Age Group | 40s |
Video Likes | Widescreen! clean, clear, good colour |
Video Dislikes | Pixelization, aliasing really annoys me |
Audio Likes | Good use of surrounds, well chosen and integrated soundtracks |
Audio Dislikes | any clicks,pops or dropouts, too much bass |
Favourite DVDs | Lawrence of Arabia, Lord of the Rings, The Mummy, King Kong |
Least Favourite DVDs | Fists of Fury (Diabolical Transfer), The Promise |
Most Eagerly Awaited DVDs |
Titanic | Saw the movie once and regretted it, do not want to see the DVD |
The Matrix | Great Movie, shame about the sequels (although Revolutions was better than I expected, just seemingly a completely different story to where the trilogy started....). |
Terminator 2 | Love It |
Star Wars | The second best movie series ever made. (After LOTR). Discs of I & II are excellent DVD's. Movies have some excellent parts. |
Godzilla | Only ever seen part of this movie.....wasn't impressed |
Independence Day | I know its not cool, but I like it |
DVD Player | Sony UBP-X700 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player , using HDMI output |
Display | LG OLEDC8PTA 55” . Calibrated with Ultimate DVD Platinum. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
Audio Decoder | Built into amplifier . Calibrated with Ultimate DVD Platinum. |
Amplification | Marantz SR5012 |
Speakers | Monitor Audio Bronze 2 (Front), Bronze Centre & Bronze FX (Rears) + Sony SAW2500M Subwoofer |
1. Lawrence of Arabia: Collector's Edition (1962) Magnificent Film, Beautiful Visuals, Interesting Extras | 2. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Collector's Extended Edition (2002) Great film, Great extra scenes, interesting extras | 3. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Special Extended Edition (2001) Great film, Great extra scenes, interesting extras | 4. The Mummy Returns: Collector's Edition (2001) Excellent Demo Disc, also a very entertaining film | 5. Finding Nemo (2003) The colours are breathtaking |
6. Shrek (2001) Makes me laugh | 7. The Hitchcock Collection-Volume 1 (RW, Psy, etc) (1942) Brilliant Films, well presented | 8. This Is Spinal Tap: Special Edition (1983) This one goes to 11 | 9. Queen-The DVD Collection: Greatest Video Hits 1 (2002) DTS version of Bohemian Rhapsody blew me away | 10. Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Collector's Edition (1974) One of the funniest films ever on a great DVD |