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Hi-Def Media Lovefest: The war is over and we can all go home.
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Christopher
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I just watched Die Hard 2: Die Harder.
The transfer is pretty damn good - but it does get spotty in some places.
I never saw Die Hard 2 before, and it was kind of cool. I never knew that they had THAT many connections to Die Hard between the cast; Holly, the news reporters, CARL WINSLOW!
I wonder why in the next two sequels they threw everything away like that.
Good movie I believe it's the most hated out of all of them, but I like it.
The transfer is pretty damn good - but it does get spotty in some places.
I never saw Die Hard 2 before, and it was kind of cool. I never knew that they had THAT many connections to Die Hard between the cast; Holly, the news reporters, CARL WINSLOW!
I wonder why in the next two sequels they threw everything away like that.
Good movie I believe it's the most hated out of all of them, but I like it.
favouriteflavour
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Flek said:
I think australia got spiderman 3 a month before the states.
OokieSpookie
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Many have been released early in the uk, and some in japan ( Predator for example ).favouriteflavour said:
But then on the other hand most get released in the us first.
Opus Angelorum said:
Do WANT! Either all the episodes on one disc or 2 discs. Hot Hot HOOOT! Funny my friend got me the dvd box set last Christmas and I was wishing for it to be on Blu-Ray.
Oh! If Predator is on for April... How soon we get Alien and Aliens. I so do want Aliens in HD.
Warm Machine
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careksims said:
Aliens will look just ok in HD. The movie is full of grain. Alien on the other hand should look pretty incredible.
gray_fox224
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bud said:
Lost> than everything
OokieSpookie
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Agreed, they have to for the same titleOnix said:
OokieSpookie said:
Exactly ... this is their return policy, which is a legal contract with the purchaser.
If they can't replace it with an in-stock equivalent, they must refund your money or give you a gift card in the amount (depending on the terms of said contract).
bu bu bu bu digital bits is teh bias! BIAS!Onix said:
I went into a high end home theater store the other day to see what they had in the way of pre/pros. The guy was like we dont cary any here, but he recomended the Integra several times, he had super hardon for it, "thats the only thing worth buying period."Onix said:
i was thinking sure, because its one of the only pre/pros you offer and you want the commision from the 1600 unit!
captive said:
In reality though ... nothing comes even close to it in terms of features, and its performance (sound quality) is still well above what you'd normally get at its price.
It really is almost miss-priced given the competition. Unfortunately that is what has led to my problem. I was on the pre-order list for it ... and still haven't received one. The thing is back-ordered to all hell. I should get it this month though.
This pre is looks awesome if does not cost more than 2k.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/hands-on-with-marantzs-new-av8003-and-mm8003-processor-amp-pair/
If this does not have the realta chip 1.5k or lower. If this does then its out of my range 3k+.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/hands-on-with-marantzs-new-av8003-and-mm8003-processor-amp-pair/
If this does not have the realta chip 1.5k or lower. If this does then its out of my range 3k+.
Nicodimas said:
I'll be interested read on the specs for this.
This and the upcoming B&K units have me interested. I'm not against trading up if need be
(granted, I think this will be more of a competitor for the Integra ... the B&K is in a different pricerange. Also worth keeping an eye on will be Outlaw Audio and Emotiva Audio's upcoming units. They will likely be in the Marantz/Integra range.).
Yea i know its the sex, but really its overkill for what i want, i even told him im only going to be doing stereo listening with this particular setup, with almost no plans to expand the setup to a home theater.Onix said:
In reality though ... nothing comes even close to it in terms of features, and its performance (sound quality) is still well above what you'd normally get at its price.
It really is almost miss-priced given the competition. Unfortunately that is what has led to my problem. I was on the pre-order list for it ... and still haven't received one. The thing is back-ordered to all hell. I should get it this month though.
He did say that it was backordered and that if you could find it anywhere you were really lucky.
OokieSpookie
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Voltron64 said:
April-ish
distantmantra
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Taken from Gunota:
OokieSpookie
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distantmantra said:
Probably no subs like the other two gundam bd releases
distantmantra
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OokieSpookie said:
Probably not, but it could lead to Bandai Entertainment or Bandai Visual USA (particularly BV USA since they don't do dubs and only subtitle their shows) releasing a version over here quickly.
Pristine_Condition
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distantmantra said:
Yeah, for one MILLION dollars.
I'm glad I'm not much of an anime fan. Bandai is worse than even Fox (by 1000%) with their screwy pricing.
DarkJediKnight
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Wollan said:
It's shit. There's really no guide. It's just a dumb movie that tries to present itself as clever.
