Magnolia (but not if you hate Tom Cruise)
Time Code (would probably be just about right on a 32" screen)
Terminator (it's supposed to have loads of extras)
(which reminds me I shoulda asked to borrow my friends Bollywood films whilst he's on holiday, damn!)
― jel --, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I should mention we have "Jacob's Ladder" and Tina Turner's farewell concert already. Guess who picked out which. Also, we've already seen "Magnolia" on DVD and it smelled like wee.
― Dan Perry, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― geeta, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jeff W, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
The recent reissues of those early Disney classics
Quite good. I've got the color Mickey Mouse comp and need the Silly Symphonies box. But that reminds me, has Warner Bros. put out a good DVD collection of its own treasures?
Waiting on LOTR? You have astounding patience.
― Martin Skidmore, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― anthony, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Very bold of you to say that about The Matrix -- to Dan's endless annoyance, I have never been tempted to see the film. The prospect of Keanu Reeves, action hero makes me larf.
― j.lu, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I appear to have used up my exclamation-point quota for the month. Argh.
Which he usually does, anyway.....remember that face called "Bram Stoker's Dracula"? Made all vamps despair, and try to stake themselves.
As for DVDs, I know you probably have "Blade I" and "II" on reserve, so get the Terminator series. All Arnie, all kitsch, all the time!
Also, try "Almost Famous" and "Velvet Goldmine". Glam, true, but still fun to watch.
Next pass, I shall dig up some culture for your brain....
― Nichole Graham, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I am disappointed that Ned hasn't mentioned "Salival". Pout.
Good...so I can! It's decadent fun, for a pack of music commercials.
(Truly enough, he'd swung me in Tool's direction, in the first place;>)
Preach on; I know the feeling!;> Currently, my Library feeds my hunger....as the moths fly out of my pockets. Wonder if London poverty is any different;>?
Congrats on the TV and DVD player, but be careful that mighty finance charges do not bite you in the ass, dear.
― chaki, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― PJ Miller, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Billy Dods, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nicole, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickn, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim, Monday, 10 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
(My hint for three DVD's everyone must own if the have to own a DVD playa).
― Pete, Tuesday, 11 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RickyT, Tuesday, 11 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s, Tuesday, 11 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
- 'Cockfighter' ('cos it's got Warren Oates, it's banned in the UK, it's directed by the GRATE Monte Hellman, and it sounds like cockfarmer.)
- 'Suspiria' (made for a big telly)
- 'The Conformitst' (prob. the most beautiful film ever made)
- Any of those fabbo Mario Bava discs that have been issued in the last couple of years - 'Blood and Black Lace', maybe, or 'Bay of Blood'
- 'Mouchette' ('cos Bresson is the greatest)
― Andrew L, Tuesday, 11 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sarah, Tuesday, 11 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nicole, Tuesday, 11 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I larfed nonstop and so did Dr. Ben.
It doubles as a 5 CD player and can play MP3s as well. You could load it up with mp3 mix discs and have enough music for an all-weekend party without ever having to switch CDs.
― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 11 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― katie, Tuesday, 11 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'd buy "The Mummy Returns", though. Is that wrong?
haha i like that in 2002 DJP was buying a bigger TV than i have in 2011.
anyway i'm wondering if this animal exists: a TV with absolutely no features other than a tuner, and looking great. i don't want a "Smart" TV, i don't want 3D, i don't want DLNA support, i don't want USB ports. i've already got a popcorn hour and a PS3 and between them they take care of pretty much everything. possible?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 November 2011 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
Are you good at electronics? You could ]build one yourself
― StanM, Friday, 18 November 2011 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
My new lust object is:
- Networked media streamer- HD Freeview PVR- Blu-Ray
all in one box. Apparently this does not exist.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 May 2012 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
Basically my DVD player crapped out and it has made me reassess my entire life, and the nature of things
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 May 2012 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
TS: Roku vs. Apple TV vs. streaming from your laptop
― Lee971 (Lee626), Monday, 21 May 2012 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
I don't want to have to wake up my computer just to watch something on TV
Basically I want WD TV Live, with a disc slot and a TV tuner inside
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
I'd settle for a decent PVR that does netflix, youtube & IPTV. why does youview not offer this
why is there no one piece of kit that does it all plus TV tunerhttp://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1127187/vrg_settopbox_3.png
― слабоумие и отвага (cozen), Monday, 25 February 2013 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
sooooo..
my tv has started to die
:D
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 09:09 (nine years ago) link
it is 26", which apparently these days is fit only for children and elves
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 09:22 (nine years ago) link
lol 5 years later that TV ^ is still going strong. Toshiba Regza, bought in 2006. literally as good now as it ever was.
