Honestly, if the B&Ws are in good working order, I would keep them. A matching center will be expensive, and could be something you work toward in the future. But for now, I'd try an ELAC UniFi center and see how it can match in. Yes, it's ideal to have matching speakers all around, but that...
Agreed with Scott. Those two players really are your best bet. There isn't much to choose from, to be honest, and the Sony players are... funky. And yes, to get a full featured player, like the 820, it'll be about $400. The days of cheap players and media seem to be in the past.
And I would...
Yeah, I would use 12GA OFC (oxygen free copper) stranded speaker cable. There is copper clad aluminum that's a bit cheaper, but I'm a little skeptical of that. You don't need to spend a fortune. Look at something like Monoprice 12GA OFC.
This is one I've never seen, and Tarkovsky is a bit of a struggle for me. The viewer really has to be in the right frame of mind, and well rested. I pre-ordered this a couple months ago, and supposedly it will be here on release day.
FWIW, I did this math in my head, so it might be off, but it would take something like (48) 24 AWG wires to equal one 12 AWG. It might be only 40, but still.
I don't know about the colors. Others can comment on that. This version of the movie looks very bright and well lit. It has a completely different feel from what it's always been. Personally, I think that was a mistake. I'm just not fanatical enough about it to get very upset about it.
I vaguely recall this thread is about the 4K release of Aliens, so...
I finally watched it a couple days ago.
The opening sequence really jumps off the screen. Dynamic range of the torch cutting through the door kind of made my jaw drop.
The movie is now very bright overall, visually. So...
I doubt that TV has a component input anyway. Unfortunately, the image is so tiny, it's impossible to see what's there. However, it does appear to have a plug for an A/V "dongle" that should work with yellow composite video output on the player. The dongle is something like THIS, and connects...
Actually, Kaleidescape is better than disc, with a cost to match.
Also, I still think you're rather overstating the amount of data dedicated to 4K movies on disc. I understand even 80GB is beyond rare. It seems to tend more to a max of 40-50GB for a 2 hour movie.
I have a UHD computer drive...
I was going to mention that myself, plus even though a 4 layer BR disc can hold up to 100GB, it's virtually unheard of for the feature itself to occupy 90GB. So that stat strikes me as motivated reasoning.
For me, with my HT that is more audio capable than video (with a 65" QLED) and Gb...
I'd be inclined to give this one a purchase, but for the life of me, I can't decipher the code. I doubt it's possible for it to ever look spectacular. I believe it was a fairly budget affair.
So NOT surprised.
Wait, do they mean that consumer products and professional medical devices are different in some significant way? Who could have known?
I mean, except for anyone with an ounce of functioning grey matter.