My Mini Saw III Review

[aggressivemx]

Just got my Dutch import of Saw 3 yesterday. First off it has a great cover

Some of the other Dutch imports are being reported as MPEG 2 encodes

This is a VC-1 Encode with DD+ and DTS-HD

Watching on 40" 1080p Samsung LCD w HD-A30 player, Onkyo 605 and Polk Audio 5.1 Speakers

Picture Looks pretty good for a low budget horror flick. The opening bathroom scene with Detective Mathews shows off a high level of detail. Very sharp picture. Really makes the sets more discusting. Contrast looks really nice, blacks are very deep while still allowing the fine details come out. I didnot notice any edge enhancement. As you would expect there is some grain that is somewhat noticeable in some scenes. I cant knock it for that because it does lend a more gritty look to the film, and there isnt any noticable noise from compression. I did notice some speckles every now and then that you wouldnt expect from a new movie but wasnt really enough to complain about

Video: 4/5

Audio sounds pretty good. Obviously Im listening to the core 1.5mbps DTS track. Its pretty heavy on the front speakers but the rear speakers get a nice amount of discreat sound. In the ice chamber you can hear the sprayers going off around you as well as the pig remains in the following scene.

Audio: 4/5

Didnt go through the extras yet but it seems like most of the extras are there from the Single Disk.

Extras: 3/5

It does come in a standard thickness HD-DVD keepcase

This seems to be the R rated as it is 109 minutes and my current Unrated DVD lists 113 minutes as the running time. I have not seen the Directors cut so Im not sure on the running time.

Ordered from xploitedcinema.com. As always his shipping and customer service is top notch. $34.99 + $2.88 first class shipping.

Overall(Not an average):4.5/5 RECOMMENDED

If you are a fan of the SAW movies you will not be dissapointed

[ben1080p]

Originally Posted by aggressivemx

Just got my Dutch import of Saw 3 yesterday. First off it has a great cover

Some of the other Dutch imports are being reported as MPEG 2 encodes

This is a VC-1 Encode with DD+ and DTS-HD

Watching on 40" 1080p Samsung LCD w HD-A30 player, Onkyo 605 and Polk Audio 5.1 Speakers

Picture Looks pretty good for a low budget horror flick. The opening bathroom scene with Detective Mathews shows off a high level of detail. Very sharp picture. Really makes the sets more discusting. Contrast looks really nice, blacks are very deep while still allowing the fine details come out. I didnot notice any edge enhancement. As you would expect there is some grain that is somewhat noticeable in some scenes. I cant knock it for that because it does lend a more gritty look to the film, and there isnt any noticable noise from compression. I did notice some speckles every now and then that you wouldnt expect from a new movie but wasnt really enough to complain about

Video: 4/5

Audio sounds pretty good. Obviously Im listening to the core 1.5mbps DTS track. Its pretty heavy on the front speakers but the rear speakers get a nice amount of discreat sound. In the ice chamber you can hear the sprayers going off around you as well as the pig remains in the following scene.

Audio: 4/5

Didnt go through the extras yet but it seems like most of the extras are there from the Single Disk.

Extras: 3/5

It does come in a standard thickness HD-DVD keepcase

This seems to be the R rated as it is 109 minutes and my current Unrated DVD lists 113 minutes as the running time. I have not seen the Directors cut so Im not sure on the running time.

Ordered from xploitedcinema.com. As always his shipping and customer service is top notch. $34.99 + $2.88 first class shipping.

Overall(Not an average):4.5/5 RECOMMENDED

If you are a fan of the SAW movies you will not be dissapointed

Thanks for the review..Im not a fan of this one, the plot was weak to me.
But once the first two are released then I will definitly get those. The 2nd one has one of the most intense and craziest plot twists ever IMO.

[soxguy80]

Thanks for the review, I'm a big fan of the Saw movies so this is a must buy. Do you know when the other Saws will be available on HD DVD, I could not find them on Xploited Cinema?

[aggressivemx]

I believe that they will come out Q1 from Germany. For Sure will pick up SAW but i cant decide on SAW 2

[Liqwid]

I think in February. February 8th, alongside the Deathproof release?

[cash]

Thanks for the review... I should receive mine withing a couple days. Looking forward to this one.

And according to my packaging, the Directors Cut is 121 mins long... so this one seems to have left some stuff out

[Sporadic]

SAW - February 8, 2008
Newly Added! SAW II - March 2008 (Tentative)

http://hddvdformat.blogspot.com/search?q=Saw

Seems like Saw 1 has a date set while Saw II is still up in the air.