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JoeSp
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I have learn something just recently. My wife seems to approve of the BD titles more then the HD-DVD titles. She leans towards Disney titles (she actually will watch the whole movie) and she likes alot of Sony's, Fox's and Warner's releases this year. Here is what she liked and did not like and why:

Casino Royal-- she is a Bond fan. And she really liked the new Bond movie, the story and the actor.

Bourne Supremacy -- She likes these movies but she felt that some of the scenes video was too fast -- made her dizzy. And she did not like the constant movement of the camera angles in circles. And the sound track was way too loud. She won't watch this one again.

Transformers -- will not even consider watching this one -- her brothers drove her crazy when they were kids over these guys.

Blades of Glory -- not a Will Ferrell fan. She does not like stupid humor (although she likes Ben Stiller -- go figure)

Evan Almighty -- she thinks this movie was stupid -- another one she would not go to.

She is not to hip on sports movies and testosterone movies (like Carlito's way) unless they are historically based and the theme sticks with the more personal side and not the sport. She also does not like love stories but she does like movies about women in history or movies about strong women (natch) so she tends to like Jodi Foster movies and is a big fan of Ms Streep.

POTC: The last movie she could not make too much sense of but she likes Depp and she will watch him no matter how bad a movie it is.

Spiderman3 -- she is a fan -- I don't know why but she likes these movies.

Anything Pixar -- she likes to watch animation with the grandson -- need I say more. He likes CARS (I have the SD version) and she thouht it was cute. She will not go to the movies for these as she says she will watch when I buy it.

Disney -- most anything animated or about animals and true stores that is not sports based. And Disney/Pixar first time animation like CARS, Rautouille, The Robinsons she will watch at least once. She does not like new animated movies based on earlier animation. On animation -- she watched Happy Feet with the grandson and she really liked the story and she thought the animation was great. This one from Warner.

Action -- she likes certain stars -- Will Smith, Denzil Washington, Tom Cruise (until his lastes couch outburst) and she will watch their movies. She does like action movies if they have a half-way decent story line.

Bottom line, based on the movies she likes -- the bulk is coming out on BD so she doesn't mind my buying them. She just does not want me replace my entire DVD collection. I will replace about 20% but based on current movies out and those coming out -- ones she wants to see -- most are Sony, Fox and Warner releases. As long as Warner remains nuetral I am safe staying with BD.

How does your WAF stack up?
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navychop
"BR is much more complicated. You have to press "More Activities" then "Watch Blu-Ray". Then you drop the Harmony remote, use the PS3 remote. Press "<circle>" and select "Yes" and press "X" (To get out of folding, this is the confusing part). Then insert disc, and play movie."

HUH? I turn it on, stick in the disk and it plays in 10 seconds. No commands to the Blu-ray controller or remote at all. Oh, yes, I press a button on the receiver to switch audio source. But that will go away with the new receiver.
jgantert
"BR is much more complicated. You have to press "More Activities" then "Watch Blu-Ray". Then you drop the Harmony remote, use the PS3 remote. Press "<circle>" and select "Yes" and press "X" (To get out of folding, this is the confusing part). Then insert disc, and play movie."

HUH? I turn it on, stick in the disk and it plays in 10 seconds. No commands to the Blu-ray controller or remote at all. Oh, yes, I press a button on the receiver to switch audio source. But that will go away with the new receiver.
Well, at minimum you need to turn the TV on, reciever on and set the appropriate inputs. that's what "Watch Blu-Ray" does on the Harmony.

Then if you run folding (which I do, my PS3 is never turned off) then you have to use those extra steps.

-John
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She likes Blu-ray,But when has our wives ever liked anything cheap:D:eek:
TheForce
My wife likes the small $69 SD player in the kitchen but to tell the truth, only watches local TV on the under the counter HD monitor. :) When I'm away, she never ventures into the HT for fear of messing something up. My daughter knows more about it than the "WAF" But the choice is " Whatever you say, I trust will be OK" :) I will be doing both formats!
GaryPen
Mine couldn't give a crap. I don't think she even realizes that we have a new HD-DVD player in the setup. She knows we've been watching HDDVD discs. But, I think she thinks it's the discs that are different. I'm sure she doesn't know anything about the two formats, or that some movies are only available in one or the other.
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My wife was the one who told me to go ahead and get the hd-dvd player. We bought it during the recent amazon sale, and our discs didnt get shipped untill after the player. I had the player set up, and when the discs came (I was at work) she called me up and said the diffrence in the picture was phenominal (she swears she cant tell the diff between sd and hd on the satellite). Right now, were HD-dvd only, but with Disney, when bd or combo players hit the same price as our hd-a2, we'll go neutral.
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osu1991
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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dishstaller
I really dislike change for the sake of change
TheRatPatrol
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
Jimbo
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
dishstaller
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Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
meStevo
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.

Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!




Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
TRG
TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
meStevo
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


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dishstaller
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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


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