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[DamnCoffee]

I simply cannot wait to get these!

[mrsbonds_ppk]

Yeah I can't wait to get these either. There is no limit on the amount of money I am willing to spend on James Bond DVD's .

[eddychaput]

There is a limit on what I'll spend however. The volumes here in Canada have three movies each and cost 69$, and that's before tax. I'm looking at about 78$ for three movies. I purchased the Ultimate Edition DVDs for a lot less per box, not to mention that each box had five movies, not just three.

I will go Blue-Ray for Bond someday, but not today.

[mrsbonds_ppk]

There is a limit on what I'll spend however. The volumes here in Canada have three movies each and cost 69$, and that's before tax. I'm looking at about 78$ for three movies. I purchased the Ultimate Edition DVDs for a lot less per box, not to mention that each box had five movies, not just three.

I will go Blue-Ray for Bond someday, but not today.

Oh nooo. That is kinda expensive. I was looking at a Best Buy advertisement from last Sunday's paper and they were selling the Blu-Ray Box Sets (which come with 3 movies like you said.) for $59. The movies separately are $24.99. I have all the UE box sets and I'm quite happy with them for now. I want to get Casino Royale on Blu-Ray when I can though.

I was being kinda sarcastic with my comment even though I do want them on Blu-Ray....someday lol.

[dinovelvet]

The movies separately are $24.99.

I got them for $16.99 each at Frys!

Just checked out FYEO, good picture of course but less impressive than Dr.No, probably because FYEO was never one of the more interesting-looking Bond movies in the first place. However the helicopter at the beginning is redder than its ever been, and you can definitely see its not Rog flying the chopper. Not that anyone really thought it was Rog flying the chopper... Again the picture quality makes you think you're watching a movie made in 2008! Some of the aerial shots of the chopper flying over London now look that little bit more impressive.

I'm going to sample some of DAD tonight in all its hi def glory

[Marquis]

I've picked up all 6 individual releases (£14.99 Each) and I'm very impressed. Dr. No & FRWL are simply stunning. Thunderball slightly less so, but still fantastic. Tonight I'll be having a double bill of LALD & FYEO and then I'll tackle DAD. It's been a few years since I sat down with Brosnan's much-maligned final outing and I'm looking forward to re-visiting it on Blu-ray.

[Blofelds Cat]

I've picked up all 6 individual releases (£14.99 Each) and I'm very impressed. Dr. No & FRWL are simply stunning. Thunderball slightly less so, but still fantastic. Tonight I'll be having a double bill of LALD & FYEO and then I'll tackle DAD. It's been a few years since I sat down with Brosnan's much-maligned final outing and I'm looking forward to re-visiting it on Blu-ray.

Will be interested to read your opinions.

I had already decided I'd only be purchasing FYEO, FRWL and TB (when they are released here in Aust in f-ing November). But the comments about DN have me now considering getting that one as well.

[sharpshooter]

These sound excellent. It is just a shame the cover art is nothing short of shoddy.

[Arbogast777]

Well, after all this time talking about the Bond on Blu's it's unfortunate to have to report this but... there seems to be MAJOR issues with the Blu-rays (namely that they don't WORK).

Here's some links to various sites where discussion is ongoing about it...

AVS Forum

Home Theater Forum

I can add my experience: I bought "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love" and couldn't get either to work on my brand new Sony player. Exchanging them for new copies yielded the same results so I ended up eBaying them for about a $10 loss. As excited as I have been for the past few months for these, it looks like I'm going to have to wait until I hear of some resolution to this

[jaguar007]

I picked up the 6 movies yesterday at Circuit City. They had then at $21.99 each and for every 2 you bought they took of $5.00. I also had a CC coupon for $15.00 off a purchase of $100.00 or more, so I got them at $16.99 each (and of course 6 free admissions to QOS).

THey all worked fine except FYEO which I exchanged for a new copy today (have not tested it yet).

Well, after all this time talking about the Bond on Blu's it's unfortunate to have to report this but... there seems to be MAJOR issues with the Blu-rays (namely that they don't WORK).

Here's some links to various sites where discussion is ongoing about it...

AVS Forum

Home Theater Forum

I can add my experience: I bought "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love" and couldn't get either to work on my brand new Sony player. Exchanging them for new copies yielded the same results so I ended up eBaying them for about a $10 loss. As excited as I have been for the past few months for these, it looks like I'm going to have to wait until I hear of some resolution to this

Did you make sure your Blu Ray player has the latest software? When I bought mine last year I had to update it right away.

[MarkA]

Mine work fine. One really wonderful thing I have noticed watching Thunderball on the Tru HD track they have gone back to the original sound mix. So that overly loud door opening at the Paris SPECTRE headquarters and the gun shots in the pre-credits are back to their original sound, except obviously in surround. So they do listen to the complaints.

