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

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Experienced a strange LAN problem that I have never had before. Suddenly my office PC lost connection to the internet so I connected direct to the cable modem and the internet was OK. Connected the cable modem back to the Wi-Fi router and no internet via wired but via Wi-Fi did have internet. Next tried to connect to my LAN servers and got a timeout, tried to ping devices and there was no response.

Disconnected all devices from the Wi-Fi router except the office PC and it worked as it should. So through a long process of elimination I discovered it was my Sony BDP-S6700 Blu-ray player. With it connected nothing on the wired LAN worked, with it disconnected all other devices worked as they should. So I did a power cycle on BDP-S6700 and reconnected to the LAN it everything worked fine. GREMLINS

But according to alchev only wi-fi can have issues it happens some times, a device ends up making too much noise on the network. Glad you found the issue and wheree able to fix it.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by bhampton

I generally don't give everything network access.

My disc player, my projector, even my sound processor all have no internet privileges. I want them to stay focused and not get distracted by ransomware.

agree I only connect devices when it is needed and never leave devices that don't need it connected. IMHO it is the best way to know what data is coming in and out.

[cheez avenger]

My copy of Watchmen: Ultimate Cut 4K disc arrived this morning. Seeing Dungeons & Dragons in Dolby Cinema in a bit.

[Better in Blu]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

My copy of Watchmen: Ultimate Cut 4K disc arrived this morning. Seeing Dungeons & Dragons in Dolby Cinema in a bit.

Watchmen is amazing.

[cheez avenger]

D&D was epic in Dolby Cinema - see it on the biggest screen with the best sound system you can! It's got a lot of heart, too.

[flyry]

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[stonesfan129]

Originally Posted by flyry

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This is another franchise that is quickly running out of story to tell. It was supposed to be about Rocky training him to become the champ. And then they made Creed II which was supposed to be like a callback to Rocky IV. I just don't see how this new one is relevant to the story.

[bhampton]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

This is another franchise that is quickly running out of story to tell. It was supposed to be about Rocky training him to become the champ. And then they made Creed II which was supposed to be like a callback to Rocky IV. I just don't see how this new one is relevant to the story.

I have Rocky 1, 2, and 3.

I haven't watched any of them in decades but I liked all of those at some point.

I saw Rocky 3 in theaters when it was released.

I'm sure a lot of folks like Creed. I have not seen them.

I recently hosted Homefront which was written by Sly. That's a good one.

[Ender14]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

D&D was epic in Dolby Cinema - see it on the biggest screen with the best sound system you can! It's got a lot of heart, too.

Agree, had a blast with D&D. We saw it on the BigD screen at our local theatre. Kind of like a mini IMAX screen, including great sound. Not Dolby Cinema, but great presentation nonetheless.

Speaking of Dolby Cinema, I got our tickets for the Thursday night showing of GotG Vol. 3 in Dolby. Can't wait for that one.

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by Ender14

Agree, had a blast with D&D. We saw it on the BigD screen at our local theatre. Kind of like a mini IMAX screen, including great sound. Not Dolby Cinema, but great presentation nonetheless.

Speaking of Dolby Cinema, I got our tickets for the Thursday night showing of GotG Vol. 3 in Dolby. Can't wait for that one.

I got my tickets for GotG Vol 3, as well for DC Saturday night. I tried for Thursday and Friday but the showtimes do not gel for me and the IMAX is not available, just a ton of AMC Laser screens.

[Steedeel]

https://www.superherohype.com/movies...-bandwidth/amp

Oh dear.

[Ender14]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

https://www.superherohype.com/movies...-bandwidth/amp

Oh dear.

Not surprising. I will wait for the disc.

[stonesfan129]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

https://www.superherohype.com/movies...-bandwidth/amp

Oh dear.

I'd be curious to see some double-blind testing along with subjective comparisons to see how major/minor the differences actually are. I have been pretty impressed by Apple and Vudu streams. AVSForum used to do some comparison/reviews back when they allowed downloads, but haven't seen any new ones for a few years.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

I'd be curious to see some double-blind testing along with subjective comparisons to see how major/minor the differences actually are. I have been pretty impressed by Apple and Vudu streams. AVSForum used to do some comparison/reviews back when they allowed downloads, but haven't seen any new ones for a few years.

Apple fairs quite well but to a trained eye it isn’t hard to spot imperfections in more challenging scenes. Typically mild pixelation.

Of course, streams are always subject to network issues, however slight they may be. Even several seconds of issues are too many for me when it comes to HT. for casual living room watching when I’m zoned out on the sofa, I can forgive a few minor issues, for a movie night, no f***** way!

[Warm Gun]

Have you tried the Dune HD Homatics Box R yet, guy? It's been out for a few days.

Edit: Lame, AVSforum says it doesn't have DTS-HD support yet.

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

https://www.superherohype.com/movies...-bandwidth/amp

Oh dear.

Interesting that the underwater scenes are mentioned as being HFR. I thought that was only for the theatrical version.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

Interesting that the underwater scenes are mentioned as being HFR. I thought that was only for the theatrical version.

Yeah, that’s a point.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Warm Gun

Have you tried the Dune HD Homatics Box R yet, guy? It's been out for a few days.

Edit: Lame, AVSforum says it doesn't have DTS-HD support yet.

Someone did a comparison to some other media players and this one was behind the Nvidia Shield Pro so I will stick with the Shield and ATV4K for streaming and the Zidoo, Zappiti, Oppo for file play.

[cheez avenger]

I was going to see "Air" tonight at the theater but decided not to after all. My Star Trek Next Generation film 4K disc set will be arriving today, so will probably stay in and watch some of those instead.

I will be seeing Pope's Exorcist next week, though. I will skip Renfield in theaters and wait for home video on that one.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

I'd be curious to see some double-blind testing along with subjective comparisons to see how major/minor the differences actually are. I have been pretty impressed by Apple and Vudu streams. AVSForum used to do some comparison/reviews back when they allowed downloads, but haven't seen any new ones for a few years.

There are many variables that can affect quality and how easy it is to discern the difference that is there. What you should do is do your own tests anything else is kind of useless. In the end it is your set-up, eye sight and how much you care that matters.