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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Have You "Made the Switch" to BluRay?
« on: August 4, 2009, 03:53 PM »
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Have You "Made the Switch" to BluRay?
« on: August 4, 2009, 12:37 PM »some in store demo's I've seem make excellent looking movies look horrible. But that was probably the TV it was playing on, not the BluRay.
I've noticed that too....some scenes on demo discs of Pirates of the Carribean, everything is flat and too crisp. Doesn't look cinematic...looks like an A&E made for cable movie.
It's got to be that they punch up sharpness on the TV and the demo disc both.
No, it's probably the 120 MHz refresh rate. It's something that the manufacturers have been pushing. Probably in an effort to make broadcast signals look "more Hi-Def". And it probably looks great for sports. But it also winds up making movies which are shot at 24 fps look strange, as if they were shot on video. And the cinematic quality of the image suffers.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Have You "Made the Switch" to BluRay?
« on: August 3, 2009, 07:21 PM »
No. I don't even have a tv with Hi Def capability yet. And I work in broadcasting! 
Right now I think almost all of the hardware is overpriced. Especially given the economic climate. I'd love a 50" flatscreen, but the prices are crazy. The same goes for the BluRay players. They're still at least $200. But get this. You can get a standard DVD player that can upconvert your DVD's for hi-def capable monitors, and the unit will cost you less than $50.
Still, a BluRay player is going to give you the highest quality image that you're going to see outside of a gaming console like the PS-3 or X-Box 360. Most broadcast HD signals max out at 720 p. But BluRay and the game consoles will put out 1080p.
Right now I think almost all of the hardware is overpriced. Especially given the economic climate. I'd love a 50" flatscreen, but the prices are crazy. The same goes for the BluRay players. They're still at least $200. But get this. You can get a standard DVD player that can upconvert your DVD's for hi-def capable monitors, and the unit will cost you less than $50.
Still, a BluRay player is going to give you the highest quality image that you're going to see outside of a gaming console like the PS-3 or X-Box 360. Most broadcast HD signals max out at 720 p. But BluRay and the game consoles will put out 1080p.
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: August 2, 2009, 07:03 PM »
The price is definitely a deterent for me getting into the deluxe line. I for one liked the ROTS Crab droid, and I'd be happy to get some more. But with the new version costing as much as it does at TRU, I'm abstaining.
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The Legacy Collection / Re: SDCC'09 Exclusives
« on: August 2, 2009, 04:45 PM »7431
The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: August 2, 2009, 03:15 PM »
Bought the Deluxe Battle Droid Pilot with the Armored Scout Tank last night. That was one of my favorite Episode I mini-rigs, and I like the new deco on this version.
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Clone Wars ARC-170 (Imperial Deco)
« on: August 2, 2009, 03:14 PM »
TRU's pricing makes me regret passing on this for $59.99 when I had the chance.
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The Original Trilogy / Re: Han Solo in carbonite?
« on: August 2, 2009, 02:17 PM »
It did look like the wrist binders came off just before the carbon freezing. As for the arm cuffs, I've heard it theorized that those are actually made of carbonite. So when he gets thawed out in ROTJ, those disolve just like the rest of the carbonite.
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The Original Trilogy / Re: Deleted Return of the Jedi Scenes
« on: August 2, 2009, 02:14 PM »
I think deleted scenes would be a tremendous addition to all of the OT movies. Maybe George is hanging onto those for the BluRay edition?
As for the ones I can think of from across the OT?
-Toshi station scenes with Biggs, Fixer, Camie (ANH)
-Wampa attack in Echo Base (TESB)
-C-3PO tearing down wampa warning signs (TESB)
-Sandstorm (ROTJ)
-Emporer's Royal Guards attacking Moff Jerjerrod (ROTJ)
As for the ones I can think of from across the OT?
-Toshi station scenes with Biggs, Fixer, Camie (ANH)
-Wampa attack in Echo Base (TESB)
-C-3PO tearing down wampa warning signs (TESB)
-Sandstorm (ROTJ)
-Emporer's Royal Guards attacking Moff Jerjerrod (ROTJ)
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The Legacy Collection / Re: Wal-Mart Droid Factory Sets
« on: August 2, 2009, 12:42 PM »Bought a set of these damn things today.
You look happy about it.
Looks like someone is becoming more aware of their Collecting OCD.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Testing the Job Market
« on: August 1, 2009, 11:53 PM »
People will always want and need The Drugs! You've got a job for life, Jesse! Unless you go into the meth lab business, that is.
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Celebration V: Orlando / Re: The Celebration V Speculation Thread
« on: August 1, 2009, 08:20 PM »
Sansweet has done Wizard World Chicago a number of times. I don't think his visit is indicative of anything other than maintaining a Star Wars presence at the con.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Harry Potter
« on: August 1, 2009, 04:43 PM »
There are definitely some significant ommissions from the movie version of Half Blood Prince. I think there are some things that were done right, like the Quidditch match and the sequence with the cave at the end. But there's barely any sense of who Fenrir Greyback is at all, despite his appearance. And there's a lot that was glossed over with the Weasely family.
The books are by far a much richer experience. But I don't know how they can really be translated into movies without turning them into 3 hour+ epics.
The books are by far a much richer experience. But I don't know how they can really be translated into movies without turning them into 3 hour+ epics.
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Conventions / Re: San Diego Comic-Con 2009
« on: August 1, 2009, 12:33 PM »Did anyone go to the San Diego Star Wars Society's trivia panel on Sunday?
Nope. I was more interested in just getting out of town that day.
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The Legacy Collection / Re: 2009 Hasbro Star Wars Fans' Choice
« on: August 1, 2009, 12:30 PM »Wait - did they make or announce Wooof and I missed it? Because that's what I want.
I got confirmation from Hasbro that Wooof is a lock for 2010.