Movie finally came out on Blu-Ray, thank God.

Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1


More here: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Saving-Private-Ryan-Blu-ray-Review/8683/

I just bought the movie today, on sale at Best Buy for $19.99, about to give it a watch.


It's been at least 7 years since I've seen the movie, but if I remember right this should be AWESOMEZ.

5/5/2010 2:57:16 PM

I thought it was already out on blu ray? lol...wonder how I already have it

5/5/2010 3:40:57 PM

no it just came out, I've been waiting on it.

there are high res rips from cable TV in 1080i on the internet, that is all.

this is a 1.85:1 1080p w/ DTS-HD Master Audio. Only Blu-Ray can offer that.


The movie looks and sounds insane, easily worth the 20 bucks. It was an awesome movie when it came out and still is. I'm impressed by the quality of the Blu-Ray picture, I'm watching it on a 1920x1200 P-MVA panel.





[Edited on May 5, 2010 at 3:49 PM. Reason : /]

5/5/2010 3:47:58 PM

The abridged version was also recently released to .gif format

5/5/2010 3:52:16 PM

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"this is a 1.85:1 1080p w/ DTS-HD Master Audio. Only Blu-Ray can offer that."

This is what I have had for some time. none of that TV bs.

[Edited on May 5, 2010 at 4:03 PM. Reason : e]

5/5/2010 4:03:40 PM

don't know, for once BlackDog may be right

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4138

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"Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of the war movie Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, on May 4, just four days before V-E Day. This title will be part of Paramount's Sapphire Series; audio/video specifications and special features have not been officially listed yet."

5/5/2010 4:07:55 PM

Oh I'm not saying it didn't come out in stores yesterday. Just saying the bluray as been 'around' for some time

5/5/2010 4:09:40 PM

then how could you already have it prior to yesterday? It just came out on Blu-Ray

5/5/2010 4:15:18 PM

BluRay rip through torrent in all likelyhood, in which case yeah it probably has been out for awhile

5/5/2010 4:16:40 PM

I still don't understand, no one had the movie on Blu-Ray to rip until yesterday? How could he have "had it for a while". I know about screeners, but those rips aren't in DTS-HD and usually quality is compressed (since Blu-Ray is 50Gb).

5/5/2010 4:27:16 PM

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"then how could you already have it prior to yesterday? It just came out on Blu-Ray"

People tried to tell you in the Pacific thread but you wouldn't listen. So you're on your own.

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"since Blu-Ray is 50Gb"

the discs capacity is 50GB. It also holds a lot of extra crap that people don't care about.


[Edited on May 5, 2010 at 4:28 PM. Reason : .]

5/5/2010 4:27:38 PM

troll in Chit Chat, this is Entertainment.

You could not have had a Blu-Ray rip of this movie before yesterday unless it is a screener.

I have plenty of Blu-Ray rip downloads and they play at 10-15mb/s video vs 20-25mb/s with real Blu-Ray discs. The quality isn't the same, I have a few movies that are both filtered ripped and real copies. The original is always much better looking, especially in the dark areas.






[Edited on May 5, 2010 at 4:31 PM. Reason : .]

5/5/2010 4:30:26 PM

It is a bluray rip, troll. Can we get this kid terminated already?

5/5/2010 4:31:45 PM

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"This is what I have had for some time. none of that TV bs. "

how long, you've acted like you've had this since Blu-Ray player launch.

5/5/2010 4:32:42 PM

you are a really bad troll.

5/5/2010 4:36:19 PM

troll? I'm asking you a question about a statement you made.

5/5/2010 4:37:25 PM

I've had it since BEFORE the movie came out in theaters

5/5/2010 4:38:18 PM

jesus christ i think i actually fell for a BlackDog thread. if the stupidy doesn't end this will get locked.

quit asking how people got their hands on a physical copy early, it happens all the time.

5/5/2010 4:50:00 PM

OH SHIT JEEPIN FLEXIN HIS MOD MUSCLES

POP YOUR CHERRY SON

5/5/2010 4:51:03 PM

you know it dawg.