[Arbogast777]

Jag007,

Yes, it's the latest software. By the looks of those threads listed in my post it's happening with a broad range of players, so it sounds like a disc problem. I'd love to try another disc but it's basically a $25 gamble. Too bad - I was really looking forward to these.

[sharpshooter]

So they do listen to the complaints.

Has the red blood been restored into the pool in the shark sequence, where it was clear in the UE?

[Bonita]

So they do listen to the complaints.

Has the red blood been restored into the pool in the shark sequence, where it was clear in the UE?

The blood was in the US releases of the UEs. There were many, many fixes in the US UEs, and overall better color corrections. The US UEs were from 4k restorations. The UK UEs were from 2k scans.

What does everyone think of the HD rebuilds of the old SE docs?

Keep dancing...

[5 BONDS]

Well, after all this time talking about the Bond on Blu's it's unfortunate to have to report this but... there seems to be MAJOR issues with the Blu-rays (namely that they don't WORK).

Here's some links to various sites where discussion is ongoing about it...

AVS Forum

Home Theater Forum

I can add my experience: I bought "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love" and couldn't get either to work on my brand new Sony player. Exchanging them for new copies yielded the same results so I ended up eBaying them for about a $10 loss. As excited as I have been for the past few months for these, it looks like I'm going to have to wait until I hear of some resolution to this

Your brand new Sony player is not the bdp s350?..I have ordered this model myself and also if it is have you installed the latest firmware 010?

Edited by 5 BONDS, 24 October 2008 - 05:43 AM.

[sharpshooter]

The blood was in the US releases of the UEs. There were many, many fixes in the US UEs, and overall better color corrections. The US UEs were from 4k restorations. The UK UEs were from 2k scans.

Hm, ok. I hope they restore GoldenEye to how it should be, then.

[dee-bee-five]

Well, after all this time talking about the Bond on Blu's it's unfortunate to have to report this but... there seems to be MAJOR issues with the Blu-rays (namely that they don't WORK).

Here's some links to various sites where discussion is ongoing about it...

AVS Forum

Home Theater Forum

I can add my experience: I bought "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love" and couldn't get either to work on my brand new Sony player. Exchanging them for new copies yielded the same results so I ended up eBaying them for about a $10 loss. As excited as I have been for the past few months for these, it looks like I'm going to have to wait until I hear of some resolution to this

Yep, same here. Three Bonds on Blu-Ray - Dr.No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball. Three black screens. £60 wasted.

[sharpshooter]

Three Bonds on Blu-Ray - Dr.No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball. Three black screens. £60 wasted.

Oh dear.

[dee-bee-five]

Three Bonds on Blu-Ray - Dr.No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball. Three black screens. £60 wasted.

Oh dear.

Quite. It's funny, but I was talking about it to a friend about it last night. He's an IT specıalıst and he reckons the introduction of Blu-Ray is a complete shambles (it's a lottery which machines will play which dics); he confidently predicts the format will soon be dead in the water. We'll see. But, certainly, this kind of thing doesn't exactly boost consumer confidence.

[stamper]

Same thing happened at DVD launch, and watch where VHS is right now.

Blu-Ray was rushed, because Microsoft and Toshiba launched HD-DVD in order to kill all physical formats on earth. Luckily, they failed.

It's not the discs faults, but the players fault. Your friend should have sold the player instead of the discs, and bought a PS3.

[dee-bee-five]

Same thing happened at DVD launch, and watch where VHS is right now.

Blu-Ray was rushed, because Microsoft and Toshiba launched HD-DVD in order to kill all physical formats on earth. Luckily, they failed.

It's not the discs faults, but the players fault. Your friend should have sold the player instead of the discs, and bought a PS3.

It was me, not my friend. And rather than go to the bother of changing players, I'll just stick with DVD. Yes, Blu-Ray is an impressive leap forward in terms of picture quality. But that's not much use when it doesn't work. And it's not that much of an improvement that I'm willing to gamble £20-25 a throw to see whether a disc will play or not.

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Same thing happened at DVD launch, and watch where VHS is right now.

Blu-Ray was rushed, because Microsoft and Toshiba launched HD-DVD in order to kill all physical formats on earth. Luckily, they failed.

It's not the discs faults, but the players fault. Your friend should have sold the player instead of the discs, and bought a PS3.

Not to this extent that I can recall. DVD players may have had a few bumps at the start, but they didn't rely on users to update firmware and the like: there's simply not an interface to do so.

Edited by Mr Teddy Bear, 24 October 2008 - 07:52 AM.

