• Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs

    From Nightfox to All on Tue Aug 29 09:47:11 2017
    Recently, Terminator 2 has been given the 3D conversion treatment and was released in theaters on August 25th. Terminator 2 was my favorite movie in the series, but unfortunately, it was only released in AMC theaters, and there are no AMC theaters near me. So I was looking forward to a 3D blu-ray release, but it seems that won't be available in the US either. I could order it from Amazon's UK site, but it looks like that will be a region 2 disc, so I'm not sure I'd be able to play it. I'd have to check to see if my player is region-free (I've noticed some players can be set into a region-free or multi-region mode by entering a code on the remote control).

    From what I've read online, it sounds like TV makers aren't making 3D TVs anymore (at least, not for sale in the US). I'm surprised, because it seems like a lot of movies these days are getting the 3D treatment. When I look at movie theater listings, most movies are being shown in 2D and 3D. I've also noticed a lot of blu-ray movies are available in 3D. But now they seem to think the 3D home movie market is dead in the US? I don't get it.. I think it's pretty cool to be able to watch 3D movies at home. I've heard rumors there is a conspiracy by movie studios to push 4K over 3D. I think both formats are good, but I can understand why they wouldn't want to spend the extra money to record in 3D or do a 2D-3D conversion.

    I've heard there were a lot movies made in 3D in the 1950s. I suppose there was a reason they stopped making 3D movies, and perhaps the current 3D trend is just a fad and they may stop making 3D movies once again..

    Nightfox
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Nightfox on Tue Aug 29 15:13:16 2017
    Hello Nightfox,

    On Tue Aug 29 2017 09:47:10, Nightfox wrote to All:

    Recently, Terminator 2 has been given the 3D conversion treatment and
    was released in theaters on August 25th. Terminator 2 was my favorite movie in the series, but unfortunately, it was only released in AMC theaters, and there are no AMC theaters near me. So I was looking
    forward to a 3D blu-ray release, but it seems that won't be available
    in the US either. I could order it from Amazon's UK site, but it
    looks like that will be a region 2 disc, so I'm not sure I'd be able
    to play it. I'd have to check to see if my player is region-free
    (I've noticed some players can be set into a region-free
    or multi-region mode by entering a code on the remote control).

    Or you could look for a digital download, in which you could stream it from your computer to a smart TV. I would assume that most of the movie players on PC or Mac wouldn't care what region the movie is from..?

    From what I've read online, it sounds like TV makers aren't making 3D
    TVs anymore (at least, not for sale in the US). I'm surprised,
    because it seems like a lot of movies these days are getting the 3D treatment. When I look at movie theater listings, most movies are
    being shown in 2D and 3D. I've also noticed a lot of blu-ray movies
    are available in 3D. But now they seem to think the 3D home movie
    market is dead in the US? I don't get it.. I think it's pretty cool
    to be able to watch 3D movies at home. I've heard rumors there is a conspiracy by movie studios to push 4K over 3D. I think both formats
    are good, but I can understand why they wouldn't want to spend
    the extra money to record in 3D or do a 2D-3D conversion.

    Only thing I can think of there, is that most of the time if you have a choice between two TVs, one offering 3D and the other not, but otherwise the exact same TV.. the price difference would usually make someone choose the lesser model, while asking themselves, "How often would we really watch 3D movies? Is it really worth it paying almost 1/4 the price of the TV more than the model without 3D?".

    I've gotten a couple TVs now that came with the 3D glasses (4 pairs included). They've done more sitting in the cabinet near the TV collecting dust than actually being used. While it was cool for a movie or two when we first got it,
    the whole idea of it faded quickly (in our house, anyways).

    I've heard there were a lot movies made in 3D in the 1950s. I suppose there was a reason they stopped making 3D movies, and perhaps the
    current 3D trend is just a fad and they may stop making 3D movies once again..

    Most likely lack of interest. It's actually kind of a pain in the ass to watch an entire movie with those glasses on. It was neat to watch the examples that came on a blu-ray disc with the TV/glasses, but it seems anything over 30 minutes gave me a headache, and even my kids lost interest in it quickly.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From g00r00@46:1/127 to Nightfox on Tue Aug 29 13:50:08 2017
    From what I've read online, it sounds like TV makers aren't making 3D TVs anymore (at least, not for sale in the US). I'm surprised, because it seems like a lot of movies these days are getting the 3D treatment.

    You're right and its a shame too.

    If people saw the "latest" 3D technology on one of those 2016 LG OLED 4K TVs I feel like people would embrace it more. The effect is pretty outstanding now compared to the first models of in home 3D. I really wish they would stick with it but just about everyone has removed 3D in 2017 models.

