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  1. Alfonso_M

    Windows 10 News and User discussion

    One solution that might help is a feature previously available on W7 but now greatly enhanced under W10.[Don't know about win8 since I never used it] While on Chrome [or any other open maximized app] place your mouse pointer right next to the 'new tab' button, grab web page and drag it to...
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    Robert Loggia passes away

    How sad, first noticed him for his small part in "An officer and a gentleman".. may he RIP
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    Win a Pioneer Elite SC-95 Dolby Atmos Receiver

    This coming year I need to start upgrading, and this new Pioneer Elite Atmos would be a great replacement for my vintage aging Pioneer Elite VSX-33tx Here's my HT circa 2002, HT still looks the same today, wish I could say the same about me..LOL.. .
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    Win an Onkyo TX-NR1030 9.2 channel Dolby Atmos AV Receiver

    I've not been keeping up with the latest Tech News lately and had to go out and check what was this new ATMOS format all about.... This Receiver would be a perfect upgrade for my aging Pioneer Elite [2002 Model], plus I would finally have a good reason to install 3 additional Rear Surround...
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    30 Second Guide to Subscriptions, My Content and View New Content

    Thanks Cameron that was it, I have no idea how the 'just items I follow' filter was activated, must have been playing with it last time and forgot all about it, I'm still getting used to this new software.... :rolleyes:
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    30 Second Guide to Subscriptions, My Content and View New Content

    Could someone help me understand what I'm doing wrong with the "view new content " feature..I browse the forums mostly by reading the latest postings instead of visiting specific sub-forums, so this feature is very useful to me. Last time I was here it was working fine, but now after 3 or four...
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    Noob with a question re DVD Recorders

    Last time I checked about a year + ago Walmart - of all places- was still selling a model (Magnavox or /Phillips?) with HDD and digital tuner, I was supposed to pick up one to replace an aging RCA with analog tuner I own but never did, not sure if they still stock that model, I would have to...
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    Amazon Deal of the Day: The Godfather Collection (Blu-ray) $17.99 (69% off)

    I never upgraded from the originals set, and a few months back played them for a visiting family member and had forgotten the set was missing Spanish subs, plus the Godfather 2 was spread over two discs, also noticed how bad it looked to my eyes now, I was supposed to check into the Restoration...
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    Weekly RoundUp 1-22-2013

    Thanks for the tip, I was on my way out when I checked here and went back to BB and scored Taken 2 for 7.99 with the Upgrade and save deal. Love this U&S deals, I've been getting rid of many old 'non-anamorphic' dups DVDs (long ago upgraded) and swap them for new Blu titles, much better deal...
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    Amazon Deal of the Day: The Godfather Collection (Blu-ray) $17.99 (69% off)

    Yeap, that's an incredible price, I paid 70.28 for the DVD Collection set back in 2001, I need to check some reviews of this Blu set, not sure if it's worth the upgrade...
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    Blu-Ray Movie Price Drops Today!

    Wonder if I should try "IP Man" again..last month I had to return two different defective copies back to Amazon.
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    Mr Charles Durning passed away.

    Ah, so sorry to hear this, I knew of his WWII service but never knew he survived the Malmeny massacre. I always enjoyed his performances, I think 'Tootsie' was one of his best. RIP.
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    Is Plasma coming to an end?! Are you buying one?

    I sure hope Plasma still around when I'm ready to replace my old trusted (2002) Hitachi RP-CRT set that still looks great to me and has never broken once. Any one looked into these new 21x9 Cinema-Wide Vizio models? They are available at Costco, these sets stretch the 16x9 image to fit, it...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Deep -- in Blu-ray

    I always loved this movie, especially John Barry's theme song performed by the late Donna Summer, I've never seen any of the long version's scenes, and only after reading this thread recently did I found out about the out of print Sony Blu disc, well, I just found a copy of the Sony release in...
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    Weekly RoundUp 10-9-2012

    According to the flyer's fine print Upgrade & Save should be good 'till 10-20-12 this time around. I need to go back for Aliens and "..something about Mary"...
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    Weekly RoundUp 10-9-2012

