Mike O

Possessed said:

But seriously, how bout instead of using your phone you get a Roku? The original first Roku sells at Wal-Mart for around 40 bucks. It only goes as high as 720p but it still looks quite good and is pretty easy on the WiFi. If you must have 1080p there’s the Roku 2 or 3 but they cost a bit more.

Well, I have my BD player for the main streaming apps: Vudu, Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu. I basically got the stick to use the others like the premium channel streaming apps. As I found out, there was a reason that they were so cheap. Either way, Cinemax don’t have a Roku app, and creating one is obviously not something which HBO has much interest in. FUNimation apparently do have a Roku channel though. Either way, I’m trying my best not to spend money, especially since I’m currently looking into getting something off of my DVR, a quest I have been on for many years now and will cost money one way or another. On that subject, is there any way around iTunes DRM infestation to put some of their content onto a DVD to watch?

Danfun128 said:

NVidia Shield. Don’t forget to root it and install real android.

What does this mean??

TV’s Frink said:

Mike O said:

Possessed said:

Better yet, get pizza.

My Pizza Hut closed and won’t deliver to me. Motherfuckers.

Said the guy who complained we weren’t taking his thread about Chromecast seriously.

I hope that none of my comments were taken too seriously. While I would definitely like an answer on the issue, this is about as first world a problem as you get, so any criticisms of people making jokes were meant to be lighthearted.

Possessed said:

Better yet, get pizza.

My Pizza Hut closed and won’t deliver to me. Motherfuckers.

Love my iPhone, don’t want to switch. Sounds like I’m basically boned. First world, first world problems.

Such an app, I have sought. Found one, I have not.

Soooooo…Chromecast?

OK, fun first world problems. Not particularly important, probably not even worth the bandwidth, but what the hell. I don’t have a laptop, just an iPhone. The PC is in another room. I’d like to watch certain thing, primarily Cinemax content like Banshee, and their app seems steadfast in their reticence to not support Chromecast. There’s also Amazon, but that’s a lost cause. Don’t have an Apple TV, or an iPhone HDMI cable. Oh, and FUNimation too, but apparently God doesn’t want me to watch Dragon Ball Z subtitled in its correct aspect ratio. Any way to work around it and get it (and possibly AIV or others) up on Chromecast? My BD player does AIV, Netflix, Hulu, and Vudu, but it’s temporarily been shipped off to get fixed. Incidentally, not having a real remote is a colossal pain in the ass. I suppose that without jailbreaking the phone, there isn’t any way around this? Figured I’d ask.

PS Will the updated software ever extend to the ability to delete posts and have a better search function?

So what’s the word on Pan’s Labyrinth? I hear the U.S. DVD was DNRed to hell, is the U.K. disc the best bet? Is there non-DNR region A version? I’m region free, so I can get the U.K. disc, but it’d be easier to get a region A or region free on if I can.

I have the Command and Conquer: The First Decade DVD. I tremendously enjoy playing Yuri’s Revenge, it’s one of the best things for taking the edge off of my sad life and distracting me from its cold, existential horror. But that particular subset of the game only doesn’t work correctly. It won’t run at all regularly, and when I clicked “Run as administrator,” it used to work, (32 bit, which is a nightmare and won’t open again if it’s minimized, but that’s a separate issue…), but now come up with a black screen. It’s on the screen; I can click or touch it and hear it move to the next menu. But it doesn’t show. Anyone have any idea?

21 hour days? Jesus. A sobering thing for wannabe filmmakers who think they’d have a “fun” job. Now, the $25,000 question: wait for the big six film boxed set that might FINALLY retain the damn theatrical extras, or buy the two boxed sets of the EEs and just be satisfied? Hmmm…

I won’t be. Though since my friend let me borrow his Blu-ray burner, maybe I’ll be getting the Despecialized Edition, since it’s apparently the best OOT fans will ever get.

ray_afraid said:

Mike O said:

So what wound up being the story with the 4K Texas Chain Saw Massacre remaster? Did it have the original mono or not?

It does.

From what I’m told, there are errors with it that were corrected on the UK disc.

MAX GO won’t stream on Chromecast! Update it, Goddammit! I can’t watch your delightful original programming unless it’s on my damn iPhone!

Well, apart from wanting my name to be hanshotfirst1138 like it is everywhere else (never quite sure how I got my name here, to be honest), and to be able to track a person by clicking on their posts and have search function that works. But based on the available evidence, I’m wondering if it’s impossible to accommodate while keeping old posts because of software upgrades.

I’ll be damned, click on my name takes me to my posts! It’s working! Now can I delete an old post?

