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[User211]

Really enjoyed The Queen's Gambit, and it does no harm that Anya Taylor Joy is fooking gorgeous as well as a great actress.

Agreed it was great. Needed more episodes.

Her alcoholic Mum wasn't too bad, either

[Ali Tait]

[Macca]

DVD, lol... What are those?

Surprised it wasn't VHS tape, haha! You need to treat yourself to a Bluray player, or if you've already got one, buy Bluray discs. DVDs as old hat. muchacho.

Marco.

I've got 2 blu-ray players lol. I don't find the improvements with blu ray to be worth the extra moolah, DVD more than good enough. Video quality is not a hobby for me like audio quality is, so adequate is fine.

[Marco]

Fair enough - 'adequate' is never enough for me, with ANYTHING I don't 'do' adequate, dude... Simply NOT in my vocab!

Have you revisited it though, since you got your new telly? Is that 4k? If so, you'd need to be blind not to see the difference with HDR discs...

Marco.

[Macca]

Fair enough - 'adequate' is never enough for me, with ANYTHING! I don't 'do' adequate, dude... It's not in my vocab.

Have you revisited it though, since you got your new telly? Is that 4k? If so, you'd need to be blind not to see the difference with HDR discs...

Marco.

No, I do see the improvement, just not bothered enough to care. I was happy with VHS and I still have a working player and a lot of tapes. When DVD and digital surround sound came out I was straight on it but just never got heavily into it like with audio but I did work out the things that actually matter to me:

Big screen
Good contrast ratio
Clear dialogue
No clipping (Which is why I don't use an A/V amp, even the big ones clip too easy IME).

Which boxes I've all got ticked. Although I should have got the 65 inch instead of a 55. I chickened out.

[struth]

big difference from dvd to bluray on good gear and film.. the 4k to bluray is much shadier imo unless you have a big set or sit really close. 4k down mixed to hd is preety much same on most house gear. just my opinion

[Marco]

No, I do see the improvement, just not bothered enough to care. I was happy with VHS and I still have a working player and a lot of tapes. When DVD and digital surround sound came out I was straight on it but just never got heavily into it like with audio but I did work out the things that actually matter to me:

Big screen
Good contrast ratio
Clear dialogue
No clipping (Which is why I don't use an A/V amp, even the big ones clip too easy IME).

Which boxes I've all got ticked. Although I should have got the 65 inch instead of a 55. I chickened out.

Fair enough; I'm quite different in that respect, as I like to create a 'snap shot' of the Odeon in my living room, but done well, minus the din of unwashed chavs munching on popcorn!

Therefore, every aspect of the experience, from the lifelike clarity of the picture, to the 'shock factor' of the sound, when reproducing gunfire and/or special effects, has to feel 'real' - and with explosions I *MUST* feel the crunch of bombs going off and the room shaking a little, to successfully achieve that effect. All of which I've successfully managed to do, with NO audible clipping!

The only things I'll be changing with my home-cinema system is when this TV 'goes pop' (as it will NOT be replaced before then, simply to follow fashion), I'll go for a bigger screen (OLED), and move from 48" to probably 55". No bigger than that though, as unlike you, I'm not 'impressed' or excited by huge, ugly, flat-screen TVs, especially when they're not being used!

Then I want to change my AV amp for a Denon Dolby ATMOS one, and possibly fit some ceiling speakers, to facilitate that, then upgrade my rears to Celestion Ditton 11s - and that'll be me DONE, for years

Marco.

[Macca]

Picture size always my number one criteria - that's the main thing about the cinema for me, the big screen. The rest is secondary.

Anyway have you started watching any 'Trailer Park Boys' yet? There's a film too although IIRC it is set after the events of the series so you might want to watch it all in the right order.

[Marco]

Not yet, but it's *totally* on my 'To Do' list, so it'll happen sometime over the weekend

I intend to go through the list of reccos and try them one by one, but had a few of my own to sort out first. Gonna watch Ghosts of War tonight, as that seems right up my street



Summary:

"Five battle-hardened American soldiers assigned to hold a French Chateau near the end of World War II. However, they encounter a supernatural enemy far more terrifying than anything seen on the battlefield."

Marco.

[fatmarley]

Life on Mars is an old but good series.
Stranger Things is excellent.
Deadpool.
Ash vs Evil Dead - Lacks a bit of something to start with but gets better and better IMO.
Enjoyed the 1st Season of American Horror Story.
Mindhunter.
After Life.

Edit:
Forgot Cobra Kai
I also enjoyed watching Rick and Morty with my son. He laughs his head off.