    Thanks for the roundup and BB's Upgrade and Save heads up :cool: Went over to swap the three Alien movies but 'Aliens' was out of stock, picked up "Taken" instead, the Customer desk didn't even know the program was back today again and were trying to brush me off, had to show them the flyer...
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    Big Lots Sale

    I saw that IMDB score of SPLICE too, and I remember reading on my local paper a review back when it first was shown in theaters, don't remember the score but that's how I first heard of this movie, So I went back today and picked up the copy I stashed :P plus two others I'm itching to see for a...
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    Big Lots Sale

    I saw you guys talking about Midnight Cowboy and went back and scored a copy, it is the collectors edition, also picked up Michael Clayton and The Box for 3.00 each. For the first time ever my visit coincided with new stock, lots of good titles I already owned, Bladerunner, Ronin, Pride of the...
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    Big Lots Sale

    Oh, I see, it is a Blu @ walmart, no wonder I couldn't find it at BL, :confused: I'll pay a visit and check, Thanks.
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    Big Lots Sale

    Seems like my nearby location doesn't carry many of the titles listed here, I need to visit a different store to see if I can find "Below" , I think I'd like it since I'm a big fan of "Pitch Black/Riddick" .. All was not a loss in my visit today.. picked up "The Natural", "The Don is dead" and...
  21. Alfonso_M

    Which Blu-Rays are most improved over their DVD release?

    wished I had seen the reviews first, although I only paid 5.00 with a DVD swap at BB, but still could've chosen something else..:( haven't watched it yet and might skip it now.
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    Which Blu-Rays are most improved over their DVD release?

    "A bridge too far" I need to see it again with a critical eye but most of the blemishes/dirt of the original '98 DVD are gone and the audio was remixed to 5.1. "Frantic" in widescreen (original DVD was pan & scan) (search for thread here for info on latest corrected Blu issue)
  23. Alfonso_M

    Blu-ray State of the Union. Are you switching to streaming media?

    This thread is evolving into what looks like the first salvos of a new "format war"; what's more interesting to me is that now I find myself aligned with my old nemesis, Blu-Ray :laugh:
  24. Alfonso_M

    DRM: "I can't let you do that, Dave"...

    If you rip a lossy file (mp3) to Music CD (Wav/PCM) the audio quality is the same as your original lossy file, but if you then take that very same Music CD (Wav/PCM) and use ITUNES or any other Lossy converter to re-compress back to MP3/ACC (to defeat DRM as you noted before) the resulting Lossy...
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    DRM: "I can't let you do that, Dave"...

    Ripping to CD and then converting or/and re-importing back to iTunes will yield an even more inferior audio file than the one you had to begin with.
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    DRM: "I can't let you do that, Dave"...

    Guys I do not own anything Apple so I do not know first hand and only go by what I read , but didn't Apple removed all DRM restrictions from their music downloads back in 2009? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/companies/07apple.html?_r=1 "And with the copying restrictions removed...
  27. Alfonso_M

    DVD Profiler 3.1 is out

    The Flag commands only work with Flags, not TAGS, you need to use the TAG FILTER MODE which brings up a listing of all your TAGS Once you click/select a TAG only those titles under this TAG will be filtered and listed automatically. The OWNED TAB should list all your collection's profiles and...
  28. Alfonso_M

    DVD Profiler 3.1 is out

    Guys, I'm no expert, and even though I first started playing around with DVDP many years ago I do not recall exactly which TAG Categories are/were pre-existing and which ones were added by me, ( I mentioned this above) I was just picking for Mike some random TAG categories from my list to...
  29. Alfonso_M

    DVD Profiler 3.1 is out

    TABS are more like "Collections" I use DVD,HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, Prev-Owned, and default 'Wish List' , but you can also do this with TAGS just the same (I did before discovering how to add TABS in the latest versions), I guess TABs are nice cause you only have to click once, but as you discovered...
  30. Alfonso_M

    DVD Profiler 3.1 is out

    I had no idea DVDP had a fixed number of Tabs allowed, I just noticed you can rename the "Junk' and the nameless one with a Box icon, and use those, but when organizing by genre is best to attach TAGS to the profiles, you can create TAGS as I explained before above, DVDP already comes with some...
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