Good news fellas. Bowing out of this thread for good. Enjoy whatever best suits you but stop belittling the digital crowd and the crowd that likes diversity. Pray your discs lasts. Back it up if you can and keep checking your favourite discs once in a while to avoid any surprises.
Good news fellas. Bowing out of this thread for good. Enjoy whatever best suits you but stop belittling the digital crowd and the crowd that likes diversity. Pray your discs lasts. Back it up if you can and keep checking your favourite discs once in a while to avoid any surprises.
Good news fellas. Bowing out of this thread for good. Enjoy whatever best suits you but stop belittling the digital crowd and the crowd that likes diversity. Pray your discs lasts. Back it up if you can and keep checking your favourite discs once in a while to avoid any surprises.
Good luck and goodbye to everyone. Enjoy.
I use physical and digital, but with a very clear preference for the former. Both my physical and digital collections continue to grow.
I'm sorry that you are leaving; I wish the best of everything that is good to you.
I have HBOmax free w/AT&T Fiber, I did find a way to time shift the content (personal use only).
I was wondering if there are any cases where the Streaming version of some particular content has more (deleted scenes, additions to the soundtrack) as compared to the physical media version of the same content?
The tentpole exceeded all expectations and by far devoured the biggest opening at the domestic box office since the COVID-19 crisis struck. Globally, it hit a huge $285.4 million on Easter Sunday.
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The U.S. box office is back in action.
Legendary and Warner Bros. tentpole Godzilla vs. Kong posted a monstrous debut of $48.5 million in its first five days, including an estimated $32.2 million from 3,064 theaters for the three-day Easter weekend.
The big-budget pic exceeded all expectations and is by far the biggest showing since the COVID-19 crisis commenced. Its performance is a huge jolt of confidence for nervous Hollywood studios and theater owners, who worry as to when moviegoing will recover in earnest and whether it is safe to begin releasing high-profile films as the summer box office season approaches.
"I think a big movie like this working should tell everyone if we are rational in how we release a title, there is an appetite for people to have a shared experience in theaters," says Joshua Grode, CEO of Legendary. He said the decision to release the film wasn't for the "faint of heart," but that it was the "right movie for the moment."
Adds Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros: "This is really significant. It is igniting a recovery."
Overseas, where the tentpole opened in many markets a week ago, the news was just as good for the Adam Wingard-directed tentpole. Godzilla vs. Kong finished Easter Weekend with a foreign tally of $236.9 million for a global total of $285.4 million. It earned $71.6 in its is sophomore outing at the international box office, a slim 37 percent drop. It is doing impressive business in China, where it dropped only 37 percent in its second outing to grossed another $44.2 million for a 10-day total of $137.1 million. (Legendary has sole distribution duties in the Middle Kingdom.)
Many cinemas across Europe have been ordered re-closed because of a new surge of COVID-19 cases, while Latin America is also struggling.
Before, the top three-day opening of the pandemic in North America belonged to fellow Warners title Wonder Woman 1984 ($16.7 million), which opened over Christmas during a second surge of COVID-19 cases that prompted a wave of theater re-closures, while Los Angeles and New York City theaters still hadn't reopened at all. Nor were major markets San Francisco and Chicago in play at that time.
Godzilla's top DMA markets proved the power of Los Angeles and New York City, where cinemas were recently allowed to reopen. They led the list in terms of the top-performing market, followed by Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Chicago, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Orlando and Atlanta.
The movie also got a boost from more than 10,000 private screenings, a pandemic-era innovation.
In normal times, Godzilla vs. Kong's numbers would be considered mediocre for a movie likely costing $200 million to produce but not now.
Like all other 2021 Warner titles, Godzilla vs. Kong launched day and date on HBO Max, yet it's unclear what impact that had on its theatrical run.
HBO Max didn't release viewership numbers, but said the film has had a larger viewing audience in its first four days than any other film or show since the launch of the streaming service.
"The HBO Max audience has spoken very clearly and loudly: they love this film and are watching it more than once,” said Andy Forssell, exec vp and general manager of WarnerMedia Direct-to-Consumer.
