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What was the last high definition picture/high resolution audio movie you watched?

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What was the last hi-def/hi-res movie that you watched?

I checked for this thread but couldn't find it. ...So I guess I just created it.

Last night I revisited this, in 3D :::



* I watched and listened to it @ Master Reference volume level. ...WoW!
...Truly involving on all sense's level! It is one of the very best sound scoring with an excellent music soundtrack.

And the picture quality in 3D is much more "you-are-there" immersing perspective.

Am all in, no matter what other people might have to say or not in their own original/peculiar way.

If you haven't experienced it yet in 3D and @ Reference Master volume level in your own home, what are you waiting for? ...Afraid of space and blowing out all your speakers to smithereens? :cool:
 
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Last night I watched this ::



- Not bad, not good, just in the middle. ...Fun entertainment still. ...Leave your concepts at the front door.
Technically (sound & picture)? ...Some CGI some sound fabrication from somewhere else...looks and sounds great for a 2014 flick. ...But could be still much better (I'm a natural sound & picture addict). ...Dolby Atmos perhaps? ...And certainly 4K.

* One thing worth mentioning here; no 3D version for the North American continent. :( ...Unless you're from Brazil. ...Because the 3D version does exist, and they put a lot of effort into it too. ... Noah Better in 3D
 
#30 ·
I checked for this thread but couldn't find it. ...So I guess I just created it.

Last night I revisited this, in 3D :::



* I watched and listened to it @ Master Reference volume level. ...WoW!
...Truly involving on all sense's level! It is one of the very best sound scoring with an excellent music soundtrack.

And the picture quality in 3D is much more "you-are-there" immersing perspective.

Am all in, no matter what other people might have to say or not in their own original/peculiar way.

If you haven't experienced it yet in 3D and @ Reference Master volume level in your own home, what are you waiting for? ...Afraid of space and blowing out all your speakers to smithereens? :cool:
No 3D , only 2D Plasma and LED's here . Can do ref loudness though. I have the movie on hdd though good movie!
Oh I'm not stalking you this was the first thing that came up under active topics ,getting boring over at hires not much bloodletting over there just now, but there always tomorrow right?

Watched Gladiator on Netflix 1080p super HD keeps me up for the bloodsport over at hires and all ☺☺
ofc out of respect I will behave in your threads !
I got a fair and balanced on the brain domination test I posted screenshot on hires See you around stay cool :D
 
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Hi Frank, nice of you to pop up like that in here.

* And you too, you be cool with the Blues. :cool:

BTW, 'Gravity' in 3D is just that much better than in 2D. ...And if you can throw your wives your girlfriends and kids and dogs and cats and birds and fishes out of your house for only one hour and half; crank it up @ THX Master Reference level.
Because you only have one chance @ life to be living @ full speed of light ("c" from Albert Einstein), and out-of-bound rocket launcher 2,000 Gs over the Sound barrier. I know that you like to live on the edge, and you can also go over the precipice; it ain't that bad @ all while you're in there. ...And there are always white holes to get you out eventually.

I truly hope to see you soon 'bach' (my favorite classical music composer) here and post some more about them flicks you recently watched.

Films are like a library full of books; you learn from hanging around. :)

P.S. I love 'Gladiator'; it's one of my favorite flicks. ...The Music... Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard
 
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Hi Frank, nice of you to pop up like that in here.

* And you too, you be cool with the Blues. :cool:

BTW, 'Gravity' in 3D is just that much better than in 2D. ...And if you can throw your wives your girlfriends and kids and dogs and cats and birds and fishes out of your house for only one hour and half; crank it up @ THX Master Reference level.
Because you only have one chance @ life to be living @ full speed of light ("c" from Albert Einstein), and out-of-bound rocket launcher 2,000 Gs over the Sound barrier. I know that you like to live on the edge, and you can also go over the precipice; it ain't that bad @ all while you're in there. ...And there are always white holes to get you out eventually.

I truly hope to see you soon 'bach' (my favorite classical music composer) here and post some more about them flicks you recently watched.

