2 for 1 Blu-ray in Gamestop

tubos

Gamestop have a 2 for 1 offer on a good selection of Blu-ray titles. Got Casino Royale and Spiderman 2 for 29.99 in Gamestop in Athlone. Can't be certain if the offer is throughout all stores.

muppetkiller

Ya it's in Galway too but very poor selection..
I think Exorcism of Emily Rose and Life of Brian are the only two I was interested in...but they're pretty pointless on Blue Ray

The_Conductor

muppetkiller wrote: »

I think Exorcism of Emily Rose and Life of Brian are the only two I was interested in...but they're pretty pointless on Blue Ray

Yes. Your PS3 will upscale the DVDs anyhow- and they weren't filmed in HD, so its a false economy.....

edit:

I accept- I'm incorrect. Thankyou for the technical explanation- I wouldn't have thought of it myself. Cheers, Shane

TVDX

What are you on about?.

How can you say it's a false economy?.

If the movie is shot on film it is capable of being scanned at the proper 1080p HD resolution.

Star Trek from 1967 is out in 1080p as an example.
So do you take back what you said now?.

HungryJoey

TVDX wrote: »

What are you on about?.

How can you say it's a false economy?.

If the movie is shot on film it is capable of being scanned at the proper 1080p HD resolution.

Star Trek from 1967 is out in 1080p as an example.
So do you take back what you said now?.

But that 1967 original recording, has been upscalled to 1080P and released on blu ray. So technically, its not 1080P.

Unless your going to tell me they were capable of recording at 1920x1080p back in 1967? :pac:

So yes, false economy.

Pedro Monscooch

The master footage from Star Trek is HD:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R1G04IB2EBJC0M/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&ASIN=B000VDDDY6&nodeID=130#wasThisHelpful

Also, on the topic of cheap HD... 2 HD DVDS for E15:
http://www.sendit.com/dvd/list/0804_univ_hd2

bk

HungryJoey wrote: »

But that 1967 original recording, has been upscalled to 1080P and released on blu ray. So technically, its not 1080P.

Unless your going to tell me they were capable of recording at 1920x1080p back in 1967? :pac:

Yes, they were, in fact the resolution of 35mm film is much higher then 1920x1080.

35mm film used in filming movies since around 1892 as such doesn't have a resolution. The 35mm film captures a great amount of detail, in analogue format, typically much more then 2k resolution.

Typically the studios digitally scan the 35mm film at around 8k, to capture as much of the original analogue information from the original 35mm master reel as possible and they store the 8k transfer and then they down convert the 8k transfer to 1080p to put on Blu-Ray.

The only area where you see picture quality difference is based on the quality of the 35mm film camera used, the lenses used and possible degradation of the film.

So a modern film can give great quality at 8k, a 40 year old movie wouldn't be so great at 8k as it would have too much noise and artefacts, but even 40 year old movies can give you at least great 2k transfers (>1080p)

That is how old movies can be re-released on Blu-Ray and you do actually see a great picture quality improvement, obviously not as good as something like Cars, but still worth buying.

Ironically it is some more recent cheap made movies like 24 days later which can't give you true 1080p encodes, as the movie was filmed using 720p digital camcorders rather then more expensive 35mm cameras.

See don't assume things, you learn something new everyday.

TVDX

HungryJoey wrote: »

But that 1967 original recording, has been upscalled to 1080P and released on blu ray. So technically, its not 1080P.

Unless your going to tell me they were capable of recording at 1920x1080p back in 1967? :pac:

So yes, false economy.

Nope, don't think I will be calling it false economy quite yet.
Clearly you don't know anything about film and HD.

Star Trek is not upscaled. The original masters were capable of a far higher definition.
Just for another example, I recently watched the film Robin Hood from 1938 in 1080p.
Yes, the film was made in 1938 and it is capable of 1080p.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Couldn't resist that.

Kintarō Hattori

Whoopsies...

