Originally Posted by kenbenobi (Post 9927043)

I typically whip out my phone and look up reviews before I buy a BD, right there in the store. I love having portable internet... I even check dvdtalk on my phone if I'm away from a computer for more than a few hours...

Originally Posted by consoleman (Post 9928699)

I didn't know about the Terminator 3 encoding problem. I thought it was only that it had sub-par audio. Anyway, I'm glad I returned Terminator and Terminator 3 to Target even though I had bought it for $5 each and plan to wait till a better version comes out on Blu.

Originally Posted by kenbenobi (Post 9928727)

I have it on HD-DVD, and will probably stick with that. But yes, Warner Home Video has confirmed that due to an apparent production error, the video on early pressings of this Blu-ray were encoded at 1080i (not 1080p as labeled on the box art). Warner does have a replacement program if you get a bad 1080i version. See related story for replacement program info if you opened yours and discovered it is 1080i: http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/1293

Like mattysemo stated, only the first few pressings were affected, and it was re-released with corrected 1080p video. There is a way to tell which one it is before purchasing or opening it. They have different UPC codes. The code for the 1080i version is 085391186304. The code for the newer 1080p version is 883929016938.

Originally Posted by GizmoDVD (Post 9928833)

Terminator will likely have a re-release sometime in the next few years, but I doubt Terminator 3 will. At best, it will get tossed in a double-pack with Salvation.

Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt (Post 9924976)

A bad Blu-ray transfer is still better than a good DVD transfer.

Originally Posted by Copper Blue (Post 9929255)

The UK T3 can be had pretty cheaply, and it is 1080p PLUS HD Audio, which no USA release has.

Originally Posted by consoleman (Post 9929332)

I could never understand the differentiation in releases between regions. If it's available in the UK, why they wouldn't make this available here in the near future is beyond me.

Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt (Post 9924976)

A bad Blu-ray transfer is still better than a good DVD transfer.

Originally Posted by kenbenobi (Post 9928727)

Like mattysemo stated, only the first few pressings were affected, and it was re-released with corrected 1080p video. There is a way to tell which one it is before purchasing or opening it. They have different UPC codes. The code for the 1080i version is 085391186304. The code for the newer 1080p version is 883929016938.

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 9929416)

Have you seen Bram Stoker's Dracula on blu?

Originally Posted by Copper Blue (Post 9929255)

The UK T3 can be had pretty cheaply, and it is 1080p PLUS HD Audio, which no USA release has.

Originally Posted by dolphinboy (Post 9931096)

Are all the special features playable with a regular BD player or are any of them in PAL? Thanks.

Originally Posted by RoadToPerdition (Post 9929134)

Thank you for this information. I was unaware of this and just found out I have the 1080i! -eek-

Originally Posted by masetodd (Post 9930694)

Thanks for the info ken-bob-obi-wan. If i had known this, I would have picked it up last month for $5 with the Target coupon. Oh well.

Originally Posted by terrym4 (Post 9931427)

Thanks from me as well. I actually received the 1080i version directly from the WB store just a few months ago, when all the stacked coupons were going on. I called and they are sending me out the corrected version.

Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 9931319)

The U.K. version of Terminator 3 was released by Sony. All of Sony's Blu-ray releases are region-free and completely playable on a Region A machine, including the extras. The U.S. division of Sony actually handles the encoding and preparing of discs for Sony releases globally, so even though T3 could not be released here by them, it might as well be a U.S. Blu-ray.

Originally Posted by lizard (Post 9933081)

I suspect that the SD extras are converted to HD, as opposed to being NTSC, since that would be the only way to make them region free.

Originally Posted by kenbenobi (Post 9928727)

The code for the 1080i version is 085391186304. The code for the newer 1080p version is 883929016938.

Originally Posted by bmvtoys (Post 9933127)

Its not a matter of PAL and NTSC for Blu-Ray, its the encoding MHZ...

Originally Posted by bmvtoys (Post 9933127)

Its not a matter of PAL and NTSC for Blu-Ray, its the encoding MHZ, so you may have to be a little careful when purchasing some titles. There are some sites that list what titles are Region free, and which are locked, and what MHZ they are in-

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Originally Posted by Adam Tyner (Post 9933724)

...and some players don't handle 1080i50 gracefully.

Originally Posted by bmvtoys (Post 9934120)

Exactly that's why i stated the MHZ. I have not encountered 1 Region Free pal blu that i wasnt able to play the extra's on.

But, as I stated you must do your research, because the i50 is a pain and more and more PAL blu's are using it-

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