Read the first part of this article for the first half of the top ten titles.
Before I wrap up the list of top ten Blu-ray discs you must own, we should all breathe a sigh of relief to celebrate the fact that the format war is over. As everyone knows, Toshiba has pulled the plug on HD DVD and will no longer be competing against Blu-ray. Microsoft is shelving their HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 and I am sure we will see HD DVD fire sales shortly. This is great news for the consumer as long as we do not see any price fixing to inflate the cost of the next generation format that won the war.
Now that we have Blu-ray as the only option for high definition video we need to understand some things. Toward that end, we'll talk about the three Blu-ray specifications that the format can support and what the best players are from a value and performance perspective.
Blu-ray has three distinct specifications; each successive one adds distinct features to the multimedia performance. This has caused some concern in people who have first generation players like the Samsung BDP 1000 which cannot even play some Blu-ray 1.1 movies. Hopefully showing you the players to note and explaining the differences in specifications will help you decide what device you want to have in your home.
What does this mean? Well, in a nutshell they are planning by 2.0 (or BD-Live) to have interactive content, web-enabled extras, and picture-in-picture extra features. Currently the only player on the market that can support 2.0 is the PlayStation 3 as it is Internet ready and has a hard drive. What this also means is that most 1.0 players cannot be upgraded to support the new features as they do not have the extra decoders or memory available.
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Article comments
1 - Bill
What a horrible top 10 list.
2 - Daniel
No Sin City?
No Matrix?
Pan's Labyrinth?
I assumed you were going to take into the account the film's overall quality as opposed to which film has the best picture and sound quality....
3 - the truth
why does it say top 10 when there are only 5?
4 - Travis
Nice list. I would've liked to see Sunshine crack the top 5 but your top 3 redeemed it all! Good list.
5 - Will
invalidated for liking SpiderMan 3
6 - mike
hahahahaha so true about liking spidey...and dude this list is awful, i couldnt come up with a worst list and im not even kidding.
7 - scott
tobey and spiderman do not belong anywhere near this list
8 - Adam
This list is indeed quite saddening with an exempt for save few Blade Runner, Fifth Element and such. Let's do a proper list yes?
#10 Lord of The Rings Trilogy. -It's simply beautiful to behold in blu-ray. Even Sam's obvious desire for Frodo's loins can be ignored when it's in blu-ray.
#9 Avatar - While Newer yes. It is still worthy if not destined for blu-ray. Just try. TRY. not to get an erection while watching this on blu-ray. I dare you.
#8The Shining..If you haven't relived the original horror of redrum in blu-ray. You sir, have no soul.
#7The Martix. - Don't argue, Just take the damn red pill and experience it.
#6 Fight Club. The first rule of fight club is, you do NOT watch fight club in Standard Definition!
#5 Inception, Whilst I admit this is merely in here for my own love of it. It truly is a mind blowing experience. So it must be on blu-ray. Only natural correct? You wouldn't trip acid and then hang out at the dentist's office, Noooo! You'd trip and go to disney land.
#4 The Boondock Saints. - I killed your cat you druggie bitch
God.
What?
Why?
Because I thought it would bring closure to our relationship.
Fair enough?! Blu-ray. NOW.
#3 The Godfather. - If you haven't seen this on blu-ray by the time you read this comment. You lose your man card. CHUCK NORRIS DOES NOT APPROVE.
#2 V For Vendetta. I need no witty remarks or quotes for this one. Do you remember? Remember remember the Fifth of November. If not, You need to remind yourself via blu-ray.
And Finally my number one. Out of the sheer love I have for this movie and it's never ending beauty.
#1 Man On Fire. - Heavenly Justice. Nuff' Said.
9 - LB
@Adam... now thats a REAL list!!!