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  1. Jim Tudor

    I think I am done with Sony.

    I am also having trouble with my Sony UBP-X700. After my first one froze multiple times (unresponsive, with pulling the power cord as the only way out), I exchanged it for an identical model. Same issue. Although this is a 4K player, I'm not quite there yet with my monitor, so I had this set...
  2. Jim Tudor

    Receiver clicking off during movies

    Thanks Gene! Looks like I had the silver and gold ends of a spliced wire connection touching each other. After A LOT of trial and error, that was the adjustment that made the difference. :)
  3. Jim Tudor

    Receiver clicking off during movies

    I have a two year old Pioneer VSX-520 audio receiver that has started clicking off during louder parts of both DVDs and Blu-Rays. I've determined that the problem is sound, not picture, as I was running both via HDMI through the receiver, but in troubleshooting, switched the blu-ray player's...
  4. Jim Tudor

    RPTV died - Fix or Replace?

    The other night, our venerable Panasonic PT47WX49 RPTV crapped out on me. Basically, I can't get it to turn on for more than 10 seconds before it shuts itself down again. No blinking codes or anything from the power light indicator. Nothing. After 9 years (2-3 hrs of use per day on average), it...
  5. Jim Tudor

    HTF Contest: Win an Epson HC 8700 1080P projector courtesy of Epson and ProjectorPeople.com!

    I'd gather up the kids, fire up some popcorn and leftover pie, and commence a Pixar marathon! "Wall-E", "Up", and the "Toy Story" trilogy. Now that's living!
  6. Jim Tudor

    Early Soviet Cinema on DVD ?

    I'm going to be doing a lecture on Early Soviet Cinema (the Potemkin era), and am having a hard time finding material on DVD. I have the 2-disc Kino Battleship Potemkin, but nothing else. Any recommendations for good R1 Early Soviet Cinema films on DVD? Also, any good historical docs on the...
  7. Jim Tudor

    *** Official NINE Review Thread

    Here's my review of "Nine", originally posted at twitchfilm.net... For what wants to be a simple, breezy musical, the act of even explaining the origins of “Nine” can be exhausting. But, I’ll give it a shot… Based on Federico Fellini’s autobiographical cinema classic “8 ½”, “Nine” made its...
  8. Jim Tudor

    MK2's "Chaplin Revue" DVD playback issues

    "The Chaplin Revue" is the only MK2 Chaplin I've acquired so far (the reported PAL-to-NTSC issues have scared me away). Tonight I tried to watch it on my 47" 16x9 DTV, and it was blown up way too big (for lack of a better description). My JVC DVD player ordinarily does a great job of scaling...
  9. Jim Tudor

    Any good docs/disc supplements about German Expressionism?

    Thanks for the offers and suggestions, but my class session on German Expressionism has come and gone. I did manage to find a few usable DVD supplements on the careers on F.W. Murnau (a 30 minute doc on the Kino "Tartuffe" DVD) and Fritz Lang (30 minute doc on Kino's "Dr. Mabuse The Gambler"). I...
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    Any good docs/disc supplements about German Expressionism?

    Thanks for the suggestion, but seeing that it's long OOP, and commanding $200 on Amazon Marketplace, I think I'd better look elsewhere. Doggonit.
  11. Jim Tudor

    Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection (08/18/09)

    Not to sound cynical, but is there really any question? Option 1 is clearly the best looking cover, and the current numbers reflect that, as it's commanding 80% of the vote. Sony has to already know that, right? Right?? Hmm, after looking at the Icons of Adventure cover again, maybe not. Vote...
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    Any good docs/disc supplements about German Expressionism?

    I'm teaching a film history class, and have had good luck using documentaries and DVD extras about various film genres and film movements. But I've got the topic of German Expressionism (Lang, Murnau, etc.) coming up, and I don't know of any video material I could use. I'm looking for...
  13. Jim Tudor

    New Joss Whedon show announced: Dollhouse

    I have to remind myself that premiere episodes are not where Whedon's strengths lie. IMO, "Buffy" was probably the most approachable of his premieres, and of course he didn't direct that. "Dollhouse" was difficult to warm up to, that's for sure. But with "Firefly", the long premiere episode (the...
  14. Jim Tudor

    Directed by John Ford See Post #9

    Can't wait. I've never been able to see this. Hooray!
  15. Jim Tudor

    Warner Bros. late 90s P&S discs -- any news?

