My Home Theater Page (2 Viewers)

[Dave Moritz]

Picked up today

The Expendables 1 (4K Blu-ray, Steelbook)
The Expendables 2 (4K Blu-ray, Steelbook)
The Expendables 3 (4K Blu-ray, Steelbook)
The Expendables 4 (4K Blu-ray, Steelbook)
Titanic (4K Blu-ray)

Library
DVD 64
Bluray 222
4K bluray 505

Titles I am looking to add between now and next year 12/31/24.

The Mandalorian Season 1 (4K Blu-ray)
The Mandalorian Season 2 (4K Blu-ray)
The Warriors (4K Blu-ray)
The Exorcist: Believer (4K Blu-ray)
Deathwish (4K Blu-ray) 2018
Barbarella (4K Blu-ray)
Oppenheimer (4K Blu-ray)
SAW X (4K Blu-ray)
Tremors (4K Blu-ray)
Tremors: Aftershocks (4K Blu-ray)
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (4K Blu-ray)
Stand By Me (4K Blu-ray)
The Color Purple (4K Blu-ray)
Point Break (4K Blu-ray)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (4K Blu-ray)
JFK (4K Blu-ray)
The Man In The Iron Mask (4K Blu-ray) upgrades my DVD copy
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes (4K Blu-ray)
Varsity Blues (4K Blu-ray)
Kindergarten Cop (4K Blu-ray)
Conan The Destroyer (4K Blu-ray)
Conan The Barbarian (4K Blu-ray)
Footloose (4K Blu-ray)
Beverly Hills Cop 3 (4K Blu-ray)
The Last Castle (4K Blu-ray)
The Roaring Twenties (4K Blu-ray)
Aliens (4K Blu-ray)
The Abyss (4K Blu-ray)
True Lies (4K Blu-ray)
The Ring Collection (4K Blu-ray) 2002 - 2017
Darkman (4K Blu-ray)
Battle Beyond The Stars (Blu-ray)
The Jackie Chan Collection Vol1 (Blu-ray)
The Jackie Chan Collection Vol2 (Blu-ray)
Police Acadamy Collection (Blu-ray)
The Evil That Men Do (Blu-ray)
Natural Born Killers (4K Blu-ray)
Forced Vengeance (Blu-ray)
Lone Wolf McQuade (Blu-ray)
Bill & Ted Excellent Adventure (4K Blu-ray)
Species (4K Blu-ray)
Army Of Darkness (4K Blu-ray)
My Bloody Valentine (4K Blu-ray)
Coma (Blu-ray)
Lifeforce (4K Blu-ray)
Little Nicky (Blu-ray)
Big Trouble In Little China (Blu-ray)
Last Man Standing (Blu-ray)
Day Of The Dead (Blu-ray)
The Nutty Professor Collection (Blu-ray)
The Lawnmower Man (Blu-ray)
The Shadow (Blu-ray)
The Slumber Party Massacre (4K Blu-ray)
12 Angry Men (4K Blu-ray)
The Last Tycoon (Blu-ray)
Stalag 17 (4K Blu-ray)
Bird On A Wire (Blu-ray)
Blue Skys (Blu-ray)

I really need to decide on the mounting brackets for my Atmos and decide on if I am using Dolby locations or Auro locations for height speakers. I also need more speaker wire instead of slicing wire to move the front height closer to my listening position. After that my Pioneer Elite SC-05 receiver in my bedroom will ether get upgraded or I will put it off. And maybe I will get another pair of Klipsch speakers to upgrade from my entry level Polk bookshelf speakers in my bedroom. If not Klipsch I could go Bowers & Wilkins to go with my B&W center channel sitting in the box that I use to use in my main living room system.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Goal of 500 4K titles reached officially.

Very impressive, Dave!

 

[Dave Moritz]

Thank you Mike

 

[Dave Moritz]

Just ordered The Mandalorian Season 1 & 2 on 4K Blu-ray and it should be here Thursday.

Other Star Wars series I would like to add to my Star Wars Collection.
Andor
The Book Of Boba Fett
Obi-Wan Kenobi

I will pass on Ahsoka!

