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Yes that pricey Panasonic UHD BD player's price includes its hard drive, but as cheap as high capacity hard drives have gotten, It's doubtful that the 3 terabyte drive built into that Panasonic accounts for substantially more than $1000 of the unit's $3000 + suggested retail price, and actually...

I hear you loud & clear Persianimmortal. And though many of today's hits are animated movies or super hero flicks, my preference is still to see actual actors, not just hear their voices, performing in stories that are fairly realistic and not beyond the bounds of what's possible. So if I was a...

I'm glad you straightened me out by reminding me of that fact, RAH. I recall now that you have stated the same thing in the past, and your reminder has me feeling less disappointed that it will be some time til we can afford to get a sizable 4k display.

I certainly agree with you Keith that those 2 films should (and very likely will) soon be announced for UHD 4k Blu-ray release. And certainly, IMO, Dave Moritz made a good suggestion that Oklahoma should also get an UHD BD release fairly soon. Never having seen Oklahoma, I feared it would be...

Josh, your very informative response is much appreciated. While reading your post I was thinking what a shame it is that theaters invest a lot of money in these amazing 4K projectors, only to end up compromising the potential of these terrific devices by so often using them to project movies...

Josh, is it not also true that even a lot of regular 2D movies that are being shot digitally are still just being finished in 2K? A couple years ago, I read a fascinating several page Sony promotional presentation that described the advantages of Sony's 4K SXRD commercial movie theater...

There certainly must be many of us on HTF, who share your hope. And nothing would make me happier than people looking back on what I said, a few years from now, and saying that I was one bastard who sure didn't know what he was talking about.

Dave, I notice that the 1st film you mention is 1955's Oklahoma. I had originally bought the Blu-ray of that film a year ago, for my wife, thinking it would be pure corn, but I love it (it has some pretty dark aspects, too) and have really enjoyed watching it twice. But, I think that the...

I recall HTF's resident film restoration expert, Robert Harris, writing in one of his posts that a 4K DCP version of a 70mm film can basically match the quality of that 70mm film on some quite large commercial movie theater screens, so long as the 4K version is a direct scan of the original...

You seem to make a very good point in saying that lossless audio might not make a difference in sound quality, and particularly with an older film like the Shirley Temple flick that you watched. Can't remember exactly which film it was, but in discussing a film from the 1950s in his A Few Words...

I hate the very idea of streaming, and put my money where my mouth is, having bought over 160 BDs in the last 10 months alone. (kind of got carried away buying Blu-rays with our retirement savings, so no wonder the Mrs always has a headache at bedtime.) And for those who want their movies in...

Actually Dave, when I board an airliner, I always hope that the pilot operates in a way similar to your decision not to rush into an unnecessary risk.

At least your having your Samsung with smart hub should give you about as much of a chance as possible to be able to adapt to changes in technology. I'm sure that Samsung will do its best to try to make it possible for guys like you to be able to take advantage of UHD Blu-ray with your Samsung...

You state that your acceptance of UHD Blu-ray will be conditional on not having to buy a new UHD TV, but you will need to buy a new UHD TV if you want to experience the biggest difference that UHD Blu-ray will be able to make in displaying better picture quality. All of the experts seem to agree...

I read that UHD Blu-ray will allow 3D, but only in the resolution that is already available now, with no support for 3D at UHD's version of 4K resolution. Don't really care about 3D anyway, but, for me, what will be fascinating to see unfold is what sort of priority is given to the various...

Alan, I totally agree with your point that it is more common now to find strong writing, and overall quality, in productions made for TV than those that are released in movie theaters. And Breaking Bad sure was one riveting series. I have been amazed how the tables have been turned in the...

Thank you, Ramin. Haven't seen Breakdown since catching it at the theater on that unusual day in 1997. I honestly forgot Mr Walsh was in it, so you have just given me good reason to order the film. Regardless of the size of his roles, J.T. Walsh added so much to movies as diverse as Hoffa...

Alex, of your 5 movies there, we only have Avatar and Skyfall on Blu-ray, (we aren't Harry Potter fans) but what great Blu-rays they are, for home theater!

Alan, you seem like me when I say thank goodness for Blu-ray and home theater. My wife and I used to be avid film goers. We went to the movies almost every week. One time we even went to the movies twice on the same Saturday. First we went to see a turkey called Volcano, that starred Tommy Lee...

And we can all appreciate what you're saying Worth, but some companies, like Warner Bros., show some good dedication to catalog titles. But then there are companies like.... Oh well, the guilty know who they are.

Joe, if I might latch on to your point about low bit rate over compressed streaming. The relatively slow speed of the average internet connection obviously requires the content providers to apply a lot of compression to their bit streams if they want to have a lot of potential customers. But...

Joe, I think that the studios may become increasingly cautious about issuing combo packs. I read somewhere that Disney, in particular, felt it was getting burned with its 3D combo packs. Apparently, people who were not even interested in 3D, were buying combo packs, keeping the 2D Blu-rays for...

Alan, I couldn't agree more with your statement "I want my shows in my hand, or on my shelf." Owning a collection on disc is so much more tangible, than having shows or movies in the cloud, because a disc collection is made up of real physical things, as opposed to a collection in the cloud...

Ramin, your reasoning seems sound, and I share with you the hope, that the reasons you gave, are indeed, more than just wishful thinking.

Sorry, my train of thought just got seriously derailed. Never mind.

Joe, I very much would have liked to have been at those demos that you witnessed which showed the difference in color reproduction between differing formats. As you say, a person has to actually see this kind of thing, a mere description of the differences on view, can't give people that have...

I saw no color banding on that pristine Blu-ray of The Help, watching it on an 80 inch screen at 10 feet. And consider the fact that less than 3% of Americans who buy TVs are even concerned about having their displays calibrated, the way people like us, on sites like HTF, are. The vast...

That's a good point Worth, but I've still read about these viewing comparisons where it was reported that people noticed that in comparing UHD versions of movies to their 1080p counterparts, the movies that had been shot digitally, revealed a greater improvement in UHD, than the movies that had...

Joe, I understand your point. However, we just watched the Blu-ray of The Help, last Friday. The colors of everything from skin tones, to grass, to sky, to the shade of a tomato, were all presented looking perfectly natural, and as good as the movie looked at the cinema. So please tell me how a...

^ Thanks. I don't wear glasses yet. But if UHD really makes it big, perhaps in the future when a person goes to a place like LensCrafters, one of the first things he will be shown is their new high style line of 4k enabling eye wear. But on a more serious note, I've pointed out before that...