Posts by vinman

That's exactly where this fascination started with me. In the late 70's I worked at what is now the grand Elgin Theatre in Toronto.I took a job as an usher  just because I was struck by the immensity and grandiosity of that old...

This is what I had in mind 10 years ago when I started my install .....they don't make them like they used to.......I think that would definitely be big enough.....

Yes the G-90 is a CRT projector with a few thousand hours of use on new tubes. I just fire it up in advance and it works just fine without any fumbling. I usually watch satellite feeds on a sony 55" lcd , but when the snow piles 4...

My Sony G-90 is projecting onto a 12 foot wide (4:3) screen .The room is 30 feet wide by 40 feet long , ceiling is 13 feet high.I can go much bigger in screen size and the G-90 will keep up.But where do I stop ? I can dedicate one...

Funny how Home Theater technology has surpassed television broadcasts of the Classics. Will I be around to see TCM , Fox and the Western movie channels broadcast in High(er) Definition so I can stop running around collecting my...

I've been ready and waiting with High(er) Definition projection for 10 years and now that Blu-ray players and Blu-ray titles of my favorite movies are finally available I've just added another medium to the chain of processors in order...

"That man from Rio " has played on TCM , if memory serves me right, in the last year or so.

Buy a house that would contain my Home Theater on the main floor of the house without having to segregate the whole thing to the basement or a dedicated theater room where the sitting arrangement often feels like being in a church...

[quote=Simon Howson]Any idea if your VHS was the academy version, or was it the CinemaScope version pan and scanned? Or was it letterboxed? If memory serves me right both my VHS and laser disc were letterboxed.

Wow what great news. I bought The Robe on VHS , then I bought the Laser copy , then I bought the DVD in 2002 and now since we have proof that this release is better I just ordered it. I just can't wait till next year for The Robe...