Age Group | Old enough to know better. |
Video Likes | The original theatrical ratio is a must, although if the director or DOP prefers another, that's fine too. I like video that looks like film, but I'll happily watch widescreen VHS if the movie's great. |
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Audio Likes | Sound is good. Overall, I definitely prefer having sound to having no sound. Although, sometimes no sound is good too. |
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Favourite DVDs | I don't like DVDs, I like films. Brazil, Naked, Taxi Driver, Vertigo, Wages of Fear. That sort of thing. A lot of my favourites still aren't on DVD. |
Least Favourite DVDs | I couldn't tell you. I don't make a habit of watching bad films on disc. I have better things to do with my time. |
Most Eagerly Awaited DVDs |
Titanic | Clunky dialogue, a paper-thin pastiche of a villain and a blatantly manipulative score, but entertaining enough the first time. I couldn't watch it again, but there's a hell of a lot worse. |
The Matrix | A fun no-brainer popcorn film. I've owned the DVD for months, but I haven't watched it. |
Terminator 2 | A watered-down, family-friendly Terminator and a bunch of CGI just doesn't cut it compared to the gritty original film. |
Star Wars | The obsessive cult that formed around this series is undermined by the quality of the actual films (Jedi is a shocker!). I have the special edition trilogy on laserdisc and haven't watched it either. I see a pattern forming. |
Godzilla | Haven't bothered watching it after borrowing ID4. |
Independence Day | Insulting and embarrassing. A waste of celluloid. |
DVD Player | Pioneer 103S DVD-ROM with Hollywood Plus decoder card , using S-Video output |
Display | Mitsubishi DiVA (78cm) . Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver . |
Amplification | Yamaha DSP-A1 |
Speakers | Front L/R: Richter Excalibur SE, Centre: Richter Unicorn Mk 2, Surrounds: Richter Hydras |
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