Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
THE version to own!!
This Blu-ray version of the Transformers animated movie is, in a word, amazing. From the glorious 1080p/24fps, to the Dolby Digital audio. Just amazing. This is the version to get.I had absolutely NO ISSUES with playback. I have a Samsung BD player, and it played flawlessly on it. As a matter of fact, it even played the special features which are apparently in PAL format. However that might just be a feature my player has I wasnt aware of. I did take it to my nephews house, and his Sony BD player (not PS3) had no issues playing the main movie, however it wouldnt read the special features. Guess it just depends. Most important is that the main movie itself will play on North American BD players.The picture quality is actually quite amazing. Considering the age of this movie, it really comes off looking quite good in HD. Yes, there are some artifacts like "dirt" or "dust" here and there, but really, it just makes it all the more special in my opinion. This is basically what it looked like when we watched it as kids in the theater. Ah the memories!I had no issues with the audio, and everything synced up great, and sounded amazing on my home theater. Nice and loud, just the way a movie with a great soundtrack like this should be.If I did have to find fault with this, its that there are no subtitles. However, a lot of TV's will display them instead of thru the disc itself.I really cant recommend this enough. It doesnt seem like this will get an official BD release here in the US anytime soon, and while the price is high, you really get what you pay for. That being an excellent HD version of an awesome movie...and it'll make your generation 1 Transformers buddies jealous to boot!