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I just watched They Live on UHD and it looks amazing. I’ve only ever seen it on DVD and this was stunning in comparison.
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I was just in a record shop and the prices were pretty drat good. Some stone cold classic jazz records for 10-15 bucks and one rare record I paid $60 for which was still really good and the condition was mint from the 70’s.
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Mar 14, 2021 03:27
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CPL593H posted:Libera te tutemet ex inferis. That reminds me, Shout Factory’s Event Horizon special edition should ship soon, I think?
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Mar 14, 2021 03:38
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Xenomrph posted:That reminds me, Shout Factory’s Event Horizon special edition should ship soon, I think? No Director's Cut, no deal! Allegedly the producer may have had a VHS workprint with that version of the movie around and him and Paul Anderson were basically like "meh".
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Mar 14, 2021 03:48
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I’d heard that Anderson had the VHS but it wasn’t in a good enough quality to be worth using.
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Mar 14, 2021 04:01
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Xenomrph posted:I’d heard that Anderson had the VHS but it wasn’t in a good enough quality to be worth using. drat that Romanian salt mine!
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Mar 14, 2021 04:09
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CPL593H posted:No Director's Cut, no deal! They investigated this lead and it didn't actually exist. They tried to get it, the footage is for real lost.
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Mar 14, 2021 04:12
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Vince MechMahon posted:They investigated this lead and it didn't actually exist. They tried to get it, the footage is for real lost. Lame. I'm trying to keep hope alive and think that maybe it'll end in a sort of Nightbreed situation where they find it somewhere unexpectedly some day. LET ME HAVE THIS, I NEED A WIN.
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Mar 14, 2021 04:19
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Xenomrph posted:That reminds me, Shout Factory’s Event Horizon special edition should ship soon, I think? Mine is in the mail as of Thursday .
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Mar 14, 2021 05:12
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CPL593H posted:Price have been going out of control for the last several years. Back in the earlier days of my collection you could get all kinds of awesome poo poo for 5-10 bucks all day every day. Now those 5-10 dollar records are 20-40. And this isn't rare poo poo, these are albums that sold millions of copies. After the lockdowns those kind of prices got even higher. It's completely loving ridiculous. A new LP use to be about 15 bucks now that same stuff is 25-30. Ebay scalpers and price speculators sucked all the fun out of it. I want to go back to when record collectors were just autistic weirdos like me and old guys who still smoke weed. I really hope the bubble bursts, but I've been saying that poo poo for like six or seven years. I went to several mom & pop record stores last year (pre-pandemic) and was shocked at how they almost only had sealed reissues from the past 2-3 years. And all those were like $30-40 each.
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Mar 14, 2021 09:04
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You know what's a crazy good deal nowadays? CDs. I bought a few just to have in my car's CD changer (I have the last car with no aux port) and I forgot how good they sound. And they cost so little!
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Mar 14, 2021 21:28
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Yep CDs are in a great place right now. Most people view them as obsolete (not me), and they're not yet "retro". They're still the best way to listen to music.
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Mar 14, 2021 22:54
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I should buy some sort of CD player. I’ve got like 400 in my closet sitting there after I ripped them all.
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Mar 14, 2021 22:57
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Going to Goodwill for $1 CDs is great every once in a while. There's a record site near me that has a better selection for $5 each. I still miss SecondSpin.com though. I used to buy like 20 CDs at a time.
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Mar 14, 2021 23:29
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Spatulater bro! posted:Yep CDs are in a great place right now. Most people view them as obsolete (not me), and they're not yet "retro". They're still the best way to listen to music. But the mastering! LOUDNESS WAR!
