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- Comment on I built a Home Theatre for the Price of a Soundbar, and it SLAPS! 11 hours ago:
Almost anything sounds better than TV speakers, but if you’re going to spend the money, it really is better to just go to 5.1.
I’ve had a 5.1 setup for 20 years. Back then I was playing the original Xbox on 720p widescreen and surround speakers, and it was glorious. My first setup was the cheapest all-in-one speaker/receiver set available for a fresh college graduate earning next to nothing and deep in credit card and student debt.
I think I’ve gone through three sets of speakers now, three receivers, and two subwoofers. I like to stay up on technology, but you don’t really have to upgrade very often or at all, if you like. I currently have some pretty nice Pioneer speakers with towers for left and right, and I wired my room for 5.1 outlets when I renovated my basement earlier this year.
I thought about doing 7.1 or 7.2, but ultimately I didn’t want to cut holes and try to fish wire across and down with how my ceiling is. 4K and 5.1 will probably always be enough for me.
- Comment on 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Dominated October Disc Sales, Jumps to Top of Year-to-Date Chart - Media Play News 1 week ago:
I watched this on Disney+ tonight but didn’t really care for it. The multiverse stuff really ruins just about anything it touches, and the movie just seemed a little too mean spirited toward the classic characters.
- Comment on Filmmaker Oliver Stone on studios releasing older films on 4K Ultra HD 1 week ago:
Tom Cruise is a bit like Harrison Ford. They’re both good actors, but most of the time they’re playing themselves. Or maybe they both have such a force of personality that you only see the actor. Harrison For has had similar roles where he does a good job disappearing into the role, like Mosquito Coast and Regarding Henry.
- Comment on How Fans Saved Star Wars - Laserdisc Bootlegs (Part I) 1 week ago:
But those were like 1.0.1, 1.0.2… where the Special Editions would be 2.0. I don’t know that anyone really cares about the “mini” version changes. When they talk about the original, they mean 1.0.x.
- Comment on White Christmas (1954) just had its 4K release a couple days ago. Picked it up at Walmart for $20 CAD (about $15 USD) and I'm pretty impressed with it 1 week ago:
That’s a great price; I bought my copy for nearly double that. Remember that Bing also had another Christmas movie in 4K, Holiday Inn, although if you only have a handful of movies your collection would suddenly be very Bing Crosby and Christmas heavy, haha.
I’m really ready for the holidays with both of those plus It’s a Wonderful Life and Scrooged.
- Comment on Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will be releasing "SEINFELD: THE COMPLETE SERIES" on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on December 17. 3 weeks ago:
That’s fine by me. They give people options but preserve the best resolution for OAR.
- Comment on Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will be releasing "SEINFELD: THE COMPLETE SERIES" on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on December 17. 3 weeks ago:
This is an instant purchase if they preserve OAR instead of cropping to 16:9.
- Comment on Lionsgate will be releasing "KILL BILL: VOLUME 1" and "KILL BILL: VOLUME 2" on 4K Ultra HD on January 17, 2025. 3 weeks ago:
Gonna pick up the inevitable SteelBook to add to my Tarantino 4K SteelBook set. Only a handful left now.
- Comment on Disc market share for week ending in 2024-09-28: Who will Gru be tonight? That's the question. 1 month ago:
Who are the people buying Despicable Me 4 on 4K
- Comment on Lionsgate will be releasing "BORDERLANDS" on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on October 22. (That was quick.) 1 month ago:
Oh man, I hope Claptrap says his iconic line, “I… am Steve”
- Comment on Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has a fun feature: 1 month ago:
Acting in 1964: Practical sets, props, and costumes, the give and take of acting with other actors
Acting in 2024: Wear a spandex laser tag outfit with a GoPro pointed at your spotted face and run around an empty blue warehouse
- Comment on UNCUT with glue and broken glass? Lionsgate announces 4K Ultra HD SteelBook for Van Damme’s 1989 classic ‘Kickboxer’ 2 months ago:
Wow, Joel has been tireless in his effort to get the ultimate edition of this film on disc. He says in the linked thread that he even reached out to large JCVD fan pages on Instagram to ask them to put out the call to see if anyone owned an uncut print (so Lionsgate could produce the uncut 4K). Not a single one was willing to ask their subscribers.
- Comment on The Terminator 40th Anniversary 4K will also get a Limited Steelbook Edition as it reveals release details 2 months ago:
Yes, and I believe the Anthology set also comes with the Skynet version.
- Comment on The Terminator 40th Anniversary 4K will also get a Limited Steelbook Edition as it reveals release details 2 months ago:
Buy this version if you want it on Blu-ray.
