Recent content by Tom Fynan

I wonder is this is why the Volume 3 films all have multiple dubs except Topaz, which has only English and French. Does anyone know what was cut for the theatrical release?

Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic released a well-received set over the last several years. The sound is glorious and the interpretations bold and muscular.

No, 65”. Size matters!

I unfortunately have no where else to use it, and hate to just stick it in the basement.

If anyone is still following this thread, I have a 65” Pioneer Kuro Elite that I am about to replace with a 4K Sony. Low mileage and works perfectly. I have the speakers, remote and manual. Free to anyone who can pick it up from western Massachusetts.

1. I purchase 5-10 blu-rays each month (but lots more classical music CDs). 2. Blu-rays are mostly classic dramas and comedies. 3. I did not know about 96K Upsampling.

Jay, If you end up in West Stockbridge, the Shaker Mill Tavern is a great place for a beer and/or dinner, and Truk's has very good Vietnamese. If you have some spare time in Dalton, check out the Crane paper museum. It's where they make the paper that money is printed on. There is a...

Jay, I've had a summer place in Stockbridge for three years now, so I know a little about the area. You might want to check out the Berkshire Eagle, the local paper, online. I don't know much about housing in Pittsfield, but the area south of "downtown" towards Lenox, and east towards Dalton...

If you enjoy Levant's humor, you should try to track down any of his three books: "A Smattering of Ignorance," "Memoirs of an Amnesiac" and "The Unimportance of Being Oscar." They are hilarious, and ultimately heartbreaking.

I just purchased a 60" Kuro Elite, to replace my 6 year-old Sony rear projection LCD that developed yellow blob. The picture on the Pioneer is stunning with my new Blu-ray player. The high def cable gets installed today. I got a very good deal at my local high-end audio store, so you might want...

I don't have much insight, but I did see clips from LOA in blu-ray at the Sony store in Tokyo in late 2006. It was part of a display for blu-ray players and HD TVs, comparing them to standard DVD. So some work must have been done to prepare it for blu-ray.

My Vertigo and Rear Window arrived yesterday (in separate boxes), the same day I received an e-mail from Amazon saying they would be delayed one week. No sign of Psycho yet

Footlight Records, formerly of NYC, now web-only, is an excellent resource for soundtracks.

DOWNHILL is available in the R2 Concorde box set from Germany.

I just got back from a vacation in Japan, and we ate Kobe beef in Kobe. It is very different from any steak or beef I've had at home. It's very heavily marbled with thin veins of fat, and very, very tender-literally melt in your mouth. The flavor was also much better than, and unlike any other...