HOWEVER. small OLEDs are finally happening ----->>>
https://www.techradar.com/news/forget-the-48-inch-oled-tv-the-42-inch-lg-c2-is-the-true-mid-size-winner
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 11:31 (two years ago) link
i’m serious about this, about my excitement, i’m not even embarrassed about it
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 4 February 2022 22:01 (two years ago) link
My 50” Samsung frame tv arrived today and I’m also unabashedly excited. Thanks for reviving this thread, now I can bookmark it for all my dumb questions, since I haven’t had a tv in 8 years. I think slaxxor got me mostly sorted with good advice, though.
― just1n3, Saturday, 5 February 2022 00:39 (two years ago) link
how much did that run you?
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 February 2022 02:13 (two years ago) link
Like $950 plus $75 for the frame. I think the 55” was about $450 more. The 50” is good size IMO - good size for a bit more of a cinematic experience without being overwhelmingly large in a small space. We initially looked at the 43” but when I measured it out it was just too small.
― just1n3, Saturday, 5 February 2022 02:19 (two years ago) link
Normally wouldn’t be comfortable spending this much at this time but we don’t have any debt apart from my nz student loans so we financed it interest-free
― just1n3, Saturday, 5 February 2022 02:21 (two years ago) link
no shame! genuinely just curious
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 February 2022 05:28 (two years ago) link
this frame tvs are really amazing looking tbh
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 5 February 2022 09:55 (two years ago) link
The sound quality is better than I expected. Not in any hurry to buy additional audio for it. The first thing we watched a was streaming rental in ultra hd and it sort of blurry?? Like my glasses prescription wasn’t strong enough. Idk it seemed like the problem was my eyes not the screen.
― just1n3, Saturday, 5 February 2022 11:56 (two years ago) link
is it possible there’s some motion smoothing shenanigans that are still switched on?
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 5 February 2022 21:38 (two years ago) link
No I think it was the ultra hd because I watched something on Netflix today and it was clear. The ultra hd option on the rental def took some filter off - it wasn’t motion smoothing but it looked a little too… real?
― just1n3, Sunday, 6 February 2022 01:28 (two years ago) link
Ok it was def the tv. We watched Nobody last night and it was cringey bc of the lack of visual atmosphere. Got into settings, which has a bunch of presets for picture, and it was on “dynamic”. Switched to “filmmaker mode” - huuuuuge improvement. The text is still blurry to look at so I’m gonna figure out how to fix that today.
The sound quality is better than I expected. A sound bar would be nice, but as a luxury upgrade rather than a necessity for enjoying using the tv.
― just1n3, Sunday, 6 February 2022 19:18 (two years ago) link
"The sound quality is better than I expected. Not in any hurry to buy additional audio for it."
glad to hear this!
a quick Google will almost always find you a pathway to the menu option you need to turn off, the real pain is after an update you might need to do it all again but other than that it's a one and done kind of task
our LG has those modes too, after I turned off motion smoothing and all that I still switch between modes to get the right result at times (there's a sport one that makes everything look like a video game from 2012, that one I don't use)
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 February 2022 19:26 (two years ago) link
The remote is great - charges by usb or ✨indoor light✨no batteries!
