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Paranoid android
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Paranoid android
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BTW Daniel, have you actually got an HD spinner yet? I can't quite remember! And do you do anything else apart from study the HD disc market?!!!  I'll answer these questions in reverse. Yes, but it`s the other happenings in my life that are the reason for constant delays in being able to finally get a player and a new TV. I'm making slightly better progress mind you, still with an eye for having the room refurbished by Christmas, with the TV installed and PS3 imported. I've already got discs piling up now so there's no turning back. The films available this winter (Kubrick discs, Close Encounters, the Pixar films…etc) are simply too appealing for me to continue on as nothing more than a curious an eager observer. High time I got into the game so to speak. I'm looking forward to it as I stopped buying DVDs years ago in anticipation of the new formats, so it makes a change to actually be buying discs again even if I am still some weeks away from being able to watch them [though further delays are well timed since my 568.2 is at HQ for repair].
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Don't Panic!
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Don't Panic!
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Ah Christmas! You've just reminded me that I need to buy a copy of It's a Wonderful Life. Some films are too good to wait for them on HD...
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Working on the ultimate question
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You mean you don't already own it?! I saw this on a restored print in a local art house cinema a few years back along with about 30 other people. The film got a well deserved standing ovation at the end; you could feel the reverence. One of my great movie going experiences.
Mark
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Don't Panic!
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You mean you don't already own it?! I did(ish). I was a present for my ex when we were still together... It disappeared with her and I never got around to buying another copy.
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Paranoid android
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The DVD transfer was excellent. There's a new 2 disk version releasing tomorrow that has both b&w and color versions...
ken
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Paranoid android
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Paranoid android
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I still have, what I believe was, the very first US DVD release of It's a Wonderful Life. It was a THX certified version from 'Republic' and came with a little Christmas ornament of a bell to hang on a tree. I see the disc rights have now moved to Paramount with the new two-disc release. Tempting, but I've never felt let down with the original DVD when I watch it every year (I may do this year mind you pending how I think it looks on a 50inch plasma compared to my old 32inch CRT).
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Paranoid android
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I just ordered the new one and will check it out on my 60" LG plasma - and report back here... I'd triple dip on this one in a heart-beat if it came out on BD / HD-DVD
ken
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Don't Panic!
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Don't Panic!
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I'd triple dip on this one in a heart-beat if it came out on BD / HD-DVD Who wouldn't? And not a single explosion or machine gun in sight...
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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LOL Your all a bunch of Softies at Heart................... 
No 18 in the Hall of fame I have simple tastes; I am content to settle for the best: GIK monster bass panels, rear wall. QNAP TVS 471i3. Roon into DSP5200SE via 210/ 218 zone... Explorer 2. Bluesound Pulse 2, Mini & Flex. 596v1, 518, Foxsat HD, Sony BDP, Pioneer 5090, 2 Chromecast's for LRB videos. MS200 to F80 for a Roon zone
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According to reports on various forums in Europe and Australia (oprobably elsewhere too) the downloaded and burned to CD new fw2.7 for the US XA2 will also work for European and Australian XE1 players (if they've already been updated to XE fw2.5).
According to the people who've tried, the XE1 keeps it R2 (or R4 if Australian) status for SD DVD, or the R0 status for the ones who've made it region free.
G68, 558, F80.
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"Tremors" is out on HD DVD. Excellent! Amazon link
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Working on the ultimate question
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Unfortunately it's Universal and their catalogue releases have been poor. I am waiting for the reviews to come through on this one before buying...
Mark
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