Sergio Leone Blu Ray News

[drinkanddestroy]

Here's a question: can you play the Italian dub with English subtitles?

yes you can!

But it's just a transcription of the English dialogue, not a direct translation of the Italian dialogue

[dave jenkins]

Understood. Thanks. I may buy one of these myself.......

[drinkanddestroy]

yeah, for the hardcore fan I'd definitely recommend it.

but why are you interested in watching with Italian dialogue and English subtitles?

[Novecento]

I have a 46" plasma, and I can definitely tell the difference between watching a DVD and a Blu-ray on it.

Do you happen to know if it supports PAL signals? I've heard Panasonic and Samsung are generally restricted to NTSC in the US, but that other brands sometimes accept PAL as well (unfortunately the manuals usually neglect to tell you)

I'm thinking of going with Plasma because I don't like the frame judder on LCDs.

[dave jenkins]

yeah, for the hardcore fan I'd definitely recommend it.

but why are you interested in watching with Italian dialogue and English subtitles?

The fact that you have to ask such a question is telling.

[Novecento]

Oooooooooohhhhh yes:

http://www.criterion.com/films/28036-heaven-s-gate


BTW tried posting this in the dedicated thread for Heaven's Gate and my laptop informed me that the thread was infected with malware (much like that DYS deleted scene thread)

[Novecento]

Part of this year's Venice Film festival:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/venice-honors-michael-cimino-as-heavens-gate-gets-another-close-up

[PowerRR]

Oooooooooohhhhh yes:

http://www.criterion.com/films/28036-heaven-s-gate


BTW tried posting this in the dedicated thread for Heaven's Gate and my laptop informed me that the thread was infected with malware (much like that DYS deleted scene thread)

Finally! Can't wait to see this one again, my first viewing was awful quality.

[drinkanddestroy]

Oooooooooohhhhh yes:

http://www.criterion.com/films/28036-heaven-s-gate


BTW tried posting this in the dedicated thread for Heaven's Gate and my laptop informed me that the thread was infected with malware (much like that DYS deleted scene thread)

then please PM the moderators and let them know; in the past, when that's happened, I've PM'd the moderators and they've taken care of it. Let's not leave these infected threads floating around 

[Novecento]

Finally! Can't wait to see this one again, my first viewing was awful quality.

Yeh - I bought the Australian R4 release cos it was the only anamorphic one I could find. Even that was pretty bad.

Can't wait for this. I'm sure Criterion will do a great restoration job.

then please PM the moderators and let them know; in the past, when that's happened, I've PM'd the moderators and they've taken care of it. Let's not leave these infected threads floating around 

pm'd

[Novecento]

Do you happen to know if it supports PAL signals?

Yes
No

[Novecento]

Some good news for anyone shopping for a Plasma TV in the US...

I went to HHGreggs today with my DVD player locked on 576p. I plugged it into their display LG 50PA6500 plasma via HDMI and it worked! The info on the screen even supported it stating the 576p resolution.

Bizarrely, after switching to 480p I was then locked out of the 576p option as it seems I could only set it before plugging the DVD player in, but not during operation.

In any case, it worked. So I bought my first ever plasma TV today

[Senza]

I wonder when they'll decide to release DYS on blu ray.

[dave jenkins]

Yes
No

Sorry! I lost track of this thread. The answer is Yes.

[drinkanddestroy]

I wonder when they'll decide to release DYS on blu ray.

Nobody knows that.

They may need to do a major repair on the audio for the blu ray release (or a dvd re-release). If you look around the threads on the DYS board, specifically the one entitled "DYS soundtrack comparison," you will see discussions about the audio on the MGM dvd possibly being seriously fucked up.