I write reviews of Blu-ray discs for Australian HI-FI and Sound and Image. My editors have kindly permitted me to post them here after each issue has passed its shelf life.
The reviews aren't long. I typically have to average around 350 words of body text, for page layout reasons, so they can be bit of a challenge. Some of the early reviews were of HD DVD discs, before that format's demise. I've marked those ones.
After I had accumulated a few, a started also doing DVD/Blu-ray screen shot comparisons, and this seemed like the obvious place to put them. So that I've done. So some of these entries have my reviews, some have the comparisons and some have both. They are marked appropriately in the table below so you know what you're getting.
Enjoy.
| Movie | Year | Blu-ray | HD DVD | Review | Screen shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 High Definition Audio Demonstration Disc (a DTS-HD Master Audio sampler) | 2008 | Yes | - | - | - |
| Aliens vs Predator - Requiem | 2007 | Yes | - | Yes | - |
| Almost Famous | 2000 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Babel | 2006 | - | Yes | Yes | - |
| Batman Begins - added 19 November 2008 | 2005 | Yes | - | - | Yes |
| Black Sheep | 2006 | Yes | - | Yes | - |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | 2007 | - | Yes | Yes | - |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - added 16 November 2008 | 1969 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Chicago | 2002 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 2005 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Corpse Bride - updated on 18 November 2008 to include the Blu-ray version | 2005 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deliverance - added 17 November 2008 | 1972 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Die Hard 4.0 aka Live Free or Die Hard | 2007 | Yes | - | Yes | - |
| Dr. No - added 28 October 2008 | 1962 | Yes | - | - | Yes |
| DVE HD Basics - added 25 October 2008 | 2008 | Yes | - | Yes | - |
| Edward Scissorhands | 1990 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| The Fifth Element | 1997 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| First Blood | 1982 | - | Yes | Yes | - |
| Full Metal Jacket | 1987 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Gattaca - added 20 November 2008 | 1997 | Yes | - | - | Yes |
| Hairspray - added 16 November 2008 | 2007 | Yes | - | - | Yes |
| Heroes | 2006 | - | Yes | Yes | - |
| Independence Day | 1996 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Into the Blue | 2005 | Yes | - | Yes | - |
| Jumper - added 25 October 2008 | 2008 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Men in Black - added 25 October 2008 | 1997 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Pan's Labyrinth | 2006 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| The Phantom of the Opera | 2004 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Ratatouille | 2007 | Yes | - | Yes | - |
| RoboCop | 1984 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| The Searchers | 1956 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Serenity | 2005 | - | Yes | Yes | - |
| Shrek the Third | 2007 | - | Yes | Yes | - |
| The Simpsons Movie | 2007 | Yes | - | Yes | - |
| Sky High | 2005 | Yes | - | Yes | - |
| The Sound of High Definition (a Dolby TrueHD/Dolby Digital Plus sampler) | 2008 | Yes | - | - | - |
| Speed | 1994 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| Star Trek Season One | 1966 | - | Yes | Yes | - |
| Stardust | 2007 | - | Yes | Yes | - |
| The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - added 31 October 2008 | 1974 | Yes | - | - | Yes |
| Total Recall | 1990 | - | Yes | Yes | - |
| We Were Soldiers - added 25 October 2008 | 2002 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
| The Wicker Man | 2006 | Yes | - | Yes | - |