Old Bond Films on Blu ray
sheepherder -- Fri, 04/10/2009 - 17:57
Just finished watching Live and Let Die and was impressed with the level of detail especially in the scenes shot in Harlem and the detail and colors in NO and Jamaica.
I saw Live and Let Die when it came out 35+ years ago and I dont remember that level of detail.
Still need to watch Thunderball.
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How does the level of detail on Blu-ray compare to watching these films on a High Def Comcast channel?
I haven't pulled the trigger on buying a Blu-ray player yet because I only have a 1080i (720p) display, and I can get movies "On Demand" in high def. What am I missing? Thanks!
Don't know I have Verizon so my signal is not compressed like Comcast. Casino Royale on Blu Ray is superior to Show Time HD on FIOS which has the best picture and sound of all the providers by a wide margin.
My sis has Comcast and she says her Samsung Blu Ray is superior by significant margin and she isn't a videophile etc. and she is cheap!
She was impressed with the FIOS and can't wait till it comes to her neighborhood for the TV pix and the real world internet speed.
I paid $199 for my 350 a few days before Xmas at the Sony Store.
Sheepherder
Shenandoah Valley, VA
Thanks for the info. Where do you rent your Blu-ray discs? Do they have a big selection?
No I buy. I watch the sales at Amazon and DVD Planet and use the giift cards i get for the holidays at Best Buy and Wallies World. Get signed up for emails from Sony Style I am always getting decent deals on their TVs, receivers computers etc.
Sheepherder
Shenandoah Valley, VA
Yeah, I could see owning a library of some of the best Bond movies. Sean Connery is still my fave, but there are some other good ones.
I would bet that Thunderball would really benefit from hi-def reproduction, particularly in the underwater scenes.
It has been widely reported that Blu-ray's images are far superior to what is avaliable on any Satellite or cable/FIOS system.
I have Comcast HD, and the images are as good as what I have seen on FIOS, and I have compared them pretty closely. The Blu-ray images I see are definitely superior, with a 1080p/24fps display. And, of course the High Res sound of Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio are far superior to any lossy DD and DTS format, from cable/satellite/DVD.
This brings us to the closest experience to what the Director and Sound Designer saw/heard, and thus is the best available platform to watch films.
Mike
VinylGuy
I have compared FIOS to Blu Ray and its close. My sis has Comcast and their HD is awful in comparision to FIOS. FIOS is uncompressed and hass better detail. With Comcast you are lucky if you are getting 720p and you getting no where near 1920x1080 i or p with cable or Directv. Unless you are lucky enough to have fiber as for your cable. My sis just has run of the mill Comcast with HD.
Now my new Meridian projector would make even crummy Comcast or Directv HD look incredible in 4k.
Sheepherder
Shenandoah Valley, VA
I guess it may depend where you live.
Our Comcast system here is one of the newer state of the art systems, and we have FIOS running here, as well.
They are comparable, here, one is about the same as the other, viewed at a local High End dealer on the same systems together.
Comcast presents 1080i sources that way, and the 720p are presented that way.
Blu-ray is superior in all ways to satellite/cable.
Mike
VinylGuy