Recent content by Mark Bendiksen

Today I just got around to begin watching Hunt for Red October which I recorded to my DVR last week off of the "Universal HD" channel on DirecTV. I was somewhat shocked to discover that the beginning section of the movie in which Connery and his crew speak in Russian was not subtitled in...

What is it with Fox and Blu-Ray, anyway? Talk about your low batting averages! Perhaps some of the technicians from Disney could pay them a visit and show them a thing or two about how to do a transfer.

Yeah, Amy Adams is terrific in the role (as she was in her Oscar-nominated performance in Junebug a few years back). My wife teased me mercilessly twice, once for simply renting Enchanted in the first place and then again because I liked it so much!

Gee, I hope so. Otherwise, it's films like this that make me want to go purple.

Cool....I didn't realize that Once was being released this week....SWEET!

Hmmmm....I'm also connected via an optical cable between my Toshiba A2 and my Pioneer receiver (which is about three years old and has no HDMI input). However, I have had no noticeable problems like the one you described, and I often use that very same scene from MI:III as demo material when...

Absolutely a must-buy.

For what it's worth, I've rented a couple dozen HD DVDs from NetFlix and had absolutely no problems with playback. (Maybe I've just been extremely lucky?)

LOL...I couldn't agree more with that sentiment!

Man, I'm sorry I missed this one; I'm going to have to be quicker on the draw next time!

For what it's worth, I had no problems at all watching this title on my Toshiba A2, but I'm still back on firmware 1.6.

Yes, see the post I made in this thread over three years ago. These transfers are AWFUL and the ones you mentioned from "World Films" are the same transfers. These movies deserve so much better than this....

I'm pretty sure I know which "cheap scares" you're referring to and they got me as well (and I usually am not susceptible). I enjoyed the film thoroughly....definitely an above average Stephen King adaptation, IMHO.

I'm reallly looking forward to this one....can't wait until my copy arrives from NetFlix!