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Quote: Originally Posted by Jimbo976 These are estimates from a guy that posts over at AVS. I think he just uses the ratios from HMM and the unit numbers for DVD from the-numbers.com. Nobody really knows how much of a wildcard Walmart is when predicting these things. I will agree with your posts. HMM reported almost a million BD units of UP BD sold in the first week. The total BD unit sold number probably came from the studio, since T.K.A. is...

Quote: Originally Posted by koontz1973 The reason we had the old 4:3 TV's is because films were shot in this ratio in the beginning. Film is a TV medium now as we all watch far more films on TV than we do in the cinema. If the director chooses the ratio, then he can choose the ratio we have our TV's at. Yeah, TV shows can be produced at different aspect ratios. It's very uncommon, but one easy example is Star Wars The Clone...

Quote: Originally Posted by blindcat87 I do agree that there was large demand during the days of 4:3 televisions, and that demand does still exist, but I do not think it is as great. I think you are mistaking the reason a lot of us have objections to panning and scanning as some high-minded artistic integrity argument. While I respect director's artistic integrity and all that, it is really a story concern for me. I see it in the same...

So, despite the fact that the film industry went back to widescreen in the '50s, remember that widescreen actually started in the '20s and went away during the Great Depression, and did not limit director's right to choose their own format during all of the years of 4:3 televisions, now we should resort to censorship to satisfy a few people who can't deal with not having every pixel on their display lit up? Yeah, that makes...

Quote: Originally Posted by blacklion How about respecting the freedom of choice of those of us who are not technophiles or AV snobs? I personally prefer full screen. I buy my DVDs in full screen as far as is possible. If they were offered in BD, I'd happily buy those exclusively. I don't like the zoom function either. I don't care in the least about aspect ratios and all the rest of that geek gobbledygook. I only care about...

Quote: Originally Posted by Afrobean Placebo effect can do wonders. Seriously, 320 kb/s MP3 should be more than enough to exceed a person's ability to notice the compression artifacts even on the most complicated sound structures. And no, a lossless rip of a pristine CD burned to a new CD should be the same. The only issue comes if the disc becomes damaged in some way that effects the way the drive reads the data. If the data on the disc...

Quote: Originally Posted by Trix In regards to the emphasized section: Any player that can internally decode Doldy TrueHD and DTS HD-Master Audio can also internally decode secondary audio and then send the entire stream (HD Audio and Secondary audio) to a receiver as LPCM. It doesn't need to be the PS3, slim or fat. I respectfully disagree. even the Oppo BDP-83, which i own, if secondary audio is enabled, it will mix the secondary audio...

I'm with the OP. I don't think we should have to see every thing that was filmed. We should have peoples heads cut in half, phantom noses sticking out of the sides and voices coming out of people that aren't even on the screen. I also don't see the point of offering 5.1 sound. WE ONLY HAVE TWO EARS PEOPLE!!! If the Flying Spaghetti Monster intended us to make use of more than two sound sources, He would have given us eyes,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Blu Titan Wow...we got someone from Hialeah ! Haha...The city of progress is going blu

Quote: Originally Posted by greyrocket i thought District 9 sucked big time but star trek was bad ass Well I would not use suck but District 9 was a bit of a let down for me as well. Star Trek was very good and I am glad it's doing so well in BD sell