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Indepedence Day Blu-ray: Out-of-this-world Entertainment

Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Starring: Will Smith (I Am Legend, I,Robot) as Captain Steven Hiller, Jeff Goldblum (The Fly, Jurassic Park) as David Levinson, Bill Pullman (Wyatt Earp) as President James Whitmore, Mary McDonnell (Dances With Wolves, Battlestar Galactica) as Marilyn Whitmore
Directed by: Roland Emmerich (10,000 BC, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow)
Subtitles: English, Spanish, Cantonese, Korean
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14Apr2008 | The Blu-devil | 0 comments | Continued
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Reasons To Be Cheerful for PS3 Owners: Part III

From Profile v1.1 compliance to Profile v2.0 - the Sony PlayStation 3 has proven that it just keeps getting better and better…and continues to do so.
Profile v2.30: dts HD MASTER AUDIO
Well, Sony and DTS have really gone and done it this time. After months of rumours and speculation, they are about to add dts HD […]

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11Apr2008 | The Blu-devil | 2 comments | Continued
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Reasons To Be Cheerful for PS3 Owners: Part II

Yesterday, I posted about the PS3’s Profile v1.1 compliance. Here’s another reason why the PS3 is not just a games console, but a top-notch Blu-ray player.
Profile v2.0
Three weeks ago, Sony gave us firmware update version 2.20. This gave the PlayStation 3 the ability to access Profile v2.0 features that have just started to appear on […]

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10Apr2008 | The Blu-devil | 0 comments | Continued
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Reasons To Be Cheerful for PS3 Owners: Part I

PlayStation 3: Love it or hate it?
Many so-called hi-browed people claim that the PS3 is not a real Blu-Ray player - nothing more than a games machine for zit-faced adolescents and geeks that still live with their parents, using such insults as ‘kiddies’ toy’ or ‘George Foreman Grill’ (because of the shape). Owners, however, love […]

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9Apr2008 | The Blu-devil | 2 comments | Continued
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Top 10 Movies I Want To See in Blu-ray: Part III

Here’s the last installment of the Top 10 movies I want released on Blu-ray. This completes the 4 titles I posted a couple of days ago and the 3 I did yesterday.
3. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
It was one of the most eagerly awaited movie franchises, both theatrically and on home cinema. It is also […]

Popularity: 23% [?]

8Apr2008 | The Blu-devil | 2 comments | Continued
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Top 10 Movies I Want To See in Blu-ray: Part II

Yesterday, I posted the first 4 movies in my Blu-ray release wishlist. Here are the next 3.
6. Band of Brothers
This was my favourite TV series on DVD. I’ve lost count the amount of times I have watched the entire set. I am never bored of it, so it was no struggle to put this in […]

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7Apr2008 | The Blu-devil | 0 comments | Continued
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Top 10 Movies I Want To See in Blu-ray: Part I

As wonderful as Blu-ray might be for us Blu-ray fans, there’s still room for improvement. Among these is the addition of certain titles that would literally blow us away from our couches. I’ll be detailing my Top 10 in this 3-part blog.
10. Indiana Jones Trilogy
These movies were a boyhood favourite for me. So much so […]

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6Apr2008 | The Blu-devil | 2 comments | Continued
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I Am Legend: A Legendary Blu-ray

Starring: Will Smith (I, Robot, Ali) as Dr. Robert Neville, Alice Braga (City of God) as Anna, Dash Mihok (Dark Blue) as the darkseekers’ alpha male, Emma Thompson (Love Actually, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) as Dr. Alice Krippin, Abbey and Kona as Sam the Dog
Directed by: Francis Lawrence (Constantine)
Subtitles: English, […]

Popularity: 55% [?]

4Apr2008 | The Blu-devil | 0 comments | Continued
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Unbreakable: Broken?

It has come to my attention that the forthcoming Blu-ray of M. Night Shyamalan’s brilliant super hero movie, Unbreakable, appears to have a a defective PCM soundtrack which causes it to ‘pop’ on several occasions during the movie.
The first pop appears abot 8:30 into the movie (the train scene) and emanates from the right surround. […]

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31Mar2008 | The Blu-devil | 0 comments | Continued
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Studios Doing Blu-ray: What They’re Doing Wrong

Yesterday, I wrote about the merits of the different studios who are releasing - and will be releasing - movies on Blu-ray. Enough with the niceties. This time, I’m going in depth into exactly why they suck.
Sony

Lack of special features on many older catalogue titles, especially when compared to their SD-DVDs (e.g. Stealth, Spiderman 1 […]

Popularity: 20% [?]

26Mar2008 | The Blu-devil | 0 comments | Continued