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  1. Mike Brantley

    WHV Press Release: Full Metal Jacket (1987) (4k UHD)

    Upon further reflection, I have no doubt you are absolutely correct. So, nevermind. :)
  2. Mike Brantley

    WHV Press Release: Full Metal Jacket (1987) (4k UHD)

    The storyboard image shows the entire frame. The lines show where the 1.85 framing would be within the entire frame. It has been said above that Kubrick was being mindful of both but had a preference for the latter. Not saying I know which is correct.
  3. Mike Brantley

    Tom Cruise speaks out about the Soap Opera Effect

    Yes! This man should wear a cape.
  4. Mike Brantley

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Amadeus -- in Blu-ray

    I ordered Amadeus from Amazon, then subsequently found this thread. I just returned it unopened, and I'm pleased to report Amazon is picking up the return postage. I have such a large backlog of movies to watch on various formats that I don't feel compelled to pay for a subpar 1080p treatment of...
  5. Mike Brantley

    FS: Pioneer RFD-1 RF Demodulator

    Jason and Jesse, when y'all find yours, look for one for me too. My house is starting to look like a retirement home for laserdisc players, but no AC3 demodulator here as yet.
  6. Mike Brantley

    FS – entire Laserdisc collection

    Thank you, Mark. I'll give them a good home. Man, I've got the bug now for those big discs. Anybody else out there got more 'em taking up too much space?
  7. Mike Brantley

    WTB pair of Polk Audio f/x500i speakers

    I'm looking for a pair of these dipole/bipole surround speakers in black. Thanks!
  8. Mike Brantley

    TV season sets on LD vs DVD

    I enjoy my "Adventures of Superman" LDs, which have selected episodes from the old George Reeve TV series of the 1950s. I should have sold my "Space: 1999" laserdiscs when they were worth a bunch -- which was before the series came out on DVD. I believe "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" was...
  9. Mike Brantley

    DVD databases for Handheld devices?

    I do it, but I'm almost certain my solution isn't the most elegant! You see my desktop DVD database program is DVD Profiler for Windows, which is not available for Mac, and I only have Mac computers. So I run DVD Profiler using a PC emulation program. When I want my DVD list in my Palm Pilot, I...
  10. Mike Brantley

    Are you happy with recordable DVD?

    Norm, I don't know if the other makes have the same feature (probably do), but the Panasonic decks have a flexible recording mode that can be set for, say, three hours or 2 1/4 hours or whatever. The deck then uses the best compression rate that will fit the timer recording on a disc. There is...
  11. Mike Brantley

    Are you happy with recordable DVD?

    Norm, the Panasonic decks use DVD-R and DVD-RAM discs for media. The RAM discs are erasable and reusable, just as DVD-RW discs are. Mostly, I use my DirecTivo for timeshifting stuff that I intend to erase. However, I had so much crap on there a few weeks ago that I temporarily dubbed a bunch...
  12. Mike Brantley

    Are you happy with recordable DVD?

    Norm, I do the same thing as Steven. I use my DirecTivo as a buffer to temporarily hold stuff and burn old movies from TCM and other commercial-free sources to DVD-R. I'm thrilled with the quality. My recorder is the Panasonic DMR-E20, which is older than Steven's E30. There's a new Panasonic...
  13. Mike Brantley

    Any advance reviews of the reissue of Invaders From Mars (1953)

    I own the previous, out-of-print DVD of "Invaders From Mars," and I've been glad to have it. However, it is the worst-looking DVD in my collection. The new one has got to be better, even if it's not as good as it could or should be. I'll wait to see it for myself.
  14. Mike Brantley

    'To Catch a Thief' - any reviews yet ?

    Patrick said: "Understand film and then you can understand DVD." That's great! That's the quote of the day. :)
  15. Mike Brantley

    8mm Home Movies Transfered to DVD...?

    I agree re Kodachrome. Kodachrome was very popular for home movies for a long time (and is still available as unexposed stock from Kodak), and that stuff is truly archival. I've seen decades-old home movies on Kodachrome that still look stunning. Old B&W holds up well, too. Have a look at my...
  16. Mike Brantley

    Back from Hollywood: A brief summary of our trip, plus: CLONES, SPIDER-MAN and MORE!

