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@Robert Harris My 18-year old's first time with Vertigo last night. Enthralled. I made him watch the restoration credits and then my 1984 LaserDisc. "Dad, who is this Harris guy? He's a freakin' genius! What else has he fixed? And do you have the soundtrack?" Next time he's home from...

It's been umpteen years since Robert A. Harris, The Digital Bits and the Interwebs discussed a much needed preservation and restoration of John Wayne's "The Alamo." It had, apparently, faded to nothing and was beyond saving, at least the 70mm negative. The Warner Archive is turning out...

Star Trek is dead to me. It all started with the second JJ movie.

The book was required reading my sophomore year. I remember the night I finished the book, alone in my room, crying.

The latest iteration of Dersu Uzala.

As noted on The Digital Bits, Mars is blue. Mars isn't blue.

Not a single physical store in Tucson sells a 4K UHD player.

You know you're in for a treat when the Enterprise engine room was filmed at the Budweiser Plant.

Oddly enough, when I was ripping my (legally purchased) TOS Blu-rays to my media server, the show looked best in 720p than 480 or 1080.

If only Paramount had approved Shat's "Definitive Rock Creature Director's Cut" of ST: V.

And, respectfully, I don't like it. Just like I don't like Darth Vader yelling "Noooooooo" before he throws the Emperor down the shaft thing.

Fingers crossed!

Likely to be lost in what will undoubtedly be thousands of responses to this post from rabid Trek fans (like myself). Paramount has never known what to do with Star Trek. As RAH pointed out, the films have always looked low rent. The fact that Paramount put the Six-Million Dollar Man producer...

I only had the first Blu-ray. There is a Japanese Blu-ray that some regard as pretty bad.

Just my opinion... Like so many shows of the 50s - 70s, you may see HD versions created from OCN and shown on one of the secondary broadcast stations like MeTV, Antenna TV, INSP, Cozi, etc. The classic Hawaii Five-O is a perfect point. Restored in HD back in 2007 or so, the show was only ever...

I fondly remember this film as an unexpected surprise as it never reached movie theaters in northern Indiana. My buddy and I were young Pizza Hut Managers, and we spent a disproportiante amount of our paychecks on LaserDiscs. We'd take turns watching movies at each other's houses after closing...

And yet...somehow...you managed to blatantly violate the forum's rules to promote your left-wing agenda that has nothing to do with home theater. Keep it about the movies. Review the medium. Keep the rest to yourself.

I recently completed a 2-year project wherein I have acquired every Randolph Scott western available. HD over SD and physical media over download. Some gems and some duds. He was underrated and a rather fascinating man off screen.

The thread started with a review ELEVEN YEARS AGO.

2017 and people were still asking.

In the future, movies will be sold on a small shard of clear silicon, so until then, let everything be 4K and phase out VHS altogether. On the other hand, I'm still explaining the black bars to my grandmother.

Of course I found this myself right after posting my question here...

I'm 51 and still waiting for the original versions of the real Star Wars movies on anything better than LaserDisc. I might die before Disney gets to it.

Has this been restored/remastered? The copy on Amazon Prime is nearly unwatchable.

Do you remember Columbia House for both music and movies? I forgot to say "no" and wound up with a $79 VHS of Die Hard in pan-n-scan. My buddies at school thought it was cool, but it took a week's wages to pay for it.

The show has been in syndication (in HD!) for some time. A favorite as a child (I was born in 1970), the show has not aged well except for a small handful of standout episodes. The Bionic Woman has aged a bit better, but I was in love with Lindsay Wagner then and now.

I bought "Sahara" (1943) with Humphrey Bogart on VHS when I was in high school. My Great Depression-era grandfather was upset I spent $20 to own a movie instead of renting it. First LaserDisc was Oklahoma! First DVD was "The Rock" (1996). First HD-DVD was "The Searchers" (1956). First...

I like the part where the people who own the show can call it whatever season they want. Just watch the episodes in whatever order you like without having to place them in a contrived category that should not distract from your viewing pleasure.

Let me know if you saw it and what you think.