Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

[Vilya]

A friend concerned about my health bought me one of these contraptions:



https://www.amazon.com/Breville-BJE4...s%2C195&sr=8-4

I plan to spend the better part of the afternoon experimenting with it; my test run last night went very well. I have a lot of varied produce to run thru it; I feel like a mad scientist working in his laboratory.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

No, that is Europe’s problem. The USA’s problem(and global) is that the Paris agreement requires fossil fuel plants to be shut down by a certain date. We don’t have reliable storage to cover renewables when it’s not windy or sunny. Combine that with some of the horrific weather you guys get and we are facing a huge problem. It’s very possible that we could all face winter blackouts every year which would impact everything, including film and entertainment from a material point of view.

it's 22.2 degrees Celsius and sunny here with a cloudless clear blue sky; seems pretty far from horrible.

The Paris Agreement is voluntary and amendable; no nation is forced to comply with it. If changes are needed, they will be made.

If we ever have to face rolling blackouts on a regular basis, how we watch movies will be a trivial concern compared to everything else that would mean.

How you do like to worry and for what? Obsessing about "what-ifs" certainly won't help, so why do it? Enjoy today; it's nice indoors and out.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

It is a global issue because the technology isn’t there yet to back up huge amounts of energy. Battery storage isn’t where it needs to be. When the relying on gas eases even further, we are left with a huge problem. We need technology that isn’t capable yet. An impossible situation almost.

1) my electricity does not come from NG it mostly comes from hydroelectricity so the storage is the huge reservoir of water that flow as needed.

2) yes for the most part Utilities don't store vast amounts of electricity. But when it comes to homes, you can have portable generators (like I used to have), installed generators (like I have now), car batteries (for lack of a better term and something that has existed for decades) and huge lithium batteries (more aesthetically pleasing and take up less space)

it is not sci-fi like you make it sound, like I said before my friends cottage has worked with solar and batteries for years and Ender14 just chimed in with the same for his home

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Sometimes you really do get what you pay for, especially in terms of quality and durability.

And sometime you don't. I have no doubt AudioQuest cables are well made and I have no doubt they are way over priced. Their description makes me . An example, why would anyone pay $400 for this when they could get this one for $140.

For long cables, 18 & 48 Gbps, one has little choice except fiber optic. My current 40' cable is Monoprice but it only has to do 10.2 Gbps.

These speeds is just more marketing BS, an 18 Gbps cable is really three channels at 6 Gbps each.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

it's 22.2 degrees Celsius and sunny here with a cloudless clear blue sky; seems pretty far from horrible.

The Paris Agreement is voluntary and amendable; no nation is forced to comply with it. If changes are needed, they will be made.

If we ever have to face rolling blackouts on a regular basis, how we watch movies will be a trivial concern compared to everything else that would mean.

How you do like to worry and for what? Obsessing about "what-ifs" certainly won't help, so why do it? Enjoy today; it's nice indoors and out.

It’s horrible today. I hate warm weather. I’m at my happiest in the Winter. I’m irritated and lethargic.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

No, that is Europe’s problem. The USA’s problem(and global) is that the Paris agreement requires fossil fuel plants to be shut down by a certain date. We don’t have reliable storage to cover renewables when it’s not windy or sunny. Combine that with some of the horrific weather you guys get and we are facing a huge problem. It’s very possible that we could all face winter blackouts every year which would impact everything, including film and entertainment from a material point of view.

can't you see the irony in your statement? the whole crisis at this point is because there is too much reliance on Russian fossil fuels. If when the antiquated coal power plants that needed to close down the UK went more toward green electricity and less towards Natural gaz we would not be having this conversation today.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

A friend concerned about my health bought me one of these contraptions:



https://www.amazon.com/Breville-BJE4...s%2C195&sr=8-4

I plan to spend the better part of the afternoon experimenting with it; my test run last night went very well. I have a lot of varied produce to run thru it; I feel like a mad scientist working in his laboratory.

Get that goodness down your neck!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

can't you see the irony in your statement? the whole crisis at this point is because there is too much reliance on Russian fossil fuels. If when the antiquated coal power plants that needed to close down the UK went more toward green electricity and less towards Natural gaz we would not be having this conversation today.

