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    Barton Fink/Miller's Crossing Blockbuster Availability

    I don't know what kind of setups those who thought Barton Fink looked good have, but on my 53" I thought it looked horribly blurry. A real disappointment.
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    MILLER'S CROSSING DVD feedback (also BARTON FINK) (MERGED THREAD)

    To answer your question about Barton Fink MatS , I would proceed very cautiously. In my opinion the Barton Fink DVD is darn near unwatchable on my 53". Medium range shots are extremely out of focus. I struggled to make it through this disc, and BF is on my personal top 10 film list. Very...
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    Looking for Prog. Scan DVD player...mulit-disc

    Steve, Thanks for the input, I will try to see if I can find anymore information about this in the display devices forum. I'm hoping it's something that can be corrected when the set is calibrated, since I haven't seen much change with any of the user accessible settings. Lyle, There...
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    Looking for Prog. Scan DVD player...mulit-disc

    I have a CP72 and when I watch movies in progressive mode I see a very annoying problem. When there are fine textures in the image (usually someone's hair), there is no detail and it looks 'smeared' and usually reddish. One example is in the Hannibal disc in the scene where Pazzi is watching his...
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    Best place to purchase DVD player? RP-82, CP-72, or 4800

    Brian, I think the main difference between the 67 and 72 is that the 72 does DVD Audio. John
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    Pany PT40LC12 Any Opinions? Please!

    I too was pretty impressed with this set (LCD) when I saw it last weekend. I didn't really pay any attention to the black level, although I will the next time I see it. The viewing angle on this set was very impressive, and it looked like it could handle a bright room better than the typical CRT...
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