Don't miss this video of Martin Scorsese gushing over Blu-ray at Blu-Con
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Nov 11th 2009 10:21PM
posted Nov 11th 2009 10:21PM
posted Nov 11th 2009 10:21PM
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So when are they going to start making movies that look good in Blu-ray? They're all over the 3-D thing this year, but there are only a few movies that would encourage consumers to buy a movie in Blu-ray vs. DVD.
Only a few movies that look good? What are you talking about? Inform yourself: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1168342#anchor0
While I do agree with Roger, Larry has a point in that there are certainly some really poor BD transfers, though not any that I've seen or heard of within the last year or so.
...and? There were some really poor DVD, LD, and VHS transfers done as well. Larry does not have a point. The vast majority of BD's are an improvement over their DVD counterparts.
"So when are they going to start making movies that look good in Blu-ray?"
June 2006
There are some bad transfers, but in the main most BD titles are a vast improvement over DVD.
HD Nation is a really good show. On that particular episode, Patrick and Robert also talked a bit about the fact that the studios aren't giving very good masters of their content to the streaming services. I wonder if that's why we wind up with so much crappy pan and scan and windowboxing on Netflix Watch Now?
I am disappointed that no one asked him about the horrible job done on Gangs of New York.
Because bullets and bloodshed look awesomely crisp in HD!
Lets see, were going to go by the opinion of a director who's movies tend to be over the top, over budgeted, overly dramatic works of fictions being touted as history on the quality of Blu-ray? I just have to ask exactly how much of his next movie budget was gained from his endorsement of the format.
Huh?
You don't like Scorcese's movies, but what does that have to do with ANTYHING? I mean... OMG! Michael Bay makes retarded movies! What right does HE have releasing one of the best Blu-rays this year in terms of Audio and Video quality??!?!?!
Sheesh.
Scorcese is a film maker, and he wants to see his movies reproduced with film-like quality. He even mentions reproducing grain as a good thing -- a lot of his films are grainy -- so he obviously knows what he's talking about. It's actually great to see a director passionate about creating a great home video experience that reproduces the intended look in a way that *nothing* has done before.
-Pie
No thanks, I'm sticking with DVD. My Samsung DVD upconverter does a great job.