dvd version had some interlacing issues that where exhaberated by mosquito noise and combing issues during high motion scenes but didn't notice much on the Blue-ray transfer.

I also found that switching over to PCM~audio can fatten up the sound giving it a more fuller focused sound--since the movie comes with non-compressed 5.1 audio track...the difference between PCM and bitstream 5.1 was dramatic in the vocals region....in Bitstream playback the vocals peaked prematurly...causing audible localization during dialogue that sounded boxy and very loud and over amplified...the PCM uncompressed signal aleviated that annomoly..and the vocals sounded larger and disapeared behind the center channel blending in better with the rest of the soundstage.

Since I got my 5 free movies in the mail last week, I decided to watch Underworld: Evolution last night. Pretty nice transfer I would say, the dark scenes, which there are plenty of, come out really nice and clear, good contrast I would say. The movie itself is decent, but I much prefer the original, so looking forward to that release.

Fifth Element looks great on Blue-Ray HD. There is slightly better contrast consitency than the SD dvd version I own. Colours are great, if your really picky it's worth picking up for overall good picture quality. I did find the SD dvd version had some interlacing issues that where exhaberated by mosquito noise and combing issues during high motion scenes but didn't notice much on the Blue-ray transfer.

I also found that switching over to PCM~audio can fatten up the sound giving it a more fuller focused sound--since the movie comes with non-compressed 5.1 audio track...the difference between PCM and bitstream 5.1 was dramatic in the vocals region....in Bitstream playback the vocals peaked prematurly...causing audible localization during dialogue that sounded boxy and very loud and over amplified...the PCM uncompressed signal aleviated that annomoly..and the vocals sounded larger and disapeared behind the center channel blending in better with the rest of the soundstage.
Do you have the re-mastered version? I finally found a copy at Future Shop on Friday. The picture is fantastic, but I guess the original was not much better than the Superbit version. You can tell if it's the re-mastered version, if it has Dolby TrueHD on the back. If you have the original, I beleive there's an exchange program available.

There's a re-mastered Blue-Ray version of The Fifth Element?...I know there was another re-master made for SD DVD that was slightly better than the original DVD version...but I assumed that the Blue-Ray version was a complete HD re-master of the movie. The copy I have has un-compressed pcm 5.1 audio output...but I don't know if it's only through HDMI audio?...it seems to work a bit better through optical output but I dunno if optical signal can carry TrueHD Dolby either.

There's a re-mastered Blue-Ray version of The Fifth Element?..
Yes, been around for a month.

The first movie received horrible reviews.

BTW is Blu without the E

X-Men 3 was pretty much a let down

Immortal Beloved - Finally getting movies like this one, about Beethoven's tormented life and its influence on his music, and The Lives of Others, released in Blu-Ray convinced me it was time to go neutral; seeing the glorious period sets and costumes in wonderful High Def, and hearing the amazing music in TrueHD, affirmed the investment was well worth it.

Had a chance to finally watch "Bubble", a movie that's more famous for how it was relased than the movie itself.

This flick received some pretty good reviews but is mainly suited for folks who like film festival films.

Non-actors are casted throughout the film.

Not a bad film, probably something one would enjoy more the second time around.

The Lives of Others (BD-50, AVC/MPEG4)

Immortal Beloved - Finally getting movies like this one, about Beethoven's tormented life and its influence on his music, and The Lives of Others, released in Blu-Ray convinced me it was time to go neutral; seeing the glorious period sets and costumes in wonderful High Def, and hearing the amazing music in TrueHD, affirmed the investment was well worth it.

Murray Perahia's piano playing is phenomenal in this movie. I gotta see/hear it sometime in Blu...

Ladder 49
Looked great, sounded great, great story!
The fire sounded awesome. They did a good job with the transfer.

We watched Million Dollar Baby last night and had never seen it before. A very sharp picture and a decent film. I wasn't expecting it to be that great but was pleasantly surprised.

Watched "Fantastic Four" this weekend - horrible, horrible movie - but because it was Blu-Ray - it looked good! Thank god I only rented it :p

Watched the remastered edition of Fifth Element last night. The picture quality is quite good, but I think I was more impressed with the audio fidelity. It was very good, only thing I didn't like is the explosions, gun fire, etc, were a lot louder than the vocals.

Watched "Invincible" last night. Terrific movie, PQ and SQ looked great as well.

The Lives of Others - An efficient, by-the-book agent for the East German Stasi and the poet he's assigned to "monitor" come to realize the foibles of their country's system. Fascinating glimpse into Cold War communism, beautifully acted and photographed. Well deserving of its Oscar as Best Foreign Film. Sony did a very nice job with this transfer, to boot. Now, if only they'd release Goodbye Lenin on Blu-Ray, they'd have a heck of a high-def double bill!