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Casino [Blu-ray]
Casino [Blu-ray]
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 10/14/2008 Run time: 179 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com:
Director Martin Scorsese reunites with members of his GoodFellas gang (writer Nicholas Pileggi; actors Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Frank Vincent) for a three-hour epic about the rise and fall of mobster Sam "Ace" Rothstein (De Niro), a character based on real-life gangster Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal. (It's modeled after on Wiseguy and GoodFellas and Pileggi's true crime book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas.) Through Rothstein, the picture tells the story of how the Mafia seized, and finally lost control of, Las Vegas gambling. The first hour plays like a fascinating documentary, intricately detailing the inner workings of Vegas casinos. Sharon Stone is the stand out among the actors; she nabbed an Oscar nomination for her role as the voracious Ginger, the glitzy call girl who becomes Rothstein's wife. The film is not as fast paced or gripping as Scorsese's earlier gangster pictures (Mean Streets and GoodFellas), but it's still absorbing. And, hey--it's Scorsese! --Jim Emerson
Lowest Used Price: USD 9.49
Lowest New Price: USD 9.49
- AC-3
- Color
- Dolby
- DTS Surround Sound
- Dubbed
- Subtitled
- Widescreen
- Robert De Niro
- Sharon Stone
- Joe Pesci
- James Woods
- Frank Vincent
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Brand: Universal Studios
Release Date: 2008-10-14
Marty has done it again!
one word WOW! if you haven't watched this movie yet, what are you waiting for... If your into Soprano type related movies this is a must have! Pesci and DeNiro need I say more?
Yes I updated firmware and no It doesent help and since all I watched was the title menu, thats all this BluRay movie is worth.
So spare me your whining about rating the movie. I found nothing visually stunning in the Universal Logo, as tastefully done and family oriented as it was. So I got what I paid for and I'm now rating it. Thanks for reading.
One of the best mob movies ever.
Why doesn't Casino get any love? It's one of the best mob movies of all time. Must buy for fans of the genre.
intense story
compelling and tragic story with brilliant script and sharp visuals. was great on blu ray. great acting from Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesch.
Blu Ray....
If you saw the film, you know what to expect. The Blu0Ray quality is near perfect! That is all that needs to be said.
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Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player, Black
Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player (Black)
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Panasonic, Blu-ray Player,1080P HDMI output
Lowest Used Price: USD 99.95
Lowest New Price: USD 119.89
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD 99.67
- Viera Cast connecting you with YouTube, Picasa, Weather.
- BD-Live
- SD Card Slot and USB slot
- 1080P Upconvert
- Film makers version with PHL Chip for accurate color
Color: Black
Model: DMP-BD60
Release Date: 2009-03-25
Panasonic DMP-BD60
I am very pleased with this purchase. I was a little dubious about the upconversion claims so I put in a DVD copy of "Gettysberg" that I could not watch on my old DVD player because it was so dark. I put it in the BD60 and now it plays just fine. I just bought "Star Trek" on blu-ray and it looks fantastic. You will not regret investing in this blu-ray player.
The Best Blu-Ray Player in its Price Range
Not all Blu-Ray players are created equal, and the DMP-BD60 is easily the best in its price class. The picture quality is absolutely amazing, plus it upconverts your older DVDs, and makes them look even better.
Great clarity, vivid colors, rich sound. The Amazon reviews speak for themselves, this is the best investment that you could ever make if you're shopping for your first Blu-Ray player. I'm an Amazon-verified buyer of this great little player, and it's easily one of the best purchases I've ever made.
Great Blu Ray Player
Very pleased with the performance of the Panasonic blu ray player. Not only great to watching blu ray movies on it but also upconverts standard dvd's to look great as well.
Pretty good for the price
Got this Blu-Ray player when I ordered my new plasma. Only used it a few times. Great picture and sound quality. A little slow in starting up and loading. Remote is fine: not ideally laid out but easy enough to figure out. Seems to be a good value for the money.
Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player
after ten years of putting up with an old DVD player, we finally gave in to the flaws of old technology and bought this blu-ray especially ackowledging how incompatible old technology was with our Samsung LCDHDTV....it has made our film viewing significantly better...and the bad news is it took too long to convert...the good news is not only the sound and picture quality improvement, but affordability, thanks to AMAZON.COM....first I did the research on blu-ray players....there are many, so I went with buyer comments and evaluations...the one with the best rating was this Panasonic...I even went to BEST BUY to see for myself...sure enough, the young man who waited on me not only confirmed I had selected the right blu-ray but he said it was the one he had purchased for himself....if it had not been for the difference in price between Amazon and Best Buy, I would have purchased it there--notwithstanding NO TAXES NO SHIPPING CHARGES....and while there may be more expensive blu-ray's that have more bells and whistles, if you are looking for excellent film viewing, I do recommend this product without reservtion..DK
Panasonic DMP-BD30K 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player
Panasonic DMP-BD30K 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Blu-ray means incredible full-HD images, breathtaking sound and 5x the data capacity of DVDs. Now Blu-ray means something else too: an entirely new movie-viewing experience, made possible by Final Standard Profile, which adds features never seen before, like four Picture-in-Picture modes including Enhanced Commentary (from directors and actors), Backstage Pass, Peek Behind the Animation and Audio Mixing. Combining a PHL Reference Chroma Processor with advanced P4HD (Pixel Precision Progressive Processing) imaging technology, UniPhier(R) — the Precise Digital Video processor — reproduces crisp, natural colors that are extremely faithful to the original movie. It does this by up-sampling the color information in decoded video signals, while the super high-speed P4HD up-converts content recorded in 480i/p, 720p or 1080i format to 1080p by correctly generating each pixel according to information drawn from up to 60 surrounding pixels. The image motion of each pixel is then categorized into one of 16 levels, from stationary to super fast. Image quality is further enhanced by Diagonal Processing, which creates smooth, sharp diagonal lines, and 3:2 Pull-Down, which optimizes the processing accordingly for film or video making the images look natural and lifelike. In addition, the DMP-BD30's HDMI output is Deep Color compatible, with 4,096 steps of gradation for even smoother, finer-quality images that meet Hollywood's stringent demands, so you can experience movies just the way they were meant to be experienced. With Precise Digital Audio, Blu-ray's beautiful images are complemented by exceptionally pure, accurate sound thanks to Dolby(R) TrueHD and DTS-HD(TM). UniPhier(R)'s advanced processing capability decodes these audio signals with high precision and outputs them in bitstream form with no degradation. It also brings re-mastering to Blu-ray for the first time, which compensates for data lost during the compression process creating a fuller, richer sound.
Amazon.com Product Description:
Blu-ray means incredible full-HD images, breathtaking sound and 5x the data capacity of DVDs. Now Blu-ray means something else too: an entirely new movie-viewing experience, made possible by Final Standard Profile, which adds features never seen before, like four Picture-in-Picture modes including Enhanced Commentary (from directors and actors), Backstage Pass, Peek Behind the Animation and Audio Mixing.
Images So Real, You Feel Like You're in the Picture
Combining a PHL Reference Chroma Processor with advanced P4HD (Pixel Precision Progressive Processing) imaging technology, UniPhier — the Precise Digital Video processor — reproduces crisp, natural colors that are extremely faithful to the original movie. It does this by up-sampling the color information in decoded video signals, while the super high-speed P4HD up-converts content recorded in 480i/p, 720p or 1080i format to 1080p by correctly generating each pixel according to information drawn from up to 60 surrounding pixels. The image motion of each pixel is then categorized into one of 16 levels, from stationary to super fast. Image quality is further enhanced by Diagonal Processing, which creates smooth, sharp diagonal lines, and 3:2 Pull-Down, which optimizes the processing accordingly for film or video making the images look natural and lifelike. In addition, the DMP-BD30's HDMI output is Deep Color compatible, with 4,096 steps of gradation for even smoother, finer-quality images that meet Hollywood's stringent demands, so you can experience movies just the way they were meant to be experienced.
Incredible Sound Completes the Hi-Def Experience
With Precise Digital Audio, Blu-ray's beautiful images are complemented by exceptionally pure, accurate sound thanks to Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. UniPhier's advanced processing capability decodes these audio signals with high precision and outputs them in bitstream form with no degradation. It also brings re-mastering to Blu-ray for the first time, which compensates for data lost during the compression process creating a fuller, richer sound.
HD Networking with SD Card
The convenient SD card slot on the DMP-BD30 allows easy viewing of hi-def videos and photos on your HDTV. Videos shot with a Panasonic HD camcorder are output in their original 1920x1080 resolution, while still images taken with a Panasonic Lumix digital camera are up-converted and output in 1920x1080 resolution1.
