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

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by crutzulee

If you spatchcock a bird, the breast becomes the juiciest part...In a past life, I've done all kinds of amazing things with turkey leftovers. Somehow between my son, daughter and myself, we completely picked clean a 12 pound bird on thanksgiving (with all the fixings ) so I doubt there would be anything left for boxing day.

My mother is Sri Lankan. If I were to make a curry, it would literally kill my family

We did a 15.66 lb bird here for just my wife and I as this is my favorite meal of the year and leftovers are the gift that keeps on giving.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by crutzulee

If you spatchcock a bird, the breast becomes the juiciest part...In a past life, I've done all kinds of amazing things with turkey leftovers. Somehow between my son, daughter and myself, we completely picked clean a 12 pound bird on thanksgiving (with all the fixings ) so I doubt there would be anything left for boxing day.

My mother is Sri Lankan. If I were to make a curry, it would literally kill my family

Love a good curry!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by gotmule

We did a 15.66 lb bird here for just my wife and I as this is my favorite meal of the year and leftovers are the gift that keeps on giving.

Are you a curry man?

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Love a good curry!

There was once a member of a home theater forum that I was on years ago whose location was listed as England (the birthplace of Indian cuisine).

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by gotmule

We did a 15.66 lb bird here for just my wife and I as this is my favorite meal of the year and leftovers are the gift that keeps on giving.

All this talk of Americans celebrating Thanksgiving makes me realize, that if he is still alive, my dad is probably sitting down to a turkey dinner right now...and his wife is probably using the techniques I taught her...

One thing I'll give her is she made a pretty mean turkey soup out of the carcass.. I may have to get a bigger bird on Christmas lol..

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Are you a curry man?

Not really. Not something I seek out.

[cheez avenger]

I was gifted a turkey from the local councilman of our district and my mom made a pozole stew out of it. I'm Mexican-American and we generally don't eat turkey let alone bake one with the trimmings. I know some Mexican friends that are also like that -- Mexicans don't eat turkey as much as Americans do.

The turkey pozole my mom made was epic. She even added a couple of beef feet in there so that the stew could grab some flavor and it was great. Just had a slice of caramel-walnut apple pie. I'm pretty much set for the rest of the evening. I watched the 4K disc of Quiet Place II and that was a phenomenal disc. I'm contemplating on what to watch next. I have a nice bottle of brandy for later but ran out of eggnog, so will probably drink it straight and slowly.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by crutzulee

There was once a member of a home theater forum that I was on years ago whose location was listed as England (the birthplace of Indian cuisine).

Yeah, we pretty much adopted the curry dish.

[bhampton]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

Was perusing Redbox for some cheap 4K disc titles to purchase and lo and behold snagged The Suicide Squad for $5.99. Now that is a steal!

I don't like how Redbox used looks like "forgot to return" as it's the same packaging as the rentals and the discs have stickers on them and naturally don't come with the online copy but if that doesn't matter then they have deals too good to pass up. It's tempting to wait out the rental cycle. Why rent when you know it's going to be there at almost dollar store prices. I would love for my local Redbox to carry UHD BD but it's not available near me yet. Having their app is useful because they give $1.75 off a $2 rental often.

I did buy one that was cracked in half but as I remember I txted them and they reversed the charge instantly. All I remember is resolving it was fast. I certainly have a good look at anything I buy or rent there. The rentals are usually needing to be cleaned of fingerprints.

[Wendell R. Breland]

As suggested I updated the ATV 4K to tvOS 15.1.1, several days later went to use HUD and the Developer option was missing. So went to the Mac Mini and opened Xcode and tried to access the ATV and Xcode said it was locked. So I deleted the pair in Xcode and the ATV and started the process of repairing.

Entered the 6 digit number and Xcode pops up a window saying I am using tvOS 15.1.1 and the current Xcode is not compatible with that version. Updating Xcode is not trivial as it is about 12GB in size. Late night it has updated so will try again in the next day or so.

Really wish the providers could get together and come up with a common info solution like Googles “Stats for Nerds” or Amazons info screens that is accessible on my Nvidia Shield Pro.

