HIGHDEFJUNKIES FORUM http://www.highdefjunkies.com/ High Def Junkies is a High Definition message board. en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:11:54 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.highdefjunkies.com/images/misc/rss.png HIGHDEFJUNKIES FORUM http://www.highdefjunkies.com/ Blu-ray Releases for September 7, 2010 http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7374-Blu-ray-Releases-for-September-7-2010&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:50:28 GMT *_September 7, 2010_* Image: http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh157/bravestime/BD%20Cover%20Art/9-7-10/B002N5N5SY01_AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg Image:... September 7, 2010









6-Film Horror BluRay Collection: Salvage / Mortuary / The Final Patient / Salem Witch Trials / Haunting of Winchester House / I Am Omega (Echo Bridge Entertainment)
All I Ever Wanted: The Airborne Toxic Event Live from Walt Disney Concert Hall (Island/Mercury)
Being Michael Madsen (Elevation)
The Black Dahlia (Universal)
Blood into Wine (Channel Resources)
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (Walt Disney Video)
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Warner)
Chuck: The Complete Third Season (Warner)
In Cold Blood (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Dog Pound (Ais)
That Evening Sun (Image Entertainment)
Forbidden Planet (Warner Home Video)
Hatchet (Anchor Bay)
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Warner)
Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale (Image Entertainment)
Killers (Lionsgate)
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (Screen Media)
Lost in Space (Warner Home Video)
MacGruber (Universal)
Mars Attacks! (Warner Home Video)
Matrix Reloaded (Warner Home Video)
Megadeth: Rust in Peace Live (Shout Factory)
Numb (Image Entertainment)
The Office: Season Six (Universal)
Phantom (Rhi Entertainment)
The Player (Warner Home Video)
Poltergeist (Warner)
Pulse (Weinstein Company)
A Scanner Darkly (Warner)
Scotland Revealed / Scotland's Winter Wonderland (BFS Entertainment)
The Skeleton Key (Universal)
Smallville: The Complete Ninth Season (Warner)
Solitary Man (Starz / Anchor Bay)
Starcrash (Shout Factory)
Stardust (Paramount)
Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season (Warner)
Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue (Lionsgate)
THX 1138: Director's Cut(Warner Home Video)
Tommy (Sony)
UFC Presents: The Best of WEC (Image Entertainment)
Wonders of the Solar System (Warner)
Yoga During Pregnancy: Without Prior Experience (Lichtung Media Ltd)
Yoga During Pregnancy: With Prior Experience (Lichtung Media Ltd) ]]> GENERAL BLU RAY DISCUSSIONS bravestime http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7374-Blu-ray-Releases-for-September-7-2010 <![CDATA['The American' closes out a confusing summer movie season]]> http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7373-The-American-closes-out-a-confusing-summer-movie-season&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:12:54 GMT http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/...+-+Top+Stories)

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How you view Hollywood's summer movies depends largely on how you measure success.
If you're a dollars-and-cents fan, summer 2010 marked a new record for revenues, with $4.35 billion in ticket sales in the USA and Canada, according to Hollywood.com.

But if you measure the health of the industry by how many people actually go see movies, things aren't so rosy. Attendance this summer was 552 million, the lowest total since 1997.

Hollywood didn't

Let's see:

*) It roughly costs me $40, for my wife and I to go, and have drinks and a snack.

*) A Blu-ray costs me about $21 from Amazon, for one I care about, a shit movie (most of em) costs me $1.65 at Redbox.

*) I don't have people who talk to each other, and/or answer cell phones at home

*) IMO, my sound system is better, because I dont keep it low enough to hear things around me, like the theater does

*) My HT setup cost me roughly $6000, so why do I even care about the theater

Seriously, the theater was great every week when I could take my date, and enjoy it for less than $20, and then if I really liked the flick, Id buy it on DVD (they made more off me when they let me see it for a decent price before I decided to buy it). Now, I pretty much take the chance on eye candy movies and buy them, the rest are mailed to me for rental, or picked up at Redbox. The theaters priced themselves outta the competition. Then, it took them for ever to upgrade to digital projection, and the last few Ive used keep the sound so low, I have no choice but to hear douche bag A rustling his skittles bag, douche bag B talking on the phone, douche bag C telling his friends "watch this" because he's already seen the movie, and then there is douche bag D, kicking my seat.