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Spatulater bro! posted:Yep CDs are in a great place right now. Most people view them as obsolete (not me), and they're not yet "retro". They're still the best way to listen to music. perhaps but they're not as good as vinyls
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Mar 15, 2021 10:24
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20 years after first thinking "That sounds right up my street, must watch it sometime" I finally picked up a DVD of Roman Coppolla's CQ (not on Netflix). Because a lot of the reviews summed it up as Babby's First 8 1/2, I decided I really should broaden my cinematic horizons by getting hold of Fellini's film. Which inevitably wasn't on Netflix. But I found not just 8 1/2, but three other Fellini classics as well, on Blu-Ray for just £20. And that's why I like physical media, because everything else I've picked up recently, whether good or trash (from Frankenheimer's The Train to the 1988 War of the Worlds TV series and a bundle of 1950s monster movies) just isn't available to stream. And I'd rather shell out for a disc occasionally than pay for multiple streaming services that still may well not have whatever obscure movie/show that takes my fancy.
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Mar 15, 2021 11:48
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CPL593H posted:I hope she likes absurdly overpriced hobbies at the absolute worst time to start! To be honest, she'll probably not actually be the idiot buying vinyl. It'll likely be me buying the Spookies soundtrack. TheScott2K posted:You know what's a crazy good deal nowadays? CDs. I bought a few just to have in my car's CD changer (I have the last car with no aux port) and I forgot how good they sound. And they cost so little! I was at Walmart the other day and realized that they don't even have CDs for sale anymore, but they sure as hell have a section for vinyl.
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I, Butthole posted:perhaps but they're not as good as vinyls They don't look as good on a shelf but that's about it.
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I, Butthole posted:perhaps but they're not as good as vinyls CDs sound better. Fight me.
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Spatulater bro! posted:CDs sound better. Fight me. I'm pretty sure there's at least three of us in here on this side.
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Mar 15, 2021 14:56
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CDs absolutely rule. I have thousands and they are currently really cheap unless you're a old metal dork like me and you want a specific pressing of an album, then they become extremely expensive. One that I've been hunting for popped up on eBay a few weeks ago and sold for almost $130 (I didn't win this auction).
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Mar 15, 2021 15:00
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Google Play Music getting eaten by the vastly inferior YouTube Music got me buying CDs again. Within minutes, they're in my Plex in FLAC format and I never have to worry about them going away.
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ultraviolence123 posted:CDs absolutely rule. I have thousands and they are currently really cheap unless you're a old metal dork like me and you want a specific pressing of an album, then they become extremely expensive. One that I've been hunting for popped up on eBay a few weeks ago and sold for almost $130 (I didn't win this auction). I will never forget the time that I snagged Cirith Ungol's Paradise Lost on eBay for $15. Somehow it's actually in print as of a few years ago, but this was circa 2007, and at the time it was famous for having exactly one pressing. TheScott2K posted:Google Play Music getting eaten by the vastly inferior YouTube Music got me buying CDs again. Within minutes, they're in my Plex in FLAC format and I never have to worry about them going away. That really is what I like about having CDs (and Blu Rays). I own them, no one can take them away from me
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I’m kicking myself for throwing away all the cases for the grand majority of my CDs/DVDs. Been saving them since the switch to Blu-ray, and that shelf of physical media looks so nice compared to these big black cases of bare discs. 
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Mar 15, 2021 15:16
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I did that with the CD’s I’ve got but not my movies. Using these sleeves https://spacesavingsleeves.com/
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Spatulater bro! posted:CDs sound better. Fight me. in theory, except they start skipping if you even look at them wrong
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:in theory, except they start skipping if you even look at them wrong Vinyl counterpoint: 1 speck of dust = 1 pop/click.
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Spatulater bro! posted:Vinyl counterpoint: 1 speck of dust = 1 pop/click. that's a feature not a bug
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ultraviolence123 posted:CDs absolutely rule. I have thousands and they are currently really cheap unless you're a old metal dork like me and you want a specific pressing of an album, then they become extremely expensive. One that I've been hunting for popped up on eBay a few weeks ago and sold for almost $130 (I didn't win this auction). Or the Japanese edition of the album which has three exclusive tracks not available elsewhere.
