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Hate to be THAT guy, but the aspect ratio is incorrectly identified as 1.33:1 in the specs. Sorry for the nitpick. :)

Mishima on Criterion. What in the world is holding this up? They released a fantastic DVD of this a few years ago, with extensive supplements. They even went so far as digitally retiming the colour in some scenes to aid in the storytelling. So, it would appear, that Criterion have a lot...

This. I'm just not in that boat, unfortunately. By and large, I'm finding the bulk of new releases to be pretty mediocre. Must be old age coming on. :) And while I'm happy for the upgrade in my viewing experience that my early adoption of UHD has had on my 'regular' library (DVD and Bluray)...

Well, I couldn't agree more with this. I have this arriving any day now as well and will be enjoyed on my awesome setup (below my original Bad Day at Black Rock one-sheet I have hanging up). I have no doubt that it will look fabulous on my system, so no complaints there. I suppose, really, that...

Well, this sounds, at first blush, like a reasonable theory, but I'm not sure how HDR usage/application would undermine or corrupt the authenticity of the original director of photography's (or director's) vision. Wouldn't it do the opposite? Would not the best, most technically able...

Sorry; after reading my post(s), I realize that I might have, indeed, came off like some high-minded, nose-in-the-air twit. Totally not what I meant. And, honestly, I watch, with regularity, some pretty awful movies and enjoy the hell out of them. ;) But I'm not spending top dollar on them to...

I'm just trying to figure out who the customers for these lame releases in 4K are. Wouldn't someone that's interested in owning--owning, not just watching!--something like Battleship be more than satisfied with basic Blu-ray? And let's not forget that you can own the Blu-ray versions of these...

Interesting. I waited until Oppo released their first 4K player (the 203) being that I had an excellent experience with their 103 player for many years and a DVD player from them before that. So that got me into real 4K player in December (I've had a 4K TV for a few months before this.) I...

Is it just me or are the UHD releases so far pretty underwhelming? I would have thought that 4K disc releases would focus on movies with obvious examples of excellence in cinematography and/or classic cinema, but, instead, we seem to have narrowed the field down to mostly poorly reviewed recent...

Too true, sir. Too true.

I couldn't agree more with this comment. But what happened with this movie? What I mean is that this thing seems to get universally high marks--it's at 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, for example. (Not that this the arbiter of quality, mind you, but a good aggregate of opinion, nonetheless.) I left...

The news that the BD 3D looks bad is just salt in the wound for me. I bought the disc thinking that I would give it another shot--who knows, maybe I just had a bad day when I saw it in the theatre. The thing is, I've never got around to getting interested enough in giving it another go, so never...

Reading this quote made me feel like, maybe, I wasn't crazy after watching Star Trek, Beyond. As many others here, I'm a fan--probably a text-book example of a Star Trek fan with all of the usual characteristics: grew up with the show(s), can bandy quotes with like-minded lifelong friends, own...

My assumption is that they were prepared--for their pre-orders and wait-list customers. They sent notifications which included an ordering link to folks on the list specifically requesting that the link not be shared as to ensure that only the folks that were on the list would have an...

All I can say is based on my experience with their BDP-103D player. It is, hands down, the best picture quality I've seen in a bluray player--and it upscales 1080p to 4k impressively. To boot, it's built like a tank, plays SEVERAL audio formats (love that it doesn't leave SACD enthusiasts like...