I've been using IPTV since 2013 when I moved here, my ISP provides this and Internet over Fiber. They have IPTV STB with Intranet Server Digital Recorder accessed from all STB's. I can access my IPTV and all my Streaming Providers through my Sony UHD 4KTV!
Cheers. I ordered it along with two other 4K titles (Zombieland: Double Tap and a pre order of Mulholland Drive.
Have watched Zombieland: Double Tap but did not buy, may have to add it to the collection. I liked Mulholland Drive but will wait and see how the new disc turns out.
I've been using IPTV since 2013 when I moved here, my ISP provides this and Internet over Fiber.
What took you so long? As posted before, we were streaming our main programming (SD) to the internet in the late 90's. Started broadcasting HD (ATSC) in November of 1998.
Started watching Crackle in 2004 and Netflix in 2007.
I have to side with Steedeel on this, if you talk to anyone young or old, outside of Blu-ray.com or Collectors, they just don't care as much about Movies anymore. If they do want to watch a Movie they will wait for it to show up on Sub-Video like Amazon, Disney+, HBO Max, Netflix!
lol isn't that just true by definition and useless? If someone does not collect films then either they don't care to watch films at all or they don't mind renting them. Someone could have easily said the exact same thing at any point in time. Imagine having this conversation on a LD usenet group in the 80's
"outside of this LD usenet group or Collectors, they just don't care as much about Movies. If they do want to watch a Movie they will wait for it to be available at the rental store."
p.s. decided to go a bit back and see what you agreed with steed and what you said had nothing to do with the topic at hand.
This has been the topic of discussion in other threads today.
What are the ramifications if gen z continue to place little value in film?
Is there enough money to be made from millennials, gen x and boomers if the worst was to happen and the younger gen reject film and tv?
What timespan do you guys think we would be dealing with before gen z shows a huge fall off in cinema and home entertainment numbers?
Obviously the older gen are still displaying high percentages of video consumption But losing younger crowds would be a devastating blow for Hollywood and home entertainment.
1) I think younger people do play more video games compared to older people but that being said
2) this is an on-line poll that makes it useless
3) that article is very poorly written to the point of making it uselss.
Now for your point
I don't know if it is favorite or more time but what ever it is, it is definitely not "exclusively". As an Xer more or less every week I play video games, I listen to music, I spend time browsing the web and read and post to this forum and others as well as video chat with friends and family (not sure if one or all of those fit in social platforms) but I also watch films and TV shows. Not everyone does everything ( for example my dad does not play video games) but it is ludicrous to assume that they do only the one picked.
In the end it does not matter if Joe Y watches 1h a week or 100h a week TV and movies will need to be there for when he wants to do it.
I wasn’t praising it, quite the opposite. It just seems like an excuse to get ads in there. Like I said, most of it has been on Amazon already.
yeah, what is your point? people have an option pay or free with ads. Some people value the savings more then the time saved. It can be because they are financialy very tight or it can be because they don't value their time.
yeah, what is your point? people have an option pay or free with ads. Some people value the savings more then the time saved. It can be because they are financialy very tight or it can be because they don't value their time.
So why not just have ad option through Prime? Why have a separate streaming service?
Have watched Zombieland: Double Tap but did not buy, may have to add it to the collection. I liked Mulholland Drive but will wait and see how the new disc turns out.
So why not just have ad option through Prime? Why have a separate streaming service?
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why does Disney have Disney+, Hulu, ESPN....
weren't you the one that said "most of it has been on Amazon already."
If someone is paying for prime and they decide to watch something on IMDB that is no longer on prime amazon gets paid twice (once from your prime membership and a second from the advertiser) second if the content shows up on IMDB later it might push some people to pay for prime for early access.
Your point would only make sense if prime and IMDB had 100% the same content all the time.
So why not just have ad option through Prime? Why have a separate streaming service?
Amazon Prime Video is a No-Ad SVOD. They bought IMDb TV to add as one of the Amazon Prime Video Channels. It is the only free AVOD. All the other Amazon Prime Video Channels cost money: Starz, Showtime, Cinemax, Shudder, EPIX, Paramount+ and others.
HBO Max used to be one but that ended losing them 5 millon subscribers.
Catching a 35mm screening of Escape From L.A. in L.A. at the new Academy Museum that just opened up. I still have a student ID, so my ticket only cost $5, which is a steal. It's GA seating, but it's a brand new theater. It's also a Dolby Atmos theater (they are a sponsor), but I doubt the film will be in Atmos. 35mm is great, though.
The Ted Mann Theater, located in the Saban Building, serves as the museum’s most utilized theater. The 288-seat theater offers curated screenings and special programs on a daily basis that include Oscar-winning films, family films, and rare and historical films, all presented in an intimate, elegant, art house setting.
The Ted Mann Theater has the capacity to present films in multiple formats, including 16mm, 35mm, 70mm, and laser projection supporting Dolby Vision, which allows visitors to see the subtle details and ultra-vivid colors creating multi-dimensional visuals. The theater also features Dolby Atmos, a truly immersive audio experience. Fully accessible to moviegoers of all abilities, the Ted Mann Theater also presents live performances, lectures, panels, symposia, and community events throughout the year.
Dolby is the exclusive audio and visual sponsor of this theater.
The Ted Mann Theater was named via a generous gift by the Simms/Mann Family Foundation in honor of Ted Mann.
I didn't know there was an Escape from L.A. Only knew about Escape from N.Y. The sphere they have the theater in looks pretty cool. I'd imagine Atmos movies would sound great in there.
I didn't know there was an Escape from L.A. Only knew about Escape from N.Y. The sphere they have the theater in looks pretty cool. I'd imagine Atmos movies would sound great in there.
Escape from LA is fun. There's a digital 4K DV release of it and Shout Factory also put out an excellent BD release of it last year.
That sphere theater is the David Geffen Theater and reminds me of the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. They're gonna be showing a restored 35mm print of Bram Stoker's Dracula later this month. I might go to that screening, too. I also saw that they're gonna screen Joker in 70mm in a few days, as well.
The Sony sequel hit pre-pandemic levels to come in well ahead of the first 'Venom,' as well as helping to fuel the biggest weekend overall since the COVID-19 crisis struck in North America.
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In a stunning boost for theatrical, Venom: Let There Be Carnage opened to $90.1 million at the domestic box office, the biggest three-day launch of the pandemic era, fueling the biggest weekend overall since COVID-19 shut down theaters in March of 2020.
For the first time during the crisis, domestic box office revenues came in less than 15 percent behind the same weekend in 2019. On the same weekend two years ago, superhero sensation Joker opened to $96.2 million. Venom 2 marks the second-best October launch of all time behind that film, indicating that moviegoing returned to some semblance of normal over the weekend.
“With apologies to Mr. Twain: The death of movies has been greatly exaggerated,” Sony film chief Tom Rothman said in a statement.
Venom 2, made by Sony in association with Marvel Studios, came in $25 million to $30 million ahead of expectations to become the first sequel of the pandemic era to clock in ahead of the first film in a particular series (Venom opened to $80.3 million in 2018.)
The follow-up was released exclusively in cinemas versus going out simultaneously on premium VOD or a streaming service.
The news gets even better for Hollywood and theaters. Cinemark, one of the country’s three largest chains, enjoyed its biggest October opening weekend in history, as well as its biggest October weekend overall. The chain is also reporting that this could go down as the second-biggest October weekend of all time for the entire industry.
“This is another strong example that people want and need to get out of their homes for an immersive entertainment experience,” Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi said in a statement.
Black Widow was the previous record-holder for best three-day opening of the pandemic era with nearly $81 million.
Over Labor Day, Marvel and Disney’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings set a new pandemic-era benchmark when opening to $94.7 million over the four-day Labor Day frame. It earned $75.4 million over the first three days of that long weekend.
The Sony event pic kicks off a busy month that looks more like summer than a regular October as studios bank on consumers becoming more and more comfortable returning to theaters. The surge at the box office is good news for the long-James Bond installment No Time to Die, which opens in the U.S. and Canada on Oct. 8. This weekend, the 25th Bond installment raced to a better-than-expected foreign launch of nearly $120 million, the best showing of the pandemic era without China.
Venom 2 also made headlines in its first foreign market — Russia — when opening to $13.8 million. It is Sony’s biggest opening of all-time in that market, and the best of any film during the pandemic.
A staggering 23 percent of Venom’s earnings came from Imax and other premium large format venues, a sign that consumers are willing to dole out extra money for an upgraded experience. Imax had a huge weekend overall, between Venom 2, Bond pic No Time to Die and Dune.
Andy Serkis directs the Tom Hardy-starring Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The film, also made in association with Tencent Pictures, co-stars Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott and Naomie Harris, the latter as the comic book villain Shriek.
In August, Sony pushed Venom 2 from Sept. 24 to Oct. 15 amid uncertainty over theatergoing and the delta variant. But when Shang-Chi did so well, the studio relocated Venom 2 to Oct. 1. The move paid off.
Venom 2 wasn’t the only new title igniting moviegoing.
MGM and Bron Creative’s The Addams Family 2 , distributed by United Artists Releasing, scored the biggest domestic opening of the COVID era for an animated family film with $18 million, despite also being available via premium on-demand in the U.S. and Canada. The dual-release strategy was made due to ongoing concerns about the delta variant and the fact that kids under 12 still can’t be vaccinated.
Both Venom 2 and Addams Family 2 were fueled by ethnically diverse audiences.
One new film that struggled was the The Many Saints of Newark, a Sopranos sequel from Warner Bros. and New Line was taken out upon earning just $5 million. The film, like all 2021 Warner titles, is being made available at no extra charge to HBO Max customers. Those going to theaters gave the film a paltry C+ CinemaScore.
At the specialty box office, Titane opened to $515,000 from 562 U.S. cinemas to boast the largest opening for a Palme D’Or winner in over 17 years, and four of all-time behind Fahrenheit 9/11, Pulp Fiction, Wild At Heart, according to domestic distributor Neon.
Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company reported that the Erwin brothers faith-based documentary The Jesus Movie earned $560,250 from 249 screens.
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