Finally a Reason to go Blu Ray

[Soopafresh]

On Tuesday Paramount Home Entertainment is issuing the three films that make up Mr. Coppola’s “Godfather” saga, miraculously rejuvenated by a team of digital restoration experts under the supervision of the film preservationist Robert A. Harris. Offered both in high-definition Blu-ray and standard DVD editions, Mr. Coppola’s three films seem to have reclaimed the golden glow of their original theatrical screenings — a glow that has been dimmed and all but extinguished over the years through a series of disappointing home video editions.


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/movies/23dvds.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin

[bendixG15]

The link was a good read.

Here's the price from the story ..
(Paramount Home Entertainment, Blu-ray, $124.99; standard definition, $69.99; R.)

[Xylob the Destroyer]

Never cared much for it...
It insists upon itself.

[yoda313]

FYI if you're still looking for a reason to get bluray and you're not into Godfathcer - MATRIX will finally be on BLURAY as well.

However I am not buying it on BLURAY as I still have my HDDVD set that still works just fine. Until my HDDVD add on for the 360 dies I'm not rebuying the set.

Only downer is RELOADED doesn't want to play while hooked up tot he 360. It does on the pc but not the 360 which is odd.... But the dvd version works ok.....

[rallynavvie]

FYI if you're still looking for a reason to get bluray and you're not into Godfathcer - MATRIX will finally be on BLURAY as well.

Interesting to see those two mentioned in the same sentence

I can see holding onto HD-DVD if you already own them. I don't think anybody is asking you to throw them out. However there isn't anything new for HD-DVD anymore so your choices are limited and I think that's why you'll have to get BRD sooner rather than later. Didn't you buy a BluRay drive?

I picked up the trilogy on BluRay the day I was wandering through BB and saw it on the shelf. I've never owned a copy of it because I was always waiting for Criterion to pick it up. I watched the first one and it does look pretty good, however I think the audio ended up being the most improved. Just remember that the film transfer still includes the film noise on screen but I think that adds to the character of the film.

[yoda313]

@rallynavvie - yes I have a bluray pc drive as well as a ps3. It's just I won't re-buy my hddvd movies on bluray until my hddvd drive wears out. I've got 7 or 8 hddvds I think (that includes the matrix trilogy).

[Xylob the Destroyer]

maybe BR burners and discs will become reasonably priced and you can rip your HD-DVDs and burn to BR.

I finally bought a BluRay movie this past week.
Sure, I got the free discs for buying a PS3, but mainly picked those I thought I could get the highest trade credit for at GameStop.
My first BR purchase was Disney's Sleeping Beauty...
If it hadn't also come with the new remastered re-release on DVD as well, I wouldn't have bought the BR version though.