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At Long Last The Wait Is Almost Over, Transformers Blu-ray Gets Prepped

After many months of speculation, Paramount Home Entertainment has finally confirmed the imminent release of the Michael Bay’s action fest blockbuster TRANSFORMERS due to hit the shelves on September 2nd. On this two disc special edition, video will be presented in 2.35:1 1080p AVC and be accompanied by 5.1 PCM and 5.1 Dolby TrueHD Lossless […]

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30May2008 | The Blu-devil | 1 comment | Continued
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2 B’s Or Not 2B’s:That Is The Question

(The B’s in this instance being Back Surrounds)
As you may be aware less than a fortnight ago, Sony gave us Playstation 3 owners a real treat: the ability to decode the vastly superior dts HD Master Audio then pipe it as LPCM via HDMI to your receiver or amplifier. The ability to hear our favourite […]

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28Apr2008 | The Blu-devil | 1 comment | 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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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 […]

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26Mar2008 | The Blu-devil | 0 comments | Continued
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Studios Doing Blu-ray: The Good Stuff, The Merits, Or Whatever You Want To Call It

Different studios have different merits. This is especially true in the Blu-rays they produce. In this post, I outlined the good points of certain studios. You can use this as a guide when purchasing Blu-ray movies, so you’ll always know what to expect from those Blu-ray discs.
Sony

Use of HD audio (PCM/DTHD/dts HDMA)

Large and growing […]

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25Mar2008 | The Blu-devil | 1 comment | Continued
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The Blu-devil Wants His Blu-rays

I’ve got some good news and bad news regarding my Blu-ray disc replacements. As a serious collector, this is indeed something that I’m quite keen to sort out as soon as possible as any faulty, substandard BDs are simply unacceptable.
Let’s start with the good news. Last week, I wrote that I had to re-email Buena […]

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18Mar2008 | The Blu-devil | 0 comments | Continued
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Blu-ray Replacement from Fox

And yet another blog post on Blu-ray disc replacements. I know you’re wondering why I couldn’t just put it all in one post. It’s simple. Separate posts make it easier for you guys to get the needed contact details instead of scanning through one long article.
It has been reported recently that the Blu-ray disc of […]

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16Mar2008 | The Blu-devil | 0 comments | Continued
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Another Blu-ray Disc Replacement - This Time From Disney

Still on the subject of Blu-ray replacements, about 2 months after Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of The Black Pearl was released on Blu-ray, it was found that during some scenes, particularly the first encounter between Will Turner and Jack Sparrow in the blacksmith’s stable, there was some very serious misframing. You could see too […]

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13Mar2008 | The Blu-devil | 4 comments | Continued
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