Films are like a library full of books; you learn from hanging around. :)

P.S. I love 'Gladiator' it's one of my favorite flicks. ...The Music... Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard
No problem with reference THX on a good movie it's only 85dB weighted avg at the listener (pretty loud) the +20dB peaks get real loud though ( if you have some amps with 20dB headroom over the 85dB weigted avg don't try that with an AVR they can get loud but I don't think 115dB at the listener Like my crown amps will it takes many hundred watts ☺ still not as loud as as Digital 3D Imax at the movie that gets loud !

I used to ride mountain bikes, bloodsport rides not park trails great fun .....and pain sometimes but edgy :D

ofc I'll come back I shamelessly pimped this thread over at hires here just now maybe some of the folks will stop by
hopefully not you know who :D stay cool!
 
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I was cool this morning I was beefing with stereoditorclown Amirm jumped me with no direct provoction SRSLY dude is pathological worse than an ex wife on a tear belive it. He's been juming Arny for long as I can remember years , he cant stand anybody standing up to his bully tactics he must be clinically diagnosable by now :D
I think he watches that FX show Tyrant and thinks he is the dude ☺☺

He's gets frustrated easy though his back up style is authoritative attacking like shooting fish in a barrel :D
he jumped me again tonite and ducked out I left him a present ☺☺☺

stay cool
 
#40 ·
SKY ,
Knock knock you there?

Just made a post at blood debate asked armirm to take the brain thing test and post a screen shot like I did can't wait 2 see what dude says :D link
 
#45 ·
SKY ,
Knock knock you there?
Yo Frankie, I'm here. :)

* BTW, Amir's thread is now closed. Sadly because there are some questions that remain still unanswered.
...One in particular from Scott, @ the very beginning; I was going to put it to the attention of Mr. Amir because it was directly aimed @ him (by Scott), but unfortunately I ran out of time just before I was constructing my post extremely intelligently.

So, one less audio (hirez) subject to concentrate on and more good stuff comin' up. ...Like movies for example. :cool:

Nice meeting, NorthSky, and interesting thread! The LG PA70G LED DLP projector I have is not 3D, though it produces an image very much like projected film, to me. Yes, if I can't have the intense contrast of a CRT, then I'm going BIG, as in the LED DLP projector on 120" (ten feet diagonal 16:9) which are a huge bargain at $500 to $700, for what the projectors do. I also thoroughly enjoyed "Pacific Rim" on blu-ray on that big screen. I have ordered, but haven't yet received, but it's in shipment, a Seiki SU4KC1 U-Vision HDMI cable (about $42 USD, Amazon and other outlets) to place between my Yamaha receiver's HDMI output and the projector. From what I've read, the Seiki cable has an active processor inside (powered by USB) and up-coverts HD to 4K, but I don't have a 4K display yet. On an HD display though, the cable (which is actually an A/V device processor) still has the benefit of real-time analysis of the incoming video signal, and outputs video adjusting picture optimally better than the built-in signal processing of most equipment. If it makes even one notch up in noticeable image clarity, it'll be worth it. Other equipment I'm using with the projector are a HomeWorx MediaSonic HW-150PVR OTA ATSC HD Tuner with full HD HDMI output (a real HD no-fee DVR if you connect a USB hard drive) , Panasonic blu-ray, Boston Acoustics 5.1 surround speakers, WDTV media player, and the 120" screen is a basic white Elite brand, only about $160 USD.
Hi Ron,

Nice reply from you, ty for taking the time, much appreciated.
What I really like from your post is that you are a completist and a value oriented videophile.
TY again for sharing. ...And I love 3D.
...And I keep two eyes wide open on 4K, and on 'Godzilla' (size does matter).

