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nextwednesday
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 23 Sep 2016, 19:20 |
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je280 wrote: 70mm film presentations in a cinema - that is a thing that is not likely to happen anytime soon here.
I do miss a proper film presentation (with a nice clean print!!!) but good prints are now quite scarce & where they are now is another story.
Hmmm. A whole season of them here, now. 6 films, 32 screenings: https://www.princecharlescinema.com/seasons/70mm-presentations/
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audioboyz1973
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 23 Sep 2016, 22:11 |
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laserbite34 wrote: I tried to watch listen to this lot a few minutes ago and couldn't bare the rubbish garbage bluray. Thank goodness I have a Laserdisc in the post I can't listen to bluray loessless garbage near field mixes. So I tend to agree that the cinema mixes sound better than the 'soundbar mixes', but if you hate them so much, then why keep buying the damn things just to complain on here????
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forper
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 25 Sep 2016, 09:51 |
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alien wrote: Blu-Ray is the more all round successor to Laserdisc than DVD was. Why are you here then?
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je280
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 25 Sep 2016, 15:56 |
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nextwednesday wrote: je280 wrote: 70mm film presentations in a cinema - that is a thing that is not likely to happen anytime soon here.
I do miss a proper film presentation (with a nice clean print!!!) but good prints are now quite scarce & where they are now is another story.
Hmmm. A whole season of them here, now. 6 films, 32 screenings: https://www.princecharlescinema.com/seasons/70mm-presentations/ Hi nextwednesday, Sounds rather good but that cinema is around 690 miles from where I am. The "proper" cinemas are now very few & far between. The Playhouse in Edinburgh has 70mm projection equipment but that's it for Scotland - the GFT (Glasgow Film Theatre) has looked at 70mm presentations but nothing ever came of it. The sad thing is that the costs to fit (or re-fit) the equipment is not as high as some think but it does not really add up as the presentations are limited & unless there is backing from outside sources it is highly unlikely to happen anytime soon. The gutting of so many cinemas when they closed was rather barbaric but that was the way it was, very sad. This was done to prevent listing orders being placed on them. Many "Save Our Cinema" campaigns were mounted but it was often too little too late with developers moving in very quickly to render them useless as cinemas - removing projection equipment (fairly easily replaceable) was the usual practice but the removal of the seating was the killer move, very costly to purchase/refit. Enjoy the 70mm presentations. Are the prints you are watching unfaded (still bright/fresh) & in fairly good condition? Cheers
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audioboyz1973
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 26 Sep 2016, 09:49 |
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forper wrote: alien wrote: Blu-Ray is the more all round successor to Laserdisc than DVD was. Why are you here then? Because most of us are still able to enjoy and appreciate Laserdisc while being realistic about its limitations.
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alien
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 26 Sep 2016, 10:32 |
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audioboyz1973 wrote: forper wrote: alien wrote: Blu-Ray is the more all round successor to Laserdisc than DVD was. Why are you here then? Because most of us are still able to enjoy and appreciate Laserdisc while being realistic about its limitations. This guy gets it!
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forper
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 01:39 |
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alien wrote: [ Because most of us are still able to enjoy and appreciate Laserdisc while being realistic about its limitations. This guy gets it! [/quote] But you don't appreciate laserdisc, you just bag it. Why are you here? Seriously? Do you even have any LDs? Why do you have them?
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 03:01 |
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forper wrote: alien wrote: [ Because most of us are still able to enjoy and appreciate Laserdisc while being realistic about its limitations. This guy gets it! But you don't appreciate laserdisc, you just bag it. Why are you here? Seriously? Do you even have any LDs? Why do you have them?[/quote] What's going on down under? Why are Koalas fighting? We all love LDs for what they are! Let's leave it that;)
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alien
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 09:07 |
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forper wrote: But you don't appreciate laserdisc, you just bag it. Why are you here? Seriously? Do you even have any LDs? Why do you have them? I appreciate LD for being the premium format of its era and how ahead of its time it was, I'm just not ignorant and deluded to suggest that its still the greatest format in this day and age when it comes to the best, most film-like and most accurate video or even audio presentation. It pales in comparsen a lot of the time. I have 2 players and a quality over quantity selection of actual discs that I've sunk a fair bit of money into ever since I stared collecting 4 or 5 years ago. I also have a video processor which again wasn't cheap and took a long time to get the picture settings right, but it was all worth it and I don't regret a thing. I collect LD mostly for tittles that have things that are exclusively unique to the format, or have really cool editions. LD is awesome for what it is
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 14:16 |
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nissling wrote: I like Laserdisc for the artwork. Otherwise, not so much. I actually sold my one and only player yesterday although I don't think I'll ever miss it. I wouldn't want to be without my box sets however Okay bye Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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