Skyfall Blu-ray
007 gets the royal treatment in the most popular Bond film yet. Does the Blu-ray transfer disappoint? The Queen jumped out of a helicopter to get the first one so you may want to get in line.
007 gets the royal treatment in the most popular Bond film yet. Does the Blu-ray transfer disappoint? The Queen jumped out of a helicopter to get the first one so you may want to get in line.
Sam Rockwell, Colin Farrell, and Christopher Walken deliver one of the funniest, scariest and best looking Blu-ray releases we’ve ever seen. Now that’s psychotic.
WW1 may be over, but life at Downton Abbey is never boring for the Crawleys as the money runs out, the staff doesn’t react well to newcomers, and poor Sybil should have gone to the hospital.
Smart storytelling and hard-hitting action sequences made this action flick the sleeper hit of 2012.
Does the high-end video market need another mega-buck surround processor? Krell certainly thinks so with its latest drool-worthy release.
Al Jolson and the first talkie have finally come to Blu-ray. Neil Diamond, eat your heart out. Just put a little schmaltz on it first. Much better.
Is it brilliant or just "Inglourious Basterds" without the Jewish bear? Perhaps a little of both.
LG isn’t waiting for Apple to launch their rumored TV with Siri voice-control. The Korean electronics giant has some magic of its own apparently… Gangnam style magic.
Emotiva is trying to redefine entry-level even before CES 2013 with its UMC-200 preamp/7.1 channel surround processor for only $599. Are you kidding me? $599? Budget product of the year?
2012 was only an average year for new releases, but some of the best Blu-rays of the year were much anticipated classics that delivered on all levels. Here are my top five, including one that mated with a scorpion.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |