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  1. Christian Preischl

    Hades froze over......Wonder Years!

    Okay, the absence of the Doors songs - while no surprise - hurts a bit. Also, a surprising amount of "TV Theme Music" appears to be missing. (I remember the use of the Jeopardy Think Music was absolutely hilarious). All in all - my preorder is already in and it stays in.
  2. Christian Preischl

    Blu-ray Review James Clavell's Shogun Blu-ray Review

    Anybody else received this with a Candian, bilingual slipcover from Amazon.com directly? (The keepcase underneath is 100% English).
  3. Christian Preischl

    The Avengers (1998) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    This is just one of many Warner distributed preorders that had their preorder removed from the site on or around May 16th (e.g. several versions of 300: Rise of an Empire, LEGO Movie, Time Machine, Vanilla Sky, Looney Tunes Vol. 3 etc etc). No idea what's going on.
  4. Christian Preischl

    Frozen 3D Bungle?!

    Seems to me they're trying something else with their 3d releases after the "Great and Poweful Oz" debacle (no 2d version and no extras in the 3d set). The term "customer-centric" doesn't really seem to be in Disney's vocabulary.
  5. Christian Preischl

    Anyone have problems playing "Dredd"?

    Charles, I have the same player and my initial experience was identical, i.e. the 3D version was oddly flat (you could take off your glasses and notice that there were no visible shifting frames etc., a surefire sign that something is wrong). I then ejected the disc, restarted the player and...
  6. Christian Preischl

    "The Slipper and the Rose" - November Blu release!

    The cover says "Region A" but it played fine on my Region B PS3. :) When I saw this film was being released I expected to receive an "okay" disc at the very best and be fine with it... but it looks waaaay better than I ever would have expected, absolutely stunning. The only problem I noticed...
  7. Christian Preischl

    Mill Creek's Married... With Children rereleases, now with Love and Marriage theme song

    Curious to see what happens with the later seasons. The problem there was that when Sony replaced the "Love and Marriage" song they also redid all the end titles to remove the credit for the song. Not so much a problem in earlier seasons where you would just see a still of the opening sequence...
  8. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Monsters University 3D -- in Blu-ray

    Oppo's statement (taken from their Facebook page) regarding the Total Recall disc was this: "The Total Recall issues are not specific to the player. They are at this time specific to the release as the errors are repeatable on competitor products as well. We are working with Sony to see if...
  9. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Monsters University 3D -- in Blu-ray

    DavidJ, I haven't viewed this disc myself yet but from your description it appears to have the same issues as Brave, Finding Nemo and a few other recent Disney titles containing a Dolby True HD track. I find it very disconcerting that they continue to crank these out despite the issues on...
  10. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Bishop's Wife -- in Blu-ray

    Sigh. Thanks for the heads-up, Eric. That's my preorder cancelled just in time. I've already had to call in for 2 replacements this week (Little Mermaid, with Disney being kind enough to ship the replacement discs to Germany, and Shout's Fist of Fury from the Bruce Lee Box Set, with Shout not...
  11. Christian Preischl

    WHV Press Release: Friday The 13th: The Complete Collection (Blu-ray)

    Given the surprisingly low SRP I have my doubts it'll be real 3D, but I'd love to be proven wrong.
  12. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ House of Cards -- in Blu-ray

    Maybe Storaro went in and "univisiumed" it. ;)
  13. Christian Preischl

    Twilight Time to release The Way We Were

    Just like Philadelphia, this title is being released by Sony themselves in Germany. Release date is June 13. www.amazon.de/So-wie-wir-waren-Blu-ray/dp/B00BLE7FE8/
  14. Christian Preischl

    Sony Mastered in 4K Blu-rays Available For Preorder

    I'm less interested in what Ghostbusters (where the original Blu-ray is already a couple of years old) looks like compared to the old disc and more interested what Taxi Driver (a catalogue title that already got rave reviews in its original incarnation) and Total Recall (a film that has been...
  15. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Argo -- in Blu-ray