NorthSky,

Seen that black Ebola plane on TV ?
'Outbreak' with Dustin Hoffman - Watch that flick to give you an idea of what the worst scenario is.....and it is very scary indeed! :eek:

tube said:
......... wonder if they will make a movie about it now since they broke it out didn't know they had anything like that what else are they doing with our money ............ maybe we don't want to know ?
Like I just said above. ...I'd rather not think about it, and let them do some serious research (on American soil) to find a cure for this devastating killer virus (Ebola, and many many more...).
{Watch that flick; 'Outbreak'}

tube said:
I wanna see an Lois Learner does hard time in prison movie !
or maybe Bill Ayers suddenly disappears into black imprisonment movie like he should have ~40 yr ago .
Obama's lying on TV now probably congress turn to lie to us later,All those are the elected dictators that need to be replaced POTUS too! ! no blood sport @ you know where yet If I watch a movie later I'll let you know.
Tube, who are them two people you mentioned above (dark lettering)? ...Sorry for my ignorance.

* Watching the news on the Internet (from my laptop's screen): Obama: "We tortured them"
...I am not going to go any further with this (under the Bush administration, and the CIA), because it does not correspond with my thread's objective (last watched flick, or doc. in hi-def pic. and hi-res aud.) if you know what I mean.

If, you last watched a political Documentary on Blu-ray, or DVD, or Laser Disc, or VHS tape, or hi-def and hi-res news on your HDTV or HD front projector or HD laptop screen; that is OK to mention the title, but no political or religious or hard-core porn discussions. Not here, not in my thread, and certainly not @ AVSForum. ;) ...Comprende amigo? :D

tube said:
stay cool
That's my middle name; thank you for your cooperation. :cool:
 
#44 · (Edited)
NorthSky,

Seen that black Ebola plane on TV ? ......... wonder if they will make a movie about it now since they broke it out didn't know they had anything like that
what else are they doing with our money ............ maybe we don't want to know ?

! no blood sport @ you know where yet If I watch a movie later I'll let you know .



stay cool
 
#46 · (Edited)
Last night (early this morning in a pitch dark black sky of the universe/multiverse) I watched this ::



Please, don't watch it all alone, in the dark, at night, when the sky is black. ...Pitch black.
But other than that it is ok; I recommend it, if you can stomach it without blowing (puking) your brains out.
...All over the floor, the couch, the coffee table, and your display.
Happy viewing, in hi-def. :)

* Criterion Collection Blu-ray (DigiPack) edition. ...1 BD, 2 DVDs.
 
#48 · (Edited by Moderator)
Last night (early this morning in a pitch dark black sky of the universe/multiverse) I watched this ::



Please, don't watch it all alone, in the dark, at night, when the sky is black. ...Pitch black.
But other than that it is ok; I recommend it, if you can stomach it without blowing (puking) your brains out.
...All over the floor, the couch, the coffee table, and your display.
Happy viewing, in hi-def. :)

* Criterion Collection Blu-ray (DigiPack) edition. ...1 BD, 2 DVDs.

1, 2, 3, 4...BOOM :rolleyes:









 
#47 · (Edited)
NorthSky said:
BTW, Amir's thread is now closed. Sadly because there are some questions that remain still unanswered.
...One in particular from Scott, @ the very beginning; I was going to put it to the attention of Mr. Amir because it was directly aimed @ him (by Scott), but unfortunately I ran out of time just before I was constructing my post extremely intelligently.
that was predictable all things considered I have to behave(for a while ) politbeuro sent me some love .When Armirn and Arny get back together in another thread things will get interesting again (they always do) been going on for years I think I will try to stay out of the beef next time and only watch !

NorthSky said:
So, one less audio (hirez) subject to concentrate on and more good stuff comin' up. ...Like movies for example.
Yea I need to watch some I have about 20 + recent DVD rips I need to watch. I like to watch them as main movie ISO w/o the previews and all
that and upscale them to 1080p before they get to the TV(s) this computer has a much better scaler than you would usually find in a TV or most up scaling players PS 3 is VG though .


Vapor ware IMO anyway you can't hear what you can't hear ! I have some hires (plenty) Even made some in the studio +(we work with 24/48 sometimes 24/96 only for editing headroom or up loads though B4 mixdown and renderng to 16/44.1 ,encode to mp** or ACC or ALAC . End user 16/44.1 sounds same same 2 me and most humans when we finish .


