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  1. John C

    Warner films on BD-9 Blu Ray?!

    So guys, anyone have any idea how Warner plans to introduce its films onto Blu Ray? I've heard rumors that they want to encode their films onto a DVD-9 equivalent Blu Ray disk. If so, isn't the quality going to be atrocious? Even with the most advanced codecs 1080p should look pretty weak on Blu...
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    HD-DVD/Blu-Ray Merger Possible?

    This could be BIG news. The Digital Bits just reported that officials within the Blu-Ray camp have said that they may be interested in merging their technology with HD-DVD. http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents Would such a compromise be possible without watering down the potential quality...
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    Will HD-DVD and Blu-Ray do away w/ region free?

    As a happy owner of a region free JVC DVD player I've been enjoying a number of domestic U.S. titles from other regions with more extra features and/or DTS sound. I'm assuming that the new HD disk formats will incorporate region coding and am worried that it may be more difficult to crack the...
  4. John C

    Eventual upgrade of receiver-DVD audio?

    Hello all. I eventually want to upgrade my 5.1 receiver to one that handles DTS-ES, Dolby-EX, Pro-Logic II and possibly DVD-Audio. The only DVD-Audio decoders I see are built into DVD players currently. Are there any actual RECEIVERS that are going to add DVD-audio decoding on the horizon...
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    JVC XV-S65 Any fix for ep. I subtitle glitch yet?!

    Hello all. Yesterday I purchased the very nice JVC XV-S65 unit and discovered almost immediately the Star Wars Episode I subtitle problem while testing the player out on various discs. I've seen on previous threads that nobody has had much luck in getting anything out of JVC as to whether a...
  6. John C

    Lone Gunmen Premiere-Chilling foreshadowing

    During the shock of the whole World Trade Center crashes I couldn't help but think of the first episode of the Lone Gunmen TV series. In it, a terrorist reprogrammed an airplane's guidance computer and was going to smash it into either the World Trade Center or the UN building (I forget which)...
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