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I would be using this to stream music from my Apple devices to my main home theater receiver. My house is wired for sound on both levels.

Citizen Kane Vertigo Star Wars North by Northwest Lawrence of Arabia The Bridge on the River Kwai Jaws Ben Hur (1959) King Kong (1933) Amadeus

Storage space is now the deciding factor on what I keep. I purchased a new storage unit last year for all my DVD's & Blu-rays, and resolved to only keep what I can store in it. About 300 films and another 200 discs of TV/documentaries is all it can hold. However, digital storage is another...

Wow, I thought that I was one of the few people that audio recorded TV shows and movies in the 70's. I had recordings of Our Gang, Spiderman, The Flintstones, and Batman (which were all shows that were on after school). I also memorized all the dialogue from "The Pink Panther Strikes Again"...

Our family did not get a VHS deck until 1984, but I did faithfully record one show - "The Twilight Zone" -and got half of the series before they were chopped up to include more commercial time. I would also "live-edit" them to remove commercials, so that I would have only the episode and the...

Well, I was hoping for the screening I was at to be the uncut roadshow, but alas, it was the 154 minute version with the Overture and Exit Music. They also rolled Part 2 right after the Intermission card. Too bad, because you could see how Part 1 was designed and edited to have an intermission...

I am going to see Mad Mad World tonight at the local cineplex as part of their "Classic Film Series". They have the running time listed as 3 hours 12 minutes, so I am interested to see what version of the film this is and if this may possibly include an intermission.

To me, this issue comes down to availability and money. I've moved all my movies from VHS to DVD, and I am not shelling out again to move everything to Blu-ray. I have 20 Blu-ray movies on my shelf - most are films I watch multiple times, the rest are new purchases. Will I continue to purchase...

I have never bought a digital copy of a movie - the only ones I have are copies that were packaged as part of the Blu-Ray/DVD. My deciding factor in buying a blu-ray is how often I am likely to watch it. Prices aren't low enough right now to make me want to do another format change (VHS to DVD...

We got our first VCR in the spring of 1984. Previously, I would audio record TV shows and movies with a small tape deck. Now, having the video opened up a whole new world of revisiting favorite shows and movies. Timeshifting wasn't good enough, so I would edit out commercials live. Twilight...

The Carol Burnett Show - Carol's Favorites. Costco Canada is carrying a 7 disk set with complete episodes (probably taken from the "Ultimate Collection" set) with interview extras and the complete "Dentist" sketch.

Finally saw the film (for the first time on a big screen) last night in Winnipeg which must have been the 2K presentation. After seeing it on a (reletively small screen) for the last 20+ years, it was a revelation to see a familiar film in a completely new way. Interesting how certain details...

Some of these have already been mentioned... All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Ben-Hur The Ten Commandments Jaws I also have to include How the West Was Won - since the Smilebox presentation (for those that like it) is only available on Blu-ray.

The shorter cut does exist on VHS and I believe on laserdisc in pan and scan. I have a copy of this version and was watching it just last week, just to see the differences between that cut and the current version. I agree that it is unwatchable, but very interesting to see how editing can shape...

Finally picked up Season 1 of "Car 54, Where Are You?". Picture quality OK, but way better than the VHS versions. Season 2 will be following shortly...

Warner Bros. developed lenses for their own "Scope" process called WarnerScope. They were initially used on tests for Judy Garland's "A Star is Born". The results were terrible - muddy colors and lots of distortion. The decision was made to switch over to CinemaScope for the film. The details...

I saw Ben Hur back in November on the big screen as part of the Cinema Series in Canada, and it was almost like seeing it for the first time. The only problems were: 1) The projectionist cut off the music at the end of Part 1 just as the screen went to black and before the "Intermission" card...

I am still patiently waiting, waiting, waiting.... for the rest of the Huckleberry Hound series.

"The Honeymooners" 39 episode set - found it on sale for 14.99 and couldn't resist it.

Brent, Thanks for posting the Winnipeg theater site. I really miss some of those theaters. Especially the Metropolitan - that was my favorite theater during the 70's and 80's. I also remember seeing the first run of Star Wars at the King's - it was converted into a sports store.

On one hand, I am thankful for the digital technology that makes it affordable for theater chains to show classic movies. I have taken my daughter to the Classics series at one of the large chains over the last few months, and it has given us both the experience of seeing films like Ben Hur...

There was also a set of interviews by Charles Champlin done at the time of the restoration. It was a half hour show where he interviewed David Lean, Anne Coates, and Maurice Jarre.

A very interesting topic - I've been having the same problem with decidinig what to watch. I recently went through my collection and decided to downsize over the last year - from 625 movies to about 350. I pulled all the movies that were on the potential chopping block and watched those to...

Thanks for the info, but if the Superbit transfer is used plus the extras from the first release, did they drop the bit rate to fit everything on? Also, did they move the disc break to the intermission, or keep the original Superbit break halfway through the film?

I may have missed a previous discussion around this release, but I wanted to confirm: Is the recent 2 disc release of LOA a straight repackage of the original 2 disc version, or does it use the Superbit transfer? I haven't been able to find a definitive answer. I own both the original 2 disc and...

My copy of Vertigo finally gave up the ghost last week. (It was the first release with the orange poster on the cover). I am debating buying the current single disk release as I don't want to purchase the Hitchcock boxset. Does anyone know if there will be a single disk version of Vertigo from...

By the way, I was watching part one, and noticed what appeared to be some missing frames in two scenes. The first is after the African dancers finish their performance (1:36:03) and when Judah Ben-Hur returns to Judea (1:41:34). It appears to have been missing on the previous release as well...

The set I bought has two inserts - the original program reproduction and the Bible Study guide, which was written by Robert Schuller. It ties aspects of the story of Ben-Hur to different biblical passages (in a non-historical way).

David Lean on Lawrence of Arabia. Steven Spielberg commented that at the theatrical release of the Director's Cut, David Lean sat beside him and gave him a running commentary throughout the entire film. It's a shame all of those insights never made its way onto a recording.

I've only had a chance to skim through all four disks. I found the audio on the "Making of a Legend" documentary terrible. It sounds as if a stereo/delay/reverb filter was applied resulting in almost no audio in the center channel. The narration is hard to hear above the music, and sounds as if...