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tunenut

In Reply to: RE: new to forum, what's up? posted by racerguy on December 06, 2007 at 10:33:10

Having gone through the hirez "format war," I am reminded that those who forget history are condemned to repeat it. It certainly seems to be repeating itself here. The same corporations, some of the same vocal proponents (with intact corporate allegiances), the same stridency and puffery. It's interesting to see the battle has moved to a different arena. In this case, I'm on the sidelines, without HDTV, with no plans to get HDTV.

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The journey may ultimately take us nowhere, but what a ride! - 4season 10:49:06 12/09/07 (1)
(speaking of HD DVD and Blu-Ray, not HDTV itself, whose future is pretty much assured by government mandate)
Have you never taken a chance on something with an iffy or nebulous future, simply because it looked interesting? The future doesn't come with a money-back guarantee.
Fellini in high-def may not be a reality yet, and there's nary a Fritz Lang movie to be found, but IMO, there are still worthwhile movies to be seen:
Being John Malkovich
Stranger Than Fiction
Goodfellas
Reservoir Dogs
Casablanca
The Usual Suspects
Lost In Translation
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
The Big Lebowski
12 Monkeys
Speed
Casablanca was a bit of a shock because the movie looks like it was made yesterday, and it got me to thinking that I was seeing it like it maybe hasn't been seen since it was new.

Edits: 12/09/07
- good recommendations - tunenut 18:45:28 12/11/07 (0)
  I took a chance on SACD when there were only about 100 titles available, so yes, I have done that.
  
  I'm just not much for video in general, thus no HD screen. Despite that, I do buy DVDs that I watch on my 24 inch CRT. And you've picked out some good ones. Here are my comments:
  
  Being John Malkovitch, clever and would deserve another viewing.
  Stranger than Fiction, saw it in theater, good, probably won't see again.
  Goodfellas, one for the permanent collection, don't have it.
  Reservoir Dogs, have it on DVD, would get it on HD.
  Casablanca, an all time favorite, would get it on HD.
  Usual Suspects, a personal favorite, got it on DVD, would get it on HD.
  Lost in Translation, liked it in the theater, but probably don't need to see it again.
  Eternal Sunshine, also saw it, don't plan to see it again.
  Big Lebowski, got it on DVD, would get it on HD.
  12 Monkeys, just OK for me, not one to collect.
  Speed, very minor for me, don't plan to see it again.
  
  So I know there are a few out that would tempt me. Not enough I am afraid right now.
  
  OTOH, I just got the Peckinpah box set on DVD and will probably watch Ride the High Country tonight.
HDTV Will Be Forced Upon The Consumers Soon - Robertc88 03:35:45 12/08/07 (2)
Unless they want to watch TV with black bars all the time! :)
- I will apparently be forced to digital... - tunenut 13:55:28 12/08/07 (0)
  and I may well buy an HDTV screen as part of the move, as I probably will get cable or satellite for the first time. And if so, I will probably check out the choices on bluray and HD-DVD to see whether I want one or both. But this is all very low priority for me. Here is why. I love to watch movies in theaters on film. This is much higher resolution than any consumer video format. Once I've seen a movie in a theater, and there are few I miss unless I choose to miss them, then I've seen it. There just are not very many movies I want to watch more than once. I have collected directors like Bergman and Fellini on DVD- I do enjoy their work repeatedly. I also collect film noir. But almost none of the DVDs I own are likely to be available on these new formats. I couldn't care less about Pirates 3- I was dragged to that and it was easily the worst movie I've seen this year. I couldn't care less about Transformers or all these other special effects movies that I chose not to see in theaters. I liked Disturbia a lot, but probably not enough to ever see it again. Same with Superbad. Death At a Funeral is one I will get on DVD. Will it come out on HD or bluray? Not likely.
- Just because it's digital doesn't mean there won't be black bars - racerguy 08:11:16 12/08/07 (0)
  The mandate to switch isn't to switch to High Definition or widescreen; it's merely to switch from analog broadcasts to digital broadcasts. Nothing will force any program content that's currently in 4:3 to switch to 16:9. Nothing will force higher resolutions.
  
  So - people with 4:3 screens will see black bars on widescreen content; people with 16:9 screens will see black bars on 4:3 content. Same as it ever was.

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