 

[Dave Moritz]

Library
DVD 64
Bluray 222
4K bluray 507

 

[Dave Moritz]

Ordered the following on 4K Blu-ray

Children Of The Corn (4K Blu-ray)
The Warriors (4K Blu-ray PreOrder)
12 Monkeys (4K Blu-ray)

Looking at a library with 510 4K Blu-ray titles in it for 2023 as long as there shipped and arrive before end of year! Am looking forward to getting both Connan movies on 4K Blu-ray. Basically two weeks left in 2023 so good by 2023 hello 2024. Looking to get the Atmos speakers changed out and correctly located to get the proper immersive environment. And to achieve this I will need some good brackets.

 

[Dave Moritz]

Well just waiting for my last order to arrive and the only way I will order more movies before the new year is if I get an Amazon gift card for Christmas. Reflecting back on when my home theater had three different brands of speakers and that went across three different receivers. I am so happy that I finally have the closest match to the Altec A-7 speakers for the rest of the home theater. It took many years to get to where I am now so now the center, four rear speakers and four height speakers all match. Is there more expensive and better out there compared to what I have? Sure but I am very happy with what I got and I enjoy it very much so no complaints. Not sure if I can swing a Kalidascape system but I am not using a projector so I doubt I missing anything not having it currently. For streaming I am using a Apple 4K TV and that does good enough on my 55" OLED. Who knows what the future holds for any possible replacement of the Sony OLED and what size screen I might end up with. Movie library has grown alot over the past number of years since Blu-ray first came out. Sometimes it is to easy to focus on what you do not have vs what nice things you have already. And I would rather love what I have which is very nice and enjoy it as well.

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

[Dave Moritz]

Corrected 4K disc from Paramount arrived today for the movie Rosemarie's Baby and so did my order from Arrow Video.

Library
DVD 64
Bluray 222
4K bluray 510

 

[Dave Moritz]

Hope to get around to see both of the following movies sometime soon!

• Oppenheimer
• Killers of the Flower Moon

It may be silly but I have no plans to watch the new Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom because I simply will not pay to see a movie with Amber Heard. And this goes for any other movie with Amber Heard. I realize that anyone else who makes a percentage off the ticket sales can be effected if a movie does poorly because people did not see it. But IMHO Amber Heard doesn't deserve my support even though it amounts to very little going her way. It is the principle behind it and what a terrible person she is and what she did to Johnny Depp.

 

[Dave Moritz]

My movie library as of 12/26/23

Initial goal of 470 4K blurays more than met! Revised goal of 500 more than met as well!

As of 12/26/23 I have 510 4K blurays in my library!

Shelf 1

 

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Shelf 2

 

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Shelf 3

 

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Shelf 3 (Cont)

 

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Shelf 3 (Cont)

 

[Dave Moritz]

Training Day 4K Blu-ray

Purchased Training Day and to my surprise it arrived in a standard bluray case with 4K slip cover! I originally returned it and reordered it only to find it arrived the same way. So after I thought about it I ordered a 2nd copy and left it shrink wrapped!

Hoping this mess up in packaging will make this worth something later on. If not it is what it is.

 

[Dave Moritz]

Researching speaker mounting brackets for my height channels and also researching Dolby and Auro speaker placement to decide which speaker layout my room will end up with.


This is the Dolby placement chart

This is the Auro placement chart

With my room these are about what the estimated layouts would look like.

Dolby Atmos

Auro 3D

This is what the Auro placement would look like for the right surround bed layer and height layer.

Living in a relatives house so I am lucky I have a system this size taking up the living room. If this was my place the sofa would be in a different location and maybe no chairs. It is a delicate balancing act to not get push back on what I am trying to accomplish. But ultimately I need to get my own place which will consume a good percentage of my income living in California. Also need to figure out additional media storage as I am sure I will be out of space way before then end of 2024! Not much room left!

 

[Dave Moritz]

Received a gift card for Christmas and this is my last purchase for 2023!

The Man In The Iron Mask (4K Blu-ray)
Serenity (4K Blu-ray)
Oppenheimer (4K Blu-ray)

Magic number for 4K blu-ray this year is 513!