Start selling Blu-rays the day a movie comes out, and let the cards fall where they may. My theater attendance has dropped every year, over the last 3 or 4. Last year, I probably did 6 (most were films on a bigass Imax screen, and they are worth the dough), this year we have done 1, and it was by accident (had tix for a free showing but we were late). I doubt Ill see another this year, and my goal next year is ZERO. ]]> elwaylite http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7373-The-American-closes-out-a-confusing-summer-movie-season $20 GC with Halo Reach preorder at Best Buy http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7371-20-GC-with-Halo-Reach-preorder-at-Best-Buy&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:53:15 GMT FYI

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....at220500050003 ]]> Ntruder http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7371-20-GC-with-Halo-Reach-preorder-at-Best-Buy Frozen Review http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7370-Frozen-Review&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:47:20 GMT Attachment 3232

A thrilling piece of survival horror, so tense that you almost hope for some down time. A great concept has three people stuck on a ski lift, with no employees around for an entire week.

A bland looking film, with flat photography. Colors are pale, blacks are fine, but fine detail never kicks in like it should.

A rather robust audio mix offers wind, falling snow, and hungry wolves passing through the soundfield. A hefty soundtrack is nicely done too.

Two commentaries and a series of featurettes that are more or less one documentary make up the excellent bonus features.

Full review:

http://www.doblu.com/2010/09/05/frozen-2010-review/
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]]> DOBLU OFFICIAL BLU RAY REVIEWS Matt Paprocki http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7370-Frozen-Review <![CDATA[A "Today's Posts" button?]]> http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7369-A-quot-Today-s-Posts-quot-button&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:33:53 GMT I see we have "New Posts", but what about "Today's Posts", those that were posted in the past 24 hours. Once you look at a new post it is gone from the list, but it's there in Today's posts until 24 hours after the last post. Sometimes you don't want to post in a thread until later, not always right after you open the thread.

Maybe it is there and I'm just missing it? ]]> SUGGESTION/QUESTIONS/ISSUES Smallville http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7369-A-quot-Today-s-Posts-quot-button I love my Slingbox Solo http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7366-I-love-my-Slingbox-Solo&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:28:55 GMT It had been stowed away for awhile, but now that I work every other Sat, I broke it out for Fball. Watched a lot of the game today, streamed from my... It had been stowed away for awhile, but now that I work every other Sat, I broke it out for Fball. Watched a lot of the game today, streamed from my Bedroom DVR.
Bananasmiley_42 ]]> elwaylite http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7366-I-love-my-Slingbox-Solo Deep Blue Sea Review http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7365-Deep-Blue-Sea-Review&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:49:26 GMT Attachment 3227

A wonderful, crazy, and fast-paced creature feature, loaded with explosions, gore, and awful CG sharks. It doesn't get much better.

A remarkable transfer in close, producing some of the best close-ups you'll probably ever see on this format. Staggering detail. Unfortunately, all of the stuff when the camera pulls back is pretty rough, with softness and black crush.

A rousing audio effort, from the constant stream of splashing water, rain, thunder, and explosions. Powerful bass, aggressive surrounds, and wonderful fidelity.

A commentary, two featurettes, and deleted scenes round out the extras.

Full review:

http://www.doblu.com/2010/09/04/deep-blue-sea-review/
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Looking at this list, we will be recording 26 hours just off the TiVo/OTA. Then I gotta add in Satellite programming... ]]> elwaylite http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7364-2010-Fall-TV-Calendar <![CDATA[The Panasonic TC-P*VT25 Owner's Discussion Thread]]> http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7363-The-Panasonic-TC-P*VT25-Owner-s-Discussion-Thread&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:32:20 GMT Hello,

Wanted to get together with fellow owners of the Panasonic VT25 series. Had the TC-P58VT25 for a couple days now and it's my first plasma. She is certainly perdy and I'm not sure what to do (don't want to mess it up) with the settings and initial burn-in period. Any help from felllow owners and junkies is greatly appreciated.


PS. This is no disrepect to the existing The Official Panasonic Viera VT25 Series Thread and the Panasonic 65VT25 Review by Chad B thread. They have been a major influence in my purchase decision.

Your ol' Pal,
Barney ]]> PLASMA (PDP) DISPLAYS Barney_DaPurple1 http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7363-The-Panasonic-TC-P*VT25-Owner-s-Discussion-Thread Ridley Scott Wants to Top Avatar with Alien Prequels http://www.highdefjunkies.com/showthread.php?7362-Ridley-Scott-Wants-to-Top-Avatar-with-Alien-Prequels&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:45:23 GMT
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If you're thinking the Alien prequels will be along the lines of the latter Alien films, think again. Scott is eyeing more of a grandiose Avatar presentation which would naturally be required if the film revolves around the ginormous Space Jockeys. "Jim's raised the bar and I've got to jump to it," he says in reference to James Cameron's Avatar. "He's not going to get away with it."
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