    I'm personally a fan of 3D and I own a 3D 1080p TV. If there is a 3D option for a Bluray, I always buy it.

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  • From Nightfox to Accession on Tue Aug 29 16:43:16 2017
    Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Aug 29 2017 03:13 pm

    Recently, Terminator 2 has been given the 3D conversion treatment
    and was released in theaters on August 25th. Terminator 2 was my
    favorite movie in the series, but unfortunately, it was only
    released in AMC theaters, and there are no AMC theaters near me. So
    I was looking forward to a 3D blu-ray release, but it seems that
    won't be available in the US either. I could order it from Amazon's
    UK site, but it looks like that will be a region 2 disc, so I'm not
    sure I'd be able to play it. I'd have to check to see if my player
    is region-free (I've noticed some players can be set into a
    region-free or multi-region mode by entering a code on the remote
    control).

    Or you could look for a digital download, in which you could stream it from your computer to a smart TV. I would assume that most of the movie players on PC or Mac wouldn't care what region the movie is from..?

    Ideally, I'd prefer something legal though. I've downloaded movies before, but maybe there's just something psychological about buying a physical product. I've been ripping my movies to a media server, but I still like having the physical media sometimes.

    The thought occurred to me that I could probably buy the UK region 2 blu-ray and temporarily switch my BD-R drive in my PC to region 2 so I can rip it. I could rip an ISO that way and burn it to a region-free BD-R disc (and also convert the movie to a media file for my media server). BD-ROM drives only allow so many region switches, but this might be the only time I'd switch to region 2 and back.

    Only thing I can think of there, is that most of the time if you have a choice between two TVs, one offering 3D and the other not, but otherwise the exact same TV.. the price difference would usually make someone choose the lesser model, while asking themselves, "How often would we really watch 3D movies? Is it really worth it paying almost 1/4 the price of the TV more than the model without 3D?".

    Yeah, I imagine most people do that. Some might still be willing to spend more on a TV that supports the feature.

    I've gotten a couple TVs now that came with the 3D glasses (4 pairs included). They've done more sitting in the cabinet near the TV collecting dust than actually being used. While it was cool for a movie or two when we first got it, the whole idea of it faded quickly (in our house, anyways).

    Most likely lack of interest. It's actually kind of a pain in the ass to watch an entire movie with those glasses on. It was neat to watch the examples that came on a blu-ray disc with the TV/glasses, but it seems anything over 30 minutes gave me a headache, and even my kids lost interest in it quickly.

    We haven't watched a 3D movie in a while either. Once or twice I felt like it gave me a slight headache, but mostly I felt okay. I don't think it's a big pain to watch a whole movie with 3D glasses - The only issue seems to be that the ones for my TV are active glasses and the batteries seem to die fast if they're left in the glasses. So I take the batteries out when they're not in use. I've also watched 3D movies in the theater and I don't think it's a pain to get through the movie wearing the glasses.

    Nightfox
  • From Nightfox to g00r00 on Tue Aug 29 16:45:07 2017
    Re: Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: g00r00 to Nightfox on Tue Aug 29 2017 01:50 pm

    If people saw the "latest" 3D technology on one of those 2016 LG OLED 4K TVs I feel like people would embrace it more. The effect is pretty outstanding now compared to the first models of in home 3D. I really wish they would stick with it but just about everyone has removed 3D in 2017 models.

    I bought a 3D TV in 2015 and I think it looks pretty good.

    I'm personally a fan of 3D and I own a 3D 1080p TV. If there is a 3D option for a Bluray, I always buy it.

    Sometimes I'm torn between buying the 3D or the 4K version. It would be nice if they sold movies with the 4K, 3D, and regular blu-ray together (they already sell them with either 3D & 2D blu-ray or 4K and 1080p blu-ray, and sometimes with a DVD copy as well).

    Nightfox
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Nightfox on Tue Aug 29 20:09:58 2017
    Hello Nightfox,

    On Tue Aug 29 2017 16:43:16, Nightfox wrote to Accession:

    Or you could look for a digital download, in which you could
    stream it from your computer to a smart TV. I would assume that
    most of the movie players on PC or Mac wouldn't care what region
    the movie is from..?

    Ideally, I'd prefer something legal though. I've downloaded movies before, but maybe there's just something psychological about buying a physical product. I've been ripping my movies to a media server, but I still like having the physical media sometimes.

    Digital download means a legal purchased copy. If games do it (ie: Steam, Origin, etc), then I'm sure you can get movies the same way.