☺, plenty of hires capable playback chains here like the one I'm listening to right now spinning some Big band needle drops off hdd I ran through a sound editor and DAW and remaster just a touch came out very good I left the original surface noise and all the analog sound in only way to do those old (often RCA ribbon mike )recordings otherwise U kill dynamic range which surprisingly wasn't that bad in 1940's on vacuum tubes neither is overall recording


You can add just a small touch of compression to raise the noise floor , a touch of EQ (they did not have RIAA phono EQ then ) and maybe normalize only certain tracks very judiciously that might be a little woolly hafta be very careful it's one of those situations where all this when using just a little can make something better and a little more can totally ruin it takes some experimentation, do it right you can make some of these ancient needle drops sing. Impossible to do on some already over compressed modern stuff if like that I leave well alone can't put too much lipstick on a pig after all.. A little is usually good a lot is not !☺ I agree that *sometimes pristine less compressed /uncompressed files (with provenience not remasters ) are a good thing if you can break bread for them, has nothing to do with hires argument though. although a good remaster is sometimes useful also but you usually leave those be,


Contrary to popular wisdom adding compression is actually subtracting dynamic range it's not additive in that sense anyway but can add loudness and raise the noise floor and should be used judiciously if at all on real music .
It's expected on hip hop rap though that's part of the deal so the wanna be rap gansta's can blow out they sub woofers in their G rides! ☺☺☺

I listen to lots of other music also not much on rap and hip hop but we hafta do it that's where the business is .

Spinning this big band needle drop off the hdd loud through my PC and amplified 192kHz SC with burr brown DAC and ADAC and aftermarket hi res New Japan Radio op amps (sweet ) into Sennsheiser pro studio phones it's my bedroom set up the studio is a whole different universe but it's usually busy working wit my crew in there I don't work in there much(very little ) unless something goes haywire .

NorthSky said:
'Outbreak' with Dustin Hoffman - Watch that flick to give you an idea of what the worst scenario is.....and it is very scary indeed!
seen it a few times good movie scary too !

NorthSky said:
Like I just said above. ...I'd rather not think about it, and let them do some serious research (on American soil) to find a cure for this devastating killer virus (Ebola, and many many more...).
{Watch that flick; 'Outbreak'}
All the more reason folks should stay outta primordial rain forests and not fool around with the primates in there !
Stay outta Atlanta cant always trust these things
!
NorthSky said:
that's my middle name; thank you for your cooperation.
I understand !Cool name, Cool ☺

quote=NorthSky]
Tube, who are them two people you mentioned above (dark lettering)? ...Sorry for my ignorance.[/quote]

Nobody's friends, forbidden subject here you can Google names though !I scrubbed the post though just in case they are watching me !

*
NorthSky said:
Watching the news on the Internet (from my laptop's screen): Obama: "We tortured them"
...I am not going to go any further with this (under the Bush administration, and the CIA), because it does not correspond with my thread's objective (last watched flick, or doc. in hi-def pic. and hi-res aud.) if you know what I mean.
I like FXNN Google it ☺☺

NorthSky said:
If, you last watched a political Documentary on Blu-ray, or DVD, or Laser Disc, or VHS tape, or hi-def and hi-res news on your HDTV or HD front projector or HD laptop screen; that is OK to mention the title, but no political or religious or hard-core porn discussions. Not here, not in my thread, and certainly not @ AVSForum. ...Comprende amigo?
I get it no prob I'll behave in your thread and maybe AVS in general ..........promise

Gonna sign off maybe troll some more around here and see what my favorite myth debunkers are up to or maybe not

Cool talking to you Cool stay Cool !☺☺☺
 
#49 ·
@ tubetwister, please don't watch that twisted spoiler just above; it might shook up your tube a little. ;):D

And thx for taking the time to elaborate on your overall multiverse impressions on the world we've been living in for the last six hundred trillion light years. You are one-of-a-kind, with a lot of good things to say. I like people who have ideas and like to share them with people who listen. :)

Keep a cool attitude, @ all times; you are a good asset to all mindset. Stay clear of tranches, with them artillery people in them.
Play your skills with people of a similar caliber; like scientists for example. ...And illusionists too.

