A wave of David Lynch titles (UK) - June 4th

[The Limey]

Yeah, you're probably right. I know I'll want one eventually, so why not now? I see you have the Oppo BDP-95. That's the one I was considering. Have you been happy with it?

Yes I bought it with multi region capability from the dealer. It is the easiest player that I have come across to date to change regions. PQ and AQ are both superb and the latter on Analogue is simply sublime.
If you get one - you will be delighted with it.

[pantsofdoom]

I've never really dabbled with imports before, but I'm very interested in that FWWM bluray from Japan as well as the UK boxset. How does one go about ordering something like that? Is there a website here in the US that handles imports from other countries?

[skycracksopen]

Yes I bought it with multi region capability from the dealer. It is the easiest player that I have come across to date to change regions. PQ and AQ are both superb and the latter on Analogue is simply sublime.
If you get one - you will be delighted with it.

Multi region capability from the dealer? Does that mean there are versions of it that aren't multi-region?

[skycracksopen]

I might go with the BDP-93 instead. Looks like it has pretty much everything I need.

[The Limey]

Multi region capability from the dealer? Does that mean there are versions of it that aren't multi-region?

Basically it comes without the multi region capability. If however, you want that then you can pay an authorised Oppo Re-seller an extra amount to have that capability from the outset.
If you are not connecting up via Analogue but instead via HDMI then the BPP-93 is definitely the way to go...

[The Limey]

I've never really dabbled with imports before, but I'm very interested in that FWWM bluray from Japan as well as the UK boxset. How does one go about ordering something like that? Is there a website here in the US that handles imports from other countries?

Amazon.co.uk will take care of that for you - password will be the same as the US site and exactly the same procedure basically. Amazon.jp will require a new password though. Shipping times from Amazon.co.uk generally average 5 days to a week.

[skycracksopen]

Basically it comes without the multi region capability. If however, you want that then you can pay an authorised Oppo Re-seller an extra amount to have that capability from the outset.
If you are not connecting up via Analogue but instead via HDMI then the BPP-93 is definitely the way to go...

Damn. I thought that I remember hearing years ago that Oppo made the best multi region players, so I assumed they were that way out of the box. But what you say makes sense, since their website says:

PAL/NTSC Conversion (Subject to DVD and BD region restrictions.)

Are there any good multi region players that don't require modification? I suppose I should go check out the Blu-ray Hardware subforum.

[cupboy]

Amazon.co.uk will take care of that for you - password will be the same as the US site and exactly the same procedure basically. Amazon.jp will require a new password though. Shipping times from Amazon.co.uk generally average 5 days to a week.

Well, if you're lucky. I have one Dispatched on 23 April 2012 not yet arrived. Something I bought from amazon.de took 5 months to arrive (David Lynch blu set with 3 movies).

In both cases, items went by DHL. Stuff sent by Royal Mail arrives in about a week usually, sometimes 2 weeks.

[The Limey]

Well, if you're lucky. I have one Dispatched on 23 April 2012 not yet arrived. Something I bought from amazon.de took 5 months to arrive (David Lynch blu set with 3 movies).

In both cases, items went by DHL. Stuff sent by Royal Mail arrives in about a week usually, sometimes 2 weeks.

Sounds like Amazon.com mailing times to the UK!

[Josh Z]

Are there any good multi region players that don't require modification?

No. The Blu-ray licensing agreement requires that each manufacturer enforce region coding. Any company that violates this will have their licensing pulled and will not be able to sell Blu-ray players anymore. Region-free modifications are an after-market product that the manufacturer cannot officially support.

The region-free mod for Oppo's Blu-ray player is ridiculously easy to install and use. A 5-year-old could do it.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/oppo-region-mod/

This should not be a concern.

[skycracksopen]

Thanks for the info... now I just have to decide if I want to spend $500 on the thing!

[The Limey]

Empire Magazine are running a competition with 3 of the Box Sets as prizes:
http://www.empireonline.com/competit...n.asp?CID=3969

[The Limey]

No cuts from the BBFC for Eraserhead:

Eraserhead...
Set for release on UK Blu-ray and DVD

Permalink (58 days only)
See also Calendar: Coming Soon: What's Cut and What's Not

Eraserhead is a 1977 US fantasy by David Lynch. With Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart and Allen Joseph. See IMDb

UK: Passed 15 uncut for:

UK 2012 Universal David Lynch Box Set RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 4th June 2012
UK 2012 Universal David Lynch Box Set R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 4th June 2012
UK 2012 Universal RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 4th June 2012
UK 2012 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 4th June 2012
UK 2008 Scanbox R2 DVD
UK: Passed 18/X uncut for:

UK 1993 Polygram VHS
UK 1986 Palace VHS
UK 1979 Cinema release
Promotional Material

Newly remastered by David Lynch himself for this 35th Anniversary release, his feature-film debut is a masterpiece of the macabre and grotesque.

Eraserhead follows a sensitive young man as he struggles to cope with impending parenthood. Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) lives in a hopeless industrial landscape, lusting after the beautiful woman who lives in the apartment across the hall.

Five years in the making, Eraserhead contains all of the trademark attributes of a Lynch film--haunting visuals, an ethereal score, unsettling sound design, and, most notably, a black sense of humour - creating a world onscreen that is exhilarating, terrifying, and truly unique.

Features:

LYNCH ONE documentary
Four short films:
Six Men Getting Sick - 1966
The Alphabet - 1968
The Amputee Take 1 - 1974
The Amputee Take 2 - 1974
Other Versions

From IMDb. The original print of the film ran 20m longer and featured a number of characters who are referenced in the credits but do not appear: The people digging in the alley show up in the second half of the movie. Henry comes across two kids excavating rows of dimes from the asphalt in the street. The landlady shows up in the second half, in a scene where Henry goes into the lobby of the apartment building and takes out his anger on a bench. You stop kicking my bench! the landlady shouts at him. That's good wood!

The longer original version was screened in public only once before being changed by David Lynch to its present format.

http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm

[skycracksopen]

I went for the box set and also ordered an Oppo-93 with the region mod today.

It's been a while since I've seen most of these, so I'm looking forward to it a lot.

Also had to order Mulholland Drive region B while I was at it, since it's one of my all-time favorites.

Being able to now watch Blus from other regions is going to be the death of my wallet.

[The Limey]

First review of the set that I have seen and it is split across the set and the DVD set:

http://www.chrisandphilpresent.co.uk...ox-set-part-1/

http://www.chrisandphilpresent.co.uk...ox-set-part-2/

It’s a great set of amazing films peppered with a few cracking extras and sprinklings of curios and oddities but it’s hardly definitive and the gaps are too big to ignore. Its mainly existing discs bundled together rather than a comprehensive collection of his work. What we really want is a complete set with The Elephant Man, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire. Still, until we get offered that this is pretty damn good.

The images are well transferred from the old film stock, and the sound mix on the digital films is particularly impressive.