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Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

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Old 20-06-2007, 11:08 AM   #1
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Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

Hi all,

I have read the reviews regarding blood diamond's BD transfer over @ hidefdigest & av play, would like some comments please from people here that have seen this ,nice to have some other views of this transfer, is it worth buying ?? what does the pic quality compare too etc etc..

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Old 20-06-2007, 12:59 PM   #2
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

I got the Region A and watched it at the weekend, thought the PQ was fantastic, easily up there with the likes of Casino Royale and POTC IMO.

Good film too.
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Old 20-06-2007, 1:10 PM   #3
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

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I got the Region A and watched it at the weekend, thought the PQ was fantastic, easily up there with the likes of Casino Royale and POTC IMO.

Good film too.
ok nice one thanx for the reply
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Old 20-06-2007, 1:27 PM   #4
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

When I see oddities in a picture I am never sure whether its the fault of the transfer or the original footage...

Either way, like many discs, the picture isn't perfect, a few scenes showing grain/patterns.
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Old 20-06-2007, 1:32 PM   #5
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

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When I see oddities in a picture I am never sure whether its the fault of the transfer or the original footage...

Either way, like many discs, the picture isn't perfect, a few scenes showing grain/patterns.
Hey thanks,, but overall would you say this transfer is notible that it is a hi def one over the sd dvd release??

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Old 20-06-2007, 1:45 PM   #6
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

For sure
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Old 21-06-2007, 10:16 AM   #7
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

great pic quality, great film.

another sterling performance from Di Caprio that is helping him win me over.
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

I'm also a little worried about this given the negative reviews I've read on PQ.

Tempted to pick it up from Toys R' Us as they have it for £9.99, but I usually only buy those I know have good PQ.

Any more thoughts from those that have seen the Blu-Ray please?

I'll head over before they shut at five if it's going to be worthwhile.

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Old 17-02-2008, 1:12 PM   #9
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

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I'm also a little worried about this given the negative reviews I've read on PQ.

Tempted to pick it up from Toys R' Us as they have it for £9.99, but I usually only buy those I know have good PQ.

Any more thoughts from those that have seen the Blu-Ray please?

I'll head over before they shut at five if it's going to be worthwhile.

Cheers.
Try this:

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/660/blooddiamond.html

Scott
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Yeah that's one of the negative ones I read, probably the most scathing.

It's strange though as the review from this very site gives the US disc a fairly impressive 8/10 for PQ.

http://avplay.avforums.com/index.php...diareview=8858

Having read several reviews now, I'm more than a little confused, as comments from both critics and owners alike seem to vary wildly.

That's why I was so interested to hear from a few more owners, especially those for whom PQ is the most important factor, like myself.

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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

For £9.99 why not just buy it and decide for yourself ?
If you don't like it you can probably sell it on for that anyway.
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Old 17-02-2008, 3:24 PM   #12
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

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For £9.99 why not just buy it and decide for yourself ?
If you don't like it you can probably sell it on for that anyway.
I'll probably end up doing that but, as this is a forum, and presumably quite a few own the disc already, I thought I'd ask the question.


EDIT - I did buy it and for those that do it was still labelled at £17.99 at my local store (Altrincham) but went through at £9.99 on the till.

Had a quick scan through several scenes and as an early opinion (which may be revised) the PQ varies from quite good to average compared to other Blu-Rays. I'm waiting for a firmware upgrade on my TV before I watch the movie in full, but that's my initial impressions.

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Old 17-02-2008, 9:24 PM   #13
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

I find the PQ to be very very good. Sharp and detailed....with very little grain here and there. Actually while we are at it can anyone please tell me if Black hawk down really is as good as the trailer on the PS store? The trailer uses AVC and not MPEG2 as the released version. I was really amazed by the PQ and wondering if the actual movie is like that...thanks.
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Old 17-02-2008, 9:37 PM   #14
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

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For £9.99 why not just buy it and decide for yourself ?
If you don't like it you can probably sell it on for that anyway.
agreed, for £9.99 its a bargain but the pq does vary quite alot.
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Old 18-02-2008, 12:33 AM   #15
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I find the PQ to be very very good.
I'm not sure how many Blu-Rays you own but from the brief glance I had this one seems to have the worst PQ of those in my small collection of 15 movies.

Mind you I do tend to buy those I've heard have excellent PQ.

I may find this one better on a full watch through but I was surprised at how the quality varied from scene to scene, sometimes fairly sharp, other times pretty soft.
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

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I'm not sure how many Blu-Rays you own but from the brief glance I had this one seems to have the worst PQ of those in my small collection of 15 movies.

Mind you I do tend to buy those I've heard have excellent PQ.

I may find this one better on a full watch through but I was surprised at how the quality varied from scene to scene, sometimes fairly sharp, other times pretty soft.
I have 12 BD movies.....from Apocalypto to all POTC to Spidy3 to cars and so on. I watched it twice on my previous plasma ( Pio427 ) and I found it really good with superb colors and sharpness. The night scenes were a bit off yes but otherwise it's great. It's not Apocalypto level for sure, yet very good
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

Cons

1) Photographed using natural lighting
2) Grayish blacks
3) Film noise in dark scenes
4) Bit rate starvation

Pros

1) Audio
2) Good details in Outdoor scenes.

In case of Blood Diamond the Cons outweighs the pros due to softness of image in many scenes. As a film I highly recommend this and it has good replay value.
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

I had it on Blu-Ray and found the PQ to be excellent.
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

I've got the US version and I thought the PQ was superb when I watched it. Maybe it's a region thing? Different versions for US and Europe?
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Re: Blood Diamond Blu Ray / pic quality??

I have the HD DVD, but I understand the PQ is identical on both releases.

I watched the film on my projector a few months back. It's terrific PQ.

The shots of Africa are a wonder - right up there with the best from Planet Earth.

Some of the night time shots are dark, but this is because it's dark.

All in all, one of my better viewing experiences.

Oh, and the SQ is great, too.

Importantly, it's a very good, gripping and thought-provoking film.

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