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Dark City just came out on BD, didn't it? Has anyone picked it up yet?

Originally Posted by graf1k Yeah, at first when I read that I thought they were saying they'd give you $20 credit toward the BD when you send the DVD which would have been sweet, but this way is retarded, especially when you don't even get the full BD packaging and all. Also that comment that BDs will "generally" be priced to match the DVDs has me a little worried. Originally they said flatly that BD = DVD in price.

They all are the same price as the DVDs on Criterion's site ($31.96)

Originally Posted by bmachine Dark City just came out on BD, didn't it? Has anyone picked it up yet?

It came out almost a month ago.

I bought it from Amazon for $17 a week or so ago. Pretty good upgrade and it has a ton of extras, both the Director's/Theatrical cut and a digital copy.

Originally Posted by Sporadic It came out almost a month ago. I bought it from Amazon for $17 a week or so ago. Pretty good upgrade and it has a ton of extras, both the Director's/Theatrical cut and a digital copy.

Huh...I thought it was mid-August, for some reason.

Regardless, thanks for the impressions. Definitely need to pick that one up!

Originally Posted by bmachine Dark City just came out on BD, didn't it? Has anyone picked it up yet?

It's DNRd pretty good. So there's not really a lot of detail, the audio is ok. Extras are good, $17 is the right price.

BTW- Tower.com has Beowulf for $24 and Transformers for $23. Free shipping over $25 and some people are getting Transformers already(my entire order shipped earlier in the week, should be here by Mon.)

ing awesome

I finally figured out how to take full 1080p screenshots with my setup.

Tested it out with Apocalypto

And... how do you do that?

Originally Posted by VipFREAK And... how do you do that?

magic

I have a LG Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drive in my computer. With the use of a few programs, I was able to take screenshots and export them in full 1080p. Took forever to figure it out but it's actually a fairly simple process.

Nice, I can't wait til we are able to make "backups" of our Blu Rays.

you can hd dvd anywhre i think its called

You can but with the price of Blu-ray writable discs at this point its pointless to do so.

How bad are the picture and sound for U-571 and End of Days? $42 on Amazon for the Action Starter Pack seems like a pretty good deal, so I am thinking those two are duds, considering Miami Vice is a fairly recent movie.

U-571 PQ/AQ is amazing.
End of Days has decent AQ...PQ is one of the worst I've seen (same with the HD DVD version).

For both, if you have the HD DVD keep them.

U-571 has better picture on HD DVD and End of Days BD dropped all the special features from HD DVD version.

Originally Posted by GizmoGC U-571 PQ/AQ is amazing. End of Days has decent AQ...PQ is one of the worst I've seen (same with the HD DVD version). For both, if you have the HD DVD keep them. U-571 has better picture on HD DVD and End of Days BD dropped all the special features from HD DVD version.

Thanks for you the quick response, Gizmo. Can always bank on you to offer up some good advice on films. I don't have either U-571 or End of Days on HD-DVD, even though I enjoy both films, so I might have to consider this. Not the biggest fan of Miami Vice (actually trying to get rid of an HD-DVD copy on my TL), though. I see some good prices on the other two films on HD-DVD in a few places, so I might just pick them up and avoid being stuck with another copy of Miami Vice.

heroes season 2 didnt get such a good review.

Any where to get it cheaper than the amazon 40? 40 seems like a lot for 11 episodes

Originally Posted by bigdaddybruce44 Thanks for you the quick response, Gizmo. Can always bank on you to offer up some good advice on films. I don't have either U-571 or End of Days on HD-DVD, even though I enjoy both films, so I might have to consider this. Not the biggest fan of Miami Vice (actually trying to get rid of an HD-DVD copy on my TL), though. I see some good prices on the other two films on HD-DVD in a few places, so I might just pick them up and avoid being stuck with another copy of Miami Vice.

You're Welcome. Love to be of help. Looking forward to getting the horror and comedy pack from Universal soon!

IIRC, I got both End of Days and U-571 from iNetVideo for about $6 or so. Well worth it. I held on to my HD DVD copies of both films and got rid of the Blu.

Originally Posted by guyver2077 heroes season 2 didnt get such a good review. Any where to get it cheaper than the amazon 40? 40 seems like a lot for 11 episodes

You mean the show in general or the quality on BD?

Originally Posted by GizmoGC You mean the show in general or the quality on BD?

the actual show.. season 2 was a supposed dissapointment but I have not watched it yet

Season 2 is much better when watched on BD. Hiro's story only takes a few hours on BD while it takes weeks on broadcast TV.

Damn, forgot I pre-ordered Heroes S2 at Amazon. Hopefully, I enjoy it. Managed to not see more than five minutes of last season, though I'm worried considering all the bad word I've heard of last season's story arch.

It's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be