DVD Review HTF REVIEW: The Frighteners - Peter Jackson's Director's Cut (RECOMMENDED) (1 Viewer)

[John H Ross]

A tiny question. I bought the R2 version for the DTS track (which is utterly tremendous!) and the fact it's not a DVD-18.

I noticed that the widescreen picture is about one inch below the centre of the screen. It was a bit off-putting at first but I got used to it.

Is the US version the same?

JR

 

[dpippel]

You guys might want to verify that you have a non-defective disc that isn't going to spew pixels and lock up at the layer change before planning a big get-together around this DVD. The Frighteners is a great movie. It's not quite as good if you have to skip an entire chapter when watching it. :frowning:

 

[TheLongshot]

Good point. I need to double check my disc again. I was having some skipping problems, but it might have just been bad settings on my HTPC, since it cleared up after changing some settings.

Jason

 

[DaViD Boulet]

106" screen driven by an H77...I'd love to come check out your HT. Would be cool.

 

[RafaelB]

My disc is fine. I watched it when I bought it, so no worries about the defects.

Rafael.

 

[DaViD Boulet]

Cool. Maybe sometime late this week or next? Jason's place or mine.

 

[TheLongshot]

It will have to be your copy, since I looked at mine last night, and it has problems with the layer change. I'm going to see if I can exchange mine.

Weekends are somewhat out for me right now, since I have too much going on, but I'm always up for something during the week.

Jason

 

[Max Leung]

I loved this movie ... shame about the Made in Mexico POS-18 disc. How can you tell if it was made in Mexico without opening the box?

 

[TravisR]

It has a sticker on the back of the slipcase that says "Made In Mexico". For what it's worth, mine had the sticker and worked fine and so did a friend of mine's.

 

[Max Leung]

Thanks Travis. To be fair, DVD-18s made anywhere are probably bad anyways.

 

[TravisR]

Yeah, my problem with DVD-18 is the 'paranoia' they create in me. Everytime I get a movie on a DVD-18, I make sure I watch the entire disc (the menus, the movie, the features, whatever) as soon as I can just in case I get a messed up one. I have a huge backlog of stuff that I haven't watched yet but a DVD-18 goes right to the top of the pile.

 

[Steve Tannehill]

Looks like I am going to have to move to the Virginia area again!

- Steve

 

[TheLongshot]

Well, the CC where I bought it didn't have any more copies, so I'm going to have to rebuy it at some point.

Jason