Recent content by Heinz W

Lawrence of Arabia. After being promoted on some early Sony BD releases as 'coming soon' it has all but disappeared. No mention of when it is actually coming, and a few years have already passed. I can only hope the delay means a whiz-bang release when it does finally arrive. Hopefully an 8k...

I would suggest that the OP get a dedicated player. I have two, both Panasonics. The BD-35 was purchased in Dec. 2008 and the BD-60 in February of this year. Neither has had any trouble playing any discs whatsoever, including some of the problem discs like Criterion's Walkabout for instance...

I'm expecting Walkabout and Iron Man in the mail today, and I just ordered True Blood S2, It Might Get Loud, and The Fifth Element ($10.49!). All from Amazon. Next up will probably be the BBC doc Life in early June.

Watched this today. Looked very good to me, especially the stunning panoramic vistas. Steve is right about Jerry Goldsmith's score, it's as soaring as the mountains in the movie. While I'd remembered the general storyline I did forget many of the details as it's been many years since I last saw...

Picked this up today at Wal-Mart for $15. I liked this movie when I first saw it but never bought the DVD. I hope to get a chance to view it later this evening.

I'd like to see Peter Frampton's Live in Detroit make it over to BD. Though shot in 1999 and released to DVD in 2000 it was shot with HD cameras. The a/v quality of the DVD is already great and would be a good candidate to make the jump. Could be a reference disc. Great performance too, one...

I mentioned the EE when this came out and was told by some here that is wasn't EE at all, but an effect of shooting at "magic hour". Sure looked like EE to me, but what do I know? It wasn't there a lot, just a few scenes, and the rest of the film looks great. I would love to know if it is in...

Scott, I'm certain you're right about NBC and Crosby. Each team is now without a big player; Markov for the Habs, Staal for the Pens. I think the loss is more detrimental to Montreal than to Pittsburgh, the Pens have a lot of depth. If the Habs win today it may go 6 or 7. If the Pens win this...

Penguins soundly beat the Habs last night. 4 for 4(!) on the PP. Maybe the Habs were just tired only two days removed from their amazing win over the Caps Wednesday night, I dunno. At any rate, this doesn't bode well for the Canadiens who spent the majority of the game watching Pittsburgh...

While I'm interested in a few of those titles I'd really like it if Fox would do a new DNR-free transfer/release for Patton. Being one of their top catalog titles it deserves no less. Unfortunately I'll probably be waiting awhile.

Excellent tips there guys, thank you. I saw no apparent halos in any shots not having the sky in the background, inside or out. All the outdoor shots without the sky looked fantastic and very film-like. There are even some silhouette shots without any halos which was why I asked about them...

So those halos are lens related artifacts? Okay, guess I learned my something new for today. I really think the film looks fantastic, but I could swear that's EE as it looks just like other EE artifacts I've seen before, right down to being heavier on the left side of the person or object than...

Then why is it there in some shots but not in other similar ones knowing that most of the film was shot at that time of day? Why isn't it there in EVERY silhouette shot?

Overall the DoH disc is beautiful to behold, but it does suffer from some minor EE. It's most notable, as usual, when a person or object is silhouetted against the sky. Some shots moreso than others. Not anywhere near as bad as something like the notorious Die Hard: With a Vengence DVD, but it...

My copy finally arrived today and it played flawlessly in my Panasonic BD-60. Haven't tried it in the BD-35 yet. What a great, moody film. Gorgeous looking disc. Dick, did you ever get your copy to work? Edit: Apparently some folks are having some issues with this title. At Amazon they have...