Rant over!!

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by bhampton

I don't like how Redbox used looks like "forgot to return" as it's the same packaging as the rentals and the discs have stickers on them and naturally don't come with the online copy but if that doesn't matter then they have deals too good to pass up. It's tempting to wait out the rental cycle. Why rent when you know it's going to be there at almost dollar store prices. I would love for my local Redbox to carry UHD BD but it's not available near me yet. Having their app is useful because they give $1.75 off a $2 rental often.

I did buy one that was cracked in half but as I remember I txted them and they reversed the charge instantly. All I remember is resolving it was fast. I certainly have a good look at anything I buy or rent there. The rentals are usually needing to be cleaned of fingerprints.

Redbox comes in clutch but stopped using them when the pandemic hit since it would require additional trips to the kiosk that I didn't need to make.

Outside of a few fingerprints here and there all of the discs I have ever bought from them have always worked perfectly.

[The_Donster]

Happy Holidays valiant warriors. I’ve moved to Lufkin, TX and my sweetie and I are in the process of moving into a house. My body is aching at the moment, especially my knees. I’m looking forward to getting us moved out of this 2nd story apartment and in there. Thank goodness we were able to hire a couple of helpers to move the remaining furniture. Enough about that. Looking forward to getting our tv’s up and running with Suddenlink. It’s been too long since I’ve streamed and played my Xbox. I’m going to try and track down some physical discs during the holidays.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by The_Donster

Happy Holidays valiant warriors.

Same to you, be safe. Good to see you will have access to the internet again.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by canucksam

Not sure if this was seen or discussed at all, but it suggests those of us who collect physical media will be doing so again and again as the first copy wears out. If true, makes me wonder if there's any sense in buying as used disc that came out in 2005 if it's almost on its last legs.

A basement location with a dehumidifier really seems to help!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...-dvd-1.6245540

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Nope, I think that’s a load of crap to be honest.

Originally Posted by crutzulee

It's crap because you don't like the implications...

I've never bought a disc thinking that it would last forever. The one thing I've learned from buying discs is that no purchase will ever be the last purchase of a title that I care to own.

Long before a given format wears out, I will be buying the title on a newer format or in a remastered version on the same format. T'was ever thus chicken little...

did anyone actually read the article? or do people just read titles and comments?

from the article

"I just got fed up with the fact that something, even though it is available anywhere, kind of almost has an expiration [date] to it because of licensing," he said. "It just made sense to have a physical copy in my hand."

I agree with him owning a physical copy is way more then dependable then digital

The 10- to 20-year time range for DVDs and Blu-rays is based on how the discs fared under prolonged exposure to high heat and humidity,

I don't know about you guys but I don't store my media in my steam oven they are on shelves in my home where there is neither extreme heat or humidity (for our own well being and comfort as well as everything else I own. probably why I have CDs that are over 35 years old and still work

could end up being 40 to 60 years.

we will see soon (with CDs) if the 40 year mark makes sense. But either way, anything I have already bought will last as long as it does. I am 51years old, if what I buy now lasts (and I don't want to replace them with something better in the meantime) 40-60 years I will be 91-111 a better question is if I will "wear out" before them.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

hope you all got to enjoy it in some way.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by crutzulee

Agreed...That's why us Canadians celebrate it in October.

yup it would not make sense up here this late in the year. any farmer that would wait this long to harvest his crop would end up with nothing.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Do you cook it through with stuffing?

I do.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Do you share our tradition of making a (Boxing Day) curry with the leftovers?

never tried a curry, the next day it is left overs or turkey salad sandwich, turkey pot pie comes afterword's.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

never tried a curry, the next day it is left overs or turkey salad sandwich, turkey pot pie comes afterword's.

I have a turkey korma or regular curry.

[cheez avenger]

Just finished binging Cowboy Bebop on Netflix and the 4K DV / Atmos was great. The live action adaptation was fun.

Received my copy of Menace II Society and Citizen Kane on 4K disc, so will probably make it a Criterion Collection weekend.