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  1. Matt Stieg

    Blu-ray Review Buster Keaton Collection Blu-ray review

    Has anyone else besides noticed a curious digital anomaly that occurs during a couple of the shorts in the "Short Films Collection?" It affects at least "The Boat" (both versions), "The Paleface," and "The Blacksmith." During those films, whenever the film cuts from one shot to the next, the...
  2. Matt Stieg

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

    My UK set arrived yesterday. Took a look at several of the films and watched the whole of The Invisible Man and all I can say is...wow...just wow. These films just look so beautiful it almost brought a tear to my eye. I never, EVER thought I would see Dracula look as rich and vibrant as it...
  3. Matt Stieg

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

    I find the choice of windowboxing in The Wolf Man to be pretty annoying and questionable given that the previous 2010 Legacy DVD (which was also culled from an HD master no less) was NOT windowboxed. Don't understand why they would feel the need to go back and windowbox a blu-ray release...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Jaws -- in Blu-ray

    Jesus this is frustrating. It seems some markets got a decent amount and other markets got screwed. Here in the Indianapolis area, there's about half a dozen Best Buys and ALL of them sold out day one. Only today did a few more trickle in to SOME of the local stores and AGAIN sold out. On...
  5. Matt Stieg

    Absolute Beginners! Am I the only one?

    Those colors sure would leap off the screen.
  6. Matt Stieg

    3D Creature from the Black Lagoon 3D (1954)

    Even if we don't get it in 3D, is there a chance we can finally get the film in its proper 1.85:1 aspect ratio?
  7. Matt Stieg

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Gold Rush -- in Blu-ray

    So what are the origins of the Killiam version and the other public domain versions that floated around for decades. Are they prints of the original silent version?
  8. Matt Stieg

    "A Fish Called Wanda" Walmart Exclusive Blu-ray

    I agree with the above comment about the audio. The picture quality is what it is and I wasn't terribly disappointed because I wasn't expecting much, and as such I feel it's a worthwhile upgrade over the DVD. But...the 5.1 mix is JUST...PLAIN...AWFUL. The dialogue just sounds so tinny and warbly...
  9. Matt Stieg

    Vivendi and RHI Press Release: Laurel & Hardy: The Essential Collection

    This is some of the best home video news ever.
  10. Matt Stieg

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World -- in Blu-ray

    Mr. Harris, if I may ask what exactly DID you and the techs do? I mean, there definitely IS an audio sync on this blu-ray, but it's certainly not unique and I've seen many other blu-rays and DVDs with similar problems. Like I said in my earlier post, my Pioneer receiver has an audio delay that...
  11. Matt Stieg

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World -- in Blu-ray

    Well, there is most definitely a sync issue. I didn't watch the whole movie last night but I watched a little of the beginning and a little towards the end. The later scenes are definitely a little out of sync (audio slightly ahead of the video). BUT, this is most definitely NOT the first...
  12. Matt Stieg

    Mr. Finn- Are we getting more TODD-AO blurays in the future?

    I think there were rumors a couple of years ago about both The Agony and the Ecstasy and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines coming out on blu, but they seemed to have disappeared. Perhaps Fox is still working on them.
  13. Matt Stieg

    'Catch-Up' titles - Released HD-DVDs that have yet to get a Blu-ray release (US Only)

    Brandon, Universal originally released Monty Python's The Meaning of Life on HD-DVD but have yet to release it on blu-ray, and I don't see it on your list.
  14. Matt Stieg

    Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr. coming from Kino!

    Kino has the blu-ray on their website with extras listings; the biggie is a complete ALTERNATE version of the film with alternate takes! Wow. I mean, this just seems like big news for the silent film world. Major disappointment imo, however, is the now exclusion of Gaylord Carter's...
  15. Matt Stieg

    WARNER HOME VIDEO ANNOUNCES NEW MORATORIUMS FOR 2010: Citizen Kane and Ben-Hur

    Any murmurs of rumblings regarding The Magnificent Ambersons? I really hope we don't have to wait til 2012...
  16. Matt Stieg

    Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr. coming from Kino!

    http://www.classicflix.com/kino-steamboat-bill-ultimate-bluray-plus-lost-keaton-a-726.html I love this movie so much, I think I might buy the DVD set as well, just for the completist junkie in me.
  17. Matt Stieg

    King Kong (1933) Blu-Ray

    Man, I hope this is for real and Maltin isn't just talking out his ass.
  18. Matt Stieg

    Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr. coming from Kino!

