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Malcom Reynolds (from Serenity and Firefly)

In the Line of Fire

It always makes me chuckle, when I see another comment from someone who thinks John Wayne was not a good actor. The man was such a great actor, and had such screen presence, that you would see flaws from his costars, who were not in the league as him.

"I find the criticisms of "Holiday Inn" due to its "deceitful, back-stabbing characters" to be perplexing. Aren't there "unpleasant" characters in most holiday tales? "It's a Wonderful Life", "Christmas Carol", "Grinch" - you name it. Those roles add drama and spice to the proceedings - without...

As someone who never understood the popularity of the first Jingle movie, I cannot imagine how bad this must be...

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Well said. To me, White Christmas is a classic feel good Christmas movie, while Holiday Inn is full of deceitful, back-stabbing characters. It is far from a feel good film and does not, in my opinion, embody any of the classic Christmas feeling that so many of us want in our holiday films.

Wonder if this will have the British as well as Amreican subtitles. Always watch the DVD with the British subs on. I think my DVD also has a choice of British or A,merican English soundtracks. I would definitely want an BD of this to havethe British soundtrack and subs.

This would replace my aging Harmony One, which would then be put to other use.

I would like a Blu-ray of the theatrical version. I've got the DC on DVD and felt that most of the extra scenes merely made the movie longer (and made it feel longer). Ideal would be both versions, but I would settle for theatrical only. If it's DC only, I'll stick with the DVD.

To the OP, did you try going to the AVSForum Owners thread on your player that I linked to? If there's a fix for this, you will likely be able to find it there. There are optical to analog converters (such as this) that would allow you to use a digital output. They only work if the source is...

From the manual: This Digital Output setup does not effect the analog (L/R) audio or HDMI audio output to your TV. I don't think there are any settings that affect the analog output. It should always provide a stereo mix. I think the Normal Stereo is for running digital to devices that can't...

Aa I seem to recall, the DVD of this is non-anamorphic with a pretty poor transfer. This would have to be a massive upgrade. Do think I'll wait and read some reviews before buying, though.

That ought to work.

DVDs are supposed to have flags that tell a player if they are 4:3, anamorphic widescreen or non-anamorphic widescreen. Some players (my 5-year old Panasonic Blu-ray player, for instance) will automatically zoom non-anamorphic DVDs so that there are no black bars on the sides. However, if a disc...

The converters don't cause any loss of audio quality. Personally, I think I would have run a coax cble instead of adding the converter, because I like to keep things as simple as possible. However, there's no reason it shouldn't work just fine as long as you have the right converter and your...

This doesn't always work. My Panny (BD35) will automatically zoom correctly flagged non-anamorphic DVDs. However, it will not zoom non-anamorphic DVDs that aren't flagged as such. In that case, I have to use my TV (my Samsung DLP would allow this; haven't tried this on my Panny Plasma).

If the player won't zoom, your TV might. Look for aspect ratio controls on your TV.

I don't believe any Blu-ray player on the market today has component outputs; they all have HDMI only (for video). So, if you want to get a Blu-ray player, you'll need to get one from a few years ago. See this thread for more details...

I love this movie. From what I've read, though, this release will be Region B only. Sure would like a US release (or a regrion free overseas release).

You may only record one or two shows a month now, but you might find you'd watch more with a DVR. With the DVR, it's so easy to record stuff. I'm talking orders of magnitude easier than using a VCR. And your wife might not mind watching recorded shows when they're as easy to view as live TV and...

What size TV do you have? How far away do you sit from the TV? This makes a big difference. If you have a 50" TV and sit 15' away from it, you will be hard pressed to tell the difference between a good DVD and a BD. If you have a 55" TV and sit 10' away, you should be able to tell the...

"My wife and I don't watch that much "first run" TV, so virtually everything we DO watch is DVR'd and we watch it days, or even weeks later. Even if we have the time when the shows are on "live" we'll wait about 20 or so minutes so we can skip commercials." That pretty much sums it up for me.

I believe that's true.

Like many other people, I was astounded when I read that there was going to be an extended cut of this. The main complaint that just about anyone had was that it was too long. I am curious, though, to read what people think when this is released. 13 minutes doesn't make it all that much longer...

All flat panel TVs (LCD, LED-LCD, plasma) scale any input signal that does not match the native resolution of the panel. So, if you have a 1080p TV, any input that is not 1080 will be scaled to 1080 for display.

I know the OP already indicated his DVD player does upconverting, but still thought I should address this... It's not necessarily true that you're better off using a Blu-ray player than a non-upconverting DVD player to play DVDs. If you use a player that doesn't upconvert, the TV will do the...

I use DVD-Basen to search for DVD/Blu-ray reviews. It will list pretty much every online review, including HTF.

Everything I've read about the Oppo players has been good, in particular their upscaling. The only downside is the price, but it sounds like you got a good deal. I've also read that their customer service is excellent. I think you'll be happy with it.

My first post recommending that the OP go to AVS was a bit on the generic side, though I did mention why I thought it was a good idea (I didn't just say "go to AVS"). The second post had a link to a specific owners thread. I was not "promoting" AVS. It's worth noting that I didn't start getting...