Product Details

• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PHANTASM IMPORTS INC.
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002HFWAXG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,818 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OK, for $10 bucks, September 28, 2010

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Dan "Daniel Boone" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LOST IN SPACE (Blu-ray)

The disc is not 1080p. It's 1080i. But you can upconvert it to 1080p and the pic looks great. I could easily tell the difference when A/B-ing between interlaced and progressive, but the progressive looked as good as if the disc was 1080p because the progressive upconversion just adds more lines to an already great interlaced resolution.

In case you are questioning my observation/expertise, I am a lifelong video/audiophile and my comparisions of the above were observed on a Pioneer 60" Kuro Plasma set.

The audio is DTS Master Audio 5.1, but you will have to set the audio to this format because the disc doesn't default to the highest audio rez.

Also, if your Blu-ray player is set to auto, it may default to 1080i, as mine did, so you will have to manually set your player to 1080p. As I noted above, there is a big picture difference between the two video resolutions.

Outside of set up issues, you will probably not be able to tell the difference between the Canadian release and the upcoming US release.

Only the set up hassles are different.

Did I say the price is right?

Oh, as for MovieMars, you may not get a reply, but I just ordered the movie and they sent it to me in a reasonable amount of time. No problems.

You want your stupid questions answered for $10 buck. Give me a break!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Canadian release: Lost in Space, July 16, 2010

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George Lee (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LOST IN SPACE (Blu-ray)

Looking forward to the US release, but for those who can't wait, you can get the "bare bones" movie only Canadian release. Soundtrack is in DTS-MA, which should blow you away (I have the DTS laserdisc which is absolutely outstanding).

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost in Space in Blu!, March 9, 2011

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Pennsylvania Jones - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LOST IN SPACE (Blu-ray)

Amazon said it would come today, but it came yesterday! Kudos to MovieMars!

I (and my Blu-Ray player) spent the rest of the day watching/running through Lost in Space in High-Definition. It's even better than the DVD!

PICTURE: This is the original Canadian Alliance release, which has no menus and is in 1080i, but superior picture quality to the American Warner (The new official release), which has menus and is in 1080p, but with altered picture quality that I don't like. (I've seen comparison screencaps, and to me the Alliance looks better than the Warner even in 720p)

Edit: Okay, I'm probably confusing you with this stuff. So to explain, the Warner has superior VIDEO QUALITY, as it has progressive 1920x1080 frames, as opposed to the Alliance's interlaced 1920x1080 frames. However, the PICTURE QUALITY, the quality of the individual frames, is what I'm talking about. The Warner's frames are slightly but noticeably darkened, unlike the Alliance, which truly looks like a film reel, right down to the occasional tiny chemical splotch. Also, the Alliance preserves the film's 2.35:1 aspect ratio, whereas the Warner crops it into a 2.40:1 ratio. A minor detail, but worth mentioning.

Dan Boone's review here said that the Alliance version, when upconverted to 1080p, looks just as good as if it was native to 1080p, although the whole 1080i vs. 1080p issue isn't really important on a 720p TV. Still, I'll remember it when a 1080p TV happens to fall into my hands.

SOUND: The sound on the 5.1 MA track is louder than the 5.1 Standard track, but sadly, as I don't have a surround sound system, that's all I have to say about the audio.

CONS: At start-up, I have to go through a 12-second warning sign, the 17-second Alliance logo, a 6-second pop-up menu guide, and the 17-second Alliance logo AGAIN before the movie starts playing! That's an extra 52-seconds of waiting to watch the movie every time you start the disc, and you can't skip anything until the actual movie starts!

There are little white speckles on a few of the frames, but that's nothing that reducing the sharpness can't fix.

In the middle of once scene, with John and Maureen kissing on their bed before saying "Good Night", the picture freezes and continues from a point that matches the audio. Possibly a minor rendering error...

BOTTOM LINE: If you think unaltered picture quality (like an upconvertible 1080i60 version of the DVD) is important enough to sacrifice menus, get the Canadian Alliance. If you think menus and a native 1080p24 format are important enough to also have to live through slightly bleeding blacks, get the American Warner. Or you could get both and watch either one depending on your mood.

I really like this release, but it'd be cool if someday there would be a release that blows both this and the current American version out of the water in both transfer quality (1080p, 7.1 MA, no picture alterations) AND extras (If an isolated score is one of them, I'll definitely be in line for it).

Hope this helps!