At the box office, the Legendary movie actually beat the domestic opening of the last installment, Godzilla: King of the Monsters ($47.8 million), although the comparison isn't exactly apples to oranges, since the latter was a three-day opening. But no one will quibble.
Godzilla vs. Kong will soon pass up the entire lifetime domestic runs of top pandemic pics The Croods: A New Age and Tenet ($57.9 million). It has already eclipsed WW1984 ($45.9 million). Some analysts believe the monster mashup now has shot at becoming the first tentpole to cross $100 million in North America since the coronavirus struck.
The North American box office continues to face major challenges in attempting to recover. Only 55 percent of cinemas are now reopened, including just 20 percent in Canada is available (as a result, the pic was offered on premium VOD, generating $3 million).
Many theaters have limited capacity including in Los Angeles and New York City. On Tuesday, Los Angeles County officially entered the Orange Tier, but won't be allowed to up capacity from 25 percent to 50 percent until April 5.
"Fortunately, there seems to be a much-welcomed change afoot," says Paul Dergarabedian of Comscore. "Thankfully, the industry will likely enjoy some its biggest grossing days of the past year in the coming days and weeks, thus proving that the formula of more vaccines, more falling cases, more open cities/theaters, more studio confidence and more new movies will equal more patrons going back to the movies and a gradual return to 'normal' box office."
Godzilla vs. Kong, the fourth entry in Legendary's MonsterVerse series, earned an A CinemaScore from audiences. The film is skewing male and younger, and playing to to an ethnically diverse audience: Caucasians, 33 percent; Hispanic, 27 percent; African American, 23 percent; Asian, 10 percent; and Native American and other, 7 percent.
I was wondering if there are any cases where the Streaming version of some particular content has more (deleted scenes, additions to the soundtrack) as compared to the physical media version of the same content?I
I don't know any specific deleted scenes but there's plenty on streaming that is just not available on physical and visa versa.
A quick example is Promising Young Woman... If I buy the blu, I believe the online copy redeems as HD. If I buy in iTunes I get the 4K and that seems the only way to get the 4K for now.
Good news fellas. Bowing out of this thread for good. Enjoy whatever best suits you but stop belittling the digital crowd and the crowd that likes diversity. Pray your discs lasts. Back it up if you can and keep checking your favourite discs once in a while to avoid any surprises.
Good luck and goodbye to everyone. Enjoy.
For the record, I have enjoyed your contributions and I welcome your input in any thread.
You have put thought and even science into your observations and I believe you have helped a lot of people with the database of bit rates info you have compiled.
I often want to post less but the catch is - I love to learn and that does tend to happen even if it's just people talking.
^always lose respect for members who feel the need to put people on ignore because they can’t handle strong opinions. The issue I have with digital fanboys is the untruths they spout to justify their decision on going digital. If they just don’t care about quality anymore fair enough, no issues. It’s false claims and prejudice against HT enthusiasts who do love their quality that I can’t stand.
In this member’s case, (the member you quoted) I don’t think he likes hearing the truth but burying your head in the sand doesn’t alter the fact that disc is still superior., regardless of what some Youtube nobody claims.
Well, I’m approaching the big 50 now. Can’t believe it.
I have a really nice cake here that I would share with you if you were just a little bit closer to my zip code.
Approaching 50 is not so bad; I am on the threshold of 60. I never thought I'd last this long to be honest.
Speaking of things not lasting, the video card in my computer died yesterday. It was 8 years old and finally gave up the ghost right in the middle of playing a video game. It was a Sapphire AMD Radeon 7970. I am using my motherboard's integrated graphics while I await the arrival of a new video card. Surprisingly, my mobo supports two monitors at 2560 x 1440 resolution.
I had to pay a stiff premium to get a brand new video card, too, and it will take two weeks to get here from New Zealand. My friend there bought it for me (I sent him the money) and he is shipping it to me. Believe it or not, it was cheaper buying it from there, even with shipping, by a full $176 over what it cost here. The new card will be a MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12GB OC. It is quite an upgrade over my old card.
This unexpected expense will push back my subwoofer purchase probably until May. It seems like there is a conspiracy to prevent me from buying one.
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I don't know how I missed your post, but it shows what you have to look forward to when you're as old as me! 
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