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street kings is a fantastic film 
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noshua
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http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=25534
Seriously. The above hurts my eyes 
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Bart
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I dont like Aeon for the fact it doesnt have an A-Z, otherwise Id use it.
Ive tried it out twice before and simply dont like it for that reason.
I know theres remote shortcuts, but I dont want that 
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Bart
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btw, if anyone wants to be nosey and see my full collection; http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3082/vidst.jpg
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drunkenfool
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
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Originally posted by drunkenfool
Ive DLd uncompressed Blurays before and compared them to the standard 1080p rips on an 84" screen with a £2500 projector, and I honestly cant tell the difference. I can between 720 and 1080
I would believe that, given that 2.3k is going to get you a entry-mid level project, like the panny AE4/5k projectors (very good for their money, but not highest spec).
I might be wrong, but I think we both have the pioneer kuro TVs? and I can notice an improvement between a BR rip and a 1080p rip (espically if the 1080p rip has been compresses, it really depends on the rip).
I dont normally download BR rips, I think I only have 2 or 3 in total (out of hundreds of videos), but on this occasion, I will be pulling out all the stops 
The BR rip also has DTS-HD where all the other rips are only DTS, will I notice the difference? probably not, but atleast I know i'll be watching/listening in uber quality.
[Edited on 24-04-2010 by Bart]
Yeah I have the Panasonic PTAE4000. The ironic thing is, I actually downloaded this full bluray rip too last night just because I bought a new amp (an Onkyo TX-SR875) and I wanted to 'test out' the full DTS-HD audio track 
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Bart
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I have the denon 3310, and there's a warm glowing feeling inside when the blue 'HD Audio' LED is on at the front of the amp
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noshua
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
I dont like Aeon for the fact it doesnt have an A-Z, otherwise Id use it.
Ive tried it out twice before and simply dont like it for that reason.
I know theres remote shortcuts, but I dont want that
As in an A-Z of film listing or A-Z where you can choose a letter and it'll list each film beginning with the letter?
http://i40.tinypic.com/1zqwqw7.png & http://i40.tinypic.com/5n6mmv.png
[Edited on 24-04-2010 by noshua]
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RS6
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you know this moive is going to be played in every electronic retailer selling tv's from now on
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Nic Barnes
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i thought the film was rubbish. yeah effects were very good. but dont make up for utter garbage movie.
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
I have the denon 3310, and there's a warm glowing feeling inside when the blue 'HD Audio' LED is on at the front of the amp
I'm not the only one then 
Find myself picking films now for their soundtrack just so my amp lights up like a christmas tree 
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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drunkenfool
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What speakers do you have Bart?
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Carl
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Originally posted by Hammer
The 3D is epic, Avatar is absolute shite.
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Bart
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Monitor Audio Radius HD R225 HD10 AV
they're not bad for now, twas a lot to buy out all in one go :/
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by noshua
quote:
Originally posted by Bart
I dont like Aeon for the fact it doesnt have an A-Z, otherwise Id use it.
Ive tried it out twice before and simply dont like it for that reason.
I know theres remote shortcuts, but I dont want that
As in an A-Z of film listing or A-Z where you can choose a letter and it'll list each film beginning with the letter?
http://i40.tinypic.com/1zqwqw7.png & http://i40.tinypic.com/5n6mmv.png
[Edited on 24-04-2010 by noshua]
I've not seen that before, I might give it a try, thanks
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dannymccann
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Originally posted by Bart
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Originally posted by dannymccann
45gb Its only £7 to buy it and you can have it straight away?!
Blu Ray / HD is £7?
I cant stand having piles and piles of dvds, I go for the more digital route;
Very fancy - but I dont have a BluRay player, and have no reason to get one, my DVD's look fine as they are 
Plus I couldnt have a collection that big, the hard drive on my is only 80gb And Im not spending £100 on a 1TB hard drive to then get another solicitors letter through the door for downloads 
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Bart
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Are you on Virgin Media by any chance?
