Official Canadian Blu-ray Release Thread

[GizmoDVD]

Originally Posted by theHDphantom

That's a good question. Hopefully this will be an alright answer: I can't find these titles anymore here in Canada. If they're still available in the US, I could get them, but then I'd have to factor in shipping costs, and the worth of the dollar, and possible customs fees (although I haven't been stopped by them before). In the end I could have saved a couple of bucks, but it was just easier getting it on blu-ray here in Canada.

Gotcha. I saw you ordered them so I assumed you were in America (didn't even look at your location). I nabbed both WN1 and 2 for $5 last week from Amazon so its why I questioned you

[GizmoDVD]

Skull,

That sounds...wrong. Are you sure its a Blu-ray and not a DVD (put in there by accident)? No Blu-ray is 480p and only a few have been 1080i.

[theHDphantom]

I got 15 Minutes a while back and I'm out-putting via 1080i and that's what it rang up as on my LG BH200. Looked pretty good too and there was great detail a lot of times. Not the greatest transfer of all time, but it was still pretty good.

[theHDphantom]

Originally Posted by GizmoDVD

Gotcha. I saw you ordered them so I assumed you were in America (didn't even look at your location). I nabbed both WN1 and 2 for $5 last week from Amazon so its why I questioned you

If I could have gotten them for $5 (which is a major sweet deal) I would've done it that way for sure.
Just curious though, was there any audio syncing problems on the White Noise 2 HD DVD?

[GizmoDVD]

Originally Posted by theHDphantom

If I could have gotten them for $5 (which is a major sweet deal) I would've done it that way for sure.
Just curious though, was there any audio syncing problems on the White Noise 2 HD DVD?

I watched WN2 on HD DVD a year ago and didn't notice any issues that I recall.

[Josh Z]

Originally Posted by Skullsoldier

The disc play fine, but I immediately notices that it looked IDENTICAL to the old New Line Infinifilm DVD. I checked the video output on my Panasonic Plasma (the new 58") and it confirmed that the disc resolution was 480p and not 1080p.

I checked all my other Alliance discs - every other one registered 1080p. I'm using a PS3 hooked up through a Denon receiver with conversion turned off. I'm relatively sure that this is an authoring error, but thought you all should be aware of it.

Scott, are you using the Component video outputs from your PS3, or HDMI? It's possible that Alliance accidentally flagged the Image Constraint Token, which would limit the video to 480p over Component.

[Skullsoldier]

Hey guys. I am using an HDMI output from my PS3 with output set at 1080p/24. I'm relatively sure it's a blu and not a DVD because I'm getting HD audio. Maybe it's my settings, but the fact that all my other Alliance titles play fine is confounding. I'll mess around a little and let ya'll know what happens.


Scott

[GizmoDVD]

Originally Posted by Josh Z

Scott, are you using the Component video outputs from your PS3, or HDMI? If It's possible that Alliance accidentally flagged the Image Constraint Token, which would limit the video to 480p over Component.

Damn your good!

[guyver2077]

anyone know how long shipping usually takes to us?.. my order shipped on the 3rd... the tracking shows out for delivery on feb 6. Today is the 12th and still nothing... still shows "out for delivery".

wish they would of used ups

[Rantlers]

Hey, does anyone know if there is a lossless audio track on the Canadian release of District B-13 and if there are english subs available?

[Skullsoldier]

Ok - I figured it out. I went into my PS3 display settings and realized the only things checked were 1080p and 480p (1080i and 720p were unchecked). I went ahead and checked the 1080i and 720p and my display registered a 1080i output. This is my first experience with a 1080i encoded disc, so obviously the PS3 will send out the lower resolution (480p) when 1080i is not checked. Needless to say the picture was better, but still a pretty weak entry into the Blu-ray pantheon.

Scott

[theHDphantom]

Originally Posted by guyver2077

anyone know how long shipping usually takes to us?.. my order shipped on the 3rd... the tracking shows out for delivery on feb 6. Today is the 12th and still nothing... still shows "out for delivery".

wish they would of used ups

Whenever I ordered merchandise through Amazon America, it usually took approximately 3 days to get to me. One time though it took over a week for a package to get to me. My guess is that it's probably just a little bit slow getting to ya.
OR...maybe customs intercepted too perhaps? This could be an answer, but I'd say it's just slow getting to you.

[theHDphantom]

Originally Posted by Skullsoldier

Ok - I figured it out. I went into my PS3 display settings and realized the only things checked were 1080p and 480p (1080i and 720p were unchecked). I went ahead and checked the 1080i and 720p and my display registered a 1080i output. This is my first experience with a 1080i encoded disc, so obviously the PS3 will send out the lower resolution (480p) when 1080i is not checked. Needless to say the picture was better, but still a pretty weak entry into the Blu-ray pantheon.

Scott

Guess we know now that the back of the box was NOT mislabled and it is indeed a 1080i transfer.
Just got finished watching 15 Minutes again right now, and I can positively say that it's not a weak release.

[ben1080p]

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[sme]

Originally Posted by Rantlers

Hey, does anyone know if there is a lossless audio track on the Canadian release of District B-13 and if there are english subs available?

The Canadian Alliance release is exactly the same as the US Magnolia Pictures release with 5.1 DTS-HD sound and English (SDH) Subtitles.