hd dvd films - recommendations required

tonyspurs · 31-03-2007, 6:28 PM

hi everyone i,m new to this forum only a couple of posts although i have been lurking for a while, so this is the thing, having got my toshiba e1 on friday can anyone recomend a couple of good films to buy that will show off high def cos i,m getting a bit of grief from mrs ts as to why i needed to replace my recentley purchased samsung upscaler for a new hd dvd player

and the line "it was a bargain" or "£180.00 off high st price"
only counts if its shoes or handbags!!?? so any recomendations please guys thanks

tee · 31-03-2007, 6:33 PM

King Kong for picture quality and Batman Begins for the Whole package. Two MUSTS

andypandy · 31-03-2007, 6:44 PM

MI 3, without doubt.

James Baker · 31-03-2007, 6:51 PM

happy feet for sound and picture ... children of men for sheer excellent film

scottlwl · 31-03-2007, 7:16 PM

i agree with tee...king kong is uber. Also the city scenes in Tokyo Drift are very impressive

av addict · 31-03-2007, 10:10 PM

welcome tonyspurs--justed watched happy feet and if you want to show her why you bought the e1 this is the film to show it off with--also k kong

and harry potter

AES256 · 31-03-2007, 10:30 PM

Harry Potter and Batman Begins have already been mentioned. Chronicles of Riddick is also an amazing transfer.

Some older movies that are spectacular on HD DVD are The Adventure of Robin Hood, Casablanca, Grand Prix and The Searchers. Warner Bros worked miracles with their releases of these films.

Also if you're not yet aware of this, there's a PQ Tier thread over on AVS, which looks purely at the WOW factor of movies released on HD DVD (and BD):
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=705387

TylerDurden · 31-03-2007, 10:53 PM

King Kong has great PQ but I found the film dull, the best HD DVD I have for PQ in the Nine Inch Nails music one

James Baker · 31-03-2007, 11:01 PM

Corpse Bride is stunning. Shows off the black and gray scale available on a decent plasma as well as colour (later part of film) with excellent sound and no artifiacts on the transfer.

The best picture I have ever seen on a plasma (or any screen for that matter) was on a fujitsu 58 series running from a toshib hd-e1. Amazing!

featherhall · 01-04-2007, 9:14 AM

Welcome tony.

I would definitely recommend
Children of Men
Happy Feet (for PQ especially)
The Departed
Casablanca (if you love the film this transfer is awesome)
Also, The Fast and the Furious trilogy are amazing discs (if you like the films)
Fearless is also a very good disc indeed.
Equilibrium is also excellent, although can be a bit pricey (if you can find it in stock - Japanese release)

HugoFJH · 01-04-2007, 10:07 AM

I wish both Hd-DVD and blu-ray would come out with more exciting titles

The few really good films have been out ages, the rest are just "average"

Im not saying that an average film doesnt deserve a good transfer - but the studios are releasing veryyyyyy slowly (considering the back catalogue available)

av addict · 01-04-2007, 12:02 PM

ye it is annoying waiting for all are favs we want on hi-def
discs,suppose that what happens when your an early adopter we all have to wait{BUT I WANT IT NOW

}--maybe we should have waited
about 3 years before jumping in and by then there should be loads of films to choose from

Tejstar · 01-04-2007, 2:12 PM

The Hulk has very good pq too, one of the best transfers out there imo.

Sonic67 · 01-04-2007, 3:25 PM

King Kong and Happy Feet for PQ.

I'd steer clear of Superman Returns. PQ is good but not really ideal as a demo disk apart from the 747/Shuttle sequence.

Donnacha · 02-04-2007, 7:49 AM

Hi Tony,

I'd recommend:

- Mission Impossible 3 (really sharp & detailed transfer and I like the film!)
- King Kong (great pic)
- Happy Feet (amazing pic and sound)
- Batman Begins (great film and good pic and great sound)
- The Bourne Supremacy (great pic and good flick)
- either of the Riddick movies (although Pitch Black is better film, Chronicles has a very good transfer)
- Serenity (nice pic)
- Superman Returns (great sound and good transfer, but doesn't really show-off the image as its soft...but intentionally I believe)

hope this helps!

tonyspurs · 02-04-2007, 2:05 PM

well i decided to order batman begins from play.com and children of men and harry potter from movietyme cant wait to have a look! thanks for all the help everyone

02-04-2007, 3:07 PM

you just gotta get Happy Feet, amazing PQ

HugoFJH · 02-04-2007, 4:13 PM

Everyone seems to be out of Happy Feet (either coinsidence or they maybe re-issuing for some reason)

Looking forward to getting my E1 to replace my X360 drive to get full audio options and Ive just bought a bunch of discs to demo over easter

AES256 · 02-04-2007, 4:49 PM

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Originally Posted by HugoFJH

Everyone seems to be out of Happy Feet (either coinsidence or they maybe re-issuing for some reason)

Amazon.com and Movietyme have HF in stock.

TopMeTom · 02-04-2007, 5:32 PM

£16 at playhd, but looks like it's on order, maybe ask when they are expecting it? If not looks like MT is the best option!dvdworld have it as well they say!

Sonny Burnett · 02-04-2007, 8:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tonyspurs

well i decided to order batman begins from play.com and children of men and harry potter from movietyme cant wait to have a look! thanks for all the help everyone

You could be waiting a while for your Harry Potter from Movietyme...
It still hasn't been given a street date yet for a release in the USA..

AES256 · 02-04-2007, 8:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonny Burnett

You could be waiting a while for your Harry Potter from Movietyme...
It still hasn't been given a street date yet for a release in the USA..

Movietyme will be selling the UK release of HP, not the future US release.
That aside, Sendit's a good place to get the UK HD DVD releases such as Harry Potter and The Pianist.

robbleiper · 03-04-2007, 4:33 PM

ChoicesUk are also doing Harry Potter for £16.89. There is a 10% off code kicking around just now that I used to get mine for £15.20.

HugoFJH · 04-04-2007, 5:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AES256

Amazon.com and Movietyme have HF in stock.

not being difficult but I cant see anywhere on movietyme saying its actually in stock....certainly ordering it is possible though

I know its just me but I have never trusted amazon (treat it in the same way as ebay)

AES256 · 05-04-2007, 7:01 AM

Amazon.com are fine. P&P = $6.95 and delivery takes a while (10 days or so). Just make sure that you don't exceed the draconian UK import duty threshold of £18 or c&e will sting you for a minimum of over £7 (£3 VAT and £4 "admin" charge).

Tejstar · 05-04-2007, 7:20 AM

Amazon.com normally takes me nearly three weeks once I get a dispatch email...

MJeeves · 05-04-2007, 1:15 PM

I have many titles (incl. Kong and Hulk) and last night I watched the remake of "Assault on Precinct 13".

Wow. This has an awesome picture and thoroughly immersive sound too. I was surprised by how good the movie was too. Very underrated.

This disc was up there with "KONG" etc imho.

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