Episode 8: Free HD Animal Video, Stewart Filmscreen Tour, Ideal Rear Speaker Placement, Top HD Cult Movies [Discussion]

[serafina]

An Endless Supply of Free HD Animal Video, Help Hanging Your HDTV, How Projector Screens Are Made, Positioning Surround Sound Speakers, And the Blu-Ray Releases for The Week of September 1st.

Watch or download this episode here (http://revision3.com/hdnation/projection)

[infango]

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[hjacobsson]

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[infango]

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[masterevilace]

infango: Do you have an obnoxiously large screenshot showing the problem you could post? (sarcasm)


I have the same problem.. and I really want to watch this one since they mention The Princess Bride

[krashnicki]

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[lennyboy]

Same here.. GIEF!!! :D

[moosifer]

I'm unable to view or download as well. Also the ep is not showing in my RSS feed either.

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[eminemdrdre00]

21:37 Patrick says "Wal-Marts are the best way to hang your TV" o_0

Edit: He said it again and corrected himself lol

[bigron18]

I'm curious if I count as owning a first-generation Blu-Ray player. When I first read the info on Blu-Ray discs, I was sold on the concept, yet worried about owning something that would cease to receive support, such as a Sony Beta VCR. I figured that the best way to protect my purchase from premature obsolensence was to go with the PS3. I bought the original 60 GB version of the PS3 and have never regretted the purchase. There have been physical updates to the PS3, but each new version, while sometimes offering SOME new feature, unfortunately takes key features away. I recognized that hard drive size was irrelevent to me, as I don't keep a lot of stuff stored on the local hard drive, but even if it was too small, the PS3 allows for owners to replace their hard drive. Today, I have just upgraded the firmware to 3.0... I have yet to read exactly what is different, but unlike a stand-alone Blu-Ray player, the PS3 has had routine updates to add new features, such as BD-Live (which I have yet to see really add value to a disc). I believe that I'm not technically getting the absolute best audio from the PS3 from my Blu-Ray movies, but I must not have descerning enough ears, as I think that the audio is awesome. The newest PS3 is supposed to have the better audio output, but I don't have a complaint with my current audio, therefore no need to "upgrade." I also use the UPnP DLNA function of the PS3 to watch all my Revision3 shows (currently downloaded on one machine using Miro and Mediatomb as the server.)

[davmoo]

Blade Runner is the second greatest movie of all time, and I would have been forced to fly to SF and slap all of you around had it not made your list. The greatest movie of all time is, of course, Casablanca...everyone knows that.

My biggest problem with picking cult movies is with the exception of Blade Runner and The Last Starfighter, most of my favorites like Labyrinth, War Games, The Black Hole, Escape From New York, Tron and Ladyhawke are not yet out on Blu-Ray...although there is hope since Labyrinth comes out on Blu-Ray at the end of September.

Before anyone tells me, yes, technically Escape From New York is available on Blu-Ray. But its an import not region coded for US play. So it doesn't count.

And I'm one of the 9 people in the world who prefer the original theatrical version of Blade Runner with Harrison Ford's voice-over narration.

I will most definitely be checking out the animal videos. That's my kind of "reality" TV!

Finally, and keep in mind the show content far and away overshadowed what I'm about to say and made it a non-issue, but at least for me the video and audio were slightly out of sync on the HD version.

[thalidomiderobot]

I really liked the Stewart Filmscreen Tour, I found it very fascinating and wouldn't have minded a little more detailed look at it. Now I am curious about the projection side of the whole thing. I look at blu-ray.com and see all of the mindblowing in home setups and I am very curious about what projectors are out there and where to go beyond your local consumer electronics store to find this great gear. Going that far with in home setups i think you'd have to go with movable screen to fit the true ratio of the prints.

davmo, I am waiting on the none overly packaged Casablanca to come out later this year, dying to see it on bluray but I don't need all of the extra crap and a huge price. The two movies I want to see on bluray are Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil, I think bluray could be the resurgence of black and white as it looks so menacing in such great clarity.

bigron18, I'm not sure that counts actually. Live on Beta, woohoo!

[mod_wastrel]

...I would have been forced to fly to SF and slap all of you around had it not made your list.
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Since they apparently don't know the definition of "cult film"--something which does *not* include universally popular films no matter how much of a supposed "cult" following it/they may have, their list is not that meaningful.

As always, though, an interesting show.

[mic]

I believe that I'm not technically getting the absolute best audio from the PS3 from my Blu-Ray movies, but I must not have descerning enough ears, as I think that the audio is awesome. The newest PS3 is supposed to have the better audio output, but I don't have a complaint with my current audio, therefore no need to "upgrade."

The new PS3 is suppose to do Bitstreaming and therefore the little logo on the receiver lights up. Otherwise, the sound is the same between the fat and the slim PS3. It's an expensive way to light a logo.

I also use the UPnP DLNA function of the PS3 to watch all my Revision3 shows (currently downloaded on one machine using Miro and Mediatomb as the server.)

