http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/ Engadget HD Comments for Zatz not a great choice for first Blu-Ray movie http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Nov 19th 2005 12:11PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Nov 19th 2005 12:54PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Nov 19th 2005 12:56PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/
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2. League of Extraordinary Gentleman
3. Bourne Identity
4. Alien]]>Nov 19th 2005 1:51PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Nov 19th 2005 2:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Nov 19th 2005 2:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/
Anyway, what a crappy choice for HD. My vote would go to LotR or, if it has to be a Sony movie, how about Spider-Man 1/2?]]>Nov 19th 2005 4:20PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/
ps: all the movies mentioned above i'd rather not buy....]]>Nov 19th 2005 2:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Nov 19th 2005 2:49PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Nov 19th 2005 3:51PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/
How about Batman Begins as a Blu-ray debut? I also agree that Lord of the Rings would be a nice series to have in HD.

I wonder how much better a 480p DVD will look compared to 720p or 1080i... and at what size screen will the differences be apparent. Am I going to need to replace all my Superbit titles and get a next-gen deck or are they gogn to marketng something I might not need?]]>Nov 19th 2005 3:59PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Nov 19th 2005 6:03PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Star Wars!
Star Wars!

or Bourne Identity]]>Nov 19th 2005 7:57PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/
As for Sony, I agree they could have easily found a better movie in their collection. My vote might be for The Fifth Element from the Sony collection. The colors in that film are just screaming for HD as will any remastering of the sound.]]>Nov 19th 2005 8:33PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Nov 19th 2005 8:59PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Nov 20th 2005 12:41AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/
Lord Of The Ring (all)]]>Nov 20th 2005 4:44AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/
I have a Canon SX50 projector (1400 x 1050 native rez) connected to the computer projecting a 10' wide image. There are a few DVDs (mostly Imax) that also include WMV-HD, 720 resolution, and there is quite a noticable improvement, but nothing that really 'jumps out' at you, but still a sight to see! I got about a dozzen DVDs from Australia (Region 4, 570 instead of 480 rez)and the percieved improvement is almost the same as 720 (I get friends stopping in all the time to 'check it out') Higher resolution is important but just as much, or even more important is the equipment that is playing/displaying the video. There's where the biggest differences are! 'Tiny little' 50-62 inch screens won't really show much of a difference.
If there is a difference it is more likely the design and make of the unit itself more than the actual resolution.]]>Nov 20th 2005 8:56AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/
Movies worth converting to HD:

The Matrix
The Abyss
Finding Nemo
The Fifth Element
Any of Star Wars movies (especially the latter 3)
The Island

Just because these are among my favorites visually]]>Nov 20th 2005 3:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/11/19/zatz-not-a-great-choice-for-the-first-blu-ray-movie/Akira
Appleseed
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