DVD quality is fine for a small tv, but blow it up onto a 52" tv and it pixalates
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfoolYeah I have the Panasonic PTAE4000. The ironic thing is, I actually downloaded this full bluray rip too last night just because I bought a new amp (an Onkyo TX-SR875) and I wanted to 'test out' the full DTS-HD audio track
Out of curiosity, what did you play the rip from?
Ive just gone to test mine, and I need to wait for a firmware update to play on my PCH C-200.
Reading into it, most BR players wont be able to play this without an update (thus making any 2.0 [pre network ports) obsolete).
Im gonna feel very sorry for most of these people.
It wont play on my PC or my PCH.
Im downloading a normal 1080p rip now (as I have friends coming round tonight), but now have to wait for Symbas to release the firmware.
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drunkenfool
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
Monitor Audio Radius HD R225 HD10 AV
they're not bad for now, twas a lot to buy out all in one go :/
Good choice, they are the same speakers that we have! Although we swapped the sub for a 200w M&K one
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drunkenfool
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
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Originally posted by drunkenfoolYeah I have the Panasonic PTAE4000. The ironic thing is, I actually downloaded this full bluray rip too last night just because I bought a new amp (an Onkyo TX-SR875) and I wanted to 'test out' the full DTS-HD audio track
Out of curiosity, what did you play the rip from?
Ive just gone to test mine, and I need to wait for a firmware update to play on my PCH C-200.
Reading into it, most BR players wont be able to play this without an update (thus making any 2.0 [pre network ports) obsolete).
Im gonna feel very sorry for most of these people.
It wont play on my PC or my PCH.
Im downloading a normal 1080p rip now (as I have friends coming round tonight), but now have to wait for Symbas to release the firmware.
I downloaded it in 720p as soon as it came out because we wanted to watch it that night, but I left the Bluray rip downloading over night with the intention of watching it again tonight with my mates. I was going to try and play it on the PCH A-110 (I ordered the A200 but still waiting for stock to come in from aMP3) but now it looks like it might not work! I just opened it fine on the PC though using BS Player, but I dont have this PC connected to the main amp so I dont know if the DTS-HD track works or not. I'll see if I have any luck later!
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Bart
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lol, we have far too much in common I think.
I was contemplating the AE5000 a couple of months back, but REALLY need to save money.
The more time I spend looking at goodies on the net the more tempted I get.
must ..... not...... buy......
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Chris F
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Not to sounds dumb here bart - but do you load ur dvds on ur PC/Laptop then play them to ur tv?
Also what programe is that?
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Bart
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Hi Chris,
I have to say (for legal reasons), I backup my disks from my PC (rip them) and store them on my NAS.
I then use a popcorn hour C200 to stream them from my nas to my PC (over ethernet network, HDMI to my amp).
What I dont do is download them and store them on my amp 
In terms of programs try looking at AnyDVD.
As drunkenfool said above, popcorn hour do a range of media streamers, which all the latest have the same hardware (CPU/RAM etc), so the choice of streamer is down to your requirements, i.e;
C200 - Has Internal Hard Drive for storage (videos/music/photos), and slot for BR/DVD drive
A200 - Has Internal Hard Drive
Popbox - Is just a streamer (ideal for small rooms/bedrooms).
Heres a comparison chart between the streamers, cant rate them enough.
[Edited on 25-04-2010 by Bart]
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John
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It's not legal to rip dvd's afaik.
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Mad Moe
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Of of interest what software do you guys recommend for ripping DVDs to my external Hard Drive, the missus is complain that my Collection takes up too much space and I wanted to back them all up and put the originals in the loft
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by John
It's not legal to rip dvd's afaik.
Its very unclear afaik.. its something along the lines of "its perfectly legal to backup your own dvds", so long as you dont circumvent the protection.
ghey
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