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In 1997 a new medium for movies was about to appear. Better, perhaps, than laserdisk. Called DVD. But during the first period, new films on DVD would only be available through a limited number of sellers in the USA and from a limited number of studios. So what to do? I succeeded in ordering a...

At the moment I have no general opinion about this function yet, but I noticed a strange effect it may have on the "Your Content" function in the personal drop-down menu (upper right, under user name): since today only a few threads are shown, threads which also happen to be widely spaced in...

Dutch football (soccer-) legend Johan Cruijff died today at the age of 68yrs. Although perhaps less known in the US, he was one of the most legendary players in the world. Next to that, many Dutch-speaking people will know him for a bunch of famous quotes, in a jargon known as "Cruijff-speak"...

Hello fellow HTF members. Of course I hope you (and the guys at the studios ) will have a great year. Over here it's 2011 already and I can tell you: it looks promising. Like in 2000: no sight of an ICT-bug, weather is reasonable (the snow is melting away, in a dry type of weather...

Because we use dd-mm-yyyy notation, it's 20-10-2010 today. And because we also use a 24-hours time notation, it is possible to post (or do anything else that gets recorded) on 20-10-2010 20:10 tonight. Just a tiny trivia fact.... Cees

Just a heads-up. On the German Amazon, there's a Complete Brahms 60 CD box set from Brilliant Classics, the company that also produced the Bach, Mozart and Beethoven Complete Works box set. Price is roughly $100 (that's because the $ isn't doing to well against the € yet, it's €69.95)...

If we still would have a non-R1 regional forum, most posters there would immediately recognize the name of Benson's World, UK. After the recent closure of The Laser's Edge, based in the US, which shocked many of us, they too have decided to stop. A great on-line DVD seller, with great and...

On September 18th, Warner will release three sets (or six if you want to look at it like that :) ) sets called "Best of HD DVD" or "Best of Blu-ray" respectively. Each contains four releases that are already out separately, so it may not be interesting for all of us early adopters. Howver, it...

If you go into the collection of HD DVD as offered by several internet e-tailers, you won't find (most or all of) the Paramount HD DVD releases, while the Blu-ray counterparts of the same titles appear to be there. Examples are Aeon Flux, Sahara and Four Brothers. Just take a look at the...

If the Amazon customer who posted the images of the front and the backside of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on HD DVD really had the case (and it isn't a fake), then it features Dolby TrueHD. At least: then it says so on the backside of the case. Cees

A HD version of the Digital Video Essentials was announced e.g. here to be released on November 14th. It's a HD DVD hybrid - a typical case where I think a hybrid makes sense, actually! (No, I haven't seen a BD version yet.) Cees

Thanks, Herb! A very balanced review. I didn't own the SDVD of this film yet, and I will think it over carefully now, whether or not to acquire the HD version. As you said, Sandra Bullock is very charming.... Cees

Both, by the way I built up my HT in the past ten years, as well as by conviction, I own separates for power amplifiers and added a decoder one day, not a receiver. My separate power amplifiers are very well up to the job. So, naturally, I was looking into a replacement for my decoder if I...

Generally, PC monitors have been better displays than TV-sets. Of course, most of them are smaller than you would wish to use in a HT. Another disadvantage could be the current number of horizontal pixels: most have 1280 or 1366 at best and 1024 vertical pixels at max. But that could be less of...

Great review, Herb! Thanks. So, you say the HD DVD version is worth its higher price? Cees

If the sun rises, please go take a look, WEARING ECLIPSE SPECTACLES. Never look at the sun directly, not even for a short moment, not even with sunglasses. For only less than an hour from the moment I post this, you can still see the planet Venus crossing before the sun, it's a very tiny...

* This thread is now the official thread for links to pictures taken by our members during the HT-Cruise 2003 * Although I myself are still in the process of uploading my images, please feel free to go ahead and add your links and comments (e.g. identifying yourself on a picture) in this...

Two days ago, I asked those who showed concern about the suspension of Romier_S to wait, because final decisions would be taken in (as I said) as little as a few hours. Little - - little did I know that it would take almost two days to have elaborate conferences among the moderator staff...

Noticed it for £ 8.95 (Amazon UK has them for £ 9.99). Cannot find it in R1 yet. Although the cover looks like it's played for laughs, I read that it's mainly documentary. Honestly, I really couldn't resist buying this (only) 45 minutes of uhmm... history. :) Cees

Vince, A Very Happy Birthday. Sometimes, when I see you posting here on the forum, you look as busy and concerned as if you're still an admin. I hope you take the time to celebrate this anniversary extremely properly. :) Have a great day! Cees

On DVDTalk and further in this thread information is posted about the A & E "Complete Mr. Bean", which seems to be a beautiful version - but with several cuts. Let's try and collect as much information as we can about non-R1 versions of the complete TV episodes. Who owns what, and can...

Holy shit! Our senior (:) )-moderator RAF has won himself a big fat Runco projector on the Home Theater Cruise. We're in the Caribbean now (just leaving Labadee, heading for Ocho Rios, Jamaica), organized by Dave Bott of AVS (great job of Dave, really great, I can tell you), working also...

I know I'm bad, but when I found this, I thought it was rather funny. :D (Takes some seconds to load). Do the do's and don't do the don'ts, of course, but one wonders... :) Cees

This version of Richard III, with Sir Laurence Olivier, has been one of my favourites, ever since I first saw the movie in the theatre when I was 14 years old (actually, my birthday present). Naturally, I have it on VHS. It was released on DVD in England, in September 2001. Does any of you own...

Now Paramount have released The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, I was wondering whether we may expect the "other" Warlock, by Edward Dmytryk (1959). It's an astonishingly intelligent film, proving the versatility and broad scope of the once so popular Western genre. A strong cast (among others...

Yesterday evening, January 3rd, Alfred H. Heineken, age 78, died. You may never have heard of him personally, but you do know the name of this great Dutchman. His grandfather founded the now famous Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam and made it one of the largest in Holland. But it was his...

I haven't seen a movie in my HT for several days. I think many of you haven't. All that was on my screens was the horror movie that is the recent reality. For many of us CNN and local news channels have been the main source of information and thus have become the main programming of our HT...

Every site showing the artwork of the 15 Minutes DVD (the greyish background, Robert DeNiro on top, Edward Burns below), has Edward Burns looking to the left and white lettered "A Slam Bang Thriller" before his nose. My copy however has a different picture of Burns, looking to the right and the...