______________________

* Last night I watched this ::



-> Back then I was less than 10-years old (1959). ...It's a very good flick, with good human character analyses. ...Even today.
...High value stuff, very good recommendation.
 
#50 · (Edited)
Might have to put it on my list have the 20+ movies on hdd to watch about 365 + movies and things in my Netflix watch list couple of hundred in Amazon Prime Instant library lots to watch and stuff getting added to lists all the time
probably will never watch it all but lots of choices ended up watching "the Breakfast club " once more stumbled on it channel surfing on Dish haven't seen it for eons still pedantic ,juvenile and funny ! lots of funny dialogue. (Molly Ring world was a cute little number back then also ) I was still way to old for that back then in 85 when the movie was made though .


No direct discussion with (you know who) yet fine with me his methodology obfuscation and continually changing narratives gives him 0 credibility with me and most of the egg heads I imagine besides the results are useless in a practical sense anyway .He's just stroking his ego probably because his squeeze aint stroking him no more or there ain't nothing to stroke ha ha☺☺ Favorite debunker Arny is laying low he might be busy recording a concert or something
being Sunday and all (one of his side businesses ) rest of the usuall cool debunkers doing fine though nobody's bleeding anyway .

Saw the exploding head spoiler no big deal lightweight (poorly done ) Photoshop scum .
Seen a lot worse for real on all expenses paid (except for your habits) vacation in Southeast Asia!

That video was tame by comparison (in that it was fake too) and no real life sounds explosions smoke ,screams or smells, A PC monitor or TV or even a movie screen can not approach that terror (one of those things one should never have to experience up close and personal bty)

Anyone tells you they weren't scared over there (or any war)is either not of sound mind (not hard to take leave of ones mind temporarily or longer in some cases in these situations things get down to the basics in a hurry in the bush )
or lying for whatever reasons maybe simply because like most of us and our older and younger comrades we don't care to relive those paid vacations !Smart ones in any conflict do what they have to do to keep them and their comrades regular ,rotate out and don't look back and don't think about the issues just do the job and get out , In a sane world Civilians can't and shouldn't have to understand it that's the whole point doesn't always work out that way unfortunately !nuff said.

I was 7 in 59 imagine different universe certainly a different quite possibly better time for some maybe not so much for others but very different .

just looked 365 entries in Netflix queue haft-ta get busy lots of good documentaries there also many of the newer
WWII films are excellent if not somewhat realistically graphic amazing what they can do now. I like watching
them though a lifelong fascination with that time in history et al; not much on later war films for obvious reasons
back to WWII we actually did save the world then interesting time of history for a couple of decades both preceding and one following WWII the late 30's 40's and 50's even the 60's were *some of the most fascinating and world changing* times in recent history downhill from there at times for some though IMO.

Be cool ,cool will tune in again soon
 
#57 · (Edited)
'3 Days to Kill'



It's a cool flick; I enjoyed it the first time (didn't fall asleep). ...Some good stuff in it; overall of it. :cool:

Luc Besson, one of the producers, co-writer and story provider, plays a big part. /// Love that guy.
 
#64 ·
'Sorcerer' (1977)

Very late last night I revisited this remake of the masterpiece 'The Wages of Fear' (1953) ::



* Directed by William Friedkin, starring Roy Scheider, and with the music of Tangerine Dream.
...A top favorite of mine. And picture & sound quality are excellent for this older 1977 flick.

________

 
#66 ·
Last night I watched this cult classic on Blu-ray:



The disc had the original B&W and colorized versions. Since Ray Harryhausen had originally envisioned the movie in color but shot in B&W due to budget constraints, and since he oversaw the colorization, I didn't mind watching the colorized version on the Blu-ray disc.

I think this may have been the first time I had seen it in the original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, and I know this is the first time I had seen it on a 50-in HDTV.

If you love the Sci-Fi B movies from the 1950s, you will love this one!

Alas, I mailed back the disc to Netflix this morning.
 
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