Jesus, I had no idea that the Fleshier Superman thing was such a mess…

Yes, but can we get LOTR: The Complete Recordings back in print? WTF not?

I suppose it’s too much to hope that we might finally get remasters of the first six movies that actually look decent and maybe even the director’s cuts for the 50th anniversary? Yeah, it is.

MAX GO won’t stream on Chromecast (WTF?!), neither will AIV, my Sony Blu-ray player can’t get the premium channel streaming apps, the Amazon Instant Video interface on it doesn’t tell me if it’s 1080p or not, my HDTV only has two HDMI ports, you can’t get Ed, Edd, N’ Eddy on video after season 2, Mighty Max isn’t on DVD, 24 isn’t on Blu-ray, Babylon 5 isn’t streaming, Hulu doesn’t have all of Dark Shadows or Dragon Ball Z, Time After Time isn’t on Blu-ray, I don’t know how to get DRM content that’s not on video off of my DVR…

Oh, I’m sorry, I thought by “bitch about something,” you mean “first world problems” 😉.

Also, how do you do italics now?

I'm still skeptical that it'll happen at all ;). Can I be hanshotfirst1138 like I am on every forum I occupy?

DuracellEnergizer said:

Mike O said:

PS I also need to figure out how to get some stuff not available on home video off of my DVR, but God knows how to do that.

Then why don't you ask Him? ;-P

 It's been a long time since He answered me. 

OK, I'm a dumbass. My understanding about pulldown was that basically, something shot at 24 FPS was converted to 30 interlaced fields, then 60 for NTSC broadcast? So does this translate to looking the same to the human eye? Why is it 60p in HD? Does it recombine the fields? Does this look the same to the human eye? Streaming apps say that they will run at 24p, but my Sony BDP S3100 a Chromecast will only display at 60p. The player has a weird thing where it'll display 24p in a certain setting mode for an SD DVD, what that about? Someone school me on the technical know-how here. Sorry for being a moron. Was the native ratio of something shot on VHS video 30 FPS? Hence the infamous "soap-opera effect?" When show which had their effects finished in SD, were they literally using NTSC VHS? If so, were they just converted from digital to analog when the CG FX were done? They always say "the digital effects were done in SD," does it literally mean 480i DV then broadcast analog on videotape?

Oh, and I have a Sony BDP S3100, as mentioned above. Is there any possible reason why its interface with Amazon Instant Video is so wonky? Did Sony just design a bad app? On my dad's Smart TV, it'll actually display if it's showing 1080p and 5.1, but my dumb-ass BD player just displays the bitrate and five bars. How useful. Sony's customer service barely speaks English, so I figured I'd bet a quicker answer here. My TV only has two HDMI ports, so I got a Chromecast to work around with stuff like Crunchroll, HBO Go, MAX GO, SHO Anytime, Starz Play, etc. It's a colossal pain, there's no iPhone workaround with Chromecast for Amazon Instant Video, NO FUCKING REMOTE CONTROL, and the interfaces suck like an industrial carpet cleaner. Is there a one-size-fits-all option besides a PS4 or X-Box One? I spent a significant amount of money on a damn custom-modded region-free player, so the time being, I just bought an HDMI extender and switch them out on the second port since the first one has my DVR.

PS I also need to figure out how to get some stuff not available on home video off of my DVR, but God knows how to do that.

ANOTHER Death Star? Patter recognition is not strong with this one...

So what are the chances of us actually getting movie remasters that are good for something besides Wrath of Khan for the 50th anniversary?

DuracellEnergizer said:

Mike O said:

If we can get what we'd all sell our souls to Crowley for, it'd be worth it.

Pfft. I'd never sell my soul to somebody with a tacky fashion sense like his. 

 Well, Lucifer is in the cage, so he's in charge now.

CatBus said:

Mike O said:

Who cares? All I want is an OOT 4K remaster. If it can get us that, it can be a two hours of J.J. Abrams scratching his balls in 3-D. If we can get what we'd all sell our souls to Crowley for, it'd be worth it.

Well, let's not get carried away.  I think asking for something more realistic like a pet unicorn or world peace would be a good exchange for a crappy TFA too, without having to entertain complete fantasies like an official OOT 4K remaster.

 Anything that happens to Star Wars will be worth it if we can get a remastered OOT in 4K.

Who cares? All I want is an OOT 4K remaster. If it can get us that, it can be a two hours of J.J. Abrams scratching his balls in 3-D. If we can get what we'd all sell our souls to Crowley for, it'd be worth it.