- Comment on The Terminator 40th Anniversary 4K will also get a Limited Steelbook Edition as it reveals release details 2 months ago:
Both are pretty cheap. T2 is sort of infamous as one of the worst 4K discs, but some people don’t mind it. I own both and there are pros and cons to each, but there’s nothing wrong with the Blu-ray if you want to play it safe.
- Comment on Shout! announces ‘Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story’ arriving in November 2 months ago:
Now try importing a 4K from Japan
- Comment on Shout! announces ‘Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story’ arriving in November 2 months ago:
It’s UHD, so you can just import it if you want.
- Comment on The NeverEnding Story 40th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray 2 months ago:
Physical media is a niche industry now. A company like Imprint would have purchased the rights to this movie in a batch that included other movies that aren’t as popular. A movie with this much name recognition is like the Christmas season for them, so they need to produce deluxe sets like these to recoup their investment on the entire batch and turn a profit.
Don’t worry, there will definitely be a regular edition at a later date. They’ll want to sell as many copies of this as possible.
- Comment on Arrow Video announces November 4K UHD and Blu-ray release slate 2 months ago:
I preordered Shawscope 3. As for the rest, my wallet needs a break, so thank you Arrow for not releasing anything else I need!
- Comment on The Prisoner: The Complete Series (Blu-ray Review) 2 months ago:
If you don’t have one already, I’d pick up this release. It’ll be about the same price as a preowned A&E set, and it comes in a neat box with a few Danger Man episodes in high def.
I’m just saying there’s no reason to replace an existing copy of the A&E set.
- Comment on The Prisoner: The Complete Series (Blu-ray Review) 2 months ago:
For anyone tempted to double dip, except for the Danger Man inclusion and a handful of interviews, just about everything in this release was in the original A&E Blu-ray release.
- Comment on The Blair Witch Project Limited Edition Blu-ray 2 months ago:
- Comment on British Sci-Fi Legend Blake's 7 Is Getting the Blu-ray Treatment It Always Deserved 2 months ago:
I’ve never seen it, but I’m a Doctor Who and sci-fi fan and I’m pretty interested. Gives me proto-Farscape vibes from the trailer.
Apparently these are taking one of the Doctor Who release slots and releasing one per year for four years. Woof. Of course the full release is dependent on sales of the earlier series.
Since this was mostly shot on video, here’s hoping there’s a North American release as well so each region gets the appropriate frame timing for their region.
- Comment on Film lovers are skeptical of Criterion’s pricey 40-film box set 2 months ago:
I buy a lot of Criterion discs and I have absolutely zero interest in this set for all the reasons outlined in the article.
I wish they would’ve put out multiple director sets that have never been released before instead as a celebration of 40 years. I can give them a list if they’d like.
- Comment on James Cameron gives a response to the negative comments on the 4Ks of Aliens and True Lies 3 months ago:
Not sure what the point you’re trying to make is. 4K shouldn’t be an option because you don’t care about it? Most people aren’t the target audience for 4K or even Blu-ray. You’re always free to stick with streaming movies and driving a Camry, normal people do and it works for them.
- Comment on James Cameron gives a response to the negative comments on the 4Ks of Aliens and True Lies 3 months ago:
No. 8 mm is roughly equivalent to 2K. 16 mm 4K, 35 mm around 5-6K, and 70 mm around 6-12K. 35 mm is the most common.
- Comment on James Cameron gives a response to the negative comments on the 4Ks of Aliens and True Lies 3 months ago:
Optimum viewing distance, optimum viewing angle—these are defined things. In my experience, most people are clueless about how to properly set up a TV. So yes, I expect if a TV isn’t set up correctly, the difference between 1080p and 4K wouldn’t be as noticeable. Transfer quality and TV quality also matter.
- Comment on James Cameron gives a response to the negative comments on the 4Ks of Aliens and True Lies 3 months ago:
It doesn’t. I hadn’t looked at any screen captures before watching the disc and it’s just as terrible and super distracting in motion. Thankfully only 3-4 scenes are marred by this. Oddly, it’s usually Tom Arnold’s face.
- Comment on James Cameron gives a response to the negative comments on the 4Ks of Aliens and True Lies 3 months ago:
God forbid someone exhibit humility and introspection. Nope, just commit to being right and never listen to anyone.
- Comment on James Cameron gives a response to the negative comments on the 4Ks of Aliens and True Lies 3 months ago:
Bad question framing and bad answer.
Get a life? It’s your industry, man. And maybe don’t denigrate the people buying your movies. Lots of other studios get this right.
That said, I think the online criticism of True Lies (haven’t watched the Aliens disc yet) is overblown except for maybe 3-4 scenes where it’s super obvious and distracting.
At least The Abyss looked great.