Recent content by Elphaba

I have a question, or really an issue with playback quality. My gear: Blu-Ray: DMP-BD10AK X-Box 360 Reciever: Yamaha VS-X661 TV: Philips 47PFL7432* The Blu-Ray player and X-Box are hooked into the reciever's two HDMI inputs, and it's hooked to the TV's HDMI input. Any and every...

Both are correct. Gray is more common in the US, and grey in the UK, but both are equally correct.

I get this and I generally agree, with only a few exceptions. One obvious one is Disney's live action movies in the 70's, usually those starring Kurt Russel or Don Knotts. Disney's TV show was a big moneymaker at the time, so many of these movies were designed for a quick theatrical release...

First by genre, then subgenre if needed, with movies within a genre organized in alphabetical order and related sets kept together in chronological order; a related set might be a director or a set of related discs. Foreign movies are organized by country, then alphabetical order, with related...

OK, so I'm somewhat of a purist when it comes to watching movies at home. I want them as close as possible to the look of the theatrical versions. No colorization, no edge enhancement, blacks a little more gray than for broadcast TV shows. And most of all, original aspect ratio, or at least...

I'm very disappointed that this isn't the theatrical cut. Extended editions are wonderful for those who like that sort of thing, but there's just no good excuse for not releasing a copy of the theatrical cut. I'm somewhat of a purist--I want to try to get as close to the theatrical experience as...

I just wanted to make sure I understand my connections and settings correctly. I have a Panasonic DMP-BD10A hooked up to a Yamaha RX-V661 receiver using an HDMI cable. I had previously been using an optical digital audio cable, but wasn't getting the HD audio I wanted, so I got another...

Congratulations! 40 isn't so bad. My first year in my 40's has so far been a good bit better than my 20s and 30s were.

I'm not a guy, but I do have mine dyed. I'm not going gray yet at 40, but my natural hair color is this awful mousy color in between blonde and brown, so I get it darkened to a nice chestnut.

It depends on the quality of the show. Battlestar Galactica is pretty dark most of the time, as was the X-Files, and at least a few of the more acclaimed cable shows (The Shield, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Oz, etc.). I doubt it'll compare in quality to Buffy, but few TV shows compare to Buffy...

I was thinking it looked like an adult, sci-fi version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The Bourne Ultimatum :star: :star: I was an AV nerd in high school. One of the things the AV people did was tape ball games, basketball, football, volleyball. At one point we had a couple of guys assigned to tape a volleyball game. A volleyball game is remarkably easy to tape--put the camera...

Man of the Year :star: :star: 1/2 Ever see a movie and discover that the commercials completely misrepresented the content, tone, or other key element of the movie? Bridge to Terabithia is a good recent example. Man of the Year is another. Going by the commercials, you'd think it to be a...

I think that, in addition to anonymity factor and there being no consequences of any kind, there's a fundamental difference between spoken and written communication. Tone can be very difficult to read on the internet. An attempt at irony that might be clear from one's body language, tone of...

Nope. Cheap bulk single ply paper. I bring my own good stuff and store it in the cabinet. I also decorated the toilet with a couple of plants and some potpourri, to make things a little more pleasant.