5/5/2010 4:52:50 PM

HD-DVD > BLU-RAY

5/5/2010 5:05:12 PM

i actually still have a bigger HD-DVD collection than bluray

5/5/2010 5:06:15 PM

yes so in 1998 Golovko got a pre-release copy of the movie on Blu-Ray or HD-DVD which weren't available to anyone until 2006-2007



Jeep, I'm not trying to troll this thread at all, I bought the movie today and it came out yesterday. Golovko is the one in here trying to throw the thread into a trolling argument. Any thread I see that openly talks about pirated software or music/movies is automatically locked. So it seems as though he is trying to get this thread locked for some unknown reason.





[Edited on May 5, 2010 at 5:14 PM. Reason : .]

5/5/2010 5:11:31 PM

It's no Thin Red Line

5/5/2010 5:14:35 PM

^^ wtf are you talking about

we talk about leaked albums every goddamn day in the music thread

5/5/2010 5:17:04 PM

I just downloaded Iron Man 3

5/5/2010 5:23:28 PM

but the bluray isn't in stores yet!

5/5/2010 5:24:13 PM

I got dat new Star Wars

http://www.justin.tv/streams/StarWarsEpisode7.(2015).live.stream.of.Lucasfilm.studios.com

5/5/2010 5:28:02 PM

Spiderman 4 just in

5/5/2010 5:29:21 PM

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" Video: Saving Private Ryan's Blu-ray release is going to become the go-to disc for reference quality audio, but chances are those familiar with the film will find just as much -- if not more -- to love about Paramount's positively gorgeous and impeccably faithful 1080p transfer that retains the picture's original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, not to mention Director Steven Spielberg's and Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski's intended gritty, washed-out look. This high definition transfer brings with it vastly increased detailing, even underneath the rough-and-tumble and faded look the film employs; even during the bright, bloomy opening and closing scenes in Normandy Cemetery, viewers will note the increased resolution on tree trunks and a character's light blue jacket that's almost always in the forefront of the sequences. The bulk of the picture's wartime segments, too, sport strongly-raealized detailing and texturing, even through the most minute of objects: small bumps or netting on helmets; stains and gunk on uniforms; scratches on weapons; and grains and clumps of dirt and sand scattered throughout the movie, notably during the Normandy invasion sequence that opens the film's World War II segments. More obvious throughout the film is the eye-catching detailing as seen on the rough building façades that have been incessantly shot and bombed out, where bullet holes, chunks of concrete, and random debris strewn all over the rainy village of Neuville or the tactically-crucial town of Ramelle that represents the primary location seen in the picture's final act offer a wonderfully yet disturbingly realistic texture. Additionally, close-ups of characters reveal a stunning level of detail in facial pores and hairs, dirt and grime on skin, and even beads of sweat and blood, all of which seem almost constant companions throughout the film. Additionally, Saving Private Ryan's desaturated color palette is afforded increased resolution in this superb transfer. While the picture de-emphasizes color and lends to the image a tone that's consistently heavy in grays, browns, and greens that gives the movie something of a bleak look, the Blu-ray remains faithful to the intended appearance of the picture and only accentuates the visual scheme for which the movie's become known. Still, there are places where splashes of brighter color manages to come through; the green grass as seen during the squad's assault on a machine gun emplacement at an old radar station stands out as perhaps the most intense color in the film. Paramount's transfer also remains sharp and crisp throughout; backgrounds remain nicely detailed, and the picture's intentionally heavy grain structure -- beautifully retained throughout the movie -- creates a consistently awe-inspiring film-like texture, allowing for every nuance captured by the film elements to remain intact. There are a few random speckles seen throughout the picture, but they only add to the gritty, throwback look that Speilberg and Kaminski so successfully capture. Blacks are pristine, deep, enveloping, and never overwhelming, and flesh tones are spot-on accurate in every scene as they carry over the elements of the picture's overall intended visual tone. Paramount has recently demonstrated with their major releases -- Star Trek, Braveheart, Minority Report, and The Lovely Bones, for example -- that when they put in the effort, there might not be a better studio out there in terms of delivering the most faithful, gorgeous, and film-like Blu-ray transfers on the market, and Saving Private Ryan may very well be the best of the lot. Audio: Saving Private Ryan's DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack is everything fans of the film and Blu-ray enthusiasts hoped it would be. Certainly the track's primary source of energy and astonishment stems