HungryJoey

Appologies. You learn something new everyday.

TVDX

Get off your high horse EO980 and take a joke.
I was not smart alec until I dropped the pipe bomb and that's a tried and tested phrase that I think in this case was deserved seeing as some posters were shooting down anothers bargain alerts on the grounds that the discs were a false economy. It's called playful humour.
This was in fact technically incorrect and both posters have acknolwedged this.
You seem to have the problem.

TVDX

eo980 wrote: »

Wow this thread just confirms what I hate about the internet.... smart alec know it alls. OK so smccarrick got it wrong. High Def modern movies vs quality of older movies isn't something most people know much about and it is fair to say that MOST people would be under the illusion that an older movie would be of a poorer quality:(

You call sharing information being a know it all??.
I guess the idea here is, don't post or shoot down someone elses hot tip without researching.
Simple really.

Kintarō Hattori

I apologies are due so. I was at work and not concentrating fully so I guess I picked things up wrongly.

hshortt

bk wrote: »

Yes, they were, in fact the resolution of 35mm film is much higher then 1920x1080.

35mm film used in filming movies since around 1892 as such doesn't have a resolution. The 35mm film captures a great amount of detail, in analogue format, typically much more then 2k resolution.

Typically the studios digitally scan the 35mm film at around 8k, to capture as much of the original analogue information from the original 35mm master reel as possible and they store the 8k transfer and then they down convert the 8k transfer to 1080p to put on Blu-Ray.

The only area where you see picture quality difference is based on the quality of the 35mm film camera used, the lenses used and possible degradation of the film.

So a modern film can give great quality at 8k, a 40 year old movie wouldn't be so great at 8k as it would have too much noise and artefacts, but even 40 year old movies can give you at least great 2k transfers (>1080p)

That is how old movies can be re-released on Blu-Ray and you do actually see a great picture quality improvement, obviously not as good as something like Cars, but still worth buying.

Ironically it is some more recent cheap made movies like 24 days later which can't give you true 1080p encodes, as the movie was filmed using 720p digital camcorders rather then more expensive 35mm cameras.

See don't assume things, you learn something new everyday.

Fair play, great explaination.

TVDX

eo980 wrote: »

I apologies are due so. I was at work and not concentrating fully so I guess I picked things up wrongly.

Didn't mean to sound harsh or a smart ass.

Kintarō Hattori

TVDX wrote: »

Didn't mean to sound harsh or a smart ass.

No worries. I was a dick, I took it all up completely wrong. Heh Heh... feicin work!

jor el

Pedro Monscooch wrote: »

Also, on the topic of cheap HD... 2 HD DVDS for E15:
http://www.sendit.com/dvd/list/0804_univ_hd2

Leave the price in £ Sterling and they're 2 for £10, which is just under €13. Sendit allow you to pay in £ still too, unlike Play.

Also, thanks to many for the info on this thread. I had assumed that a film had to be shot in HD to be high-def, but I guess it's only if they're being filmed on digital cameras and not 35mm. Good to know that the old films I have on Blu-ray are actually HD and not just upscaled (same as the DVD version).

TVDX

jor el wrote: »

Leave the price in £ Sterling and they're 2 for £10, which is just under €13. Sendit allow you to pay in £ still too, unlike Play.

Also, thanks to many for the info on this thread. I had assumed that a film had to be shot in HD to be high-def, but I guess it's only if they're being filmed on digital cameras and not 35mm. Good to know that the old films I have on Blu-ray are actually HD and not just upscaled (same as the DVD version).

To see the 70 year old footage of Robin Hood restored in such a fashion is incredible.

Seeing classic films and TV series again in a higher resolution than we have ever seen is a wonderful prospect.

branners69

This is the spec of equipment we are all hoping to have in the near future, but hopefully we wont have to spend €6 million on it!

Getting back on topic, does anyone have a list of the Blu-rays included in the 2 for 1 Gamestop offer?