    I'd snap up TRUE STORIES in an instant, although I recently caved on it when I saw it for $3 at Big Lots.
  16. Jim Tudor

    BD35 scaling of 4:3 DVDs on a PT-47WX49 RPTV

    Thanks again, Stephen. I indeed had discovered the lack of S-video after signing off this thread last time. I'll try the video out jack just to satisfy the curiosity, but I don't think I want to be watching anything that way. I don't know yet, but I'd assume that switching back and forth between...
  17. Jim Tudor

    BD35 scaling of 4:3 DVDs on a PT-47WX49 RPTV

    Stephen, no I didn't run it through the s-video/composite input, unless the Y/Pb/Pr qualifies as composite. I'll have to look around and see if I can find an S-video cable that make the reach. I'll post an update when I found out how this works.
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    BD35 scaling of 4:3 DVDs on a PT-47WX49 RPTV

    Lew - looks like my old TV doesn't have any DVI ports, so that won't work. Thanks, though. Man (and Stephen), switching the signal output to 480i does not fix the problem, unfortunately. Still stretches the image, only with lesser resolution. So yes, I'm keeping the old JVC player around...
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    BD35 scaling of 4:3 DVDs on a PT-47WX49 RPTV

    Stephen, thanks, I'll give that a try. Cameron - Changing the player to 4:3 only created a wider mess of a picture, with black bars on top and bottom (resembling a 2:35 letterbox effect). The TV has four different aspect ratio options, but as Stephen suggests, it won't let me change them when...
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    BD35 scaling of 4:3 DVDs on a PT-47WX49 RPTV

    Although I've already mentioned this in the context of another thread, I'm hoping that I may get an answer here. Over the weekend, I picked up a Panasonic BD35 blu-ray player. Connecting it to my Panasonic RPTV (PT_47WX49, purchased in 2001) via component cables results in decent blu-ray and...
  21. Jim Tudor

    Panasonic DMP-BD35 & DMP-BD55 Features

    Paul, I've just discovered last week that my RPTV does indeed seem to lock into full mode. I found this when I hooked a converter box to it. (Since I don't regularly use the set to watch TV shows, I've never bothered with cable of satellite TV or any of that.) Looking at page 32 of the...
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    Panasonic DMP-BD35 & DMP-BD55 Features

    Just got the BD35, and I've got questions. My setup is circa 2001, so HDMI connection is out of the question. I have a 46" Panasonic rear projection HD TV, and have used the component connection. My big question is, with the BD35 set to 16:9, and the screen saver set to Off, the 4:3 SD DVD I...
  23. Jim Tudor

    win a copy of "PETE SEEGER: The power of Song"

    Bob Dylan
  24. Jim Tudor

    F.W. Murnau / Frank Borzage box set from Fox

    The two-disc SE of "Carousel" has Fritz Lang's 1934 version of "Lilliom". (Quite great, BTW.) Borzage's version is dated 1930, according to IMDB. Looking forward to seeing it. Too bad they're apparently holding a few titles back. It would be nice to have everything in one place. Maybe it's a...
  25. Jim Tudor

    F.W. Murnau / Frank Borzage box set from Fox

    Great news, but a few thoughts... Isn't "Four Devils" included on the existing "Sunrise" DVD in a fragmented form? Is this set going to include a more complete version? I ask because "The River" is singled out as fragmented, while this title is not. Also, with this set containing roughly...
  26. Jim Tudor

    Win a copy of Cassandra's Dream

    The New World
  27. Jim Tudor

    John Ford at Fox: 21 disc set in December!!! (2007)

    Any new word on the "Frontier Marshall" discs? I got the email back when they went out, but still no disc... :frowning:
  28. Jim Tudor

    Free poster offer inside the BONNIE AND CLYDE UE: where is it?

    Just got mine at Costco, and can't find the offer form. Annoying. I hope exchanging it in the store will solve the problem...
  29. Jim Tudor

    HTF Contest time #1! - Fall of the Roman Empire Miriam Collection

    I know it's been taken, but why should that stop me? Veni, Vidi, Vici! I came, I saw, I conquered!
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