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Hello all! I recently decided to upgrade my aging home theatre. The first thing I did was get a 65" LG OLED E7 TV (following some guidance from our own Gregg Loewen). Until I can get a professional calibration from Gregg, I used Spears and Muncil to do a home calibration. This will do me for...

Its that time again - a beloved TV has come to the end of its life. My ol' 53" Pioneer RPTV is on the fritz, and I'm wary of putting more money into an old set as opposed to buying a modern set. Looking around, I'm intrigued by the Samsung PN60F5500 - its 60", plasma, and 3D. All this for...

My wife bought the Magnavox MBP5120F blu-ray player from Wal-Mart to use in the bedroom. Today its $69.00 at Wal-Mart. Its wireless, but I cannot tell if it actually supports NetFlix streaming - which is a dealbreaker for the lady. On Wal-Mart's site, it says... Magnavox Blu-ray...

I've just got back from buying Lost Season 6 (blu-ray) at Best Buy. This comes with an extra slipcover that contains a bonus disc.   As has been noted by other folks, the bonus disc that came with my blu-ray set was actually a DVD that seems to be the extra disc from the Complete...

Robert, I was wondering if you'd had a chance to view the new Studio Canal version of "The Ladykillers." The comparison at the Beaver shows extreme differences in color between the Anchor Bay and this new BD... http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews49/ladykillers_blu-ray.htm Do you have...

Courtesy of blu-ray.com... MGM Home Entertainment in conjuction with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the Academy Award-winning film 'Silence of the Lambs' to Blu-ray on March 3rd. Video will be presented in 1.85:1 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD...

I've researched the topic, but could use some help in my understanding on the following... I have a Pioneer RPTV that will only accept component video, no HDMI. I am thinking of adding a new Onkyo 606 amp to my set up, so I can access the new HD audio formats. But of course, I can...

As many here know, one of the additions with the new 2.2 firmware for the PS3 is a Mosquito noise reduction. This joins two other types of noise reduction that quite frankly, I've never touched. My thought has always been that using these types of processing will alter the image, and perhaps...

I've got a reasonable collection of about 70 HD DVDs, which I'm not planning to part with. I currently have an D2 player, which outputs 1080i, which is what my 5-6 year-old RPTV can handle. I'm wondering if I should squirrel another player away as a back-up, probably one with 1080p...

I've searched for this topic via keywords, but get too many hits to sort through, so I'm trying a new thread... I was reading a review of the PS3, written by Lyris on another site, and he made passing mention that the folks of the HTF had managed to get uncompressed surround PCM via the...

I just got this disc yesterday and watched it last night on my Tosh D2 player, via toslink audio. I noticed a lipsync issue pretty much throughout. I've not noticed any audio issues so far, in about 20 HD DVDs watched. Has anyone else noticed a problem with this title?

I just got my Ultimate Collector's Edition tin of Forbidden Planet tonight. Despite the mailman seemingly playing soccer with the box, the tin inside arrived perfectly. So why am I unhappy? Despite the card back telling me about my new HD DVD edition, inside the tin is the digipak holding...

A quick question, just like the heading. I keep reading the virtues of upconverting SD DVDs, but I currently only have component output and it seems that upconversion of 480 material is only available on HDMI. Is this true? Or is there some player I haven't read about yet? Any help welcome.

I've had my HD-capable set for about 4 years. It was calibrated by our own Gregg Loewen for DVD, which is all I've used it for, along with Dish TV. Back then, Gregg said I was fortunate to be able to get OTA HD if I was so inclined. I didn't go anywhere with it back then. I've been...

I've been a member of this forum for years. I've had my HD-ready RPTV for about 4 years. The format war is a huge turn-off for me, but I'm finally getting my brain around the next formats, and looking at what I might need. While reading about HD players (and some SD ones, like Oppos) it...

With the Book out next week, and already shipping from places like DDD, I thought it would be a good idea to provide this link to a european forum that seems to have the first comparison shots online between the new version and the THX tin of a few years ago...

Has anyone had any trouble playing this? My trusty region-free Malata 996 has taken a couple of hundred discs from other regions without ever having a hiccup - but I'm having trouble here... The disc menus come up as normal, and all pages can be accessed. However, when I try to play the film...

For lovers of down-to-earth, in-your-face drama, the late Alan Clarke brough a lot to the table for those of up growing up in the 70s on... Here are the details from Blue Underground's website. This set is due on Monday. So far I have read no reviews or anything about this set. Is anyone else...

I'm currently on holiday in the homeland, the UK. Right now there are a lot of sales in the vein of "3 for £20". Recently I picked up a UK copy of Ed Wood. That night, while looking at the back of the box, I was surprised to see that it proclaimed SINGLE LAYER FORMAT - for a two hour film...

I just picked up the DTS 2-disc edition from CD Wow. Its a great film, but I had two issues with the disc... * The film jumps forward 10 seconds at 49.13. The layer change? * When I got to the end, the picture started breaking up into colored blocks. Cleaning the disc didn't help. I...

Hi - a quick question for those in the know... I asked a friend to sell a copy of "The Killer" Criterion DVD on eBay for me. I picked it up at a used store, and already had my own copy, so thought I'd sell this one. He just called me to say he'd had about 4 emails already, asking whether...

I have a Pioneer 533 53" RPTV calibrated by our own Gregg Loewen. Despite some initial electronic problems, once the set was sorted out and then tweaked by Gregg, I have been enjoying the set a great deal. However, there is one thing I've slowly noticed that I don't remember seeing discussed...

A while ago, BensonsWorld UK had a sale on R2 PAL Superbit titles. I picked up a couple. I have a Malata 996 Region-Free player. One of the titles I picked up was Hollow Man. When I compared it with my R1 Special Edition, I really did not notice any appreciable difference in picture quality...

My Malata 996 has served me very well for a long time, but it has been developing DTS dropouts in the last couple of months. I don't have the latest firmware, which I understand solves the problem. But how does one get this done? If you have had this work done, or know who to contact...

Like many of us in the US, I've been enjoying the great deals at CD Wow. I just received my UK copy of The Graduate from them. Although the set is described on their web page (and in online reviews) as having a 64 page booklet, my copy came with absolutely zilch. I asked CD Wow about this...

I have a Millennium 2.4.6 DTS processor attached to my Denon 3200 amp. I bought this a few years ago, and it has worked fine. However, last November, I finally got my 16:9 Big Screen set. At that point, i rearranged my components and moved the DTS decoder. Since then, I have noticed...

I'm pretty much decided on picking up a Pioneer 53" SD533 RPTV. So I've been looking, and am surprised to find that none of the stores I've visited seem to have them. I live in Billerica, north of Boston MA. So I've been looking online - so far it seems that OneCall.com might be the best...

I'm finally in the position of being able to get a big-screen TV. After doing a fair bit of online research, I'm thinking the Pioneer 533 is looking like a good choice for a RPTV. Our viewing is standard definition satellite from Dish, and plenty of DVDs, of course! What I've found out is that...

I went to my local Best Buy today (Cambridgeside Galleria, Cambridge MA) to pick up 4 of the new Warner Bros double-disc sets. I wanted to get em all, but I'm not a rich man, so wanted to get $5 off two lots of two. The Unforgiven/True Romance combo worked fine, but Singin' in the Rain/...

Right now, they seem to having a lot of problems. Here's my experience of the last few weeks.... * Ordered "Mon Oncle" & "Playtime" from them. I never got the second order confirmation, so I called them. The woman I spoke to said they had no stock to hand, but it didn't mean they wouldn't get...