Jahapp, då har även jag tagit ett steg in i framtiden och investerat i en BluRay spelare. Jag har letat länge efter ett billigt alternativ och det slutade med att införskaffa denna spelaren.

Sony BDP-S360

Absolut allt annat än en värstingspelare, men den har BD-Live och stödjer alla nödvändiga ljudformat som jag är ute efter. Dessutom var den under 2000kr och det var min maxbudget nu. Det är ju julafton runt hörnet och det är lika bra att köpa den nu så kan jag önska mig film i julklapp….nej, alltså jag menade ju såklart lika bra att köpa den nu innan jul eftersom man skall köpa julklappar, hehe.

Specifikation

- BD-ROM (BonusView, profil 1.1)
- BD-ROM (BD-Live, profil 2.0)
- 1080p-utgång (via HDMI)
- HD-uppskalning med Precision Cinema (DVD-uppskalning till 1080p)
- D/A-omvandlare för video: 12 bitar/148,5 MHz
- 24p True Cinema
- x.v. Colour
- Utgång för progressiv avsökning
- Precision Drive HD
- Deep Colour
- 8-kanals linjär PCM Bitstream-utgång
- Dolby TrueHD-avkodning
- Dolby TrueHD Bitstream-utgång
- DTS-HD Master Audio-avkodning
- DTS-HD Master Audio Bitstream-utgång
- D/A-omvandlare för ljud: 192 kHz/24 bitars

Utgångar

• 1x HDMI
• 1x Komponentvideoutgång
• 1x Composite-videoutgång
• 1x Digital koaxial ljudutgång
• 1x Digital Optisk ljudutgång
• 1x Analog stereoutgång
• 1x Ethernet

- Snabbstart: 6 sekunder
- XrossMediaBar^TM (GUI)
- BRAVIA Sync
- Uppdateringar av inbyggd programvara via Ethernet
- Skärmsläckare
- Strömförbrukning: 220-240 V
- Strömförbrukning (under drift): 22 W
- Strömförbrukning (i viloläge): 0,19 W (i normalt viloläge)
- Automatisk avstängning: 30 minuter
- Mått (BxHxD): 430 x 56 x 216 mm
- Vikt (kg): 2,1

+ andra onödiga spec´s som tex display på fronten, fjärrkontroll och massa annat självklart tjafs.

Pris: 1979.- inklusive frakt

Jag passade självklart även på att köpa på mig lite film så jag kan njuta av vår nya leksak direkt. Vi har iof 2st BD filmer sedan innan , Click & Terminator 2, men ändå, man vill ju ändå ha lite nytt när man ändå investerar eller hur?

Här är lilla listan på nyinköpta filmer, klicka på bilderna för att komma till beskrivningen av filmen om ni inte känner igen dem.

Transformers 1 & 2 – Mega Edition (4 disc), Rec, Cloverfield, Hellboy 2, Stargate, Inglourious Basterds

Tyvärr är det fortfarande för dyrt att köpa BluRay (BD) filmer till fullpris, speciellt boxar så som det ser ut nu får det bli att rota runt i billiglådorna och kika efter kampanjer ett tag till. Boxar får köpas på DVD så länge tills priserna sjunker. I stort sett alla filmer som jag köpte nu är på kampanj på cdon, men Inglourious Basterds vill jag ha direkt den kommer så den fick det snällt bli till fullpris. Transformers filmerna är dock ett måste så även den fick det bli köp på direkt, dock till ett lockande specialpris på 399.- Så från och med nu kommer jag inte bara tipsa om köpfilm på DVD utan även på BluRay.

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) and Netflix, Inc. today (Oct. 26) announced that they are joining forces to make movies and TV episodes from Netflix available to be streamed to TVs via the PlayStation 3 (PS3) gaming system.

Netflix plans to begin streaming via PS3 next month at no additional cost to Netflix members in the United States who have a PS3 system.

According to Netflix, the PS3 installed base has reached nearly 9 million units in the U.S. And Netflix recently reported 11.1 million U.S. subscribers as of September 30.

The partnership will enable consumers to play high-definition games, watch Blu-ray movies, listen to music, view photos, browse the Internet, and download content from PlayStation Network.

For $8.99 a month, Netflix members can instantly watch unlimited movies and TV episodes streamed to their TVs and computers via Netflix ready devices such as the PS3 system and can receive unlimited DVDs delivered to their homes.

Initially, watching movies instantly streamed from Netflix via the PS3 system will be enabled by a free, instant streaming Blu-ray disc that is being made available to all Netflix members.