from the combat scenes, but it's the more subtle effects that truly bring the film to life. For all of the up-front gunfire and close-in explosions, there are countless effects -- the rattling of a flag against the pole in one of the film's first scenes, a slight breeze, the crunching of typewriters churning out notifications of death -- that all excel in terms of enveloping the listener into the film outside its primary wartime segments. Also impressive -- as much as any other sonic element in the film -- is the sound of distant gunfire and explosions that seems an almost constant companion throughout the picture, notably inside the Neuville church or, later in the movie, the assault on the radar station machine gun nest where Spielberg focuses on Upham observing the combat from a safe distance. Still, the track will undoubtedly be recognized and long remembered for its extended bookend action segments, and neither falter in any area. Beginning with the hum of the landing crafts' engines and the water pounding against their hulls and into their interiors, the Omaha beach segment submerses the listener into the pending invasion and engenders an anticipation, a fear, an adrenaline rush quite unlike anything else. Once the German MG-42s open up, however, all bets are off; the soundstage practically becomes the sandy and blood-drenched beach as rounds zip around every speaker and clank off metal obstacles scattered along the waterline and sand, while explosions in every direction incessantly punish the listening area. The low end is tight and invigorating; it's powerful but not excessively so. It's honest and heavy, but not overbearing. Indeed, this may represent the most natural low end yet to grace Blu-ray. If there's such a thing as a soundtrack being too intense and even somewhat frightening in its realism, this is it. In fact, it almost doesn't feel right handing out superlatives to something that recreates an event that was in real life so positively devastating as the Omaha Beach landing. Suffice it to say, though, from a purely detached perspective, this is an incredible sonic achievement that places the listener in the midst of the war. Is that a good thing? In this case, yes. This track comes alive quite unlike any other in name of creating the complete Saving Private Ryan experience -- and reinforcing the picture's many themes beyond the gritty visuals of war -- and this track accomplishes all that's required of it. The movie -- and the history it represents -- deserves nothing less. If there's a misstep in the track, there appears to be a slight lip synch issue before the battle of Ramelle, found around the 2:06 mark in the film as a character shares a story about one of his brothers' girlfriends and their encounter in a barn. The effect was blatantly obvious when viewing the film with a combination of a Panasonic DMP-BDT300 Blu-ray player and Denon AVR-3808 audio receiver connected via HDMI (with the audio stream sent through a separate HDMI cable from the video stream), but seemed to be less of an issue when the Denon was paired with a PlayStation 3, also connected via HDMI. Otherwise, dialogue is accurate and crisp, never garbled or lost save for when it's supposed to be underneath the chaos of the wartime segments. Ultimately, despite what may or may not be a lip synch issue, Paramount's DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack for Saving Private Ryan is a rousing success and is easily in line to be a top contender for Blu-ray soundtrack of the year. "

5/5/2010 6:01:16 PM

ITT Blackdog shows he has no clue how the internet works.

Quote :

" Saving.Private.Ryan.1998.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi NAME.................: Saving Private Ryan <1998> GENRE................: Action | Drama | War RATiNG...............: 8.5/10 255,744 votes iMDB.................: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/ ENCODE BY............: jaychu128 RELEASE DATE.........: 2010.03.21 RELEASE SiZE........: 19.68 GB SOURCE...............: 1080p Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 RUNTiME..............: 2:48:21 ViDEO CODEC..........: x264_L4.1 @ 15229 Kbps RESOLUTiON...........: 1920 x 1040 FRAMERATE............: 23.976 fps AUDiO CODEC..........: English DTS 5.1 @ 1.5 Mbps SUBTiTLES............: ENG CHS ENG_SDH .srt"

5/5/2010 7:10:39 PM

ITT that release date was changed (just like The Pacific was)

http://www.amazon.com/Saving-Private-Ryan-Blu-ray-Damon/dp/B0035WTJBG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273102516&sr=8-2



http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Saving-Private-Ryan-Blu-ray-Review/8683/

lol your link says 1920x1040 and then 1080p, very reliable.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Saving+Private+Ryan+-+Widescreen+Dubbed+Subtitle+AC3+-+Blu-ray+Disc/9846553.p?id=29090&skuId=9846553&st=Saving%20Private%20Ryan&lp=1&cp=1

SKU: 9846553 | Release Date: 5/4/2010


3 sources showing May 4th 2010



Does anyone want to discuss the actual Blu-Ray and quit arguing retarded shit that you are wrong about?






