Post by ratscabies on Dec 24, 2008 11:13:51 GMT -4
I just found this thread. My people....
Nothing really substantive to add, I guess. I traded in my Buffy sets for the big box, just so I could get the exclusive features disc. Ditto for Alias.
I started out buying DVDs because my track record for returning VHS and Laser Disc rentals was so expensive, buying the DVD right out of the gate saved me hundreds of dollars a year.
I STILL prefer watching the Star Wars trilogy on the laserdisc version. The sound is so much better, and I simply cannot figure out why. The opening sequence of the rebel ship being chased by Vader's ship is stunning on laserdisc. The engine roar starts low in the rear speakers, and I swear moves over your head as the ships come down from the top of the screen. None of the DVD sets do that (at least not on my system), nor did the $10 million remix of the re-released theatrical version. I went to 2 different theatres on opening day of the Star Wars re-release, and was pissed. I left the first theatre during the medal scene at the end to drive across town to a different theatre that was also supposed to be a THX theatre, and the sound was no better. My casual surround set up in my living room trounced the professionally constructed theatre system? Really? The first time I watched the Star Wars laser disc, my dad came out of his bedroom and told me I was not allowed to watch the movie after 10 o'clock anymore. The subs were rattling the windows, kids! Awesome. I may dig it out again later today. From the Fox fanfare to the first appearance of Vader is one of the longest chills/hair on the neck raising sequences ever, and its all about the SOUND.
Huntergrayson, did you ever do your count? I share your pain, without the justification of film school. This is SOME of my TV DVDs. There is a shelf above and below what's shown with TV on them now, and there are 3 shelves of music DVDs below that. There are at least three concentrations of movies around the house, and the porn may dwarf the mainstream stuff.
I also still own/buy/listen to vinyl as well. I think I still have almost every record I have ever bought.
As to the Blu-Ray format? Fuck 'em. I bought Beta. My first computer was an Atari Mega 2. I dove in and bought an entirely new stereo system so I could have separate players for SACD and DVD-Audio. I will not do it again. I think I might actually prefer the low res, analog picture on my TV, unless it's sweeping views of the Irish countryside. My standard res DVD of Santa Baby already reveals to many flaws/wrinkles in Jenny McCarthy's face. I don't WANT to see it in High Def. I prefer her to be perkily pretty. The digital media on display in the Star Wars prequels was kinda hard to watch. You guys have big budgets. Shoot on Kodachrome, for fuck's sake. I have no interest in seeing if the Blu-ray discs reveal the stretch-marks on Tera Patricks ass, either.
Nothing really substantive to add, I guess. I traded in my Buffy sets for the big box, just so I could get the exclusive features disc. Ditto for Alias.
I started out buying DVDs because my track record for returning VHS and Laser Disc rentals was so expensive, buying the DVD right out of the gate saved me hundreds of dollars a year.
I STILL prefer watching the Star Wars trilogy on the laserdisc version. The sound is so much better, and I simply cannot figure out why. The opening sequence of the rebel ship being chased by Vader's ship is stunning on laserdisc. The engine roar starts low in the rear speakers, and I swear moves over your head as the ships come down from the top of the screen. None of the DVD sets do that (at least not on my system), nor did the $10 million remix of the re-released theatrical version. I went to 2 different theatres on opening day of the Star Wars re-release, and was pissed. I left the first theatre during the medal scene at the end to drive across town to a different theatre that was also supposed to be a THX theatre, and the sound was no better. My casual surround set up in my living room trounced the professionally constructed theatre system? Really? The first time I watched the Star Wars laser disc, my dad came out of his bedroom and told me I was not allowed to watch the movie after 10 o'clock anymore. The subs were rattling the windows, kids! Awesome. I may dig it out again later today. From the Fox fanfare to the first appearance of Vader is one of the longest chills/hair on the neck raising sequences ever, and its all about the SOUND.
Huntergrayson, did you ever do your count? I share your pain, without the justification of film school. This is SOME of my TV DVDs. There is a shelf above and below what's shown with TV on them now, and there are 3 shelves of music DVDs below that. There are at least three concentrations of movies around the house, and the porn may dwarf the mainstream stuff.
I also still own/buy/listen to vinyl as well. I think I still have almost every record I have ever bought.
As to the Blu-Ray format? Fuck 'em. I bought Beta. My first computer was an Atari Mega 2. I dove in and bought an entirely new stereo system so I could have separate players for SACD and DVD-Audio. I will not do it again. I think I might actually prefer the low res, analog picture on my TV, unless it's sweeping views of the Irish countryside. My standard res DVD of Santa Baby already reveals to many flaws/wrinkles in Jenny McCarthy's face. I don't WANT to see it in High Def. I prefer her to be perkily pretty. The digital media on display in the Star Wars prequels was kinda hard to watch. You guys have big budgets. Shoot on Kodachrome, for fuck's sake. I have no interest in seeing if the Blu-ray discs reveal the stretch-marks on Tera Patricks ass, either.
