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  1. GlennH

    Tehran on Apple TV

    Over the past couple of months I watched all 16 episodes (S1 and S2) currently available. I agree that the novel setting and characters - Israel's Mossad and Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Sepah) - are something different for Western audiences. I found it to be engrossing. I see that they recently...
  2. GlennH

    Sony A90J 2021 OLED buyers and owners thread

    :thumbsup: Looks good Robert. One of those 65" has my name on it.
  3. GlennH

    Amazon Prime Detectorists without ads

    AcornTV has all 3 seasons if you subscribe to that streaming service.
  4. GlennH

    General Discussion Streaming Frustrations

    Our Roku 3 does not have profiles, but our new Roku Ultra does. On the other hand, some SD 4:3 TV shows I ripped from DVDs to a USB stick and play with the Roku Media Player app appear correctly on screen with the Roku 3, with black side bars. But the same files are stretched to fill the screen...
  5. GlennH

    General Discussion Digital Movie/TV Deals

    Does anyone have and can comment on the iTunes version of Out of Africa? I never upgraded my DVD to Blu-ray. The 2010 Blu-ray was supposedly very bad, but the 2012 was a significant improvement, based on the reviews. I just wonder what the digital version is like. On sale now for $4.99.
  6. GlennH

    General Discussion Digital Movie/TV Deals

    I ordered the $100 Apple card from BestBuy.com Wednesday morning using the page that has the offer clearly explained. I got the Apple digital code email within a half hour. But neither the checkout page nor the email said anything about the bonus BestBuy GC, which was a little disconcerting, and...
  7. GlennH

    LG offers $1,200 Labor Day discount on 77-inch OLED TV

    If I wanted to buy this weekend I'd want to support Value, and probably get the calibration from them. But the sale supposedly was going to end yesterday, so I was just pointing out the price discrepancy. So back off Sam. Jeez yourself.
  8. GlennH

    LG offers $1,200 Labor Day discount on 77-inch OLED TV

    Definitely my thought, but I notice that the valueelectronics.com website shows a sale price of $3997, whereas it's $200 less everywhere else. This offer is tempting but my timeline was more for Black Friday. So hopefully prices like this (or lower! :) ) will be around then.
  9. GlennH

    Can I Subscribe to TCM?

    I ditched Comcast cable TV in Dec in favor of YouTubeTV, largely for cost reasons, but also because of their moving of TCM to the higher tier. I've been happy with it. I will note that a few movies on TCM are "not available for streaming" - not very many, just some random titles show up that...
  10. GlennH

    Some Apple TV+ shows streamed free for a limited time

    I've watched the first 3 episodes of For All Mankind on my Roku, via the tv app, one each day. If you tend to like dramas about the NASA space program this is pretty well done, IMO. With an "alternate history" twist.
  11. GlennH

    General Discussion Digital Movie/TV Deals

    Home Theater Forum. Pioneering online communication and social distancing since 1997. :)
  12. GlennH

    Win a copy of The Ten Commandments Special Edition Blu-ray Digibook

    It's been awhile. Time to watch it again.
  13. GlennH

    General Discussion Digital Movie/TV Deals

    Isn't the iTunes M*A*S*H also cropped to widescreen? I think I've read comments that it's well done, and HD would be nice, but some would object to not having the OAR option. I have the DVDs and always preferred to turn off the laugh track. The show had enough natural humor and timing to not...
  14. GlennH

    IMDb Streaming Service (I mean, srsly?)

    Been watching Columbo and The Rockford Files on IMDB via Amazon Prime. I'm not a big fan of the ad breaks, especially because they can be extremely repetitive and a bit too frequent as the program goes on. But if there is no ad-free streaming option it's still nice to have an option other than...
  15. GlennH

    Some Twilight Time Discs No Longer Playing

    I checked my copy of Nicholas and Alexandra, which was still shrink-wrapped and thus had never been played before. Checked every chapter for a short while and It played fine on my Oppo BD-83 player. I don't see any IFPI codes stamped on the inner ring. I see what looks to be MWS2 and M1S1...
  16. GlennH

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Force of Evil -- in Blu-ray

    That's strange. I don't have this Olive Blu-ray, but the review at DVDBeaver mentions the extra, and has screenshots of the menu page showing the Special Feature option and of Scorcese from it. Reggie, when did you acquire your disc? Maybe Olive lost the rights to that Scorcese intro, and...
  17. GlennH

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Logan Lucky -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    Well played, Mr. Harris. I won't spoil the fun. :) As to the "newcomer," note that the credits in the film do say this: "Introducing Daniel Craig"
  18. GlennH

    UHD Review Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol UHD Review

    0/5 rating for Special Features seems amiss.
  19. GlennH

    George Gently, does anyone like this Brit TV Series?

    I watched the first several series on Netflix and the last couple on AcornTV. Agree with Bernard. The characters continue to develop and the show is well done. I'm sad it's now over. Series 8 was the last. I'd say it's well worth your time if you like Brit detective shows like I do. Foyle's War...
  20. GlennH

    Little House on the Prairie: building the best possible collection

    Apologies if this has already been posted or is known. No doubt Blu-ray is the way to go for the serious collector of this series. But just for information for those who don't mind "owning" some of their HD content via streaming video, Vudu.com currently is selling the entire Little House on...
  21. GlennH

    Doing anything new the might get you blocked?

    Same here. Apparently our companies subscribe to the same internet filtering software/list and HTF was added recently. I think the page that popped up just said "Entertainment" for the reason. Which is odd because many other similar "entertainment" sites are not blocked. Oh well, guess my...
  22. GlennH

    "Hawaii Five 0"-Season 5 only on DVD!

    Ironic how the trend on releases like this is to issue them in lower resolution SD while the manufacturers are unleashing all these 4K TVs, on which the upconverted DVDs won't look good at all. I'm content to watch a show like H50 on broadcast cable in HD, without collecting it. Past seasons...
  23. GlennH

    My Fair Lady 50th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    To me it's not a question of the price itself, but the paltry 10% discount off MSRP that the retailers are offering. Why not the typical 30% or more discount on this one? I will get it eventually but I think I'll wait a bit to see if it drops to a more normal level.
  24. GlennH

    Criterion 50% Off Flash Sale

    I didn't horse around. Got these: The Black Stallion, Ride the Pink Horse, Breaker Morant
  25. GlennH

    Matchstick Men (2003) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    Been wondering when this one would come out in Blu-ray. It's a good movie. Good acting by Nic Cage as an OCD con man. Love the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass in the soundtrack as well.
  26. GlennH

    HTF Premium Program Giveaway

    Sounds good.
  27. GlennH

    Why doesn't Netflix bother with Olive or Shout! or Kino titles?

    Dick is not asking about streaming. He is asking why doesn't Netflix have those discs (Blu-ray and/or DVD) available for rental through their mail service.
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