    The thought occurred to me that I could probably buy the UK region 2 blu-ray and temporarily switch my BD-R drive in my PC to region 2 so I
    can rip it. I could rip an ISO that way and burn it to a region-free
    BD-R disc (and also convert the movie to a media file for my media server). BD-ROM drives only allow so many region switches, but this
    might be the only time I'd switch to region 2 and back.

    I suppose you could do that too.

    Only thing I can think of there, is that most of the time if you
    have a choice between two TVs, one offering 3D and the other not,
    but otherwise the exact same TV.. the price difference would
    usually make someone choose the lesser model, while asking
    themselves, "How often would we really watch 3D movies? Is it
    really worth it paying almost 1/4 the price of the TV more than
    the model without 3D?".

    Yeah, I imagine most people do that. Some might still be willing to
    spend more on a TV that supports the feature.

    Sure. If they're actually going to use it. At first, I thought we would. But through two TVs now we haven't, so I would most likely go for the model without
    it next time around.

    I've gotten a couple TVs now that came with the 3D glasses (4
    pairs included). They've done more sitting in the cabinet near
    the TV collecting dust than actually being used. While it was
    cool for a movie or two when we first got it, the whole idea of
    it faded quickly (in our house, anyways).

    Most likely lack of interest. It's actually kind of a pain in the
    ass to watch an entire movie with those glasses on. It was neat
    to watch the examples that came on a blu-ray disc with the
    TV/glasses, but it seems anything over 30 minutes gave me a
    headache, and even my kids lost interest in it quickly.

    We haven't watched a 3D movie in a while either. Once or twice I felt like it gave me a slight headache, but mostly I felt okay. I don't
    think it's a big pain to watch a whole movie with 3D glasses - The
    only issue seems to be that the ones for my TV are active glasses and
    the batteries seem to die fast if they're left in the glasses. So I
    take the batteries out when they're not in use. I've also watched 3D movies in the theater and I don't think it's a pain to get through the movie wearing the glasses.

    To each their own. I was only giving examples as to why they're probably discontinuing them. To focus more on 4K and whatever comes next is probably a bigger priority, too.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From g00r00@46:1/127 to Nightfox on Wed Aug 30 00:08:23 2017
    I bought a 3D TV in 2015 and I think it looks pretty good.

    The LG 4k OLED 3D is incredible. Better than IMAX kinda stuff! Too bad its like a $4,000 TV lol

    Sometimes I'm torn between buying the 3D or the 4K version. It would be nice if they sold movies with the 4K, 3D, and regular blu-ray together (they already sell them with either 3D & 2D blu-ray or 4K and 1080p

    Yeah that is really annoying that we have to choose between the two. What a total rip off.

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  • From Tiny@46:1/126 to Nightfox on Wed Aug 30 10:24:14 2017
    Quoting Nightfox to Accession <=-

    Ideally, I'd prefer something legal though. I've downloaded movies

    Not sure if this will help, but what I do to watch region 2 DVD's is
    hook my laptop up to the TV using the HDMI port and play it that way
    as the laptop running VLC will play anything. Kind of a pain, but we
    have a couple of series from the UK that we enjoy.

    Shawn

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  • From Nightfox to Tiny on Wed Aug 30 09:33:27 2017
    Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: Tiny to Nightfox on Wed Aug 30 2017 10:24 am

    Ideally, I'd prefer something legal though. I've downloaded movies

    Not sure if this will help, but what I do to watch region 2 DVD's is
    hook my laptop up to the TV using the HDMI port and play it that way
    as the laptop running VLC will play anything. Kind of a pain, but we
    have a couple of series from the UK that we enjoy.

    That would be a bit of a pain.. I have a laptop, but when I ordered it (custom order), I opted for a 2nd hard drive rather than an optical drive. I bought a USB blu-ray drive for it though.

    Nightfox
  • From Nightfox to Accession on Wed Aug 30 09:34:34 2017
    Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Aug 29 2017 08:09 pm

    Digital download means a legal purchased copy. If games do it (ie: Steam, Origin, etc), then I'm sure you can get movies the same way.

    Ah, yes, I've seen some DVD and blu-ray movies that have a code that lets you download the movie. Not all of them have that though.

    Nightfox
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Nightfox on Wed Aug 30 16:11:02 2017
    Hello Nightfox,

    On Wed Aug 30 2017 09:34:34, Nightfox wrote to Accession:

    Digital download means a legal purchased copy. If games do it
    (ie: Steam, Origin, etc), then I'm sure you can get movies the
    same way.

    Ah, yes, I've seen some DVD and blu-ray movies that have a code that
    lets you download the movie. Not all of them have that though.

