Recent content by Casey C.

I just rented "National Velvet" from Netflix. Wasn't expecting much -- a 1944 film about a girl and a horse -- but it was a little gem of a movie. You can see why Elizabeth Taylor became a star. I was horrified, however, by the video quality. The worst I've seen on any DVD, ever. The source...

Thanks, Ron. :emoji_thumbsup: I can't believe this thread is 21/2 years old. :frowning:

Sony's S350 was the first I had seriously considered. Now I'm waiting for the Panny BD35. SD upscaling is important to me, high-end audio is not. Samsung 2250 caught my attention with the Reon, but their players have been too glitchy.

I don't own the stripped-down version, but based on what others have said, it's identical except for the missing extras.

I picked this up last month shortly after it came out and only got around to watching it this weekend. I also own the 2002 Special Edition but bought this as a blind double-dip because "Bull Durham" is one of my favorite movies. Basically, if you have the SE, this isn't worth your money. If you...

Extras listed on Sony's website are identical to those on the LE: Current LE New CE My guess is that this is the same as the LE, just repackaged for Sony's "Columbia Classics" series. "Newly restored -- pristine audio & picture quality!" could refer to the 1989 restoration, not the...

Original post updated now that I've listened to Sayles' commentary, which was very good. Great film, great DVD. Now we just need a new edition of "Lone Star."

Sorry Matt -- but the wife is working the late shift tomorrow, so you may be in luck :D I've listened to about the first half-hour. Based on that, he does a pretty good job, with few dead spots. He spends a lot of time talking about what he knows about the real-life characters in the story...

Picked this up this week. Much improved over the previous 2001 release, which I also own. Video: The print has been cleaned up with dirt and other flaws removed, and the opening titles, fairly jittery in the earlier print, are now solid. The new video may be a tiny bit sharper, but my TV...

The clothbound Limited Edition was sold alongside the Superbit for some time ... in fact I think the LE is still available, but in a regular plastic case now. I believe the Superbit is now out of print. I own them both because I wanted the superior Superbit transfer with the extras on the LE...

My recollections of Jackson's comments on this (from the EE commentaries? not sure) is that the theatrical cuts were what he thought worked best for general audiences who may or may not be familiar with the books, while the EEs were his "gift" for hard-core fans of the books. So he considers...

I picked this up yesterday -- I owned the SE but somehow lost it a few months ago. So I'm familiar with the SE but don't have it on hand for direct comparison. The video is probably the same as the SE, or at least it doesn't look remastered to me. It starts out a little shaky/flickery in the...

I've been surprised to see several TV commercials the past few days for "Band of Brothers" -- a DVD set that came out five years ago. Not that it doesn't deserve it -- it's an amazing release, and in fact I gave this set as a gift to my father-in-law just a few weeks ago -- but you have to...

Ah, well, I missed it because I searched THIS forum, and that review was in something called "DVD Reviews Archive." Sigh. So apparently discussions about DVDs are removed from this forum if the original post was a review? Well, I guess I leave it to the mods whether they want to lock or...

BTW, I searched and was kind of amazed there wasn't an existing thread on this. Apologies if I missed it.