Posts by Gary Lisker

Last week for three days or so Best Buy had these priced at 9.99 but the computers were ringing them up as Buy 1, Get 1 Free. I got four (Batman, Batman Returns, Casablanca and the 3-disc Mystic River) for $20. Even better deal.

I have a Marantz AV600 preamp that I have paired with a Marantz DP870 processor for DD 5.1 in my home theater. The combo is 6-8 years old, and the processor has been acting up for a while (I bought it used) so I'm thinking it might be...

I won't be buying Schindler's List. It is an admirable effort to tell a remarkable story, but as in many of his movies, IMO Spielberg went too far in his efforts to hit the audience over the head with his message. The scene at the...

Ed, I recently bought the Hitachi 51SWX20B and I'm really happy with it. The HT gods were smiling on me too, because Comcast in Atlanta started offering HD converter boxes about three weeks after I got the TV, so I'm now enjoying a few...

I found a great interview with the men behind this movie where they talk about the lack of participation from Motown vocalists. It's definitely worth reading. Slutsky/Justman interview

I forwarded Ron's review to a friend of mine who went to film school and has been eagerly waiting for All That Jazz on DVD since he bought a player. He sent me the following as a partial response, and I thought it was worth...

There were a couple of points that I didn't agree with. When they were discussing what made the Motown "sound" they said it was the players and why wouldn't they! But I disagree. It was a mixture of the players, writers, singers and...

I have a 51SWX20B and I concur with everything Jeremy said. Gregg calibrated my set a few weeks ago and the difference is amazing. I've been watching a lot of my old DVDs to appreciate how good they can look. Last night I watched...

Another thumbs up here. Gregg calibrated my Hitachi 51SWX20B last week when he was in Atlanta, and the results are amazing. He did everything for me that Doug listed in his last post, minus the lens striping, and he kept up a running...

My understanding, from reading an interview with Allan Slutsky (producer of the movie and author of the Standing in the Shadows of Motown book) is that they asked just about every living Motown artist to appear in the movie, and most of...