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

[the-pi-guy]

I bought The Boys season 1-2, two months ago. And for whatever reason didn't do anything with it.

And then when I went to do something with them, I found there's triple stacked discs on both sides, and the middle one on each is scratched and one episode on each won't rip.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by the-pi-guy

I bought The Boys season 1-2, two months ago. And for whatever reason didn't do anything with it.

And then when I went to do something with them, I found there's triple stacked discs on both sides, and the middle one on each is scratched and one episode on each won't rip.

Always a risk with leaving stuff, I do the same but thankfully have been fortunate so far. Hope you get sorted.

[bhampton]

Originally Posted by the-pi-guy

I bought The Boys season 1-2, two months ago. And for whatever reason didn't do anything with it.

And then when I went to do something with them, I found there's triple stacked discs on both sides, and the middle one on each is scratched and one episode on each won't rip.

One reason .... maybe the best reason for me to get back to a media server.

You can KNOW if there are problems within the return window.

(making sure to watch everything right away is another good way but not as fool proof and far less practical.)

[bhampton]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

A week ago made a annual Criterion Collection purchase at this Barnes and Noble in Pineville NC. A large store with a large disc section. It is only about a block away from Audio Advice were we had a look at the JVC NZ800 video projector. The JVC moves to my very short list of projectors for consideration of purchase.

My RS-3100 (NZ8 variant) makes me so happy every day. I've been loving projectors since getting one in 1999 and it's no question the best experience I have had.

It's even better than my Sony V70 and that's really saying something because that was a long term dream come true and I really did enjoy that one until it developed problems I could not solve.

[cheez avenger]

Placed an order with Orbit:

Seven Samurai BFI 4K disc set
The Addiction 4K disc Arrow set
Daiei Gothic (Japanese Ghost Stories) Blu-ray set from Radiance Films

[Gotho(redux)]

Originally Posted by the-pi-guy

I bought The Boys season 1-2, two months ago. And for whatever reason didn't do anything with it.

And then when I went to do something with them, I found there's triple stacked discs on both sides, and the middle one on each is scratched and one episode on each won't rip.

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Always a risk with leaving stuff, I do the same but thankfully have been fortunate so far. Hope you get sorted.

I am the worst about doing this. I sometimes leave movies unopened for years before finally getting to them.

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

Placed an order with Orbit:

Seven Samurai BFI 4K disc set
The Addiction 4K disc Arrow set
Daiei Gothic (Japanese Ghost Stories) Blu-ray set from Radiance Films

That's a good order!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Gotho(redux)

I am the worst about doing this. I sometimes leave movies unopened for years before finally getting to them.



That's a good order!

It’s usually about a year at the most with me, but obviously still a risk. I also have my Melusine titles to catch up with.

[Ender14]

My copies of the below finally arrive today, so I have plenty to watch for the next few weeks:



Also ordered this one to kick off my holiday movie watching:

[Vilya]

It's a cold and windy morning here. In a few minutes I will be leaving for St. Louis to see my urologic surgeon. I bet that almost everyone here will be having more fun than me today.

Enjoy that haul, Ender14! Five horror movies and one holiday musical make for a festive selection.

[russweiss1]

Originally Posted by Gotho(redux)

I am the worst about doing this. I sometimes leave movies unopened for years before finally getting to them.

I don't open movies until I watch them. I still have hundreds of sealed DVDs.

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by russweiss1

I don't open movies until I watch them. I still have hundreds of sealed DVDs.

That used to be me... now everything gets opened upon arrival and ripped to the media server... where I now have hundreds of movies that I haven't gotten around to watching...

[bhampton]

In the process of getting back to a media server based on Z9X.

We had kitchen renovations and a change of ISP that resulted in having to rebuild the home network which have put off until today. It's fighting me but also kind of cooperating.

[Gotho(redux)]

Originally Posted by russweiss1

I don't open movies until I watch them. I still have hundreds of sealed DVDs.

So good to know I'm not the only one who does this.

[Gotho(redux)]

Originally Posted by Ender14

My copies of the below finally arrive today, so I have plenty to watch for the next few weeks:



Also ordered this one to kick off my holiday movie watching:

Also a solid order. Never seen Exorcist 2, but the others are all bangers. As far as White Christmas, I personally loathe musicals, but this is one of the few I can tolerate. Even as a kid, I enjoyed Danny Kaye's performance in this and his other films, so there is a huge tinge of nostalgia I have for White Christmas.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

It's a cold and windy morning here. In a few minutes I will be leaving for St. Louis to see my urologic surgeon. I bet that almost everyone here will be having more fun than me today.

Enjoy that haul, Ender14! Five horror movies and one holiday musical make for a festive selection.

As always, very best wishes.

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by Gotho(redux)

Also a solid order. Never seen Exorcist 2, but the others are all bangers. As far as White Christmas, I personally loathe musicals, but this is one of the few I can tolerate. Even as a kid, I enjoyed Danny Kaye's performance in this and his other films, so there is a huge tinge of nostalgia I have for White Christmas.

For completely messed up reasons, no movie can consistently illicit the kind of visceral response in me like THE EXORCIST. It is easily, and by a very wide margin, the most watched movie by me personally in a lifetime of watching movies.

I have seen part 2 once in it's entirety. I tried again when it came as part of a bluray anthology set... 10 minutes in and I remembered what I was in for and shut it off.. I understand that it has a certain cult following but IMHO, it's just so bad that I need to pretend it doesn't exist in order to maintain my reverance for the first installment which is, again IMHO, one of the greatest movies of all time....

As an aside, despite the gripes on this site, I absolutely LOVE the presentation of the latest UHD of the original. Watching it in my HT gives me the kind of goosebumps that this hobby is all about!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by crutzulee

For completely messed up reasons, no movie can consistently illicit the kind of visceral response in me like THE EXORCIST. It is easily, and by a very wide margin, the most watched movie by me personally in a lifetime of watching movies.

I have seen part 2 once in it's entirety. I tried again when it came as part of a bluray anthology set... 10 minutes in and I remembered what I was in for and shut it off.. I understand that it has a certain cult following but IMHO, it's just so bad that I need to pretend it doesn't exist in order to maintain my reverance for the first installment which is, again IMHO, one of the greatest movies of all time....

As an aside, despite the gripes on this site, I absolutely LOVE the presentation of the latest UHD of the original. Watching it in my HT gives me the kind of goosebumps that this hobby is all about!

For me, it’s The Exorcist and Halloween.

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

For me, it’s The Exorcist and Halloween.

Both are in my top 10 movies of all time...

[cheez avenger]

At some point I'm going to just bite the bullet and by that Arrow Exorcist II BD via Zavvi or something, because Orbit still has not restocked and they had the lowest price.

[russweiss1]

Originally Posted by Gotho(redux)

So good to know I'm not the only one who does this.

I'm honestly surprised I received likes for my post as I feel it's a bad habit. Guess many others are in the same boat. The real issue for me is that so many titles get released that I want/buy that I can't realistically keep up and still lead a "normal" life.