    Ah okay. We haven't purchased DVD/Blu-ray in awhile now. When a movie comes out, we just go see it in the theater these days. I've realized we're not much to watch a movie over and over, or at least until it's available via Netflix, Hulu, or cable itself.

    I have a ridiculous collection of movies already and it has just become a mess in our house. But now that the theaters have seemed to adjust their prices (ie:
    the four of us can go for about $28, which is about the same as a Blu-ray movie), we just go that route instead.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox to Accession on Wed Aug 30 14:46:50 2017
    Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Wed Aug 30 2017 04:11 pm

    Ah okay. We haven't purchased DVD/Blu-ray in awhile now. When a movie comes out, we just go see it in the theater these days. I've realized we're not much to watch a movie over and over, or at least until it's available via Netflix, Hulu, or cable itself.

    I have a ridiculous collection of movies already and it has just become a mess in our house. But now that the theaters have seemed to adjust their prices (ie: the four of us can go for about $28, which is about the same as a Blu-ray movie), we just go that route instead.

    I tend not to watch movies very often myself. I have a collection of movies & some TV shows, but not huge, just enough to fill a shelf or so.

    Movie theaters seem to be fairly expensive around here, so I tend not to see movies in theaters very much these days. A movie ticket tends to cost around $8-$10, so sometimes we'll just rent the movie from RedBox (which costs much less, $1.50-$2.00 or so, depending on if it's DVD or blu-ray). It seems like movie theaters are doing all they can to attract customers, with 3D movies, more comfortable/deluxe seats that recline, more food offered - I've seen theaters offering things like hot dogs, pizza, and coffee these days. For food and snacks, theaters around here used to only mainly sell popcorn, soda, and candy.

    Also, one thing that bugs me a little is that it seems like you have to reserve theater seats in advance these days. You can't just walk up and buy tickets anymore like you used to. Often times if you do that these days, you risk getting a bad seat or not getting one because the seats are sold out already.

    Nightfox
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Nightfox on Wed Aug 30 18:45:28 2017
    Hello Nightfox,

    On Wed Aug 30 2017 14:46:50, Nightfox wrote to Accession:

    I tend not to watch movies very often myself. I have a collection of movies & some TV shows, but not huge, just enough to fill a shelf or
    so.

    I have an entire movie case (5-6 shelves tall) filled with more piled on top of
    them.. It's way out of hand. ;)

    Movie theaters seem to be fairly expensive around here, so I tend not
    to see movies in theaters very much these days. A movie ticket tends
    to cost around $8-$10, so sometimes we'll just rent the movie from
    RedBox (which costs much less, $1.50-$2.00 or so, depending on if it's
    DVD or blu-ray). It seems like movie theaters are doing all they can
    to attract customers, with 3D movies, more comfortable/deluxe seats
    that recline, more food offered - I've seen theaters offering things
    like hot dogs, pizza, and coffee these days. For food and snacks, theaters around here used to only mainly sell popcorn, soda,
    and candy.

    Hot dogs and pizza? Sheeit, look up Marcus Theaters. The one by us has bistro theaters where they take your order and serve you your food during the movie!

    Also, one thing that bugs me a little is that it seems like you have
    to reserve theater seats in advance these days. You can't just walk
    up and buy tickets anymore like you used to. Often times if you do
    that these days, you risk getting a bad seat or not getting one
    because the seats are sold out already.

    If you're one who likes to see movies the day it comes out, then yes. Usually you'd have to reserve in that case. We always wait a couple weeks after a movie
    has been released. By then it has usually died down significantly. But with phone apps and all that these days, it's super easy to check to see if there's any available seats and snag them up if you think it's going to fill up (the wife does it, haha).

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox to Accession on Wed Aug 30 18:35:08 2017
    Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Wed Aug 30 2017 06:45 pm

    theaters offering things like hot dogs, pizza, and coffee these
    days. For food and snacks, theaters around here used to only mainly
    sell popcorn, soda, and candy.

    Hot dogs and pizza? Sheeit, look up Marcus Theaters. The one by us has bistro theaters where they take your order and serve you your food during the movie!

    There are a few theaters in my area that do that, but they are a chain of hotels rather than movie theaters.. They just happen to have a theater where you can go sit at a table (or a couch) and you can order food and drinks and they'll bring it to you.

    Also, one thing that bugs me a little is that it seems like you have
    to reserve theater seats in advance these days. You can't just walk
    up and buy tickets anymore like you used to. Often times if you do
    that these days, you risk getting a bad seat or not getting one
    because the seats are sold out already.

