Recent content by gregstaten

This one wasn't on my radar, but it is now! Pre-ordered. Thanks again Robert!

Wasn't aware this was coming out. Only seen it in terrible condition. Ordered! Thanks Robert!

I will also note that not all UHD HDR TVs are created equal and unfortunately the majority of them do a rather poor job of rendering HDR, especially dark scenes, star fields, etc. But when you have a good transfer/HDR grade and a very good or great TV the results are sublime.

Robert: The affiliate link to purchase The Last Warning is for the Eureka R2 release. Is it is the same transfer and quality as the Flicker Alley?

This is a set I've been eagerly waiting for since it was announced. What a herculean effort to put these sets together! Can't wait to watch - and to show to my kids.

I'm about to pull the trigger on one. I'm upgrading from 5.1.4 to 7.1.4 and need a new AVR. I'm very impressed that it can drive 100 W at 8 Ohms into all eleven channels simultaneously. I've definitely noticed my current Onkyo AVR struggling when trying to drive really active Atmos mixes.

Quick correction to the review. The SD elements are not "upscaled" but are mastered to disc as 480i assets. The upscaling (to Full HD or UHD) will be done by your player. -greg

I headed out to the AMC Deerbrook on Friday to watch Tomorrowland in Dolby Cinema. The biggest problem with the presentation was that the red (not blue) aisle lighting dimmed to only about 50% and as a result there was a very annoying red illumination of the bottom corners of the screen - it...

When I relocated from New Hampshire to Houston I lost my custom theater installation and am steadily - on a greatly reduced "two kids" versus single guy budget - and am currently using my old Yamaha 3090 due to my Integra Design (Onkyo) processor being taken out by a lightning strike. While the...

Reserved seating is starting to be the norm where I live. Santikos Theaters in Tomball (18 screens, two Dolby Atmos/4K screens and one film IMAX (15/70 film)) is now all reserved seating. As is the Alamo Drafthouse in The Vintage. And even the AMC Willowbrook 24 has gone all reserved seating...

I'm sure you're right. The color scientists at ILM, Pixar, and DreamWorks that I speak with frequently disagree with you, but what do they know...

I think you have a misunderstanding about what High Dynamic Range is in the motion picture / VFX industry. First off, ACES and OpenEXR are 16-bit log, not linear. 16-bit log is equivalent to well over 20 bits per channel - and arguably more - linear. Plus, a digital cinema camera has many more...

First off, regarding HDR, the Digital Cinema Initiatives spec, version 1.2, specifies 12 bits per component (XYZ) for a total of 36 bits per pixel. This means instead of 256 tones for each primary you have 4096 tones. Early DCP projectors were only ten true bits per pixel (plus two bits FRC)...

Hey Andrew, Premiere Cinema - what a total pit they are. Honestly, they run their theaters like a second-run house of old. Regarding the price of popcorn, keep in mind that concessions are basically what keep theaters in business in this front-loaded releasing world. A typical studio...

Okay. I have more information regarding Dolby Vision. According to my contacts at Dolby when a film is being played all internal "blue" lighting is to be turned completely off. Indeed, their goal is to have zero ambient light in the room, with the understood exception that local fire regulations...