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barfvader
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Post subject: Re: Last HD DVD you watched? Posted: 08 Jan 2021, 21:39 |
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Joined: 05 Aug 2014, 18:10 Posts: 26 Location: United States Has thanked: 0 time Been thanked: 2 times
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Threw another one into the player last night being Shaun Of The Dead. 5th time watching this since I purchased it as it never gets old for me. Loaded and played thru (even watched most of the special features) with no issues at all and yes, I made sure to keep the remote away from me this time. .
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Post subject: Re: Last HD DVD you watched? Posted: 09 Jan 2021, 07:00 |
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substance wrote: What if HD-DVD won the format war, we would have UHD-DVD now? Nice one!
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Post subject: Re: Last HD DVD you watched? Posted: 12 Jan 2021, 20:33 |
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barfvader wrote: Last night was a Warner Bros title being Full Metal Jacket. This movie for me is a mixed bag in that I do enjoy the entire film but LOVE the boot camp portion so much more then the rest of it. Should have taken pictures as the disc had a thick cloudy film on the disc surface. Would not come clean with alcohol so used Turtle Wax car wax which removed the white film (mostly) and threw it into the player. Loaded and played with no issues. Saw that in the theater when I was young along with a preview screening of Robocop (which was the uncut version--being a preview prior to wide release.) My dad wanted to see FMJ since it was being described as the most realistic depiction of Marine Boot Camp ever in a movie (and he was a Marine Vietnam Vet.) He agrees that the bootcamp portion was the best part of the movie. Rest of it was ho-hum. I concur as well. I actually re-watched the movie right before I joined the Navy so I could get a fresh idea as to what I was getting into as far as boot camp went. Luckily Navy boot camp was no where near as rough as Marine Basic Training!
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barfvader
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Post subject: Re: Last HD DVD you watched? Posted: 14 Jan 2021, 22:05 |
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rein-o wrote: I know I've read Disclord posting about using on LDs Rainx? I think, you can search the topic. Anyway he swore that it worked on some bad discs and that there was a bulletin about using it.
I never saw it and do this at your own risk but just wanted to throw that out there. Thanks for the info as I never heard of using Rainx (I'll do a search). If I had any lying around I'd give it a shot as it's not like it's going to ruin these messed up discs anymore than what they are. Edited to add: Found it https://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2339
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Post subject: Re: Last HD DVD you watched? Posted: 15 Jan 2021, 16:23 |
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barfvader wrote: Do have this title on Blu-ray so not to upset but what a frustrating format this is for anyone that collects these things. Unless you live in Sweden and mostly have European releases like me. I got one disc with possible issues so far out of over 250. I haven't tested all, but all that I have tested plays through. Even US Combo-disc Warner titles, although those were sealed untill I played them. Or maybe I am just lucky. I am also starting to wonder if the player matters. I have two of Toshiba HD-E1.
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barfvader
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Post subject: Re: Last HD DVD you watched? Posted: 18 Jan 2021, 16:05 |
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I've got a bunch of stuff still sealed as well (good amount of Warner Bros titles) and will slowly open and play them. I guess I should have stated frustrating format for collectors here in the United States but according to the online masses we are all sorta weird collecting any physical media. And I don't mind being weird as I never tried to fit in with the masses anyway. As to if player model matters I have no clue. I know mine is one of the low end ones but as long as it works for me that's all that matters. I also have the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player as well and do note that sometimes it has played a disc without issue when the HD-A3 was having issues but don't currently have it set up to test if it will play these problem discs. Handful more that I gave a try over the past few nights with all being Universal releases. Pitch Black and The Chronicles Of Riddick. Loaded and played fine with no issues. I like Pitch Black but Chronicles not as much. It's okay but kinda meh. The Mummy. Loaded and played without issues. I've watched this movie probably 10 or more times now and still find it a good entertaining movie. Will be watching The Mummy Returns maybe tonight. Smokey And The Bandit. Loaded and played with no issues. This movie I have watched at least 20 times (probably more) on various formats over the years. Still fun to watch and laugh at all of the lines done by Jackie Gleason. He was made for that role.
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Post subject: Re: Last HD DVD you watched? Posted: 02 Feb 2021, 16:22 |
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barfvader wrote: Last night was a Warner Bros title being Full Metal Jacket. This movie for me is a mixed bag in that I do enjoy the entire film but LOVE the boot camp portion so much more then the rest of it. Should have taken pictures as the disc had a thick cloudy film on the disc surface. Would not come clean with alcohol so used Turtle Wax car wax which removed the white film (mostly) and threw it into the player. Loaded and played with no issues. You are lucky. None of my Warner Bros HD-DVD's work anymore. So in the bin they went. But even so I still have 100+ discs that are working
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