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my first blu ray

Postby mkiker2089 » Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:25 pm

I've had a ps3 for a while and now a Samsung 1500 so I figured it was time for a blu ray movie. After long consideration I decided that Live and Let Die would be it. I also rented Valkyrie.

What was your first and or best blu ray?
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby reefa » Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:56 pm

First: Casino Royale

Best: Dunno, Iron Man or the Bourne Collection..?
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby Ptolemy » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:25 pm

My first was Blade Runner. I found it at a price I couldn't resist -- well before I had a player.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby TemporalWisdom » Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:15 pm

First and only: The Dark Knight. A birthday gift from my sister and brother-in-law.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby Steve T Power » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:34 am

First: Kingdom of Heaven: Director's cut - I wasn't going to even bother with blu-rays, thinking upscaling would be fine. But of course i had to try one. Damn it.

Best: Blade Runner - no contest.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby Dan Mancini » Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:18 am

When I ordered the PS3, I also ordered Blade Runner, Casino Royale, and Cars.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby mkiker2089 » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:41 am

upscaling dvd does look good, until you see the detail in a really good blu ray. My brother was arguing with me about it. He bought an hd tv and put a 30 dollar wal mart dvd player on it. The tv somewhat upscales so it's ok. Then I showed him Planet Earth on blu ray where you can actually see individual hairs on the animals. He shut up about wasting money.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby Movie Mike » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:31 pm

My first Bluray was Iron Man I had it even before purchasing a player. Didn't get the player for another month.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby mkiker2089 » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:52 pm

I guess I'm backwards. I bought a ps3 for games and dvd's and didn't get into blu ray until my crt blew up months later. With the new HD tv I just HAD to get a few blu rays.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby Stubblecat » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:47 am

Mine was Pan's Labyrinth.

Of note, though: My first DVD was Rocky and my first laserdisc was Superman : The Movie.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby cdouglas » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:03 am

My first Blu-ray purchases were The Aviator and The Getaway.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby hoytereden » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:40 pm

I think it was the remastered edition of The Fifth Element. I believe my first Laserdisc title was Lawrence of Arabia and my first DVD purchase was Mars Attacks. Wow! That hurt my head trying to remember that much. :lol:
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby Joel Pearce » Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:49 am

My first buy was Baraka, and it's still the most technically impressive disc in my collection. I can't wait to get some more discs mastered from 70mm.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby LarryLockyer » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:39 pm

30 days of Night was my first and my favorite is Constantine
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby Dark Knight » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:32 am

I just ordered my first Blu Rays with my first order from the Deep Discount sale.
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First two titles are on backorder, so it looks like the Steelers titles will be the first in my hands.
I did pick up the 98.00 Magnavox Blu Ray player @ Walmart.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby the5thghostbuster » Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:22 pm

Well, ordered first Blu-Ray in prep for the player: BARAKA.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby Stubblecat » Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:31 pm

Good way to start off. When you watch it, you'll feel as if you can reach into the screen and touch it.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby the5thghostbuster » Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:33 pm

Stubblecat wrote:Good way to start off. When you watch it, you'll feel as if you can reach into the screen and touch it.


With the 720p monitor, I figured that the best possible looking disc to start with would be a good idea to get other family members on board ;)
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby mkiker2089 » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:02 pm

the5thghostbuster wrote:
Stubblecat wrote:Good way to start off. When you watch it, you'll feel as if you can reach into the screen and touch it.


With the 720p monitor, I figured that the best possible looking disc to start with would be a good idea to get other family members on board ;)


Your first blu ray needs to be along the lines of "Resident Evil 5", Uncharted Among Thieves" or some other awesome game.

I was thinking, you should get the 160 gig now. It's a hundred more but has a bigger hard drive and an awesome game.
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Re: my first blu ray

Postby the5thghostbuster » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:44 am

mkiker2089 wrote:
the5thghostbuster wrote:
Stubblecat wrote:Good way to start off. When you watch it, you'll feel as if you can reach into the screen and touch it.


With the 720p monitor, I figured that the best possible looking disc to start with would be a good idea to get other family members on board ;)


Your first blu ray needs to be along the lines of "Resident Evil 5", Uncharted Among Thieves" or some other awesome game.

I was thinking, you should get the 160 gig now. It's a hundred more but has a bigger hard drive and an awesome game.


While the 160 HD is nice, I don't think I would ever get the proper use out of it to make it worth the cash. Though Resident Evil 5 does look quite nice. May have to start hunting through the used game bins in a while.
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