I'm going back to VHS.
FoxyMulder said:I'm going back to VHS.
I am in absolute agreement with you, Reggie.While all the old A list celebrities would have never considered going through this process as I understand it there is a very exclusive plastic surgery outfit that has been performing an outrageously costly procedure that involves "de-graining" many of the A listers of today to "improve" their appearance in today's high definition world...I won't drop any names here but it is pretty obvious who has had this procedure done and who has not.
What makes this interesting, is the look of the final result. The Great Escape is a good-looking Blu-ray with a terrific track. It does not look like film, and certainly has no appearance of a newly produced 4k restoration.Ronald Epstein said:I am in absolute agreement with you, Reggie.
There is still extensive plastic surgery being performed
on some of these Blu-rays with an existing mindset that
consumers want their movies to look flawless.
Best Buy is notorious for having a very flawed site that rarely reflects what a store does and doesn't have in stock. I was going to buy the two disc CASINO ROYALE Blu from them and noticed on their site that not a single store near me had it in stock. I did an online chat with a Best Buy rep on the site and he told me that the item was no longer being carried by Best Buy and that no stores would have it. Ten minutes later I went to the Best Buy a block away and found eight copies of it on the shelf.RolandL said:The $5 U&S at Best Buy is only for in store stock which none of them have according to their web site.
That would be zero.Professor Echo said:Best Buy is notorious for having a very flawed site that rarely reflects what a store does and doesn't have in stock. I was going to buy the two disc CASINO ROYALE Blu from them and noticed on their site that not a single store near me had it in stock. I did an online chat with a Best Buy rep on the site and he told me that the item was no longer being carried by Best Buy and that no stores would have it. Ten minutes later I went to the Best Buy a block away and found eight copies of it on the shelf.
Thanks, RAH for your eagerly anticipated review. I wonder how many people who are giving this Blu a negative review ever saw it in a theater.
How do you know that most people do that?Persianimmortal said:I think part of the problem is the numerical scale system used for ratings. There's been some fuss and confusion over the fact that RAH has given this BD a 4.5 out of 5. To the average reader, this tends to imply superb image quality in absolute terms. That is, close to reference quality. This in turn conjures images of an Avatar-like flawless picture. Clearly, Mr Harris did in fact create his score with the notion of fidelity to source. He even ends his review with the phrase "the best we are apt to see", to drive home the point that given the current possibilities, this is not a bad outcome.
The real problem is that most people just look at the number, without reading the review itself. I know this is not a suggestion that's likely to be taken up by any reviewer, but it would be wonderful just to do away with the whole scoring system. The numbers are not comparable across reviews, even from the same reviewer, in absolute terms, and by removing them, it would encourage people to actually read the review and digest its meaning rather than looking for a quick good/bad take-away.