I think the main reason why I like blu ray releases, even if they arenāt always perfect, is that they hold a lot more information. Iād rather experience my film with as little digital compression as possible. Another thing is that most if not all of these films are so badly degraded due to age I think Iām okay with the tiny differences in color and the occasional speck or two. I admit Iām bothered if the colors are too blue or red or whatever, but itās usually compensated by the picture size. Maybe itās due to my young age, or due to my obsession for high fidelity, but I prefer having better technology.
I am all for better technology, but ones with faults and you pay good money for, I can think of better things to spend my cash on.
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Very true and smart of you. Thereās nothing wrong with sticking to something youāre comfortable and already happy with.
As someone whoās used to watching VHS and Beta Iām satisfied with DVD and donāt own many BD. I find people are overly fussy these days and tend to nit pick.
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Iām happy as long as itās not the ārestorationā.
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Same. If a Blu enhances the experience Iām all for it, but when itās the same as or worse than a previous release i donāt see the point. I actually like watching a lot of spags on DVD with a grainy effect, it helps increase the atmosphere.
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I always seem to be about 10 years behind, regarding technology - The novelty of getting hold of a 2nd hand VHS recorder in the early 90s was mind blowing - and then VHS (very slowly) started releasing widescreen versions - even more mind blowing, as it was in many cases, people of my generationās first opportunity to see the correct composition for many film classics.
Similarly, when I first saw the DVD of OUTW on a proper widescreen telly, it made all those 100s of VHS tapes suddenly redundant 
What concerns me is that once you get accustomed to a specific format and level of detail ā¦ the novelty soon wears off, and that initial, wow of amazement becomes just a standard experience.
Sure, Iād love to have the luxury of picking up all my favs on BD ā¦ but pretty soon that system will also be redundant ā¦ so it takes me back to the time when just getting to see the film was the important thing, not the acquiring of the ultimate version.
I only have a few BDs and even so when I go to watch a DVD again, I find myself analysing picture quality rather than sitting back and enjoying the film. So, I understand perfectly where @ENNIOO is coming from. 
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Full specs!
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Iām afraid I canāt access the link, as Iām no longer on Face-ache 
I already added all the details to the SWDb, but you should be able to access that link even if you arent on facebook you will just have to click away some of the notices about logging inā¦ I think
Cheers! Iāll give it another try.
Koch has received a re-rating of Kill 'em all and come back alone, so expect a high-class release of it soon.
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āAny chance you can bring us DUCK, YOU SUCKER?ā - Actual comment on Kinoās Facebook post 
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so the new batch of japanese blu ray are not upscaled like previous blu ray ie: Blood for a Silver Dollar or The Great Silence.
Johnny Yuma:
California:
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A review
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I like seeing a take on an Italian western from outside of our very Spag-centric bubble. Itās interesting to note here that the reviewer has clearly taken more of a shine to A Pistol For Ringo whilst still acknowledging the superior technical merits of the second picture.
The review reminds me though to look into what Flickering Mythās ratings mean. I meant to ask them once before and forgot to get around to it. Theyāve given this release two stars for āfilmā and four for āmovieā.
Hereās the answer (I see little point in this method when applied to SWs)
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Many thanks, sir! 
I think the whole thingās a little redundant myself but, still, at least I know now. Iāve heard this distinction made before between plain old movies and high falutinā films (I think Stephen King wrote something about it once, not necessarily in agreement with the concept though), but itās not something I fancy subscribing to. I mean I get the concept of judging, say, My Dinner With Andre by a different scale than Ready Player One but, just because you might award four stars to both, that doesnāt mean youāre comparing them against each other by any stretch. So it just seems unnecessary. IMO, like.
the ringo double bill blu ray has been dalayed to april 24thā¦ I believe it was march 19th at first I think ? anyway Iām not really in a hurry to re-watch these 