Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Systems The one of MANY HD-DVD threads (No bashing Blu-Ray)

Thanks for raining on that one O Prophet of Doom!

On an unrelated note, do Amazon(.com) include delivery costs in their customs declarations?

I'd need to double check but I don't think so - I think they only declare the value of the goods... my Spidey Blu-Ray box set came through without any charges, which was nice

I've asked this before, but are there any good HD disc comparison sites out there? What I really want to see is:

- A comprehensive list of HD disc titles (including current + future releases with release dates) and which are HD DVD and BD exclusives.

The following would be nice to find in one place:

- Details of audio soundtracks.
- Comparison of picture and audio quality.
- Region information.

I mainly use these:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/

Lots of info. Appalling PQ reviews - nearly always miss problems. A bit like Mark Kermode's film reviews - whatever he says, often the opposite is true.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/list.php?reviewType=HD+DVD

Much better, but still not crticial enough.

http://bluray.lindsite.dk/

No longer maintained. Shame.

Pre-release info:

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/amazonpreorders.html
http://Bluray.highdefdigest.com/amazonpreorders.html

Mark

Thanks Mark. Just realized I posted my question to the wrong thread. I'll move it and your answer...

Edit: Successfully moved. Oh! The power...

Specs for 3-layer HD DVD (2.0) finalized and now approved (51GB). Rumor has it that any existing HD-DVD drive can read three layer media.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storag..._Layer_HD_DVD_Finally_Gets_Approved.html

well my format has 10 layers!

best regards,
Jerry

I`ve not found a good site that encompasses everything I look for.

I tend to only stick to the trades for news above any other resource as, aside from information that trickles into my inbox from those I know personally dealing with the formats, these are some of the best resources for industry happenings free of hidden agendas or slants in articles to make one format look better than the other. They just report on what`s happening and who`s doing what:

www.videobusiness.com
www.homemediamagazine.com

If I want news from a variety of general sites/blogs (and I rarely do on account of so many of them being hopeless excuses for journalism) then I type the names of each format into Google News and scan the results. Frankly, I can`t abide sites like High Def Digest for news as they are often slow to report things and prone to printing mistakes. www.highdefdiscnews.com is quite handy as a ‘Google News` alternative as the site gathers various articles from all over and they also have a release schedule.


For disc announcements I recommend:

www.dvdtimes.co.uk
www.dvdactive.com

Both are UK based, but excellent for new disc announcements covering all regions (and all formats) and they are always ahead of Hi Def Digest/Digital Bits…etc for disc specs and cover art. To the credit of High Def Digest however, their release list is comprehensive.


As far as reviews go, I tend to go on word from friends and those I trust online - and none of those are writing for any of the websites out there. Occasionally I catch some insightful reviews, but they are few and far between, and are - ironically - almost always written by contributing reviewers rather than chief editors/reviewers who like to assign themselves the biggest titles to evaluate.


Oh and for Blu-ray region coding:
http://bluray.liesinc.net/ (this is the active successor to the site Mark mentioned which is no longer maintained)

Some other sites :

http://www.dvdcompare.net/index.php have started to compare discs from around the world .

U.S. Release news :

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/showthread.php?t=237759 for Hd-DVD and

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/showthread.php?t=237841 for BD .


For world HD and particularly U.S. BD exclusives available elsewhere on HD-DVD :

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=855923

http://areahd.dvdtiefpreise.com/?page_id=42

http://hddvdformat.blogspot.com/

http://hdworld.iforumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=223&mforum=hdworld

Favourite shops include :

www.axelmusic.com

www.xploitedcinema.com

www.dvdpacific.com



http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_binding_browse-b_3?ie=UTF8&rs=240179011&rh=n%3A240179011%2Cp%5Fn%5Fbinding%5Fbrowse-bin%3A383372011
(Really scary prices but some great stock )

Load up , only 35 shopping days to Christmas

~M~

a little OT - but I got the new It's a Wonderful Life DVD - that rumor has it was digitally transferred for possible future HD release. The DVD offers both B&W and for the the first time a colorized version;
This is by far the best transfer for this film I've seen , including the last DVD release. Highly recommended-
In addition, the colorization quality is the best I've seen for this process. If you're a B&W purist , it has that as well with an incredibly detailed picture....

ken

Hi, I just watched Spongebob Squarepants, the Movie in SD.

I never gave Image or audio qulity a second thought, I was laughing too much!!!

Perhaps what we really want over and above all the HD-DVD/Blu-ray hype, is better movies.

Enjoy, Chris

No Chris. We want both!