    I hate that they replaced the title cards - such as location descriptions and the "Where are they now" type text at the end - with player generated subtitles. They look fine, but particularly with the latter the timing always seems slightly off (the picture already dissolves to the next shot but...
  16. Christian Preischl

    Oliver!!, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Wild One, The China Syndrome. The Age of Innocence, Slee

    I think Philadelphia has already been confirmed as a Twilight Time release in the US, so I guess this is one title where I don't have to worry about it selling out within a few hours like Christine. :) (Plus, hopefully the Sony release will retain the extras from the previous Collector's Edition...
  17. Christian Preischl

    3D Blu-ray Review Monsters, Inc. 3D Blu-ray Review

    Yup, that's pretty much it. All you need to do is change the setup in the player. Still... pretty annoying and it shouldn't be necessary at all.
  18. Christian Preischl

    3D Blu-ray Review Monsters, Inc. 3D Blu-ray Review

    Johnny, I don't own Monsters Inc 3d yet but I'm not surprised to read your post. Several people, including myself, have had similar issues with the Dolby TrueHD 7.1 tracks on Finding Nemo, Brave and Total Recall. The issue seems the same on all three, although only Sony ever gave an official...
  19. Christian Preischl

    Audio problem with Total Recall 2012 blu-ray

    I thought Sony was going to reprint the disc without the "defect". There's info on that over at the Digital Bits (see link below). Incidentally, some people (including myself) are having identical problems with the Blu-rays of "Brave" and "Finding Nemo" (both 3d and 2d versions). Same issues...
  20. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Bonfire of the Vanities -- in Blu-ray

    Thanks for confirming, Nick. Whatever went wrong there, I think it warrants a recall. But considering they probably only sold a hundred of these it doesn't seem very likely. ;)
  21. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Bonfire of the Vanities -- in Blu-ray

    Anybody have a chance to check the scene(s) I mentioned above? I'd be interested to find out what went wrong there.
  22. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Bonfire of the Vanities -- in Blu-ray

    Okay, I just checked the exact spots (sorry for the delay). It happens in chapters 24 and 25. Best bet would be to directly enter chapter 25 and fast forward to the 90 minute mark. That's the beginning of the office room scene and the wobbling and shaking of the image can't be missed.
  23. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Bonfire of the Vanities -- in Blu-ray

    I watched this when it came out and found some weird problems with the transfer. Starting with the scene where Tom Hanks comes home to find there's a huge party going on until the middle of the scene with Bruce Willis in the photocopier room (you know which one I'm talking about) parts of the...
  24. Christian Preischl

    Blu-ray Review Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection Blu-ray Review - Recommended

    Yup, that's how all non-US Universal discs appear to be mastered these days. Doesn't make much sense to me as they still have to master different language menus because of the special features section. Reminds me of the days of DVD when European chapter menus only had chapter numbers under the...
  25. Christian Preischl

    Blu-ray Review Forever Marilyn Blu-ray Review

    Yup Brian, I noticed it too.
  26. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ 2001: A Space Odyssey -- in BD & HD

    These seem to be making a comeback in Germany in on of the biggest multiplex chains. In the past years virtually all the Harry Potters had unplanned intermissions (official argument was that kid's can't sit that long... sure), but in the last 2 years or so they started popping up more and more...
  27. Christian Preischl

    A Few Words About While we wait for A few words about...™ The Newsroom -- in Blu-ray

    I truly hope this show does better than Studio 60 (which I also loved). Sorkin's dialogue flows like music, and it's shows like these that make me happy that I speak English well enough so I can enjoy it as written instead of having to rely on a dub or subtitles.
  28. Christian Preischl

    Interview Exclusive HTF Interview: Gretchen Wayne on the Blu-ray release of Hondo

    Not much of of a surprise there, unfortunately. :( In either case, great interview, although my favorite part comes from the interviewer rather than the interviewee: Pretty much sums it up for me.
  29. Christian Preischl

    The Wild Geese U.K. Import blu-ray

    Hmmm, I'm actually relieved about the delay now.
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