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According to our old pals from "Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity" over at AVS the Samsung is one of the top (if not the top because of the Reon processor and its handling of video sources, plus no clipping, no cropping, no CUE, and no signal limiting) performer for picture quality and...

Sleeve City has them for $.75 a piece. http://www.sleevetown.com/ I bought a 10 pack of the Blu-ray kind. They're exactly the same as most studios use with the push button mechanism and embossed silver Blu-ray logo. I had to replace a few Fox cases that came from Amazon with broken...

I keep seeing post after post about someone needing (or wanting) a new receiver or pre-amp RIGHT NOW. I have to shake my head in wonder. Why?, you ask. None of the current crop of receivers or pre-amps include decoding for the new audio formats that will be featured in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD...

As we get ever closer to a roll out (big, small, something in between?) of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD late this year or next (the latter is beginning to be the more likely scenario)there seems to be the looming threat that the functionality of HTPC's and personal computing in general will take a back...

As Fox seems to have only given an adaquate transfer to Sideways, one of the best IMHO pictures last year, I'm looking to see if any other NTSC regions have better video and/or audio options. Thanks! Dan

On the advice of this board I recently picked up Finding Nemo Region 3 with a DTS-ES matrix track and hope to have it grace my doorstep soon. Now I'm trying to get the scoop on the A/V quality of some of these other exclusive DTS Disney and/or PIXAR discs: Monsters Inc. Mulan The Lion...

With The Incredibles coming out in the U.S. this Tuesday, I was wondering if any region is getting an uncut (no censoring for certain types of violence like in the UK) edition with an awesome direct to digital transfer and DTS English track. Hopefully NTSC as I can't stand the PAL speedup...

I see that Spectrum and Fortune Star have released the Jackie Chan Police Story Trilogy with DTS Cantonese soundtrack and supposedly new transfer. Is one preferrable over the other, or are they both exactly the same? Does one company produce better quality discs than the other, etc...

I just had an interesting order experience from DVD World in Brazil. Some have recommended this site, but I am definitely not comfortable sending an unsecure fax of my credit card (front and back), plus a banking statement, and a letter of authorization releasing credit information...

Just went to their site and they seem to have some great prices, and it's in English, so that's a big help. :D However, I'd like to get some feedback as to their service. Are they prompt, do they only charge you when things ship, how are they on returns, legit copies and not bootlegs...

I just picked up Blue Man Group's Audio in DVD-Audio format and discovered to my dismay that it didn't register as a DVD-Audio disc and I could only play it in DTS or DD 5.1. I opened the _ts folders on my computer and the Audio_ts folder (which is read by DVD-Audio players and ignored by...

I just picked up the Harvest DVD-Audio disc and I'm very curious as to whether they screwed up encoding the multi-channel tracks. It sounds flipped, for lack of a better term. It's as if the back channels and the front channels were in reverse as his singing and most instruments come roaring...

My tried and true SVS sub and Samson amp need a good, loving home. I'm going to be doing a lot of moving around which is forcing me to pair down my home theater system to compact traveling size. [sob!] Both the SVS 20-39 CS-Plus cylinder subwoofer and Samson S-700 pro-amplifier are in...

As we all know Hollywood is pushing hard for the HDMI v.2 (or greater) digital A/V interface for uncompressed high resolution audio and video. Basic HDMI v.2 chipset specifications, that I can glean so far, call for the ability to port uncompressed 1080p/60 video and 8 channels of 24/96 PCM...

On my local PBS they sometimes air a smattering of re-runs from this unique (IMHO) British farce about a couple of old cantancerous coots in a retirement community battling their smarmy, scheming (and very, very cheap) manager Harvey Baines & his sloberingly faithful sidekick Jane (who wants...

Dear Hollywood Studios and A/V Manufacturers, Please hear our pleas for the best possible high definition discs. Compromises must be set aside once and for all, and the mistakes of the DVD format must not be repeated. You now have the tools to make "the best it can be" consumer products...

Having just watched the HD clips from the Microsoft WM9 website, I've got to say this is far and away better than any broadcast HD I've ever seen! 1080p to boot! Although everything was not totally perfect compression-wise I think at 17 Megabits/sec and choices of 24, 30, and 60 fps depending...

I'm in a quandary. Is the upcoming Denon 3805 receiver THAT big of a difference between the 3803 in order to justify paying $200-$300 more (considering some places are discounting the 3803)? Does the 3805 have a better, more robust power supply? Are the sonics that much more refined due...

Now that A&M has released Sting's Sacred Love album on both SACD and just recently DVD-Audio this is a good opportunity to find out which format is the better one for this title. From what I've read the master was originally 24/96 PCM and converted to DSD for the SACD release. The new...

I always knew that DVD was the last gasp for the NTSC and PAL formats, and a bridge between low and high resolution media. Even though I've supported DVD with my hard earned money, I've always felt it was still lacking in many ways (both audio and video wise). Therefore, I've decided to cut...

Here's the bare minimum blue laser HD disc specs. I would want to invest my time and money in (we should ask for no less since the technology is here to make it happen): STORAGE CAPACITY: Each disc should contain at least 35-50+ Gigabytes of storage. The program's video and audio...

I just pulled out my copy of Disney's The Emperor's New Groove 2 disc set to watch the movie again (2nd time on DVD) on my new Pioneer 563A and it refused to play any part of the second layer! It would freeze and sometimes lock up at the layer change. This same behavior would happen when I tried...

Start listening to your customers, please! The majority of us DO...NOT...LIKE...THESE...CHEAP, NON-REPLACEABLE...CASES...AT...ALL! Come up with your own version of the keep case. At least that would be an improvement. Thank you! Dan P.S. And if you won't include DTS or DTS-ES...

A friend of mine and I are going down to Denver on Friday to seriously look for speakers, however the brands (Totem, B&W, Alon, etc.) we're looking for specifically are not available via the internet (sadly). Personally, I haven't really shopped hard for new speakers in about 17 years and was...

I know, I know... you might void the warranty, etc. etc. However, in my state there is ONE and only ONE authorized retailer selling B&W speakers, and they know that very well. Therefore, they won't budge any off of full retail price. Talk about no competition! Anyone have good luck buying...

As some have been discussing over at AVS Forum, there is a strong possibility that at least the T2 Extreme Edition will feature a demo of low bitrate Corona HD compression in the form of Terminator 2's theatrical cut w/ 5.1 audio. Obviously, since there are no red laser HD players on the...

I have been reading some troubling reports out of the CES 2003 convention that the DVD Forum is on the brink of selecting what many home theater fans have been dreading: Severely compromised (and compressed) red laser based DVD's for "supposed" HD content. I use the term "HD" lightly as most...

Do not, under any circumstance buy the FULL SCREEN VERSION!! Some posters' replies that I've read which state they are leaning to-wards the open matte version (even when Universal may fix the problems with the WS version) seem to show that they don't seem to understand wide-screen framing and...

With studios constantly double, triple, and quadruple dipping with catalog and new titles I find that 80-90% of the time there is almost nothing of redeeming quality in these re-issues that would really warrant a re-buy. Most of the time the transfers are re-hashed and not improved (better...

From the discussions over at the (other) big forum [hint - AVS] it looks like this is one heck of a bang vs. buck 16x9 HDTV-ready LCD projector (it can do full 720p resolution and is closer to 1080i than most 7" CRT RPTV's and FPTV's can muster-- and upconverts to progressive scan) to get a...