One-Touch Control from Your TV's Remote
With EZ Sync HDAVI Control, you can control your Blu-ray Disc player — and all your home theater components — with your TV's remote2. Simply press the EZ Sync button and select "BD Player" on the menu screen; the BD player's menu will be displayed and you can begin playback.
Lowest Used Price: USD 102.00
Lowest New Price: USD 379.95
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD 123.00
- Final Standard Profile Blu-ray Player (BD-ROM Profile1 version 1.1)
- 1080p output: 24p/60p via HDMI v1.3 with Deep Color
- Up-conversion of standard DVDs to 1080p Playback
- Dolby True HD Decoder, DTS/DTS-HD High Resolution/Master Audio Decoder
- Pixel Precision Progressive Progressing for HD
Color: Black
Model: DMP-BD30K
Release Date: 2007-12-01
WARNING. THIS UNIT STOPPED PLAYING BLUE RAY DISCS AFTER ONLY 18 MONTHS!
If you Google this problem, you'll see that I'm not the only one. Unit plays regular DVDs fine. Won't play Blue Ray discs anymore after only 18 months. Called Panasonic - they said the warrantee was expired. So now I have a 7.65 DVD player. Thanks for nothing Panasonic - I WILL NEVER BUY ELECTRONICS FROM PANASONIC EVER AGAIN. If you only want a Blue Ray player for 18-24 months, buy this unit. If you want something that will last for your money find another brand.
great picture
Slow load, but once loaded it is a great unit and all the loading seams to happens only when you first load the disc.
Refurbished Panasonic DMP-BD 30 works fine!
I formerly owned a Sony BDP s300 for over a year but after reading the many excellent reviews on this unit from CNET and Home Theater, I decided to sell my Sony and cop this fine unit. So far there's been no problem playing discs, BD or Standard, and in fact it does boot up a little faster than the Sony but where it stands out in is the sound quality and picture. I was amazed at the rich sound of this unit when I played "Amadeus-the Director's Cut" in BD on this machine. So far I have not regretted my decision on this purchase. And at just under 0--it's a steal!! One more thing to add that the Sony didn't have, this machine has a memory if you stop it and shut it off---when you turn it back on, it'll go back to where you left off---no bookmarks needed here!!
A point of contention
I think its fair to offer my experience with the 30K. I bought my 30K in Nov 07 when it first was released directly from Panasonic Direct. The player started having serious problems playing BR disks by the second disk. I called Pan's support and they tried to get me upgrade the firmware. Well I did that and it didn't help at all so they had me send it an authorized repair shop half way across the country.
(I was already a little annoyed since effectively they send me a defective unit, they should have ship me a new one and had me ship mine back to them and taken the repair on their shoulders.)
Then I had to jump through hoops to prove that this was all authorized within the first 30 days of owning it as they didn't want to repair it on their own dime. I had called support to log the issue in the first 5 days! I had the RMA within 15 days and the rest was shipping related delays due to the holidays. Eventually they owned up and fixed the unit.
The repair slip said that the transport was bad and was replaced. Fine, but again I was annoyed that I had to spend nearly 3 months without a player when it was clear defective from the get go.
Now, I have had the unit a year and a half, less with it actually working. Its kaput! It won't recognize any disk, be it blu-ray or DVD. Just before this it had given us grief for about a month talking directly to a Pan plasma bought at the same time, both are HDMI-CEC. It would occasionally show only a red picture and after shutting down and restarting a few times it would finally work. The cable was ruled out, as I tested a few and also tested on another player.
Panasonic support hasn't even replied to my email send over a week ago.
Caveat Emptor! I am going to get an Oppo Blu-ray when it is released. Their support is good and their DVD player I own is excellent.
Great standalone!
I have owned this for two months and have nothing but good thigns to say about it. Load/start-up time is MUCH quicker than my other blu-ray player (Samsung BDP1400) and from what I have read, much quicker than most blu-ray players. i would say that it takes about 15 seconds to get going, which is not bad at all. The upconversion from SD dvd's is amazing and the Blu-rays look out of this world.
The only complaint I have is that the remote is not backlit and when you are watching TV in the dark it can become annoying.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this player to anyone looking to buy a stand-alone.
