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I own a few Superbit DVDs, although Das Boot is not among them. Greater care seems to have been taken with picture and sound on these discs. Probably the most notable difference is the general inclusion of DTS soundtrack on the Superbit discs. I haven't compared the picture quality on my current set-up with standard definition discs.

With the advent of HD, Superbit DVDs kinda died off. For a while you could pick up these titles for ten bucks or so. Not a bad deal. If I remember correctly the titles I have are: "Lawrence of Arabia," "Spiderman," "From Here to Eternity," "Punch Drunk Love," "The Patriot," "Underworld," and "Adaptation."

Oh, almost forgot. Instead of the Superbit version of "Das Boot" I opted for the original uncut version. One of my all time favorite movies, and by far the best submarine movie I've seen. If you're a fan of WWII you must check this out. I read the book, too. Just as good.

Oh, yeah, I also have Punch-Drunk Love and Adaptation.

Yeah, I appreciated them encoding at higher bit-rates. I didn't mind having bonus materials on a second disc if it meant the feature looked and sounded better.

Oh, I must admit to owning The Quick and the Dead Superbit, too. It was also good for showing off my system at the time.

I don't find myself watching bonus features all that much. I'd much rather them use the extra space to make the sound and picture better, or simply include a DTS version of the sound.

I'm still on a standard definition television and will be for a while because it will be my next big investment and I'm not going any smaller than my current 60 inch television, so anything I can find in SD with improved picture quality is a bonus.

Cam, if you can still find 'em, the Superbits are nicely priced. I can't say I was blown away by the picture quality. Maybe it was my previous set-up--Denon 2900 and Sony XBR960 on which everything looked pretty darn good.

I especially liked the pitter patter of all the little legs of the racing weevils in Master and Commander.

The BR version of this movie is amazing. It's my favorite disk to show off the speakers.

I just saw The Dark Knight at the theater....holly cow that movie has one heck of a sound track! I can't wait till it comes out on BR.

Thanks for the reminder on Das Boot. I've been meaning to revisit that one. My son hasn't seen it yet and it is one heck of a war movie.