Blu-Rays to show off your tv's greatness?

[derestrictor]

G15. DNLA compliant for the IT bods.

[WelshChris]

Blue rays of old movies can be superb, and more impressive than the current crop of semi-artificial cgi'd movies - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind is amazing, but the film I'm waiting to see is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - the fairly recent remastered version of the standard DVD was stunning, but the blue ray should be superb... not available yet though

[oola]

We use the The Dark Knight. Even better with 7.1 and on a screen. Thats the first disc we ever play to a customer when we've finished an install and they are generally blown away

[TonyHetherington]

crmcatee said:

Is the ethernet port on the back of the G10 usable to stream ?

As Der said, it's the G15 with the ethernet connection, but because I've got myself a PopCorn Hour (google it!) I don't need an ethernet on the TV itself, just straight to the media extender (the popcorn hour).

[OldSkoolRS]

oola said:

We use the The Dark Knight. Even better with 7.1 and on a screen. Thats the first disc we ever play to a customer when we've finished an install and they are generally blown away

I take it you don't do many Constant Image Height screen installations.....that aspect ratio change for the Imax scenes is bloody annoying (actually I just cropped it to 2.35:1 with my Lumagen so fk em. ).

Edited by OldSkoolRS on Tuesday 25th August 15:12

[oola]

OldSkoolRS said:

oola said:

We use the The Dark Knight. Even better with 7.1 and on a screen. Thats the first disc we ever play to a customer when we've finished an install and they are generally blown away

I take it you don't do many Constant Image Height screen installations.....that aspect ratio change for the Imax scenes is bloody annoying (actually I just cropped it to 2.35:1 with my Lumagen so fk em. ).

Edited by OldSkoolRS on Tuesday 25th August 15:12

No we haven't as yet and yes, it is very annoying!

[Asterix]

Ummmmm - is that when the screen goes 'full' without the bars at the top & bottom?

If so, The Dark Knight is the only film I've ever seen that happen with. Glad it's not only me.

[OldSkoolRS]

Yes that's what I meant. There is another film coming up with this AR change, but I can't remember off hand what it is (IIRC it was something I wasn't bothered about anyway). I set up a 2.35:1 screen, as most BluRays I watch seem to be that format. For watching 16:9 content I just have to change a setting on my video processor so that the image 'fits' on the screen....it's a pain when it changes mid film though.

[FunkyGibbon]

Apart from the excellent suggestions above, any recent/new releases worth taking a look at that show Blu-ray and HD to its full potential?

[OldSkoolRS]

Depends if you're old enough to be a fan, but I bought the 'Police' concert BluRay 'Certifiable' last week and the picture quality on my projector looks fantastic. I don't know if it's an optical illusion caused by the bright stage lights, but the blacks look really deep and the sharpness of the image is amazing. I haven't viewed it on my 40" TV but I expect it will look good on that too, plus it is 16:9 format so it will at least 'fill' the TV screen. It is recorded in 1080/60i format so that means you don't even need a newer TV with 1080/24p input to enjoy smooth motion.

I also got a Gary Moore Thin Lizzy tribute BluRay that had similar quality, but of course if you're not a fan of either then it's a pointless purchase (Gary Moore is an amazing guitarist IMHO).

[FunkyGibbon]

OldSkoolRS said:

Depends if you're old enough to be a fan, but I bought the 'Police' concert BluRay 'Certifiable' last week and the picture quality on my projector looks fantastic. I don't know if it's an optical illusion caused by the bright stage lights, but the blacks look really deep and the sharpness of the image is amazing. I haven't viewed it on my 40" TV but I expect it will look good on that too, plus it is 16:9 format so it will at least 'fill' the TV screen. It is recorded in 1080/60i format so that means you don't even need a newer TV with 1080/24p input to enjoy smooth motion.

I also got a Gary Moore Thin Lizzy tribute BluRay that had similar quality, but of course if you're not a fan of either then it's a pointless purchase (Gary Moore is an amazing guitarist IMHO).

cool top suggestions - I'm both old enough and a fan

[OldSkoolRS]

No worries, I got them on Amazon BTW, cheaper than Play.com (my other prefered online supplier).