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  1. Elphaba

    Official Panasonic DMP-BD10 Blu-Ray player thread

    I have a question, or really an issue with playback quality. My gear: Blu-Ray: DMP-BD10AK X-Box 360 Reciever: Yamaha VS-X661 TV: Philips 47PFL7432* The Blu-Ray player and X-Box are hooked into the reciever's two HDMI inputs, and it's hooked to the TV's HDMI input. Any and every...
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    Do Ya Dye?

    Both are correct. Gray is more common in the US, and grey in the UK, but both are equally correct.
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    Am I a philistine for doing this?

    I get this and I generally agree, with only a few exceptions. One obvious one is Disney's live action movies in the 70's, usually those starring Kurt Russel or Don Knotts. Disney's TV show was a big moneymaker at the time, so many of these movies were designed for a quick theatrical release...
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    How do you organize your collection?

    First by genre, then subgenre if needed, with movies within a genre organized in alphabetical order and related sets kept together in chronological order; a related set might be a director or a set of related discs. Foreign movies are organized by country, then alphabetical order, with related...
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    Am I a philistine for doing this?

    OK, so I'm somewhat of a purist when it comes to watching movies at home. I want them as close as possible to the look of the theatrical versions. No colorization, no edge enhancement, blacks a little more gray than for broadcast TV shows. And most of all, original aspect ratio, or at least...
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    GRINDHOUSE DVDs (Death Proof & Planet Terror) any decent pics online from Comic-Con?

    I'm very disappointed that this isn't the theatrical cut. Extended editions are wonderful for those who like that sort of thing, but there's just no good excuse for not releasing a copy of the theatrical cut. I'm somewhat of a purist--I want to try to get as close to the theatrical experience as...
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    LPCM uncompressed/Dolby True HD/ DTS HD

    I just wanted to make sure I understand my connections and settings correctly. I have a Panasonic DMP-BD10A hooked up to a Yamaha RX-V661 receiver using an HDMI cable. I had previously been using an optical digital audio cable, but wasn't getting the HD audio I wanted, so I got another...
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    In an hour and a half, my thirties are GONE!!!! :(

    Congratulations! 40 isn't so bad. My first year in my 40's has so far been a good bit better than my 20s and 30s were.
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    Do Ya Dye?

    I'm not a guy, but I do have mine dyed. I'm not going gray yet at 40, but my natural hair color is this awful mousy color in between blonde and brown, so I get it darkened to a nice chestnut.
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    Bionic Woman season 1 thread

    It depends on the quality of the show. Battlestar Galactica is pretty dark most of the time, as was the X-Files, and at least a few of the more acclaimed cable shows (The Shield, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Oz, etc.). I doubt it'll compare in quality to Buffy, but few TV shows compare to Buffy...
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    Bionic Woman season 1 thread

    I was thinking it looked like an adult, sci-fi version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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    Track the Films You Watch (2007)

    The Bourne Ultimatum :star: :star: I was an AV nerd in high school. One of the things the AV people did was tape ball games, basketball, football, volleyball. At one point we had a couple of guys assigned to tape a volleyball game. A volleyball game is remarkably easy to tape--put the camera...
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    Track the Films You Watch (2007)

    Man of the Year :star: :star: 1/2 Ever see a movie and discover that the commercials completely misrepresented the content, tone, or other key element of the movie? Bridge to Terabithia is a good recent example. Man of the Year is another. Going by the commercials, you'd think it to be a...
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    What is it about the internet that brings out such awful feelings in people?

    I think that, in addition to anonymity factor and there being no consequences of any kind, there's a fundamental difference between spoken and written communication. Tone can be very difficult to read on the internet. An attempt at irony that might be clear from one's body language, tone of...
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    Do you get perforated toilet paper at work?

    Nope. Cheap bulk single ply paper. I bring my own good stuff and store it in the cabinet. I also decorated the toilet with a couple of plants and some potpourri, to make things a little more pleasant.
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    Track the Films You Watch (2007)

    Re: Revisits vs. New: I'm kinda in the middle here as well. Most movies I see are worth one time, and then I move on. Some I'll come back to for a second look, just to see what I was missing the first time through, or to enjoy a decent commentary. Fight Club is a good example here. Most...
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    Track the Films You Watch (2007)

    Oops again. Same as above.
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    Track the Films You Watch (2007)

    Oops. Triple post. I'll edit my next movie review into here.
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    Track the Films You Watch (2007)

    Fracture :star: :star: :star: Anthony Hopkins is a rich man, a meticulous engineer with a much younger wife who discovers her having an affair, kills her, confesses to the police when they come to investigate, and later signs a confession. It seems an open and shut case, so much so that Ryan...
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    Track the Films You Watch (2007)

    300 :star: :star: 1/2 Make no mistake, this isn't a film about the 300 Spartans. It's Frank Miller's 300 brought to live. It dispenses with any pretense of having any degree of historical accuracy, which is fine, as it's not a historical record, but a light action movie. As such, it...
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    Track the Films You Watch (2007)

    Deja Vu :star: :star: 1/2 This would be three stars if the movie had continued down the path it started on and stayed on for the first two thirds, but a predictable misstep in the third act and merely competent ending bring things down. ATF agent Denzel Washington is called in to investigate...
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    Ratatouille BD

    Wonderful news. I'm hoping this means Disney/Pixar will be pushing their catalog titles soon, especially the Toy Story movies and The Incredibles.
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    Why do studios release pan and scan DVDs in 2007?

    It isn't really level of intelligence as it is level of knowledge and degree of involvement. We're enthusiasts. To many of us, this is both an issue of artistic integrity and of replicating the theater experience. Most people simply don't care about these issues as much as we do. They...
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    Audio/video synch with LCD HDTV; subwoofer crossover

    Thank you. I lowered the crossover, tested it with the sub crossover test on the THX optimizer on the T2 disc, and found I couldn't localize the sub once it hit 110.
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    Audio/video synch with LCD HDTV; subwoofer crossover

    Ok, I read somewhere (and can't find it right now) that when hooking up a DVD player, surround sound receiver, and LCD tv, that there is sometimes a small problem with the audio sychronizing properly with the video due to the LCD taking some time to process the video signal. My equipment...
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    Blu-ray owners: What Blu-Ray Players do you have?

    Panasonic DMP-10A I'm happy with just about everything about this player except the remote, which is remarkably clunky and non-intuitive for an otherwise nice machine.
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    What is the best way to connect everything?

    Thanks, Bob and George. My floor covering is Flor carpet squares, so anywhere I put the subwoofer is going to be on a square of carpet with a rubber back. :) I'm going to try the subwoofer in the spot I'd planned and see how it sounds. There's a short wall between the front door and the...
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    What is the best way to connect everything?

    Thanks, Bob! I'll use my speaker wire when I get around to hooking up the sound system tomorrow. Sorry about having so many questions ;). I get verbose when I'm excited. I got my tv stand assembled, attached the base to the TV, updated the firmware on the TV, hooked up the BD player with...
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    Popeye the Sailor: Volume 1 (1933-1938) 7/31

    I got mine at Hastings this afternoon for $49.99. Haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but I'm hoping to have everything ready to go by tomorrow afternoon.
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    What is the best way to connect everything?

    First, thank you all for the help you gave me in choosing things. I have all my gear here, and I am giddy as a schoolgirl. It's still in boxes. I'll be getting the stand assembled tomorrow and then it will be time to connect everything. These are what I have: TV: Philips 42PFL7432D/37...
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