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  1. Anthony_H

    Catalog Releases- Too Much of A Good Thing? The Pendulum Swings....

    Alien Anthology, Apocalypse Now Full Disclosure, Back to the Future 25th Anniversary, The Exorcist, Se7en, King Kong, Psycho, Twilight Zone Season 1, THX 1138, Escape from New York, Forbidden Planet, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Seven Samurai, and Paths of Glory. Never in my 20+...
  2. Anthony_H

    Netflix hopes you don't notice...!

    I have been a Netflix customer for some time and just noticed something interesting. If I'm late to the game, thank you for your patience. Previously when I looked up older titles that were available for instant streaming, I had the options to "add/play" meaning "add" a disc to my mail to...
  3. Anthony_H

    HD-DVD "THE THING" ..Picture Detail

    I must have seen this movie 100 times, and yet I never noticed that Doc Palmer wears a nose ring! Thank you Hi-Def!
  4. Anthony_H

    HD-A2/PS3 Picture Qualities

    Relatively new to the HD game... recently purchased a Sony KDS-55A3000... after lengthy debate a Ps3 to handle blu-ray, and I couldn't pass up the price on the HD-A2 at WallyWorld. After comparing, the most surprising thing to me was of all the debate about quality and capabilities, the "best"...
  5. Anthony_H

    Star Wars DVDs

    Wasnt sure where to post this... but its probably tech related so I'll try here. Now that I have my laptop I was curious to see the bonus material on my Star Wars discs. I am following instructions in terms to needing Shockwave.. DVD rom.. etc. When I hit the "get started" button.. it seems to...
  6. Anthony_H

    Video optimization

    Hey guys.. recently purchased a laptop and was looking at optimizing the video. I tried the THX opti section on my star wars disc but it was very hard to adjust the contrast...brightness..etc. They just dont seem to be having the desired effect. I'm sure this has been asked to death, but any...
  7. Anthony_H

    Possible new INVASION('78)?

    http://www.mgm.com/title_title.do?title_star=INVSNBOD Found this link on the MGM site after getting hit with a pop-up. Looks like a new cover... but seems to list same features. Anybody heard anything about a new release?
  8. Anthony_H

    MARTIN season sets

    I really love this sit-com. Anybody even heard of rumors of these being released?
  9. Anthony_H

    Solaris..." R " Cut?

    I popped in this DVD before heading to work... got the obligatory rating screen.. it lists the rating as "PG-13 (formerly R)." Whats up with that? Why even include that distinction? IMDB.com verifies it was released theatrically as PG-13. Am I missing a different cut?
  10. Anthony_H

    Stanley Kubrick Documentary

    Gentlemen...the search engine has most definitely defeated me. About a year and 1/2 ago there was a post referencing a website which was selling the great Stanley Kubrick documentary separately from the box set. I cant find it and was wondering if anyone still has that site listing and whether...
  11. Anthony_H

    Ghost Rider...can you believe this?

    Browsing through Cinescape today, I found this article.. insane article What the F$%$? What is wrong with the mind of FX people in Hollywood? If ever there was a positive, potentially perfect use of CGI..it would be this effect. They overuse it immensely in regards to effects that, IMO...
  12. Anthony_H

    Sanford and Son Season Two: Disc 3

    I realize this is no longer the newest of releases but I just got around to attempting to play disc 3 of the set...no dice. Pioneer player which plays discs 1 and 2 w/o difficulty. Anyone else notice this issue?
  13. Anthony_H

    More BACK TO THE FUTURE Difficulties

    I'm not surprised that no one has mentioned this as yet, as there is a myriad amount of special features on the discs, but there appears to also be a problem with the anecdotal subtitle track that appears throughout the films..specifically on discs 2 and 3. I noticed that several times...
  14. Anthony_H

    Comic Book Film Adapation Trends

    Why is it Hollywood studios repeat the same pattern in regards to Comic Book Adaptions over and over? Property A scores a suprise amount of return (read X-Men currently) so studios buy up every property in sight. First seeming step prior to production... change as much about the property as...
  15. Anthony_H

    Crazed killer in THE CROSSING GUARD?

    So what is with the scene with David Morse and Robin Wright Penn when they are dancing and he jerks her around like he is going to break her neck? Overzealous acting? I swear you can hear some bones crack when he whips her around. I thought his character had gone crazy for a second.
  16. Anthony_H

    S-Video Connection Question

    I am in the process of playing with my receiver and hooking up an S-video output from my receiver to my monitor. I currently have a VCR running on RCA connections into the receiver... and this picture should be delivered to the monitor under the S-video setting. If I attempt to view under the...
  17. Anthony_H

    Calibrating Samsung TXL2791F

    Thanks for all the help guys...I elected to go with the Samsung. I am in the process of calibrating it now and I am having difficulties. I am using a Sound and Vision step through which is Avia based and also the THX demos with my Phantom Menance dvd. The contrast is apparently one of the...
  18. Anthony_H

    Best 4:3

    NOT QUITE READY FOR HDTV asks... "I am about to upgrade my 4:3 set to at least achieve S-video or Component connections...and I have to keep it under a $600 price range. Which 4:3 in that price range provides the best for the buck? I have heard of 4:3s with stretch modes to emulate the...
  19. Anthony_H

    My God..... ALIEN 4 (Resurrection?) BLEW!

    ABC is showing ALIEN 4 tonight... I had forgotten how bad it was. That laughable ending with the "baby" alien... the special effects were bad too. Unless they can do a major rethinking.... I hope those rumors about a fifth are false.....
  20. Anthony_H

    AOL email..proprietory?

    I finally got sick of seeing my girlfriend's email being sent through the lousy AOL software package.. so I wanted to upgrade to Microsoft Outlook. In the set up prompts for Outlook..they proompted for the servers for inbound and outbound..which I didnt know. I called up AOL.. "AOL email is...
  21. Anthony_H

    Really picky thread... Video vs. DVD

    Yes...I realize there are better issues to debate...but this one is a minor pet-peave. Why is it that certain studios advertise their product as being available "on video and dvd!"? HELLO! DVD is video! Are they hesitant to use the term VHS for fear those customers are so stupid they...
  22. Anthony_H

    Fox: Planet Of The Apes Se

    To anybody listening at FOX... I start off the new year with a request for my favorite title in its proper perspective. An presentation of this title with film specific SE content is long overdue... as it has never been released in that manner in any format...LD or DVD. Anamorphic is a...
  23. Anthony_H

    Lucas character previsualization** slight spoiler**

    What is with Lucas and his habit of having previsualizations of characters? For example... I can remember watching "Idiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and wondering who the hell this character was at the beginning of the film that had all these attributes of the older Indiana.. when it...
  24. Anthony_H

    STAR TREK- TMP: Overture included?

    A small thing to be sure....but I was wondering if anyone who has seen the new DVD release noticed whether they included the Overture piece. I think it compliments the beginning nicely..
  25. Anthony_H

    At last! the real star wars thread!

    At long last the eternal debate/thread starter of "when will we get STAR WARS...any STAR WARS .. on DVD?" is over. Now ...the real question can be asked....I'll be the one to start the post- TPM DVD thread.... "When will the unaltered...un blemished... non-SE version of the original trilogy be...
  26. Anthony_H

    ST: TMP MSRP...you guys are slippin....

    Got back to my computer after my short vacation... I thought I would brush up on the newest/latest in DVD news. Checked out DVDREVIEW and found the break down for the upcoming STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE release. Interesting... I have been waiting for this title. My eyes moved down to the...
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