Posts by Charlie Essmeier

Holding out for HD isn't exactly new. I've been holding out since 1996, when I first heard that the successor to laserdisc would NOT be a high definition format, but would be just more of the same - NTSC. I did break down and buy a...

Quote: I think that you would have gotten your way if you spoke with a manager and explained the situation. The one and only time I have ever attempted to purchase something at Best Buy, I presented a signed,...

DVD trends that continue to tick me off: 1. Forced trailers 2. Forced menus. If I want a menu, I'll press the "menu" button. I'm only going to watch the extras once; why do I have to navigate around them every time I insert the...

quote: I would indeed feel my life was incomplete if I never got to see the last movie in the saga. It would indeed be sad not to find out if Anakin becomes Darth Vader. [img]images/smilies/wink.gif[/img] Charlie

Much to my surprise, my local Wal-Mart, located in rural Utah, has piles of fullscreen versions and very few widescreen versions in stock. There's lots of empty space where the widescreen versions used to be. The tide is turning,...

I'm one who didn't care for any of the changes, including changing the title of the first film in the series. Lucas is still free to do as he wishes, and as a potential customer, I am free to ignore them. Ultimately, like everyone...

I hate menus, period. I particularly hate having them forced upon me every time I insert the disc, when all I want to do is watch the film. I want to press "play" and watch the movie. If I want to see a menu, I'll press the "menu"...

My response to the question of how many DVDs I own? "I don't know." Charlie

I just buy the first version that contains a nice transfer of the film, and stop there. Extras are a one-time deal at best. I'd never upgrade a film to get some extras I'd likely watch only once. For me, the holy grail is a...

I've never been too worked up about DVD. By the time DVD hit the shelves in 1997, it was already known that HDTV would be here in 1998, which would pretty much render DVD not good enough. It did, and it has, as anyone who watches...