what's your favourite upscaled DVD Movie?

[neilos70]

i have been gradually digging out my old DVD SD movies since upgrading to a Panny bluray player, to see what they look like upscaled to 1080p. I am interested in buying more BD films, but have a lot of good movies on DVD, so i have been considering my future investments! which ones do i upgrade when they are released?
This got me going as I have many more to check out, so I thought to save me time you may like to share your 'top SD DVD upscalers' on this thread.

my top 5 dvd's upscaled at the moment are:

1/ iron man - immaculate
2/ star trek 'nemesis' - although some pic noise in places
3/ anchorman - a great transfer
4/ big fish - stunning colour
5/ incredibles- my boys love it, the upscale is near perfect.

what is worth a rental or bargain basement buy maybe?
thanks for your input.

[xit2050]

The Rock

[scatterbug]

Good thread (although perhaps not the most relevant forum). 'POC - At World's End' looks good but that was through my Tosh EP30. Not watched on the PS3.

[kingfats]

Saving Private Ryan.

[HD Elvis]

Children of Men

[anwarsadat]

Originally Posted by kingfats

Saving Private Ryan.

Now that is one films I would like to hear in 7.1 lossless audio.

High bitrate DTS HD MA would be stunning in terms of the gruelling first 15 minutes or so of the film.

(Not that the DVD release is anything short of spectacular).

Another favourite of mine is another Spielberg classic - War of The Worlds.

[Ian_S]

No, not the correct forum.... so welcome to the on disc and download section.

My choice currently is The Commitments... great audio.

[nwgarratt]

Never been impressed with many films upscaled. Ones that did look good -

A rubbish film but Daniel's Craig Casino Royale was impressive. Well it was impressive until I saw a bit of the BD.

Any of the Pixar films.
Curse of the Golden Flower
I, Robot
King Kong
Starship Troopers
Fifth Element

Not a film but Supernatural season 3 is good.

Iron Man to me looks poors but then the disc also looks poor not upscaled. I ended up getting the BD because of it.

[neilos70]

Originally Posted by Ian_S

No, not the correct forum.... so welcome to the on disc and download section.

My choice currently is The Commitments... great audio.

thanks ian

[neilos70]

some good recommendations so far folks -

saving private ryan - in the collection - need to watch
poc - seen these upscaled, but not as good as bd!

keep em coming

[mattrixdesign2]

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - not my fave film, but upscales very well (via PS3).

Yet to watch the orignal trilogy on my TV/PS3 combination.

I rented my lad Water Horse the other day - he was watching it when I got home from work, I thought my god the Blu-Ray image looks good - then it dawned on me it was the DVD version

Generally I can tell the difference, but not always instantly.

[Pincho Paxton]

The Shining (This is my winner)
Batman Begins
Moulin Rouge
King Kong
Cars
Wall-E
The Mist
POTC
POTC 2
LOTR
The Ultimate Matrix
Finding Nemo

[mattrixdesign2]

Originally Posted by Pincho Paxton

The Shining (This is my winner)

What version is this? As mine is in a White Carded box, and if I recall the PQ was rather bad.

[Pincho Paxton]

Originally Posted by mattrixdesign2

What version is this? As mine is in a White Carded box, and if I recall the PQ was rather bad.

Stanley Kubrick Collection... I should have said.

[mattrixdesign2]

I'm sure mine is from the Stanley Kubrick Collection(?), mine must be a previous release.