Blu-ray movie recommendations?

[DRuM]

I just exchanged my LG BD370 bluray player for the panasonic BD35 MR DVD. I thought the LG was good, but lacks a bit of resolution compared to others like the sony players. But this panny is meant to be the dogs bollocks. Gonna unbox it now.

[Doombrain]

Rubbish

LED is the way forward

ok

[DRuM]

Right then, hellboy, pans labrinth and sincity to get next. Is it important to have seen hellboy 1 first before hellboy 2?

Also, is there any way I can unwatch AVP Requiem? What a pile of shite that was.

Also SinCity is awesome on bluray. Very awesome

Oh yeah, and Pan's Labyrinth is glorious on BluRay. Gullermo Del Toro's rich visuals really suit the medium (with that in mind, consider Hellboy 1 and 2; reasonable stories, but great visuals).

[Mat Linnett]

It's not entirely necessary to have seen the first, but it does give you a lot of background on the characters, and explains Hellboy's origin.

[Don Carlos]

First is better than 2nd...

[Doombrain]

i think the best BR I've seen to date is batman begins. Dark Knight is also a BR must but you'll need a good 5.1/7.1 for both.

[Chupacabra]

do you mean video quality or just in terms of movie quality? i liked both batman begins and dark knight, but i liked batman begins just a bit better.

[DRuM]

I'm not sure if I've seen batman begins, might have to rent that one too. Dark Knight was awesome.
I'll definitely get the first hellboy... first.


Question: did you guys all do a proper calibration of your tvs with one of those calibration tools or did you just mess around with controls till it looked good to you? People at various blu ray forums are all saying how important it is for me to get a calibration tool such as Digital Video Essentials Blu-Ray calibration disc. Personally, I think the picture quality I'm getting from blu ray looks great on tv factory settings with standard mode, it doesn't seem overblown or washed out or anything like that. I can't imagine it looking much better but maybe it would. Also, what kind of backlight setting do you use, higher or lower?

[Hannibal]

Two options: professional calibration or do-it-yourself. In my neck of the woods, prof. calibration costs anywhere between $200 to $1000, depending on your set's make and model. Unless you are an extreme videophile, this is a serious waste of cash.

DVE tools can be helpful...but the easiest thing to do is go to the AVS forum, do a quick search of your model number and locate the owner's/calibration thread. Begin basic calibration adjustments from what you read there, and then decide if you need to do anything more. In most cases, trying out a few sets of settings from that thread will give you what you need and cost nothing ta boot.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=9/

[DRuM]

Two options: professional calibration or do-it-yourself. In my neck of the woods, prof. calibration costs anywhere between $200 to $1000, depending on your set's make and model. Unless you are an extreme videophile, this is a serious waste of cash.

DVE tools can be helpful...but the easiest thing to do is go to the AVS forum, do a quick search of your model number and locate the owner's/calibration thread. Begin basic calibration adjustments from what you read there, and then decide if you need to do anything more. In most cases, trying out a few sets of settings from that thread will give you what you need and cost nothing ta boot.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=9/

Thanks. Yeah, I've already posted there about this, and I've asked them if they know of anywhere I can find settings for my model. You're right about professional calibration, I certainly won't be wasting my money on that.

[Fender]

Where's Juggs?

[Doombrain]

do you mean video quality or just in terms of movie quality? i liked both batman begins and dark knight, but i liked batman begins just a bit better.

I mean in terms of the leap in experience from the SD DVD to BR. The sound in True HD on a good system and level of detail, for me was almost like watching anther film.

[Doombrain]

I'm not sure if I've seen batman begins, might have to rent that one too. Dark Knight was awesome.
I'll definitely get the first hellboy... first.


Question: did you guys all do a proper calibration of your tvs with one of those calibration tools or did you just mess around with controls till it looked good to you? People at various blu ray forums are all saying how important it is for me to get a calibration tool such as Digital Video Essentials Blu-Ray calibration disc. Personally, I think the picture quality I'm getting from blu ray looks great on tv factory settings with standard mode, it doesn't seem overblown or washed out or anything like that. I can't imagine it looking much better but maybe it would. Also, what kind of backlight setting do you use, higher or lower?

There are two schools here.

The first is the purest who’ll use a spectrometer to measure the colour and try to bring it as close to real life as possible. Not me.

The second is balancing the best brightness, contract and colour levels possible by using a BR calibration disk, which is what I do.

I work with colour everyday and the biggest mistake I find in projector profiling is people want real life until they see the output. What people don’t realize is real life colour is fucking flat.
I suggest you use the disk, make the room dark and put a low level light behind the screen then make your adjustments. It’s going to take you a few days to be happy with it. All part of the fun really.

Backlight, if it's 1 to 10 i'd set 3 or 4.

[plained]

i prefer the sharpness and brightness of lcd

i like how plasma has kinda a softer pic thats masks flaws like a crt but i'll still prolly never get one.

a blue ray to spec u say?

good bad and ugly,

too bad they shittid up the sound

[Doombrain]

jesus christ.

[DRuM]

There are two schools here.

The first is the purest who’ll use a spectrometer to measure the colour and try to bring it as close to real life as possible. Not me.

The second is balancing the best brightness, contract and colour levels possible by using a BR calibration disk, which is what I do.

I work with colour everyday and the biggest mistake I find in projector profiling is people want real life until they see the output. What people don’t realize is real life colour is fucking flat.
I suggest you use the disk, make the room dark and put a low level light behind the screen then make your adjustments. It’s going to take you a few days to be happy with it. All part of the fun really.

Backlight, if it's 1 to 10 i'd set 3 or 4.

Ok, I'll lower the backlight. Is that a preference of yours, or is that more how it should actually be? When you say put a low level light behind the screen, what is that for?

[Deathshroud]

Any time I've ever used a calibration disc it always has me set the contrast and brightness so low its like the screen is barely lit.

[plained]

oh and pioneer are the plasmas to get!

[Doombrain]

There are two schools here.

The first is the purest who’ll use a spectrometer to measure the colour and try to bring it as close to real life as possible. Not me.

The second is balancing the best brightness, contract and colour levels possible by using a BR calibration disk, which is what I do.

I work with colour everyday and the biggest mistake I find in projector profiling is people want real life until they see the output. What people don’t realize is real life colour is fucking flat.
I suggest you use the disk, make the room dark and put a low level light behind the screen then make your adjustments. It’s going to take you a few days to be happy with it. All part of the fun really.

Backlight, if it's 1 to 10 i'd set 3 or 4.

Ok, I'll lower the backlight. Is that a preference of yours, or is that more how it should actually be? When you say put a low level light behind the screen, what is that for?

normally a high level is just too bright, chroma too high. a great way of dealing with it is by lowering the backlight.

putting a low level light behind the screen, and i mean very low, gives you an appreciation of light level and stops eye strain. next time to see a movie you'll notice the lights never go totally out.

[Doombrain]

oh and pioneer are the plasmas to get!

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/televisions/0,3 ... 028,00.htm