'Big Fish' - High-Def Digest Review

[jed]

With top-shelf video and reference-level audio, this Tim Burton fantasy film earns raves from our Kenneth Brown.

Full review here:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/bigfish.html

[nonametofame]

Definitely will be picking it up now. Thumbs up for another great PCM track.

[okay flint]

One of my favorite films of the past few years... Definately going to pick this up. Great review

[huntergibson]

How did the reviewer play the BIG FISH Blu-Ray disc on a Toshiba HD DVD player (at the end of the review it says thats what was used)?

Does he have some special way of making it hybrid?

[Glenmulder]

[quote=huntergibson;81599]How did the reviewer play the BIG FISH Blu-Ray disc on a Toshiba HD DVD player (at the end of the review it says thats what was used)?

Does he have some special way of making it hybrid?[/QUOTE
maybe some of the magic powers from the movie helped (lol).
Great movie good transfer.

[Ken Brown]

Originally Posted by huntergibson

How did the reviewer play the BIG FISH Blu-Ray disc on a Toshiba HD DVD player (at the end of the review it says thats what was used)?

Does he have some special way of making it hybrid?

Whoops, cut and paste the wrong specs -- thanks for catching that! It's been corrected.

[ack_bak]

I am so glad to hear this movie had solid PQ/AQ. This is a great film and a must have for my collection..

[LembasBread]

And naysayers like to say that Sony can't get anything right. Wasn't this first announced for a BD-25? I'm glad they let it breath on a BD-50, looks like it was worth it.

[illegalprelude]

yea. I never saw this. This is a good chance to pick it up

[illegalprelude]

woo hoo. its mine

[willpooted]

Originally Posted by illegalprelude

woo hoo. its mine

Good choice

[illegalprelude]

Originally Posted by willpooted

Good choice

im excited to see it. i member wanted to see it when it came in theatres

[movieguy85]

Well, I'm sorry to say, but I bought this title based on this review, and it looks horrible. The image does NOT have a 3D pop and it is certainly NOT better looking than other Burton films on either format. I, as well as many other on the AVS Forum, bought this title based on the glowing review it got and unfortunately, NOBODY has been impressed with it.

I already own the Standard Def version, so I put it into my Toshiba HD-A1, chose the scene where Edward first comes to Spectre, paused it, and switched between the SD version, and Blu-Ray version, which I had in the PS3, and there was little-to-no difference on my Toshiba 62HM196 DLP TV.

I'm sorry to say but this is a 3-star transfer AT BEST. The audio is great, but certainly not worth an upgrade if you already have the Standard version. I am very disappointed Mr. Brown for a review that couldn't have been further from the truth.

Up until this point, I've almost always agreed with the reviews on this forum, but unfortunately I am now going to have to take each review with a bigger grain of salt.

I would hope that in the future you could be a little more careful in review films and realize that you have a big responsibility to consumers. As soon as a great review goes up, it is reflected on thedvdwars.com (ie: Happy Feet, which is now #1 on HD-DVD.)

I urge you to re-watch that movie, compare it to the SD version, and post a correct review that will maybe not intice so many consumers to buy such a bad looking title.

Thank you.

[DWall45]

I have to agree with movieguy85, I was disappointed in this transfer as well. I had to make sure my PlayStation 3 hadn't somehow gotten switched over to 480i. 3 to 3 1/2 stars at best for picture. I did think the sound was quite good, however.

[willpooted]

That's just great. I was fine with the PQ until I read more of this thread. So I watched it again today, and the sad thing is that I'm afraid you guys are right. At best, it looks like a spectacular SD DVD transfer.