The Terminator in blu ray ?

jackdaw · 16-03-2009 3:02pm #1

Is the Terminator available in blu ray ? (r2)

I see T2 and T3 are ... but what about the original ?

Thanks

PS - any good sites for blu ray news ? Region 2 releases ?

I found a few but what do people here trust ?

Thanks

16-03-2009 9:18pm

Yes it is, I got it off amazon ages ago, region free.

jackdaw · 18-03-2009 8:20am

OK thanks ... I think blu ray is regionless isn't it ?

18-03-2009 10:30pm

jackdaw wrote: »

I think blu ray is regionless isn't it ?

Depends on the studio but most are. Terminator 1 is region free.

jackdaw · 01-07-2009 8:50am

Hmm ...

I wonder should i get this -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000F9RB9Y/ref=s9_k2a_co_tr01?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=left-4&pf_rd_r=0Y0WYW0FP6PS0R3AZFXT&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_p=466496433&pf_rd_i=typ01

or wait for the R2 version to be released ? maybe it will be a special ed ?

play.com have it as "coming soon" ...

Basq · 01-07-2009 9:57am

It's a pretty poor transfer AFAIK.

jackdaw · 01-07-2009 10:16am

ah ok,

so i guess this new release will be cleaned up ... ok i'll wait ...

Basq · 01-07-2009 10:20am

Actually.. seems to be a decent transfer.

Some sites report the video transfer isn't great but HighDefDigest are normally pretty accurate.

Review here

stevenmu · 01-07-2009 4:09pm

I could be mistaken but I think there was 2 releases on blu-ray, one very early on which was a poor transfer, and then a much better one done after.

Karl Hungus · 02-07-2009 4:37pm

stevenmu wrote: »

I could be mistaken but I think there was 2 releases on blu-ray, one very early on which was a poor transfer, and then a much better one done after.

I'm actually very hesitant to get any older films on Bluray because of the transfers. I picked up Robocop on Bluray pretty cheap but it looked absolutely horrendous, and from a couple of other films I've seen, I think the studios are often doing a very bad job re-releasing the older films.

rednik · 02-07-2009 11:37pm

One example of an old film being execeptional on blu ray is Zulu which was filmed in 70mm. Anybody who remembers this film will remember it for its stunning cinematography,can't say the same for The Terminator.

Wolff · 03-07-2009 2:22pm

Yeah, Zulu looks great - the terminator looks ok - its mostly shot at night and on low grade film stock - so not much they can do probably with the transfer most of these films are scanned at 4k and downscaled to 1080 so something shot in 70mm is going to look great.

Predator looks pretty bad as well on blureay where as Starship Troopers is jaw dropping in the version I have.

Though you cant beat seeing them on a 70mm projector like Lawrence of Arabia a few years back in the Savoy

The Terminator in blu ray ?

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