Posted on 06/02/2008 2:40:19 PM PDT by Las Vegas Dave
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The Special Edition DVD of The Longest Day is not at all sharp. I'd love to see the Blu-ray, but not til prices on players and discs come down. I do not regret my HD DVD purchase (HD A3), because it was cheap. I quickly amassed a collection of 50 HD discs for little money. I'd love to watch the Blu-rays of The Longest Day and Patton, but not for $30 per title, and not for $300 (minimum) for a decent Blu-ray player.
I am intrigued by the notion of better upscaling players. I know they can never look as good as HD DVD and Blu-Ray, but I do have ton of SD DVDs I'd like to see in trhe best possible way without rebuying them (expensively) on Blu-ray.
Having a long memory, and Toshiba’s stunt back during the Reagan admin, I wouldn’t buy as electronic device from Toshiba if it turned lead into gold.
I agree, MonstersHD is a great channel - true HD in OAR, no commercials, and a nice library of films seldom seen since the old Chiller Theater shown on Saturdays back in the ‘60s (even then I was addicted to the ‘giant creepy-crawlies attack the world’ genre). The “new” Chiller channel that Dish now offers is not in HD, has commercial interruptions, and the films are butchered with cuts for content and length and not in OAR - as a “replacement” for MonstersHD it’s an insult.
I’m missing some of the other Voom channels as well - Rave is great, and I’ll confess to some hours spent watching Ultra, too - hot models slinking down the runway in skimpy outfits? Oh, yeah!
But the point is that Voom offered great content never (or rarely) available on any other channel...and in HD to boot. Dish made a huge mistake trying to game the system to get a better deal - with Direct offering even more HD programming (like Speed, which I’d love to have in HD), and Dish no longer differentiating itself with Voom’s unique programming, there simply is no reason to choose Dish over Direct.
I second the Monoprice recommendation - high quality at a really affordable price (you’ll save tons over even the cheapest stuff at BB or CC), and great customer service. I began buying my computer cabling from Monoprice, too, and save anywhere from 50% to 90% over what I can buy locally.
Toshiba executives hinted that it would soon release a standard-def DVD player that could compete with Blu-ray rather than endorse its rival.Thanks LVD.
Patton looks outstanding, really great. On closeups it’s almost as if you could reach into the screen and touch the actors.
I also like the Monsters channel. They not only had classic monster flicks, but also kitschy, campy ones that were fun as well. I think I would have liked the VOOM Movies channel it it had been offered for more than the week or so I had it.
I may seriously look at jumping ship and going over to Direct TV after this stunt pulled by DiSH. Hardly any of the "new" HD channels are worthwhile. Man, I sure wish TCM would go HD!
More sour grapes from Toshiba. We lost and now we SUC (Super Up Convert). So Toshiba will sell me a DVD player that is not High Def, but if they tell enough people that it is good enough it must be true. Was the CEO of Toshiba part of the Sore/Loserman ticket?
That’s stupid. Cuz the HD DVD has the alternate ending and that’s the format we own it on.
>>That’s stupid. Cuz the HD DVD has the alternate ending and that’s the format we own it on.<<
Lots of things on the DVDs aren’t on Blu-Ray.
That’s why I won’t buy another Blu-Ray until they start including more than the DVDs.
Excluding Hairspray (the ultimate blu-ray in extras over the DVD), Enchanted and Superman Returns, Blu-ray suck for Special Features.
>>How is the Iron Man game?<<
Sorry this took so long.
According to Dad, kinda lame.
But I love watching him play.
Toshiba makes great products. The first VCR I ever bought was a Toshiba. It worked great, was easier to use than anything since. However, when they sold our submarine prop technology to Ivan I swore I would never buy Toshiba again. There was a time when betrayal of the US was more important than the latest entertainment gadget. Call me old fashioned, other have.
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