That still wouldn’t alleviate the storage crisis. We need storage to make all this viable. Battery storage for the home is way different than backing up huge solar farms and the national grid. There isn’t a magic button that would transition us all to reliable 24-7 energy. That’s a crisis in my eyes.

The U.K. has invested millions in off shore wind turbines but they ain’t spinning. We have the lowest wind levels for many years in 2021. Where normally we would be seeing 22% energy generation, we are seeing just 7%.

Renewables are going to mean we have more and more blackouts, it’s going to be shit.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

And sometime you don't. I have no doubt AudioQuest cables are well made and I have no doubt they are way over priced. Their description makes me . An example, why would anyone pay $400 for this when they could get this one for $140.

For long cables, 18 & 48 Gbps, one has little choice except fiber optic. My current 40' cable is Monoprice but it only has to do 10.2 Gbps.

These speeds is just more marketing BS, an 18 Gbps cable is really three channels at 6 Gbps each.

The reason is simple: cinnamon tastes better.

Wanna a real hangover? Try their Vodka hdmi cable:

https://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Vo...08JFH56D8?th=1

...and that's just for 9.8 feet.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

That still wouldn’t alleviate the storage crisis. We need storage to make all this viable. Battery storage for the home is way different than backing up huge solar farms and the national grid. There isn’t a magic button that would transition us all to reliable 24-7 energy. That’s a crisis in my eyes.

The U.K. has invested millions in off shore wind turbines but they ain’t spinning. We have the lowest wind levels for many years in 2021. Where normally we would be seeing 22% energy generation, we are seeing just 7%.

Renewables are going to mean we have more and more blackouts, it’s going to be shit.

I have never needed a battery backed-up home nor do I foresee ever needing one. Keep me supplied with AA and AAA batteries for my remote controls and I'm good.

The U.S., and likely most countries, will not shutter any of their polluting power plants until their production capacity is replaced by other cleaner methods of generating electricity. No arbitrary treaty deadline will cause any country to shut down their dirty power plants before they are ready to do so.

Wind turbines are only ONE way of generating clean renewable power, by the way. There are many others. No sensible nation would rely on only one such source.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

[Show spoiler]It’s horrible today. I hate warm weather. I’m at my happiest in the Winter.

I’m irritated and lethargic.

This should help:

Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy (Official Music Video) - YouTube

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

This should help:

Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy (Official Music Video) - YouTube

I will be happy when energy supplies are secured long term.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Wanna a real hangover? Try their Vodka hdmi cable:

They say there is one born every minute.

One reason I have not installed the Monoprice Certified Premium cables is because they are not very flexible. I may order an assortment of certified premium cables to see what I like best.

Just wish there were more comprehensive test like this one from 2014 by Allion. Then you have the lite side like this one from C/NET. A PDF from AVForums.

HDMI spare stash and connections drawing:

[Show spoiler]

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Battery storage for the home is way different than backing up huge solar farms and the national grid.

first your issue is not with the utility but your home and being able to watch TV when the utility cuts the power (be it because there is no wind/sun or the real problem not enough NG because Russia cut the source).

second why is it way different? let' me make it simple,

Ender14 said he has solar and batteries at his home and (my understanding) if the utility can use the electricity, his batteries are 100% full and he is producing more than he can use the excess is sold back to the utility ( that his neighbor then buys from the utility).

If my understanding is correct and lets forget his solar for now (since how the batteries fill up is not important)
why can't it be if the utility can use the electricity and his batteries are >70% the utility can syphon power from his batteries, pay him and sell it to his neighbor.

Batteries in peoples homes that can help balance their own solar or power failures can be the batteries that also help balance the grid when the output is lower then the demand.

Renewables are going to mean we have more and more blackouts, it’s going to be shit.

100% of my electricity is renewable and has been mostly that way most of my life, from personal experience it appears you are extremely wrong, green means it is one of the cheapest (don't need to buy coal or NG or radioactive material.... just the free strength of wind, water and sun) and extremely reliable.