The free instant streaming disc leverages Blu-ray’s BD-Live technology to access the Internet and activate the Netflix user interface on the PS3 system, which must be online via Wi-Fi or Ethernet.

Netflix members simply slide the disc into their PS3 systems to reveal movies and TV episodes that can be watched instantly. These titles are organized into categories based on members’ personal preferences, popular genres, new arrivals and members’ individual instant Queues.

Members can use the Netflix Web site or navigate directly on their PS3 systems to add movies and TV shows to their Queues. With the PS3 system’s Wireless Controller, members can choose a movie to watch from their instant Queues or play directly from any of the lists.

They also have the ability to read synopses and rate movies. In addition, they have the option of fast-forwarding and rewinding the video stream via the Wireless Controller.

Netflix members and PS3 system owners can now reserve a free instant streaming disc for PS3 systems by going to www.netflix.com/ps3. Upon availability, the instant streaming disc will be delivered for free by mail, generally one business day after members request it.

The latest and perhaps last internet feature (not to be confused with Lost’s previous ARGs) for the show LOST will be starting on December 8th to coincide with the release of Season 5 on DVD and Blu-ray, but you would be surprised to know that some people may not be able to participate.    The upcoming internet feature is called Lost University, which will allow students to study several aspects of the show much the same as if LU were a real school.  If you are interested in enrolling and getting a student picture ID, you can do that now by going to lostuniversity.org.  Some of the classes that will be offered at LU include Introductory Physics of Time Travel, Jungle Survival Basics, a seminar on New Physics with Jeremy Davies, and an Art seminar with Jack Bender along with several other classes.  I am definitely excited and I can’t wait to start my first day at LU and be a Fightin’ Islish… I’m sorry for the lame joke I couldn’t resist.  Unfortunately while I and several other LOST fans will be able to participate in this awesome new internet feature, many people who cannot afford Blu-ray players will not be able to participate.  According to to school website Lost University will run as a Bd-Live feature utilizing the internet connectivity of the PS3 and other Blu-ray players to integrate the website into the Blu-ray versions of season 5.  Upon hearing the news many people were outraged that after going through free internet features in the past suddenly they will be left out because they don’t want to purchase a Blu-ray player.  I want to ask the readers now what do you guys think?  Is it wrong to force people to purchase a new expensive device and to alienate those who do not have this special device? Or, are you on the side that says that new technology should be embraced by the media, and if some people are left out in the cold because they need to purchase something new then so be it, if they had it there way season 5 would be coming out on VHS?  What do you think of this?  I’ll leave my opinions in the comments section.

As I’ve already done a complete review of Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the Alan Moore penned, Dave Gibbons illustrated graphic novel Watchmen, to be found here, and as this director’s cut of the movie, released to DVD and Blu-ray this week doesn’t alter my fundamental opinion of the movie, I won’t repeat myself for this review. Suffice to say, I still regard it as one of the very best superhero themed films I’ve seen to date, and as of this writing, one of the best films of 2009. This director’s cut, which I saw as part of a Zack Snyder moderated live screening at Comic Con in San Diego on July 25, broadcast via the BD-Live feature on the Blu-ray, features 24 minutes of extra footage, though that doesn’t include the Tales of the Black Freighter and Under the Hood footage. The latter footage will presumably be worked into an even longer cut, suggestions of which were evident in this current cut. (Snyder pointed out a transition point between Freighter and the greater narrative.) The most significant new footage, initially cut for time, is a striking sequence detailing the fate of the characters. Other footage added to the film extends some scenes, adding more dialogue here and there, and generally adding more character and story detail. Though the director’s cut has a running time in excess of three hours, it doesn’t feel significantly longer than the theatrical cut, which is a credit to the skill with which the additional footage has been woven in. All in all, it’s an excellent movie made better.

With regard to the BD-Live aspect of the screening, it was essentially the movie featuring a gray chat box superimposed over the top of the frame, with Snyder making comments and taking questions about the movie as it unfolded. When he wasn’t gushing over his cast and crew, he was enthusiastic and funny, and provided a frequently insightful and often funny commentary. It would have been nice to have had more of a sense of the atmosphere at the Comic Con screening, perhaps an audience shot or two, or even sound piped in from it, but otherwise it was an interesting, mostly successful experiment.

MONKEY RATING: ONE WATCHMEN MONKEY

(For a brief explanation of the Monkey Review rating system, click here.)