    Jose Maria Mendez, don't sell your command of the English language short, even if it's not your first language. I've understood everything you've said perfectly and agree with much of it. I do think the climate here is changing to be more accommodating to some of the unfortunate realities (or...
  17. Mike Brantley

    Looking for HT fun in Atlanta

    Thanks, folks. Turns out my wife and I changed out minds about what direction we're headed. We're going to New Orleans now instead of Atlanta. But we are sure to get to Atlanta soon, so the info is appreciated. I don't think I will bother making an appointment for GHT when we do go. Sounds...
  18. Mike Brantley

    Recording Laserdisc to DVD-R

    Eugene, that makes sense to me and is how I would expect it to work. I just haven't found that 4-hour mode to be useful for anything that I've been doing. Others have reported it's good enough for dubbing from VHS source tapes, but I can spot too many compression artifacts when doing this...
  19. Mike Brantley

    Recording Laserdisc to DVD-R

    Alan, I'm not familiar with anything but the Panasonic decks. On those, you can set for 1, 2, 4 and 6 hours, with bit rate adjusted, as well as do a "flex" recording that uses the best bitrate for whatever time interval is given. On my E20, the flex option is only available for timer recordings...
  20. Mike Brantley

    Recording Laserdisc to DVD-R

    Ernest, I guess I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around this concept. I keep thinking that the final DVD-R can only be encoding a copy of whatever video is fed into it -- in this case a DVD-RAM exhibiting visible compression artifacts -- through the analog inputs. But ... I haven't...
  21. Mike Brantley

    Recording Laserdisc to DVD-R

    I have a question. If your first pass at transfering the LD title is at the four-hour speed, wouldn't that cause an unacceptable compromise in quality because of all the compression? If you then dub that DVD-RAM copy to DVD-R in the FR mode, wouldn't the initial compression artifacts of using...
  22. Mike Brantley

    Looking for HT fun in Atlanta

    Thanks, Jeff. Sounds like that's exactly the same place I remember, just north of 285. I'll try to pursuade Cheryl to let us hit both of the stores you mentioned and poke around a bit. She's safe, because I won't buy anything. The next thing on the want list is an SVS subwoofer, and these stores...
  23. Mike Brantley

    Looking for HT fun in Atlanta

    My wife and I are planning a leisurely long weekend trip to Atlanta next week. Are there any interesting venues an HT enthusiast should check out in that city -- you know, nice HT stores, places to buy DVDs (especially cheap used ones!), etc.? A decade ago, when I lived in Anniston, Ala., I...
  24. Mike Brantley

    TV on DVD: will they finish what they begin?

    I sure hope the studios commit to finishing whatever they start. After all, it's an expensive leap of faith for consumers to start collecting a series only to have it be incomplete. That's how I got burned buying Babylon 5 on laserdisc. :frowning: I still don't know how far I will go with The...
  25. Mike Brantley

    DVD Recording on DVD-R and DVD-RAM

    Not when you do it with any of the stand-alone DVD recording decks that we're talking about -- at least not that I know of. My machine has analog inputs only. It may be possible to do it with a computer rig at this time, but then I don't really know. The resulting DVD-R is encoded as Dolby...
  26. Mike Brantley

    DVD Recording on DVD-R and DVD-RAM

    I can report the same results with my Panasonic E20, except I find the four-hour mode unacceptable for recording anything I want to keep. Stuff I have recorded at the two-hour mode looks exactly like the source or -- in the case of VHS tapes as a source -- actually a little better. For LDs that...
  27. Mike Brantley

    Digitally archiving super8mm film?

    Yes, I know what you mean. What good is insurance for something that can't be replaced? If your film is lost in transit and you have insured it, you get new film. But you will have lost the images that cannot be replaced. If you have a digital camcorder and a movie projector, you can try one...
  28. Mike Brantley

    Digitally archiving super8mm film?

    Ted, Dallas Digital Video now will copy your home movies to DVD for what seems like a reasonable rate for about the quality/price you likely are looking for. (You can spend as much as you want for more professional results!) I have not personally used their service, but others have recommended...
  29. Mike Brantley

    Digitally archiving super8mm film?

    Ted, check out my Web site at www.super8filmmaking.com and follow the link to Supplies & Services. There are some transfer outfits and labs listed, I believe. There's also some info via the link on my site called Video Connection. And you can also ask the fine folks on my own forum, accessed via...
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