Originally Posted by Vilya

The U.S., and likely most countries, will not shutter any of their polluting power plants until their production capacity is replaced by other cleaner methods of generating electricity. No arbitrary treaty deadline will cause any country to shut down their dirty power plants before they are ready to do so.

well first the treaty does not say 0 (like steed likes to imply) the EU decided at the time a 40% reduction compared to 1990 by 2030 and since then went to 55%, there is no 100% reduction


second it is not just about shutting down, electricity demand just keeps growing fast which means those old polluting plants need replacing anyways, to bring it a bit on topic all those servers serving up streaming content need electricity to run and they did not exist in 1990, then they need all the electronics from the telecoms that brings it over the internet.


lastly I fully agree with your point this is voluntary and best effort, there is nothing that requires reaching any threshold given, don't get me wrong it is like laundry the longer you wait between loads the more laundry piles up and the more you have to wash later (i.e. the faster the better) but nothing is written in stone.

[Lee A Stewart]

What is the California solar mandate?

The California solar mandate is a building code that requires new construction homes to have a solar photovoltaic (PV) system as an electricity source. This code, which went into effect on January 1, 2020, applies to both single-family homes and multi-family homes that are up to three stories high.

The solar panel system needs to be large enough to meet the annual electricity usage of the building; given that electricity usage can be difficult to determine in new construction projects, builders use an estimate for each property that’s based on the building’s floor space and the climate zone in which it’s located.

However, there is flexibility when it comes to sizing the solar panel system: for one, builders can decrease the size requirement of a system on a property by incorporating battery storage into the building. In fact, you can reduce the required size of the solar panel system by as much as 25 percent when you pair it with a solar battery, such as the Tesla Powerwall or LG Chem RESU10H. Plus, by incorporating energy efficiency measures or other demand-responsive measures into building design alongside battery storage, the required PV system sizes can be downsized by 40 percent or more.

https://news.energysage.com/an-overv...solar-mandate/

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I will be happy when energy supplies are secured long term.

No, you won't.

You'll be all a dither about something...always; there's a prediction that you can count on.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

[Show spoiler]They say there is one born every minute.

One reason I have not installed the Monoprice Certified Premium cables is because they are not very flexible. I may order an assortment of certified premium cables to see what I like best.

Just wish there were more comprehensive test like this one from 2014 by Allion. Then you have the lite side like this one from C/NET. A PDF from AVForums.

HDMI spare stash and connections drawing:

[Show spoiler]

Show us all of your spare cables! If connected altogether I bet they could reach the moon and back again.

[JohnAV]

Box Office: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Sings Off-Key With $7.5M Debut; ‘Shang-Chi’ Stays No. 1 - Hollywood Reporter 9/16

Marvel's 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' stayed atop the box office chart in its fourth weekend as it became the top-grossing pic of the pandemic era in North America.

Universal’s Dear Evan Hansen sang off-key in its big-screen debut with a $7.5 million second-place finish as superhero sensation Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings continued to top the domestic chart in its fourth weekend upon earning another $13.3 million.

Additionally, Shang-Chi became the top-grossing pic of the pandemic era in North America, a record previously held by fellow Marvel Studios title Black Widow ($183.4 million). The Marvel and Disney tentpole finished Sunday with a domestic gross of $196.5 million and $166.9 million overseas for a global total of $363.4 million.

Adapted from the smash Broadway musical of the same name, Dear Evan Hansen‘s mediocre launch in theaters is mitigated by the fact that it reportedly cost less than $30 million to produce, a relatively modest sum for a major Hollywood studio offering.

It remains to be seen whether the Universal film can overcome generally poor reviews (its current ranking on Rotten Tomatoes is 33 percent). Audiences liked the coming-of-age story far more, giving it an A- CinemaScore.

Dear Evan Hansen was filmed in the latter half of summer 2020 by director Stephen Chbosky during the pandemic, with Ben Platt — now 27 years old — reprising his Tony Award-winning lead role as a lonely, disconnected high-school student. Hopes were high, considering that the Tony award-winning stage play was a cultural phenomenon.

Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Colton Ryan, Julianne Moore and Amy Adams also star in the musical,

Musicals are tricky business at the box office. When they strike a chord, a Hollywood studio can mint gold (look no further than Universal’s Mamma Mia! or 20th Century Fox’s The Greatest Showman). When they don’t, there is plenty of disappointment to go around (Cats).

Filmmaker Jon M. Chu’s In the Heights, from Warner Bros. and adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stage musical, also opened during the pandemic. That film fared somewhat better in its opening than did Dear Evan Hansen with $11.5 million, but topped out at just $29.8 million domestically. (One difference: In the Heights debuted simultaneously on HBO Max.)