Warner brothers attacks kids

“All I wanted to do was set up a site for fans of Harry Potter, like myself, and now I’m being attacked by a large corporation who know I don’t have the financial means to defend myself,” {link}

BD Live: Live audio commentaries

“Chris Nolan just hosted the live, on-demand substitute for a Dark Knight commentary track last night. So why was I left unsatisfied after squinting at my TV for two and a half hours? To refresh, BD-Live is the Blu-ray technology that allows for more interactive special features on your disc, like being able to arrange “screenings” with your friends or record commentary tracks yourself.” {link}

Micheal Bay transforms into a baby.

Michael Bay: Classy gent

His pre release jitters are pretty amusing considering how much that AWFUL SEQUEL has gone on to earn. {link}

1979, Andy Warhol and “Nurse Ratchet” (One flew over the cuckoos nest) have a chat

AW: Nashville was really great. I met a lot of product names there. I met Jack Daniels. I met Maxwell House Coffee.
LF: These were people?
AW: Yes, they were great. In Birmingham they’re a lot of famous brands, too, but I guess I didn’t know who they were.
LF: That’s what makes you happy?
AW: Well, Jack Daniels is my favorite drink so to meet the person who owns Jack Daniels was so exciting. {link}

Why do our films make no money? Why don’t Australians see Australian films?

“WHEN Antony Ginnane, the president of the Screen Producers Association of Australia, said last year that people would rather jump out of a plane than watch an Australian film, many may have dashed for the emergency exit with him. “We’ve been making, in the main, dark, depressing, bleak pieces that are the cultural equivalent of ethnic cleansing,” Ginnane told the association’s conference on the Gold Coast. “Nobody goes to see them … We cannot continue to simply expect $100 million-plus worth of support a year to be handed over by Government if our share of the theatrical box office remains an appallingly low 2 to 3 per cent.”" {link}

When I first heard of Blu-ray discs, I simply shrugged it off as yet another new technology fad that’ll soon tone down. But I was mistaken for when I visited the DVD stores I found a whole shelf dedicated to blu-ray titles. What piqued my curiosity about Blu-ray was the numerous articles I had come across as part of the domain research.

I won’t go into the nitty-gritty of what is Blu-ray but suffice to say I’d like to voice out my thoughts on BD Live/BDJ and their growing impact on social networking. The most interesting news I’ve seen so far in this space was Warner Bros initiative to release ‘Watchmen’ with BD Live features that integrate it with Facebook. Apart from amazing picture and sound qualities these discs have to offer, the new features enable existing Blu-ray users to:

1. Connect their BD Buddy community to their Facebook community
2. Organize joint movie viewings, exchange comments while watching a movie or in certain movies have a live chat session with the Director
3. Download lots of marketing material like the posters, wallpapers, ringtones etc on the go with a Blu-ray Disc.

Cool isn’t it?!! Compared to your normal DVD with its 2D interactivity where the menu and its options are preset, BD offers you a 3D outlook with the chance to add to the content existing on the disc and you can download your choice of content.

Other possibilities that could be explored in terms of making the movie more interactive is:

• Make your own endings – DVDs come with 2-3 alternate endings which you can view via the menu option. What if I want to view the movie with my favorite alternate ending? I can either download the alternate scene online or select it from the menu, and maybe select an option ‘play the movie with alternative ending’. This would let me watch the movie with my favorite ending scene. Wouldn’t this be useful while watching a movie like ‘Atonement’ or ‘X-Men: Origins’??
• Also what if I want to watch the movie with the deleted scenes? Is it possible to introduce the snippets into the actual movie?
• Join a Live Discussion Forum – I haven’t done any groundwork on if this feature is available presently but if I were the type of person who’d love to start a discussion forum on the movie or join one, can I get the option to do it via the BD Live option?
• Integrating Web 2.0 features with BD Live is another possibility. Its quite endless since the technology behind all this is BD Java. Now whatever little understanding I have of Java from technical angle, I know for sure it presents a huge scope to represent your imagination!
• Anime series on Blu-ray – Fans of Pokemon or Dragonball will get a chance to explore interactive features like maybe playing around with the players power levels or evolving a pokemon with Blu-ray. And the marketing material that can be pushed to the users can be endless in case of the Anime.

The ones I’ve listed out here are just what I felt are the possibilities with BD J technology. And these are just the tip of the iceberg so to say!

While all these factors add to the zing, I wondered how far people would really utilize all these amazing features that the major studios are currently dabbling with.

Do you really have the time to connect with BD Live mates with your Facebook mates and actually have such detailed discussions on a movie? Unless you are an ardent fan of the Spiderman or say X-Men, would you really bother having a live discussion with the director or the cast? Not to mention the cost factor, higher functionality would mean a premium price and a new BD player that would also have to play your old DVD collection.