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Another thing I hate about vinyl is it's a bitch to rip. I hate it when I buy something that's vinyl only and it doesn't include a digital download code. Waxworks Records rarely include codes, and it was really annoying to rip the soundtracks for My Bloody Valentine, The Prowler, Don't Go in the House, so on. A CD can be popped into my PC, and I have a perfect rip 10 minutes later. I'm also part of the CDs sound better crew.
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Vinyl > digital=CD Just how it is. The experience is top notch.
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Davros1 posted:Or the Japanese edition of the album which has three exclusive tracks not available elsewhere. It was my understanding that this existed because in Japan there's some law where you can just return CDs for any reason, so people would just buy them, rip them and return them.
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I, Butthole posted:vinyls  Spatulater bro! posted:CDs sound better. Fight me. It comes down to the mastering. There are plenty of lovely vinyl LPs, especially now that they're just cranking them out as fast as they can. The problem with CDs and digital downloads is that they're mastered too loud and it ruins the dynamic range of the recording. But I acknowledge that this is a thing most people with never notice or care about. Also the thing about dust is less of a problem than you think and if you take proper care of your records they can last for decades. They make inexpensive brush that does a very good job getting surface dust off of the records and brushes or sticky things to get the dust off of the stylus. I'm a lot more hardline than a lot of people so in addition to that I have a machine that actually vacuum cleans records. Now that said, would I ever recommend getting into record collecting to anyone? gently caress no!
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If you store a CD in one of those CaseLogic cases, they’ll end up scratched as gently caress even if you never pull them out Why? I don’t know
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Alec Eiffel posted:If you store a CD in one of those CaseLogic cases, they’ll end up scratched as gently caress even if you never pull them out it was 80's technology!
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ultraviolence123 posted:Another thing I hate about vinyl is it's a bitch to rip. I hate it when I buy something that's vinyl only and it doesn't include a digital download code. Waxworks Records rarely include codes, and it was really annoying to rip the soundtracks for My Bloody Valentine, The Prowler, Don't Go in the House, so on. A CD can be popped into my PC, and I have a perfect rip 10 minutes later. This is an aside, but it's an absolute travesty that the soundtrack for Don't Go in the House doesn't include that interminable "Struck by Boogie Lightning" disco song from the scene where he buys a shirt. I'd buy it for that alone!
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Iron Crowned posted:I will never forget the time that I snagged Cirith Ungol's Paradise Lost on eBay for $15. Somehow it's actually in print as of a few years ago, but this was circa 2007, and at the time it was famous for having exactly one pressing. That is a pretty sweet find. I've never come across Cirith Ungol CDs in the wild, and growing up there used to be a metal shop about six blocks from my house. Even struggle with finding them on eBay. Antifa Turkeesian posted:This is an aside, but it's an absolute travesty that the soundtrack for Don't Go in the House doesn't include that interminable "Struck by Boogie Lightning" disco song from the scene where he buys a shirt. I'd buy it for that alone! Truly a shameful omission and literally 50% of the reason why I had preordered the record from Waxworks originally. Thankfully, Do It to Me from House on the Edge of the Park (the superior early 80s horror disco track) surfaced on the soundtrack to Phantom of Love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZZZdeqXcmA Sorry for the derail everybody. On topic, I watched my new Warner Archive disc for 1951's Showboat, and it's absolutely gorgeous. Maybe one of the best looking Blu-rays I own. Highly recommended for fans of lavish 50s technicolor musicals. As a diehard fan of metal, 80s slashers, every Van Damme movie, and Eurohorror, I obviously fall into that category.
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ultraviolence123 posted:That is a pretty sweet find. I've never come across Cirith Ungol CDs in the wild, and growing up there used to be a metal shop about six blocks from my house. Even struggle with finding them on eBay. I unfortunately missed out on getting the repress of Cirith Ungol's demo on the true superior audio format: cassette tape
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I've definitely seen Cirith Ungol's first 3 albums as CDs in the wild but that was years ago.
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