Wow, this looks way better than those "new paradigm" daleks. I really love his design! https://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/story/...om-dr-who/

@ Chewtobacca -- "HELP: How is the Kaleidescape Movie Store different from a streaming service? >> Movies and TV shows purchased from the Kaleidescape Movie Store are collection-grade. 4K HDR and 4K Ultra HD titles are delivered with audio and video quality that is far better than conventional streaming options. Blu-ray quality and DVD quality downloads are delivered with audio and video quality that matches that of a Blu-ray Disc or DVD. Many movie store titles also feature bonus material, such as deleted scenes, documentaries, production featurettes, and directors’ commentary. Downloads integrate with your catalogued or imported disc library, supporting favorite moments (thanks to Kaleidescape Scenes and song bookmarks in concerts and musicals). Perhaps most importantly, your purchases remain playable, even when you aren't connected to the Internet."

@ Chewtobacca (VLC 3.0.3) -- After endlessly searching it's webpages, like a vast desert with no road-signs, I finally tripped over a "changelog" (for this version!) and it's all fixes (that's a good thing!) but no mention of user-friendly interface updating (that's a bad thing!).

I think I've found another true believer! Can we sign up Tom Cruise? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDyeJwSTA3s

Such a great HDR conversion... http://www.caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=3&x=...0&i=0&go=1

Whoa! What is that?! "HDR -> SDR" ... one small step forward for technology, one giant leap backward for the consumer?

WOW! What a great "behind the scenes" so-to-speak: https://youtu.be/YEGhKwpEKEw

I've just discovered the Netflix "Test Patterns" channel, it is really great. 4 seasons of useful test patterns.

LOTR EE has a bunch of visible, badly tracked power windows. Very rough regrade for the bluray.

Caps SDR conversions are broken, they used to be the best and they have issues with the conversions.

Anyone have access to DVD fab they would like to share?

^No but it looks like they're having some sort of 2-for-1 sale ATM

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Just discovered it seems some early DVD releases with DTS soundtracks were doctored so that DTS sound way more agressive. When BR comes along, they revert to just encoding the soundtrack in DTS-HD.

So the "agressive mix" remains only on DVD. Example: Gladiator.

The idea I believe was to convert people into buying DTS friendly players and amps.

Gladiator's mix was made by Mia Casa specifically for the DTS-ES discrete 6.1 format

Here's another I noticed, Taxi 2 (french film) the Blu-ray have a DTS-HD MA track, but it's different from the DTS early DVD edition, that one is much more agressive. I think it might be the same for Taxi 1 as it had an early DTS release. I think most of these might be french films like Crimson River and probably La Haine.

Like the Gladiator remix, they were probably done in house by the french DTS team at whatever facilities that was authoring those early DVDs.

https://www.shopfsi.com/XM310K-p/xm310k.htm who wants to buy me one of these monitors?