― just1n3, Monday, 7 February 2022 00:40 (two years ago) link
my 11-year-old vizio set just died ;_;
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 21 February 2022 23:56 (two years ago) link
i finally did it. after about 8 years of waiting for an OLED that would fit in my living room LG went and fucking made one and i have fucking ordered it.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 09:28 (one year ago) link
Ooh which one? I'm planning to get one of those -- the LG OLED C2 42"
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 10:25 (one year ago) link
that's it
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 11:09 (one year ago) link
it will replace a 26" Toshiba Regza that i bought in 2006 which tbf still works like a champ, dodgy remote aside
it will JUST about squeeze into the only spot in the living room big enough for it and i'm stoked for the madness
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 11:10 (one year ago) link
i was motivated by my experience this summer of being able to cast things from my phone to the TV in the airbnb we stayed in. it was like magic. Now that the PS4 MLB app appears to be completely fucked i was having to unplug the HDMI cable from the PS4 and plug it into my laptop to watch the game. humiliating for a man of my age i think you'll agree. the other thing is that over the years on-screen graphics have drifted smaller and smaller, in games and for sports, to the point that it's pretty hard to read some of it on a 26". but i mean yeah... the main thing is, let's not beat around the bush... New TV
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 11:14 (one year ago) link
we have a pretty terrific 32" flatscreen from 2010 that still looks great and does a bang-up job on breath of the wild
we're getting a new TV because, why not, and because our toddler seems like she's finally over the "randomly pulling heavy objects off the wall" stage of toddlerhood
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 11:40 (one year ago) link
that's kinda pricey still, but i always forget they last about 10 years and i'm sat in front of one 10 hours a day.
no scart or component in though, is that how tvs are these days? is my ps2 obsolete (not to mention the n64) because i can't plug it into anything
― koogs, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 12:43 (one year ago) link
It is kind of ridiculous. twice the price of an LCD twice its size.. but I have been waiting patiently for an OLED for years. I hope it will last at least 10 years. my living room certainly won't be getting any bigger lol. It does not have component or scart sadly.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 13:20 (one year ago) link
(the article i found listed the 48" price fwiw, which didn't help)
― koogs, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 14:04 (one year ago) link
they are not dissimilar. in fact i think in the US they're literally the same price. i found a john lewis discount (now expired i believe) which put it at less than a grand.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
it's here :O
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
Today I was able to get the LG remote to control my Yamaha receiver's volume. This receiver is 25 years old. I find this incredible. So now I've got one remote for everything. TV audio piped into the receiver via optical, and out to three Elac speakers. The only thing slightly weird about it is that if I listen to Spotify or Sounds via the TV the sound comes out pretty loud out of the centre speaker, but, well, listening to music on a TV is pretty weird anyway.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 11 August 2022 12:07 (one year ago) link
i am doing it now, because timed recordings on the pvr of late night radio is easier than anything else. utter waste of energy though.
(radio 6 is louder than normal tv, radio 3 is the same as tv. optimod...)
― koogs, Thursday, 11 August 2022 12:52 (one year ago) link
More aggressive compression on 6M I think, which the vocal R3 audiophiles wouldn’t stand for.koogs why not eat the dog food and just use Sounds to catch up on like… Benji B or whatever?
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 11 August 2022 12:54 (one year ago) link
is the dog food vegetarian?
i'm on 3g, so have always had more pvr space than bandwidth. (he says with 140 unheard episodes of front row taking up space)
― koogs, Thursday, 11 August 2022 13:38 (one year ago) link
And no broadband? koogs! I never knew the digital divide extended quite so far!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 11 August 2022 13:44 (one year ago) link
I've been in a vacation rental without internet for a week and omg, cheap TVs are terrible to watch and so is actual TV when you don't have any streaming/iPlayer etc. I tried to switch of all the motion fiddling settings and it still looked horrible.Hopefully we won't need a new TV for a while - drove quite a way to get the last decent plasma one we could find, probably around 8 years ago tho.
― kinder, Saturday, 13 August 2022 16:39 (one year ago) link
New nice TVs at a reasonable price are among the best buys for the buck. It's the age of miracles.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 August 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link
Literally a couple of months into the pandemic my flatscreen fritzed and I ordered a new one thinking it would be a replacement, but it ended up being even bigger, which, thanks. (55" Vizio) Combined that with a new Sony 4K/Bluray player with modifications to play all BD regions and will never look back.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 13 August 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
How’s the sound from the tv speaker? (I don’t use external speakers as I have haring damage and I always find them too abrasive.)
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 13 August 2022 17:50 (one year ago) link
From mine? Quite good I think!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 13 August 2022 17:57 (one year ago) link
My setup is upthread. TV speaker is permanently off. I have optical out to a 3.0 system and it sounds great. The centre speaker changes a lot. Before I just had R and L and everything went through those. Now with a centre speaker the R and L become more kind of ambient atmospheric sources (i’m guessing what would be coming out of rear speakers is getting mixed into them since I have no rear speakers? Or possibly I’m just losing that rear speaker information. I’ve never been clear on that)
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 13 August 2022 18:38 (one year ago) link