[stamper]

Yeah, it was worse. Original DVD websites had miles long lists of DVDs that didn't work on some machines, and the machines listings. Majors were forced to reprint new discs in many instances. Because the machines were not computers (like BR machines), but mechanical only, once you had a player that didn't work with some discs, you were stuck, whereas now, an update will render a problematic title readable. It's always the same when a new format is launched. BR players are more like computers. If something doesn't work, there will be an update to fix it.

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Yeah, it was worse. Original DVD websites had miles long lists of DVDs that didn't work on some machines, and the machines listings. Majors were forced to reprint new discs in many instances. Because the machines were not computers (like BR machines), but mechanical only, once you had a player that didn't work with some discs, you were stuck, whereas now, an update will render a problematic title readable. It's always the same when a new format is launched. BR players are more like computers. If something doesn't work, there will be an update to fix it.

There shouldn't even be a need for updates. Before they release a 'standard' format they should actually agree on what that standard is, rather than just allowing a facility to change their minds.

And yeah... a DVD player is as much a "computer" as a Blu-Ray player, having its own processor, memory, etc. Having an interface to update firmware, is just that- don't overplay it as some revolutionary feature only super computers can handle.

Edited by Mr Teddy Bear, 24 October 2008 - 09:18 AM.

[dee-bee-five]

Yeah, it was worse. Original DVD websites had miles long lists of DVDs that didn't work on some machines, and the machines listings. Majors were forced to reprint new discs in many instances. Because the machines were not computers (like BR machines), but mechanical only, once you had a player that didn't work with some discs, you were stuck, whereas now, an update will render a problematic title readable. It's always the same when a new format is launched. BR players are more like computers. If something doesn't work, there will be an update to fix it.

There shouldn't even be a need for updates. Before they release a 'standard' format they should actually agree on what that standard is, rather than just allowing a facility to change their minds.

And yeah... a DVD player is as much a "computer" as a Blu-Ray player, having its own processor, memory, etc. Having an interface to update firmware, is just that- don't overplay it as some revolutionary feature only super computers can handle.

Quite. The bottom line is I shouldn't have to bloody well download updates to play a Blu Ray disc. At the moment, I am up-to-here-with-updates and the damned things still won't play. Presumably - hopefully? - another update will eventually solve the problem. But, I tell you what, this is doing nothing to endear me to the format.

[sharpshooter]

Yep. This update nonsense really gets me, too. You should just be able to throw the disc in and press play.

[Loomis]

Yes, Blu-Ray is an impressive leap forward in terms of picture quality. But that's not much use when it doesn't work. And it's not that much of an improvement that I'm willing to gamble £20-25 a throw to see whether a disc will play or not.

Sorry to hear this. The other day I saw a demo of LIVE AND LET DIE on Blu-ray at Zavvi, Piccadilly Circus, and the picture quality was an absolute revelation, with bright colours and an astonishing level of detail. Watching the scene in the PTS where the guy is killed in New Orleans ("Whose funeral is it?"/"Yours"), I could clearly make out the people far away in the distance at the bottom of the street. If necessary, I'd be able to give a police witness statement as to what they were wearing, what they were doing, and so on.

Seeing it, I was gagging to get Blu-ray, but I reckon I'll wait until the format has sorted out its teething troubles.

[dee-bee-five]

Yes, Blu-Ray is an impressive leap forward in terms of picture quality. But that's not much use when it doesn't work. And it's not that much of an improvement that I'm willing to gamble £20-25 a throw to see whether a disc will play or not.

Sorry to hear this. The other day I saw a demo of LIVE AND LET DIE on Blu-ray at Zavvi, Piccadilly Circus, and the picture quality was an absolute revelation, with bright colours and an astonishing level of detail. Watching the scene in the PTS where the guy is killed in New Orleans ("Whose funeral is it?"/"Yours"), I could clearly make out the people far away in the distance at the bottom of the street. If necessary, I'd be able to give a police witness statement as to what they were wearing, what they were doing, and so on.

Seeing it, I was gagging to get Blu-ray, but I reckon I'll wait until the format has sorted out its teething troubles.

Yes, it's a real shame because Casino Royale blew me away - and still does - when I bought it on Blu Ray. Sadly, it seems I'm far from alone in experiencing problems with the Blu Ray Bonds.

[Arbogast777]

Your brand new Sony player is not the bdp s350?..I have ordered this model myself and also if it is have you installed the latest firmware 010?

Yes, it was the S350 with newest firmware. People are having problems playing them on the PS3 as well, which usually plays everything.

[jaguar007]

I have a Samsung 1400 and all the movies work except FYEO. I even exchanged my copy of FYEO and still no luck. This is actually the first Blu Ray movie I have tried that has not worked on my machine. I'm fairly confident that a solution will be available very soon.