Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

I'm curious to know how much of the 50 GB disc is actually used for the A/V presentation.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

I think I figured out why the dialogue sounds so weird to me. The dialogue sounds as if the vocals were processed in a similar manner that is done for pop singers for their albums. It's the best way to describe what I'm hearing.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

So the image and sound on the disc is different to what was shown in HD trailers and clips?

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

It's going to sell a lot, but I still they will glut the market with these and overestimate just how much it will sell.

I think there are still quite a few people out there who have not seen it. When they do see it outside of its 3D comfort zone, I think it won't be viewed as favorably. Just a personal opinion.

I'm willing to give it another shot when there's a different cut of the film, but suffice it to say this is the first Cameron movie that I didn't love.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

I don't recall the look or sound of the clips beyond a trailer I saw in another BD that I rented a while back was matted to a scope aspect ratio. For the record, I'm no longer a naysayer regarding the current 1.78:1 presentation. It looked better at scope in screenshots but in movement you could tell only a few shots work in scope. The sense of movement and vertigo is indeed better conveyed at 1.78:1.

Anyhoo, my issues with the slightly off contrast and processed vocals aside, this would be a definite purchase as-is if it weren't barebones.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

Fucking worthless threadcrapper.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

I just watched and Listened to the blu and I didn't see or hear anything like that.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

I like how all of these people have been getting the Blu-Ray early and yet not a single person has been able to produce any screencaps.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

Don't you need a Blu-ray capable computer for that?

If I had it early I couldn't take screencaps because my computer is too primitive for Blu-ray.

I don't think taking photos of the TV screen would help either. I doubt that everyone here has the means of taking screencaps from Blu-ray discs.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

Obviously not everyone, but of all the people who have acquired it early, there must be someone.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

I think that the movie takes up between 43 and 46 gigs. I am not 100% on that, but I believe that is what it is.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

Blu-ray.com has a disclaimer on the bottom of their 1080p screencaps mentioning they're taken with "some special screenshot equipment".

What does that mean? There's actually a device that is made to do just that?

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

What do you need screen caps for?

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

For what it's worth, AVSforum seems to be drooling over this Blu-ray. Since they're normally the pickiest ones of the bunch when it comes to video quality, sounds good enough for me...

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

I don't "need" anything, I just want to see what it looks like, as I'm sure many others do as well.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

Only 2 more days and you can see the real thing.

I thought it looked exactly as it should, to orrow a phrase, was "film like".

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

Same for the audio side.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

There's another version coming on May 11th but I don't know what this is?

http://www.amazon.com/Avatar-Blu-ray.../dp/B003H8F46C

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

Only $83.99. Probably be packed with that bonus Avatar sex scene. PS3 fans unite!

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

It must take up a lot of space cose the video bitrate is high. When I briefly brought up the OSD on my PS3, I saw the video bitrate reach 39.7.

Like I said, the image just seems a touch off. It has gorgeous detail but the contrast just seems only slightly off.

As for the dialogue audio, the best (or rather worst) example of what I've heard both times I watched the movie occurs from 00:09:53 to 00:10:08. Listen to the guy on the right who isn't Dileep Rao. Also, when Sigourney Weever speaks in the scene directly following that one, her voice has a similar odd tonal quality (though not as pronounced as the previous example).

But, as I said, everything else is fine. It's an excellent presentation overall. Just not the greatest looking/sounding BD of all time. But it sure is close and does reach those dizzying heights when the sound design takes over like when Jake is lost at night in Pandora.

EDIT: Looking back, my use of the phrase "not impressed" is hyperbole given I was obviously impressed with the overall presentation to be so bothered by very minor nitpicks. :lol:

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

If it was shot digitally and shown digitally how is it "film like"?

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

According to some of the posts on AVSforum, this disc has some new copyright protection scheme that is making it difficult for people to take screencaps.

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

BTW, anybody check out the THX intro after the end credits roll? It's the same one at the beginning of Indy 4 but upgraded to lossless 6.1 audio. :cool:

Re: AVATAR Blu-ray - 4/22/10
 

Producer Jon Landau said the audio was remixed for this release:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=65324