So while movie trivia or interviews by directors might certainly not be my concern, I’d surely be interested if the disc offered a couple of casual or PC based games that I could play on my laptop or a game console. Apart from the downloadable content, this is another option which I would deem as value for money, considering I’m shelling out money for a disc with space worth 50GB.

Pioneer profesyonel Blu-ray oyntacısı  BDP-V6000 detaylarını açıkladı. Bu profesyonel oynatıcı rack mount için tasarlanmış ve DVD/Blu-Ray disklerini NTSC ve Pal olarak oynatabiliyor. Dışarı  bağlantılar için RS232 portu bulunan oynatıcı 24, 25 ve 30 fps gösterim yapabiliyor.

Grafik arayüzü benzersiz tasarımı ile BD Live uyumlu olan oynatıcı ayrıca içerikleri indirebilmek için 1 GB on-board hafızaya sahip. Ek depolama kapasitesi için, USB 2.0 bağlantı noktası içeren DP-V6000 için çıkış tarihi Eylül 2009 olarak verilmiş. Fiyatı ise henüz belli değil.

Diğer Blu-ray linkleri (İngilizce)

• Amazon now accepting DVD and Blu-ray trade-ins (crunchgear.com)
• Oppo Digital BDP-83 Blu-ray Player (ubergizmo.com)
• Sony Releases Two New Blu-ray Players (ubergizmo.com)
• LG Launches Their YouTube Playing Blu-Ray Player (gizmodo.com.au)
• Netflix notches 2 billionth delivery with a Blu-ray disc (engadget.com)
• Sony’s 400-disc BDP-CX7000ES Blu-ray Mega Changer reportedly coming soon (engadget.com)
• Marantz unveils high-end UD9004 Blu-ray / SACD player (engadget.com)
• Pioneer’s Blu-ray player trio gets official in the US (engadget.com)

Li no blog Cinemateca 6 uma ótima resenha sobre Watchmen – o filme. A autora do texto deixou clara sua posição de fã da obra, tanto filme quanto da HQ. Mesmo assim, escreveu sobre o ponto de vista dos que não gostaram tanto da versão cinematográfica. Vale a pena conferir clicando aqui.

No blog Abrace o Mundo, da Letícia, você acha um link para fazer download da HQ – eu já baixei!

Em tempo: o lançamento do dvd de Watchmen está previsto para o dia 21 de julho. Quem comprar a versão especial em formato Blu-ray poderá, de forma inédita, compartilhar conteúdo com outras pessoas pelo Facebook. Isso graças à tecnologia BD-Live, que acessa internet banda-larga pelo Blu-ray.

Pioneer ha annunciato che entro la fine di maggio saranno messi in commercio sul mercato giapponese tre nuovi lettori blu-ray, compatibili BD-Live: il BDP-120, che sarà venduto al prezzo di 29.800 yen, il BDP-320 a 45.000 yen e il BDP-LX52 a 88.000 yen. Il BDP-120 avrà una memoria da 1GB e potrà supportare una risoluzione 1080/60p and 24p (DeepColor 36bit), streaming di linear PCM, Dolby NR TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus eDTS-HD Master audio. Inoltre il lettore disporrà di una “Quick start mode”, che permette di ridurre i tempi di lettura del disco da stand-by a 0.8 secondi. Gli altri due lettori saranno in grado di regolare “i parametri video automaticamente se connessi a plasma Kuro di 9° generazione”. Inoltre in tutti i lettori viene utilizzata la “tecnologia Precision Quartz Lock System (PQLS) per la gestione audio jitter-free”.

 According to PC World, the Panasonic’s DMP-BD60K Blu-ray player, a top-tier device, offers BD-Live support and two-stream Internet connect. The model has a sleek design, low, shallow and compact.  Attractive to look at,  its buttons are easily found and user friendly. 

The report also indicated that the Blu-ray player handled everything smoothly: bright colors in animation, shades of gray in black-and-white scenes, etc.  The player also has the ability to upscale regular DVDs.

BD-Live is feature packed with increased storage capacity and mandatory secondary audio and video decoders (frequently used in commentary tracks and bonus features on many Blu-ray discs and DVDs). And, the player is quick too! In fact, It only needs about a minute of prep time before it is able to play discs, and then skipping is minimal and pausing immediate.

Panasonic’s DMP-BD60K Blu-ray player is available at Ken Cranes locations, where the sales staff is happy to set up a sample display for side-by-side comparisons that allow customers to sit in their audio room and experience the benefits before they buy. Visit a store near you today (M-Sat 10-8, Sun 11-6).