Archive for January, 2010

Inglourious Basterds

I am looking to buy a dvd player for my parents and they purchase d a wide screen tv so when you play dvds or watch tv it tends to stretch out the picture. Is there a dvd player that takes this into account or does it matter?

Movie: Modern Times (1936)

“Chaplins last ‘silent’ film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital… When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again. We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out. Written by Colin Tinto {cst@imdb.com}”

• Director: Charles Chaplin
• Release Date:
  25 February 1936 (USA)
• Run Time:
  87 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Tagline: He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply…the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius!

Trivia: Charles Chaplin allows the Tramp to speak on camera for the first time during the restaurant scene, but insisted that what the Tramp says be universal. Therefore, the song the Tramp sings is in gibberish, but it is possible to follow the story he tells by watching his hand gestures.

Goofs: Continuity: (At 65:00) Chaplin accidentally hits the cop with a stone and three of them grab him. The gate in the background (the smallest) is open, but in the next shot, it’s closed.

• A new, updated version of the popular comic book hero “Superman.” The story begins with Superman’s birth on the doomed planet Krypton and follows him on his arrival to Earth, his childhood in Kansas and his career as reporter for the Daily Planet.Running Time: 175 min. Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG Age: 085391131014 UPC: 085391131014 Manuf

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A new, updated version of the popular comic book hero “Superman.” The story begins with Superman’s birth on the doomed planet Krypton and follows him on his arrival to Earth, his childhood in Kansas and his career as reporter for the Daily Planet.Amazon.com essential video
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I’m trying to get DVD audio into a mixing board(radio board) cleanly. The DVD audio is clean UNTIL I connect it the video cable between the TV and DVD player, then a strong hum comes through. I tried different tvs and dvd players, and the hum always returns once the video connection is made between the tv and dvd player. I’ve also experimented with grounded power strips and shielded cables with no success. I’m trying to get DVD audio for audio production, so the hum negates using the ‘hum-backed’ audio. Thanks.