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I've seen the film twice now and have a complete love/hate relationship with it. The first half was perfect. Magnificent. Some of the best filmmaking I've ever seen. There was nothing that could have ruined it/ It was destined to become my favorite film of all time. The second half was simply...

The first half of the film was brilliant, and the 2nd half would have been just as good were it not for the lamest Bat Suit ever! General observations about the costume: 1) It makes Bale's face look fat. He generally has a thin face but they made the mask so tight around his face that Batman...

Has anyone else read this post on RT? It's a brilliant exposition and I'd love to get some of the reactions on this borard. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/s...d.php?t=287905 Neo is a machine, kinda. He is a human with enhanced genetics, enhanced implants, and a machine programmed mind...

This may be off topic, so my apologies in advance if this is not the appropriate area to discuss this. Does anyone know if there is a DVD or any web site that has a compliation of all the scenes from the Enter The Matrix game? I'd really like to see the additional footage without having to...

"Everthing that has a beginning, has an end." How cool would it have been if the last scene with the Oracle, Sati, & Seraph, took place at the Heart O' the City Hotel, where Matrix 1 started?? THAT would have completly blown me away. Lost opportunity for the W Bros IMHO.

Quote: ------------------------------------------------------- "Based upon that assumption, they either un-scorched the sky, or built a city above the clouds I think they were definitely in the Matrix, because the Oracle makes a comment to the Architect about people who want to leave...

Thanks for the reply Greg. I called my dealer upon reading your post and he said that he would cover the following things in the calibration, which are all listed in the website you recommended: Greyscale tracking White & Black Level Color temperature Chroma Level and Phase Geometry...

I've read on other forums that professionally calibrating the Sony KV-XBR700, makes a tremendous amount of difference in DVD picture quality when coupled with a progressive scan DVD player. The posts have said that the calibration has made the picture more "film" like, which is hard to believe...

Jack-- The display is nothing short of amazing. I have not had the set professionally calibrated yet, although I have done some work myself with Avia and VE. The picture is by far better than any rear projection set, or Plasma I have seen and is comparable to high end projection systems...

Chris-- Thanks a lot for your reply. Is there any way to program the Sony remote to automatically switch to 16:9?

A Salesmen at the GoodGuys actually had the nerve to tell me that the Sony KV-40XBR700 I was looking at had an internal faroudja line doubler! I was shocked that he would actually look me in the face and lie assuming that I was uninformed and would be impressed at the false information...

I have a Sony KV-40XBR700 set hooked up to a Sony DVPS-9000 thru component video (with the DVD set to display 16:9) and for some reason it does not automatically compress anamorphic DVD's to display in 16:9. I have to do it manually everytime through the remote control which is an annoyance...

"Digital Pro Audio" is the name of the speakers that I was offered. They originally wanted $1,000 for the pair. I talked them down to $200 (wanted to see how low they would go) before telling them to take a hike. Yes, they were in a white van. See link below for details...

Point well taken. I think the Sony KV-40XBR700, and a Stewart screen with a high gain is the direction I'm headed in, with the downside being the letterboxing I'll get with the Sony on HDTV and 1:85 by 1 DVD's, but like I said earlier in the thread, I have yet to see a finer picture than the...

I auditioned the Panasonic 42' and 50' inch plasma's with "Dark City" (a film with a good black level) at my local HT dealer today, and I was completely under whelmed. The black level was pathetic and the pixelation was unbearable at a 5-10 ft. distance. Made me completely rethink my strategy...

Primary use of the system will be HT. The HT to music ratio will be something like 80/20. Am leaning towards the following processors: 1) Krell Showcase Processor 2) B&K Reference 30 3) Sunfire Grand III Or, using a high end receiver like B&K's 307, Denon 5803 as the processor. Have a...

In the process of building a HT in the 20-25k range, and I'm leaning towards M&K's S-150P + MX-5000 sub for the 5.1 speaker system (no amp needed!). So, next is the decision on a quality pre-amp as I believe I won't need an amp since the 150P's have an internal amplifier, am I right? If I am...

Small room w large bay windows, so yes, there are lighting issues. I would go with a good picture tube like Sony's xbr's, which generally deliver better video quality than a plasma, but the plasma is much more efficient in terms of space and ergonomics and the wide screen xbr's top out at 34'. I...

Do the Camelot Roundtable ($3,000) or the Proceed DVD transport ($5,000) or other high end players have the chroma bug? Please note that video performance is more important for me in the system that I'm building, hence no separates. My movie to music ratio will be 80/20. I want a heavy duty...

Jim-- Thank you very much for your response. The Panasonic TH42PWD4U specs are listed at: Equipped with component video (YPbPr) inputs, it enables viewing of DTV broadcasts in either scaled 1080i, or 480i. In addition, a 3-Dimensional Progressive Scan function elegantly converts interlace...

I am in the process of building a HT in the family room and have a 20-25k budget in mind for a Plasma Display, Receiver, DVD player, and 5.1 speaker system. I've done a ton of reading online at this forum and at AVS, as well as testing at my local boutique, and have to come to the following...

Faroudja Digital Cinema Source, anyone seen it, own it, tested it? If so, thoughts? I think it retails for 10k. Just curious about the performance. Thx.