Christopher
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Why do Blu Ray discs cost so damn much anyway? (at least retail) I wouldn't be too hurt about the loss of BOGO if the discs were priced as much as DVDs are.
favouriteflavour
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bill0527 said:
Once studios start selling them cheap oputside of the occasional offer the mindset becomes that people wont buy them at higher prices. No reason for them to sell at lower prices until the players have increased penetration. Right now its mostly hardcore movie fans. They know that they can charge more for movies to these people and also hold back features for the ineivetable double dip. I mean over nine years some movies were released about 3-4 times on dvd.
George Claw M.D.
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Translation:polyh3dron said:
"We're waiting for the return period, on the thousands of HD DVD players we've sold over the holidays, to expire, before we drop support for the format. We're also allowing time for customers to unwrap their HD DVD movies, so they'll become unreturnable, too."
I'm not saying that's true.
Sounds pretty messed up, if true. Can't retailers just return the players to Toshiba? I wonder what percentage of sales was guaranteed by Toshiba, for retailers to be able to return unsold stock. Basically, it would come down to, "Who gets stuck with the bill for the HD DVD players that people don't want- Toshiba or the customers?"
Quick question guys.
Can i trust this list?
http://bluray.liesinc.net/
Basically, im going to the US next week (im from the UK) and wanted to pick up a few Blu-Ray movies that arent out here for a long time. (T2, Cars etc).
Can i trust this list?
http://bluray.liesinc.net/
Basically, im going to the US next week (im from the UK) and wanted to pick up a few Blu-Ray movies that arent out here for a long time. (T2, Cars etc).
plagiarize
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just a heads up... don't expect the BBC to be able to go blu-ray only even if they want to.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6913297.stm
no idea if they'd gain any criticism for dropping HD-DVD or if the same rules bind them when it comes to that kind of platform, but it is something to think about.
i just hope they announce Torchwood on SOME HD format soon.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6913297.stm
no idea if they'd gain any criticism for dropping HD-DVD or if the same rules bind them when it comes to that kind of platform, but it is something to think about.
i just hope they announce Torchwood on SOME HD format soon.
plagiarize said:
BBC is distributed by Warner....this was a question I wanted answered immediately after the 5th. I think in the US the BBC will be through Warner exclusively after May. Europe might be different.
The BBC isn't allowed to pick a side, but in this case the decision has been made for them. I doubt there would be much pressure for them to stay neutral since the number of HD-DVD players in the UK is tiny.
Pristine_Condition
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Variety says UNIVERSAL's HD DVD commitment has ended:
Full story here: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978760.html?categoryid=20&cs=1
This confirms something my CE friends who attended CES were telling me. They expected of the two left in the HD DVD corner, Universal would be the one to go first because they were already essentially free to do so. ...Won't be long now, I think.
Full story here: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978760.html?categoryid=20&cs=1
This confirms something my CE friends who attended CES were telling me. They expected of the two left in the HD DVD corner, Universal would be the one to go first because they were already essentially free to do so. ...Won't be long now, I think.
NekoFever
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The BBC is distributed in the US by Warner, as outside the UK they're a commercial enterprise like everyone else. In the UK, they're a public organisation that has an obligation to support any format that's commercially viable (I forget the exact wording), so they'll probably support HD DVD here as long as people are buying it.
A few more of their shows are out on both HD formats here. None of the really big ones that I'd want (Torchwood, Doctor Who, etc) but the first season of Robin Hood is out (BD and HD), as are a few of their miniseries' like Bleak House (BD and HD). They don't promote them at all so I don't know how they expect them to sell or people to find out when they're out, though.
A few more of their shows are out on both HD formats here. None of the really big ones that I'd want (Torchwood, Doctor Who, etc) but the first season of Robin Hood is out (BD and HD), as are a few of their miniseries' like Bleak House (BD and HD). They don't promote them at all so I don't know how they expect them to sell or people to find out when they're out, though.
typhonsentra
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Damn, Paramount will be left as the only studio left? How long is their commitment?
Pristine_Condition
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Xater said:
Could be a lot sooner. This report backs up what I've heard, that there are no constraints against them announcing Blu-ray support at any time. They could probably announce titles within a month. Of course, announcing titles and having them on store shelves are two different things. Summer is as good a guess as any for the first releases.
typhonsentra said:
The Contract was always ruumored to be 18 months. However, according to this and other reports, the contract Paramount signed to support HD DVD has an escape clause, which has been activated by recent events. Whether they have to wait for Warner to stop producing HD DVD discs first (which Warner is committed to until the end of April) is the question everyone is asking now.
avaya said:
This is an interesting one, were they one of the studios warner mentioned as having their own choice (like HBO and New Line) or is the relationship just a matter of WB paying for the rights to release BBC stuff in the US (i.e. BBC has no choice).
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