Dear Evan Hansen played best overall on the East Coast in terms of revenue, but the standout market was Salt Lake City, where six of the top 10 grossing theaters were located. The musical has yet to open overseas.

Females made up 62 percent of ticket buyers in North America, while nearly half the audience was under the age of 25.

Box office results are difficult to analyze amid the ongoing pandemic and the virulent Delta variant, but the Dear Evan Hansen team had hoped the musical would clear $10 million.

Shang-Chi continues to be a needed balm for box office advocates. Disney opted to give the film an exclusive theatrical release versus opening it day and date on the big screen and Disney+ at a premium price, as it did with Black Widow and several other pandemic-era releases.

Over Labor Day, Shang-Chi smashed the record for the four-day holiday with a haul of $94.7 million. For the three days, it earned $75.4 million, a huge number for September and the second-biggest start of 2021 behind Black Widow ($80.3 million).

From filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton, Shang-Chi stars Simu Liu as Marvel’s newest hero and is the studio’s first to center on an Asian lead. The superhero offering has been fueled by positive reviews, strong exits from audiences and an A CinemaScore. Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Tony Leung, Fala Chen and Michelle Yeoh also star.

Sleeper hit Free Guy, which also debuted exclusively in cinemas, is another win for theatrical.

The Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds’ movie, from 20th Century and Disney, placed No. 3 all the way in its seventh weekend with $4.1 million for a domestic cume of $114.1 million. Globally, the film has now cleared $317.4 million after jumping the $200 million mark internationally on Saturday or Sunday. The foreign tally includes a hefty $94 million-plus from China.

In North America, Universal and Blumhouse’s horror offering Candyman came in No. 4 in its fifth outing with $2.5 million for a domestic tally of $56.8 million and $73 million-plus worldwide.

Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho, which rounded out the top five, tumbled a steep $52 percent in its second weekend to $2.1 million for a muted 10-day domestic total of $8.3 million. The Warner Bros. release is also available on HBO Max.

Elsewhere, Searchlight and Disney’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye expanded nationwide in its second weekend, but struggled to find is footing. The specialty offering, directed by Michael Showalter, earned an estimated $621,000 from 1,367 locations for a cume of $1.5 million. Jessica Chastain stars in the film — she is also among the producers — opposite Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, and Vincent D’Onofrio.

Netflix opened filmmaker Antoine Fuqua’s crime-thriller The Guilty, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, in some 50 theaters across the country ahead of the movie’s Oct. 1 debut on the streaming service, but didn’t disclose grosses.

[JohnAV]

Army of Thieves’ Trailer Expands Zack Snyder’s Zombie Universe - Hollywood Reporter 9/25

Matthias Schweighöfer directs and stars in the prequel to 'Army of the Dead.'

Army of Thieves | Official Trailer | Netflix - YouTube

Netflix is doubling down on Zack Snyder’s zombie universe in the first trailer for Army of Thieves. The prequel to Army of the Dead stars Matthias Schweighöfer as Ludwig Dieter, one of the breakout characters from Snyder’s recent film, Army of the Dead.

Schweighöfer, who also directs Army of Thieves, stars as a small-town bank teller drawn into a new world by a mysterious woman who enlists him to crack a sequence of impossible-to-crack safes across Europe. While this isn’t a zombie movie, but rather described more as a romantic heist movie, Army of Thieves is a prequel set amid the backdrop of a zombie outbreak in the United States. Nathalie Emmanuel, Ruby O. Free, Stuart Martin, Guz Khan and Jonathan Cohen also star.

Army of Thieves is part of a growing number of Army of the Dead spinoffs in the works from Snyder, who along with producing partner Deborah Snyder, are also overseeing an anime spinoff, Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, which will chronicle the origin Dave Bautista’s character, Scott Ward, and his rescue crew during the initial fall of Vegas.

The trailer comes courtesy of Tudum, Netflix’s streaming event happening Saturday. Army of Thieves debuts on Netflix on Oct. 29

[JohnAV]

The Witcher’ Season 2 New Footage Includes First Look at Kristofer Hivju - Hollywood Reporter 9/25

Netflix revealed several new videos from 'The Witcher' plus a behind-the-scenes look at prequel 'The Witcher: Blood Origin' as part of its Tudum fan event.

Road to Season 2 Trailer | The Witcher - YouTube

The Witcher Season 2 premieres December 17 on Netflix.