bluray question

[Elixir]

I was always under the influence that quality loss would be present if the video was not originally filmed in 16:9 for Blu-Ray movies. I mean, you can take an image and resize it horizontally, with a proper aspect ratio so it doesn't become stretched. Then you can canvas it in height so there's no quality loss, and that way the image is resized but there's still image loss in the end.

On that note, importing Blu-Ray movies is insanely expensive, and I'd probably do it if it weren't for the region locking that I keep forgetting about since, well, when I think "PS3" I automatically think "region free".

No movies are filmed in 16:9. Sometimes they are cropped to fill the screen.

If your in the US there isn't much reason to import. But at the moment you can use amazon.co.uk which have really good import prices. Monsters inc is already out and its about $23 delivered (region free). Charlie and the chocolate factory as well. There are quite a few. But really, in the US you have so much choice already. Japan has the best version of Brandon Lee's "the crow". Importing Japanese wares is very expensive.

I'm not in the US, nor UK, and I'm pretty sure I can't order from Amazon. And yes, importing Japanese Blu-Ray movies is expensive, like I've already said. Since I have a PAL PS3, this limits me to what I can and can't buy. So far I have a total of 0 Blu-Ray moveis and it's probably going to stay that way.

[neorichieb1971]

A PAL PS3 means your either in Europe or Australia which is region B.

Amazon.co.uk will ship anywhere in the world. You can use your own ID and password from your own countries amazon website and it will carry your home address and credit card information across.. no worries.. its easy peazy.

I only buy about 60% of my blu's from the UK anyway. Amazon.co.uk or play.com for UK. Playusa.com for US stuff. Thats really all you need. Prices are dirt cheap for blu's these days. If you want German, go to amazon.de, if you want Australian, go ezydvd.com. I get someone here to get my Canadian futureshop fix with those shiny steelbooks. Waiting on Watchmen as I type.

www.hmv.co.uk has some blu rays for £6. I have about 150 blu rays and have never looked back. Movies will never look better than 1080p. I can make my picture over 100 inches and its still clear and beautiful.

Just make sure you get region free, or region B stuff.. And only buy blu rays if your using a HDTV.. That might sound like silly thing to say, but I know people that have blu rays and are watching them with composite connection on a HDTV

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Makes me reminiscent for the 360-degree panoramic film at one of the Disney World pavilions being shown for years (I think it was filmed in the '70s, fun stuff anyway).

Yep, it was none other than Circlevision that gave the viewer a new look at how films were presented. IIRC, there were handrails for some viewers if they started to get motion sickness as there was a key scene where the Circlevision camera tilts at an odd angle but slowly -- still a trip to remember. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~