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One great series - Secret Army - has been saved and is already on DVD (2 of the 3 seasons so far) - true it was late 70's - and hopefully passed the UK 'tape-film burning years' (they would have loved Hitler). But it's R2 - maybe has had some exposure in US via Canada. It's about the Belgian...

Can't really be true. The BBC itself did "The Office" and the term used throughout with direct meaning.

TT: Please drop the other shoe :) and mention brands and sources you might know about Thanks

Are JVC and Toshiba actually making factory-released multi-region players? My understanding is that the DVD Forum has been very strict on restricting DVD units to be sold only as SINGLE region players - and as these two manufacturers are charter members of this 'cartel' I am wondering. Also -...

The PAL converter will NOT, on its own, allow the unit to play R2 DVD's - if the unit is R1. What's the case?

Realistic - flat - whatever you want to call it If a saxophone was the original instrument - I want to hear it in my home - do what you what you need to to get that! Yes - 'monkeying' means doing things other than getting realistic results - FLAT refers to the performance of the equipment...

My point if there is any other criterion besides an attempt at accuracy - and anything else but an attempt at 'flat' amps and speakers - you have to have the 57 varieties in YOUR OWN ROOM! I have NEVER been talking about the number of brands on the market! I have rather insisted - and...

Sorry if I left an understanding that I was expecting studios to use universal microphones. I have never heard of such a pro microphone - so I was supposed to be leaving the thought that studios select the proper microphone for the proper use and then PROPERLY mix them to a flat signal - the...

True enough for those 'unknown' sounds. But human voices, usual cars, telephone rings, film music, and such - when accurately reproduced draw you into the film. And as far as surround sound goes - I am really disappointed why natural surround sounds are not used more. As I pointed out - 'The...

Sorry for any misunderstanding - I was referring to those who probably are spending $800-1500 total. But there also is a huge number of people buying the HTIB stuff that SURELY have a much better stereo system already on the shelf but have been sucked into the 'format' scam. +++ Re the...

No - I've been saying I want to stick with the steak. :) Actually the main reason for so many brands of speakers is the low-cost threshold for market entry. Manufacturing a few hundred speaker enclosures is enough to have a brand. And I do seriously think the only logical way to approach...

Just like there are many more brands of ketchup than cattle.

Well - in the same vein - there should be - when using both music and film sources: Door-slamming speakers Train whistle speakers Grand piano speakers V-8 Engine speakers Cymbal speakers Woman Screaming speakers Clarinet speakers Need I say 'etcetera' ++ The answer to your...

I have no argument with surround systems as such - I enjoy my Outlaw 1050 very, very much. (Although I really do wonder why so much material is sold with 5.1 on the cover but nothing 'inside' - eg The Sopranos 1-3) I DO have an argument with systems that forego all the great sound...

I had not been referring to any specific posts - just a line of comment that has existed over the last years. And mainly it is a question of comment being that some particular piece of equipment is good enough for films but not for music. This to me is pure nonsense. I do not go along with...

Throughout the forum I see references to the idea that there are 'film' pieces of equipment on the one hand and 'music' equipment on the other I don't really see any sense to this if one understands what the words 'high fidelity' actually mean . ALL sounds are supposed to be accurately...