    It looks like Kino might be coming out with Steamboat Bill, Jr. I must say I'm totally blind-sided by this because I think most of us were expecting the Our Hospitality/Sherlock, Jr. double feature to be the next Keaton blu, but this news has me stoked as Steamboat Bill is not only my favorite...
  19. Matt Stieg

    Buster Keaton Educational Set 7/6/10

    Well, looks like I'm getting my wish concerning Steamboat Bill, Jr. http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Steamboat-Bill-Jr-Blu-ray/10926/ Awesome!
  20. Matt Stieg

    Buster Keaton Educational Set 7/6/10

    It would be even better if they came out as pressed discs! Anyway, cool news about the Educational set, I've been looking forward to official releases of these for a long time. Hopefully we'll also be getting more Keaton on blu (Our Hospitality and Sherlock, Jr. are rumored, but I would really...
  21. Matt Stieg

    Thanks For FOX!!

    Has anyone heard any updates regarding The Agony and the Ecstasy and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines?
  22. Matt Stieg

    Laurel and Hardy shorts on dvd?

    According to a post from July 29, 2009 on the official Laurel & Hardy website, Genius and RHI are apparently working on a set similar to the Little Rascals set from a couple of years ago that is supposed to come out in the fall of '10. I haven't heard anything since that post.
  23. Matt Stieg

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The African Queen -- in Blu-ray

    I just wanted to chime in and say that I think Allan Gray's score is absolutely wonderful! The score does make itself known, but I don't feel in an obtrusive manner. I mean hell, it actually backs off during the opening credits and just lets the sound take over...how many films from this time...
  24. Matt Stieg

    Favorite Paramount Film Character Thread

    Ransom Stoddard (Jimmy Stewart) in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/288031/htf-dvd-review-the-man-who-shot-liberty-valance-centennial-collection-recommended
  25. Matt Stieg

    mastered in HD--why no blu-ray?

    So I understand it's pretty common practice these days to remaster new DVD releases of older films in HD. So why is that the studios don't release a simultaneous blu-ray release? Is it really that cost prohibitive to manufacture blu-rays? The new Wolf Man special edition from Universal looks...
  26. Matt Stieg

    Universal Vault Series - Amazon.com exclusive DVD-Rs

    How is that boutique labels like Kino, Criterion, Image, Blue Underground and others can manage to survive but the studios act like no one wants to buy old movies?
  27. Matt Stieg

    The fat lady may sing, but she needs to lose weight (or how can I see 4x3 on my Sony 40S5100?)

    Connect component video out from the DVD player to the TV (I assume your TV has component inputs, so you can use those, if not then just use the yellow composite video connection). Connect optical digital audio out from the DVD player to the CT-500. Make the CT-500 and TV are set to the...
  28. Matt Stieg

    Several hundred Warner DVDs are going OOP

    Found this on DVDTalk: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/hd-talk/563046-b-w-classics-wb-works.html If you look at a lot of DVDs of older films they often say "remastered in high definition."** I'm assuming that means an actual high definition master is made and therefore exists and should there not...
  29. Matt Stieg

    Universal Cult Horrors Collection 10/15/2009

    Is it possible to utilize the old VHS/laserdisc transfer? While it wouldn't yield the most satisfactory results, it would be better than nothing. I think Universal originally used their old video transfers for the old '01 double feature DVDs and, while they didn't look that great, they didn't...
  30. Matt Stieg

    How Black & White Should Black & White Movies Be?

    I have one of the new '09 LG LCD models, and to my eyes it (as well as other LCDs I've seen) give black and white films a sort of greenish-hue. I too have found that the dynamic contrast setting as well as playing with the gamma can help. Don't set the DC on full, though, because then you're...
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