[Edited on May 5, 2010 at 7:40 PM. Reason : .]

5/5/2010 7:32:54 PM

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"lol your link says 1920x1040 and then 1080p, very reliable."

Where the hell do you think they get that magical 1.85:1 aspect ratio from, you dumbfuck?

You can keep providing links to the retail disc all day long but that doesn't change the fact that I've had that file (with 1.85:1 1080p w/ DTS-HD Master Audio) sitting on my HDD for 40+ days.

I do agree with you that this is a retarded thing to argue about, but that doesn't change the fact that you still don't have a clue what you're talking about.

5/5/2010 8:41:33 PM

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"Does anyone want to discuss the actual Blu-Ray and quit arguing retarded shit that you are wrong about?"

No. Not really.

5/5/2010 8:42:47 PM

laffs abound ITT

5/5/2010 8:45:59 PM

I love it when people are wrong AND belligerent. That shit makes my day.

5/5/2010 8:51:35 PM

like you about the release date? I love it too.

5/5/2010 8:58:08 PM

Alright, you have to be trolling now. No one is as stupid as you're pretending to be.

5/5/2010 9:11:09 PM

ok, so it came out yesterday. How did all of the stores get the discs in time to be on the shelf first thing yesterday morning? Does each store, right at midnight, magically create the discs? No, it takes a week or so to ship them through the warehouse system. And stores sometimes get them a few days early. So now we're back to mid April for shipping through the system. How long do you think it takes to create and package many thousands of discs? At least a couple weeks depending on how the plants production schedule is. So now we're looking at late March at the absolute latest for the final version being sent to the disc manufacturing facilities. When do you think the studio finished their mastering of the file? I'd say February-ish at the latest. At ANY point in the chain, one disc slips away for a few hours, now there's a copy on a hdd. Create a torrent, start seeding, and now you have a file available over 1 month before it hits the shelves.





And fuck you for making me read your shit and feel compelled to type this out.

5/5/2010 9:17:32 PM

nerd fight!

5/5/2010 9:23:12 PM

^^ he said he had it in 1998

/trumped

btw, I thought this was Entertainment, not Chit Chat; you know, where people actually enjoy talking about a subject rather than nitpicking bull shit.




[Edited on May 5, 2010 at 10:35 PM. Reason : .]

5/5/2010 10:34:36 PM

means sarcasm you douche.

5/5/2010 10:39:28 PM

he claimed the actual Blu-Ray released way earlier, only after siting sources showing a launch of May 4, 2010 did he pretend to have a torrented copy.

5/5/2010 10:40:30 PM

I showed Tom Hanks my HD version before he agreed to do the movie to convince him to do the movie

5/5/2010 10:44:44 PM

I bet you also convinced NASA to let you design the 3D Venus Rover Camera

5/5/2010 10:45:48 PM

got it tonight.

one of the only dvds i'll rebuy probably.

5/5/2010 10:52:36 PM

I only had it on VHS prior, so the difference was insane.

Have you had a chance to watch it yet? DTS-HD Master Audio is amazing in the movie, will probably set the standard of what other Blu-Rays aim for.

5/5/2010 10:54:54 PM

no didn't want to wake the neighbors

5/5/2010 11:53:30 PM

Trust me, you will be impressed; even if coming from DVD.

5/6/2010 7:48:45 AM

I don't get you AV people. It's the same movie that came out in 1998. The plot is going to be the same. The acting and scenes will be the same. I just can't get excited about some old shit I've already seen no matter how good the sound or video quality is. I'd just as soon watch a good movie I haven't already seen on VHS.

5/6/2010 10:49:43 AM