    If you're one who likes to see movies the day it comes out, then yes. Usually you'd have to reserve in that case. We always wait a couple weeks after a movie has been released. By then it has usually died down significantly. But with phone apps and all that these days, it's super easy to check to see if there's any available seats and snag them up if you think it's going to fill up (the wife does it, haha).

    Yeah, usually I don't feel a need to see a movie the day it comes out, but occasionaly we might go on opening weekend.

    Nightfox
  • From Tiny@46:1/126 to Nightfox on Thu Aug 31 09:23:54 2017
    Quoting Nightfox to Tiny <=-

    That would be a bit of a pain.. I have a laptop, but when I ordered
    it (custom order), I opted for a 2nd hard drive rather than an optical drive. I bought a USB blu-ray drive for it though.

    Gotcha, that's my answer to a region 2 dvd though. ;) Yes it is a total
    pain but it will work in a pinch.

    Shawn

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  • From Nightfox to Tiny on Thu Aug 31 09:14:20 2017
    Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: Tiny to Nightfox on Thu Aug 31 2017 09:23 am

    That would be a bit of a pain.. I have a laptop, but when I ordered
    it (custom order), I opted for a 2nd hard drive rather than an
    optical drive. I bought a USB blu-ray drive for it though.

    Gotcha, that's my answer to a region 2 dvd though. ;) Yes it is a total pain but it will work in a pinch.

    With a region 2 blu-ray, I think what I would do is switch my blu-ray drive to region 2, rip the disc, and write it to a BD-R as a region-free disc, and switch my drive back to region 1. I know you can only change regions a limited number of times, but I don't expect to do that very often. And then I could watch the region-free disc fairly easily.

    Nightfox
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@46:1/115 to Nightfox on Sun Sep 10 08:40:16 2017
    Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: Nightfox to Accession on Wed Aug 30 2017 02:46 pm


    Also, one thing that bugs me a little is that it seems like you have to reserve theater seats in advance these days. You can't just walk up and buy tickets anymore like you used to. Often times if you do that these days, you risk getting a bad seat or not getting one because the seats are sold out already.

    You'd run the same risk if you showed up late to buy tickets before reserve purchases. What I like is being able to skip the ads and trailers and show up 10 minutes after the start of the show and walk in as the movie starts.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@46:1/115 to Nightfox on Sun Sep 10 08:41:37 2017
    Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: Nightfox to Tiny on Thu Aug 31 2017 09:14 am

    With a region 2 blu-ray, I think what I would do is switch my blu-ray drive to region 2, rip the disc, and write it to a BD-R as a region-free disc, and switch my drive back to region 1. I know you can only change regions a limited number of times, but I don't expect to do that very often. And then I could watch the region-free disc fairly easily.

    I recall a few years back Fry's sold out of a chinese DVD player that allowed regional changes without restriction.
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  • From Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Sep 10 12:59:24 2017
    Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sun Sep 10 2017 08:40 am

    Also, one thing that bugs me a little is that it seems like you have
    to reserve theater seats in advance these days. You can't just walk
    up and buy tickets anymore like you used to. Often times if you do

    You'd run the same risk if you showed up late to buy tickets before reserve purchases. What I like is being able to skip the ads and trailers and show up 10 minutes after the start of the show and walk in as the movie starts.

    Movie theaters never used to sell reserve tickets though. In the past, the only risk was being late and them already selling all the tickets at the theater - There were no online reserve purchases. And I think it was rare to be too late and have them all sold out, unless it was a really popular or anticipated movie. And in the past, I have shown up a little late and skipped some of the ads and trailers. But that's hard to do now that they're pre-selling tickets online.

    Nightfox
  • From Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Sep 10 13:02:17 2017
    Re: Terminator 2 3D, and 3D TVs
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sun Sep 10 2017 08:41 am

    With a region 2 blu-ray, I think what I would do is switch my
    blu-ray drive to region 2, rip the disc, and write it to a BD-R as a
    region-free disc, and switch my drive back to region 1. I know you
    can only change regions a limited number of times, but I don't
    expect to do that very often. And then I could watch the region-free
    disc fairly easily.

    I recall a few years back Fry's sold out of a chinese DVD player that allowed regional changes without restriction.

    Those come around sometimes, and I think there are more players that allow region-free than you might think. Years ago, I found out about a Phillips DVD player that allowed region-free playback by entering a code on the remote. Recently I found out that my blu-ray player I have now (made by Samsung) allows DVD region-free playback by entering a code, although that applies only to DVD discs, and it won't make blu-ray playback region-free.

    I think region-locked movies are silly, particularly in cases like this where there is a lot of demand for a movie but they're only releasing it in one region.

    Nightfox