Top 30 must-have Blu-ray Discs
A few years ago, we used to do a feature highlighting some of the top DVDs that made your home theater really look and sound like one. Well, with Blu-ray in full swing, we thought it high time to come up with a similar roundup of our favorite Blu-ray Discs that will help show off your home theater in all its glory.
While my face is at the top of the column, the list was compiled with input from editors John Falcone, Matthew Moskovciak, and David Katzmaier, who look at a lot of content in their day-to-day testing of products. We also keep an eye on AVS Forum's Blu-ray picture- and audio-quality threads and have always appreciated the site's "tier" rating system.
This list is not set in stone, and we'll be adding and removing discs as new ones come out. As always, feel free to make comments and suggest your own personal favorites. They may get added to the list in the future.
Also: If you're someone who likes demoing your system and skipping around between scenes, you'll want a fast Blu-ray player. Right now, the fastest players we've tested are the LG BD390, Sony PlayStation 3, and the Samsung BD-P3600. Though not quite as fast as its step-up sibling, the Samsung BDP-1600 is among the fastest sub-$300 players we've tested. (See CNET's full list of best Blu-ray players.)
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The movie I would add to the list is Across the Universe. The "I am the Walrus" and "Adventures of Mr. Kite" scenes just jump off the screen. I love the movie...and love it even more on Blu-Ray. I recommend it to every friend I have with Blu-Ray...along with Baraka.
Anyway, favorite BluRays movies? Hmm, I've rented a lot and I'll have to say they're all good. My first ever Blu Ray movies (rental) was Casino Royale (new version) and it was great. Details are awesome. I feel like in a movie theater. Thereafter, all the blurays are great. Now, if a Bluray version of "Even CowGirls get the Blues" comes out then it will be the worst BluRay DVD ever to come out and I will wallow in bed with nightmares.
And if this is really supposed to be about PQ and sound, then Black Hawk Down should not be on this list. It was a very good movie and the sound may be great, but the transfer to BD is horrible and the PQ is fool of graniness. It's like they used the worst master they could find. Unless if they have a remastered Black Hawk BD, this title is not a feast for the eyes at all. It's up there with the 1st Fifth Element transfer for shoddiness.
A couple other must-haves: The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset, When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions, and Band of Brothers.
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/reviews_overall.html
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by sbf1
April 1, 2009 4:59 PM PDT
- Excalibur.
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Some that might have made the list are yet to be released on BluRay.