Or, you could manually download the show directly to the PS3 and eliminate all the extra steps.

[serafina]

Since they apparently don't know the definition of "cult film"--something which does *not* include universally popular films no matter how much of a supposed "cult" following it/they may have, their list is not that meaningful.

As always, though, an interesting show.

We had a LONG discussion about what exactly a "cult" film is... I made the point you did, but was outvoted. Mostly because of the line of thinking articulated by wikipedia here:

A cult film is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside of the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences. [...] A cult film is a movie that attracts a devoted group of followers or obsessive fans, despite having failed on its initial release.

[cyborger]

21:37 Patrick says "Wal-Marts are the best way to hang your TV" o_0

Edit: He said it again and corrected himself lol

Oh come on. You mean to tell me you never had a Wal-Mart bag boy come to your house and hold up your TV? It's great until the weight becomes too much to handle and they drop the TV.

[dafox]

Finally, and keep in mind the show content far and away overshadowed what I'm about to say and made it a non-issue, but at least for me the video and audio were slightly out of sync on the HD version.


Yeah I noticed it too around the 16 minute mark it was quite bad. I'm surprised no one else brought it up.

[davmoo]

We had a LONG discussion about what exactly a "cult" film is... I made the point you did, but was outvoted. Mostly because of the line of thinking articulated by wikipedia here:

One thing I did think to myself as the list was presented was that I could argue that each of those films was not a "cult" film...and at the same time I could just as much argue that yes they were.

If one stuck to a more limited definition and really worked the "cult" part, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is probably the only true cult film in existence. And its not out on Blu-Ray yet...that surprises me, because that would spike the sale of Blu-Ray players overnight if they'd just release that one title.

It would have been a hoot to see something like "Play-Mate of the Apes" make the list, but I can see how the show might have trouble with recommending soft-core porn :D

[sembazuru]

Blade Runner is the second greatest movie of all time, and I would have been forced to fly to SF and slap all of you around had it not made your list. The greatest movie of all time is, of course, Casablanca...everyone knows that.

My biggest problem with picking cult movies is with the exception of Blade Runner and The Last Starfighter, most of my favorites like Labyrinth, War Games, The Black Hole, Escape From New York, Tron and Ladyhawke are not yet out on Blu-Ray...although there is hope since Labyrinth comes out on Blu-Ray at the end of September.

Before anyone tells me, yes, technically Escape From New York is available on Blu-Ray. But its an import not region coded for US play. So it doesn't count.

And I'm one of the 9 people in the world who prefer the original theatrical version of Blade Runner with Harrison Ford's voice-over narration.

I will most definitely be checking out the animal videos. That's my kind of "reality" TV!

Finally, and keep in mind the show content far and away overshadowed what I'm about to say and made it a non-issue, but at least for me the video and audio were slightly out of sync on the HD version.

Make that 10. I sorely missed the voice-over when I first got the Director's Cut of Blade Runner on DVD. So much so that I never got rid of my VHS theatrical cut. (It's one of the few (if not only) director's cut that I thought was worse than the theatrical.)

Yeah, I noted the lip-sync issues, but I just figured it was MediaGo messing up while transcoding to my PSP.

One cult-ish series that I can think of that would look and sound amazing on BD is the Qatsi Trilogy (Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Naqoyqatsi). I'm just not sure if it really has a following large enough to qualify as a cult status. If pressed for just one of the three, I would probably pick the first, Koyaanisqatsi simply because I've had it longer and thus know it better.

[sembazuru]

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I also use the UPnP DLNA function of the PS3 to watch all my Revision3 shows (currently downloaded on one machine using Miro and Mediatomb as the server.)

Or, you could manually download the show directly to the PS3 and eliminate all the extra steps.

Yeah, but how to automate that? I have yet to find a way to get my PS3 to automatically download new podcasts. If you have a way, please share.

[mikec]

Guys, regarding the flight simulators you mentioned. A friend has been a certified pilot for several decades and he has taken the necessary training to be allowed to fly multi-engine jet aircraft like Boeing 737's. In order to stay current, he must "fly" a minimum number of hours a month in that type of jet. Since he is not a commercial pilot, the cost would be prohibitive, so he rents time in a simulator that one of the airlines owns and has at a local airport. He can "fly" a simulator with a real airline instructor next to him. It is a very valid way for a pilot to stay current and not burn hundreds of gallons of jet fuel.

The US military also uses those same type of simulators for the same purpose.

[mod_wastrel]

We had a LONG discussion about what exactly a "cult" film is... I made the point you did, but was outvoted. Mostly because of the line of thinking articulated by wikipedia here:

A cult film is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside of the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences. [...] A cult film is a movie that attracts a devoted group of followers or obsessive fans, despite having failed on its initial release.
Yeah, the problem with that "definition", though, is that it could be used to categorize any and every film as a "cult" film. A film having a "cult" following does not make it a "cult film". Furthermore, cult status is not something a film "rises" to, but is something it "sinks" to... popularity-wise, that is. Anyway, diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks--everybody likes whatever they like.