Recent content by Rob Mac

Watched Twilight Time "Experiment In Terror" all the way through with no freezing issues on my Oppo 103. I never realized until now how much this movie influenced Dirty Harry. I was previously having occasional playback problems on this same very lightly used Oppo player that eventually ended up...

Would it bother you if they digitally improved some of the cheesy rear screen effects in the gondola scenes?

The Good - Most close ups look pretty good. Most of the yellow tint is gone. The Bad - Colors are off a lot. Flesh tones are sometimes terrible. Blood looks like burgundy nail polish. Contrast ranges from good to bad. Dialog volume is low. When camera moves off the actor speaking, an "echo"...

Rififi Charade Blow Out Dressed To Kill Peeping Tom Hard Day's Night

The new Puppet On A Chain (limited to 1000) bluray while missing most of the print scratches present on the Scorpion widescreen DVD, is a very minor upgrade in overall picture quality. This from watching the first 5 minutes and A/B comparing the two discs.

How is the TV connected to the amplifier?

I can't find any reviews on the 2015 re-release of Kiss Of The Dragon. Did they fix it?

I wasn't impressed by The Babadook. It was a good quality movie but borrowed too many familiar elements from other flicks like The Shining and the Exorcist and in the end just seemed like a jumbled tribute to the filmmakers favorite horror films.

3D on my Panasonic ST50 (Panasonic glasses) and Panasonic BDT110 works great. Only ghosting is on some badly produced movies. Some discs that got so-so reviews looked very good on my set. Maybe your player or glasses are the issue? (Panasonic ST series tv's are discontinued.)

(Region A release) While the 3D characters mostly looked good and sometimes really good, the backgrounds when out of focus had very distracting ghosting on some objects and brick walls etc. A lot of times was like a dirty, smeary or cloudy look floating between the actors and the background.

Comparing the latest GB&U remastered with the first trilogy version: remaster has a yellowish sepia-like tint, a greenish tint in the blacks and noticeably more detail. With a few tweaks on my television - cooling the color temp, and turning down the green hue, green saturation and green...

"A Christmas Carol"...so far. I do have many more to watch.

Yes, the Campbell radio show is on the bonus DVD of the VCI Diamond Edition combo set and shows up in the menu. It is not hidden as an easter egg.

Mr. Majestyk is a bit of a disappointment. While some outdoor daytime close up shots looked pretty good, there are plenty of interior and dark scenes that are extremely grainy. This one belongs in the under $10 sale bins.

I thought that the DVD that is included in bluray combo packs was for lending.