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MGM released "Jean de Florette" and "Manon of the Spring" with terrible transfers. Worse, the subtitles cannot be read on a 16x9 display with these non-anamorphic transfers. "Camille Claudel" and "Babette's Feast" were released at the same time. Neither is anamorphic; BF is 1.66:1, while CC...

I thought some here might want to know that OneCall has clearance priced the HK AVR 8000 at $1139 plus $38 shipping.

Bill Hunt noted that the new Image release of "War and Peace" has been delayed. He hinted that the wait would be worthwhile. Does anyone know what's going on with this release? And will the Canadian release, which is now showing a delay at Amazon.ca, be similarly "improved?"

Several e-tailers have "The Forsyte Saga" available for preorder. All 26 black and white episodes on dvd, finally.

This movie is now out on dvd. It is a great con game from Buenos Aires. The characters are conned, and the audience is never sure when it is being conned, but it surely is. A fun film with that outdoes "The Sting." I thought I'd break this one out of the "foreign film ghetto" thread...

amazon.ca has a couple of coupons for five and ten dollars off. While that discount is in Canadian dollars, so are amazon's prices. Band of Brothers is under sixty (U.S.) dollars. The new Walt Disney Treasures are each about $USD16.50. Back to the Future is about $USD27.50. While...

While the information was posted late last year here, this is a reminder that Volume Four of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" will be released February 26. Also, Volume Five is scheduled for release on April 30. For those who waited on ordering the earlier discs, Volumes 1-5 will be...

The BBC is beginning its 13 episode dramatization of LOTR this Saturday. It will be broadcast on the internet with Realplayer. Is there anyway to save that streaming audio signal to the hard drive?

Three years ago, this forum led me to these great speakers. Onecall.com has been carrying them for several years, making them available over the internet only. It appears that AT has finally discontinued their manufacture. While many feel that the subs are overpriced, and not up to SVS...

The Discovery Channel just presented an excellent documentary reconstructing the sinking of the U.S.S. Arizona. There were interviews with survivors, and a frame by frame analysis of a restored home movie (the original color version of which has been lost to history). Incredibly, important...

I just caught the last 15 minutes of a very good documentary on "The Alamo" on the history channel. I only mention it here because it will be repeated on the West Coast at midnight. I hope this note does someone some good. Should have made it clear that I meant midnight of November 28...

Could not find the original thread regarding the discontinued RV 80. I recall that Obi had stated his preferences for the picture settings. Does anyone have a copy of that review? Also, I'm curious what settings others prefer.

Pretty much says it all. Maybe we need a consolidated thread to bitch about the bugs. I really have been looking forward to this adaptation of the Zimmer novel. Now TNT is showing maximum disrespect for the audience that it delivers to its advertiser clients, and to the programs that it airs...

I'm probably quite a few years away from replacing my 4x3 RPTV. Nevertheless, I dropped by a decent home theater shop in Sacramento. All the sets that were displaying broadcast programs had the screens filled with a distorted flattened picture. The salesman claimed that they did not use the...