Have seen seven out of ten! Not too shabby.
Das Boot probably is the best of the bunch,
although I remember being a little freaked
out by the Herzog...have to check that out
again someday.
Been watching a little Star Wars, my
Epiode 4-6 DVDs arrived from Amazon a
week ago...
I have to say, my cheap projector will not
pass the THX video test. A person will miss
quite a lot of detail in dimly lit scenes.
In fact, the factory/default setting for the
Sharp PG-B10S will only display the first
two of eight black shades in the brightness
test. I don't even plan on fooling around
with it to get another shade or two. I'm
also happy to run the bulb in econo mode,
which supposedly doubles the life of the
bulb.
Happily (or not?) there are not that many great
Sci-Fi movies...and I don't expect this to
be a problem with a normally lit black
and white movie (will report on Rita Hayworth
in a few days).
Missing out on some of the details hidden in
the darkness seems to be improving the George
Lucas films. The less you see of the Rancor
the better. I'm sure the very brightly lit
THX-1138 will look great. Sometimes certain
colors are a little oversaturated in Star Wars,
though naturally the light sabers just look better.
off topic, heh, it is nice to see Lynx back up
closer to where I got in last spring. I'm
down $2k in Tgen, $4k in Lynx now, and, eek
down $8k in Sickquenom. A lot better than a
month or two ago however. |