Next years additions:

• Kindergarten Cop (4K Blu-ray)
• Conan The Barbarian (4K Blu-ray)
• Conan The Destroyer (4K Blu-ray)
• Maverick (Blu-ray)
• The Shadow (Blu-ray)
• Aliens (4K Blu-ray)
• True Lies (4K Blu-ray)
• The Abyss (4K Blu-ray)
• Dark Water (4K Blu-ray)
• The Ring Collection (4K Blu-ray)
• Gunfight At The OK Coral (4K Blu-ray)
• Beverly Hills Cop lll (4K Blu-ray)
• Armageddon (Blu-ray) Upgrade DVD as I am tired of waiting for the 4K Blu-ray to come out!
• Austin Powers Trilogy (Blu-ray) Upgrade DVD
• AI (Blu-ray) Upgrade DVD
• Footloose (4K Blu-ray)
• Hunger Games: The Balad Of Songbirds And Snakes (4K Blu-ray)
• The Last Castle (4K Blu-ray)
• The Exorcist: Believer (4K Blu-ray)
• Pet Sematary: Bloodline (4K Blu-ray)
• Point Break (4K Blu-ray)

Would love to see the following get a 4K disc release:

• Open Range
• Young Guns 2
• The Sound Of Music
• Pretty Woman
• A Nightmare On Elm Street
• The Musketeer
• Dances With Wolves
• Minority Report
• Meet The Parents
• Meet The Fockers
• The Graduate

 

[Dave Moritz]

Happy New Year 2024

 

[Dave Moritz]

 

[Dave Moritz]

First order of 2024

• The Big Leboski (4K Blu-ray)
• Face Off (4K Blu-ray)
• The Time Machine (Blu-ray)
• The Ghost In The Darkness (Blu-ray)
• The Jackel (Blu-ray)
• Jack Reacher (4K Blu-ray)
• Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (4K Blu-ray)
• Armageddon (Blu-ray)
• The Expanse: Complete Series (Blu-ray)
• The Saint (Blu-ray)
• Watchmen (4K Blu-ray)

Accidently ordered Live, Die, Repeat: Edge Of Tomorrow on 4K till I remembered it was in my library already so I canceled it.

Movies I plan to order later this month:

• The Last Castle (4K Blu-ray)
• Kindergarten Cop (4K Blu-ray)
• Southern Comfort (4K Blu-ray)
• Silent Night (4K Blu-ray)
• Conon The Barbarian (4K Blu-ray)
• Conan The Destroyer (4K Blu-ray)
• Maverick 1994 (Blu-ray)

I may just end up getting the following from Precision Triad Orbit

Precision SM-SW1 Speaker Swivel - Triad-Orbit Precision

The Precision SW1 (which requires the WM1 Wall Mount) is a high-quality pan and tilt swivel designed for use with the SM-1 System. This patented swivel features locking spring pins and tension knobs for optimal control. The pan holes are set in 15-degree increments and the tilt holes are set in...

precision.triad-orbit.com

They are expensive but I feel they may just be the best quality bracket with great adjustability. I am leaning towards placing the height speakers in the recommended Auro placement. After dealing with putting up the Klipsch RP-600M speakers and setting levels. I need to start thinking about additional media storage as I do not have much space left.

Something I will put alot of thought into is if I will move up to a preamp processor or update my Marantz SR-8012 to a Marantz Cinema 40. If I do that the 8012 would replace the Pioneer Elite SC-05 in my bedroom. If I leave the SR-8012 where it is and put a replacement on hold I might look at a projector. The main thing that scares me about getting a projector is not knowing if I will be able to use it later when I end up having to move into an apartment. I feel it is the best way to go large screen above what I could afford in a display. If I do not do ether one maybe I should look into a Control 4 set up?

Looking at the following to add media storage:

Modern Shelving

DVD Media Storage Shelves

Upgrade your home entertainment storage with Contemporary DVD Media Storage Shelves from Modern Shelving. Customize for a clutter-free, sophisticated display.

www.modernshelving.com

Library Ending 12/31/2023
DVD 64
Bluray 222
4K bluray 510

First order of 2024 has five 4K Blu-rays and six Blu-ray titles arriving this week!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!