DVR Alert Thread

[kstuart]

MAXHD
Conan the Barbarian 12:15 pm 3/1
Gladiator 4:15 pm 3/1
Patton 4:10 am 3/3

Conan the Barbarian (if the same transfer as a few weeks ago, which is highly likely) is not OAR, and is Dolby Surround, rather than the newer Dolby 5.1 remastering.

Gladiator is a good quality HD transfer.

Patton is:

- First time in HD (this is probably the same transfer which should appear soon on Blu-Ray)
- Originally filmed in 70mm and 6 channel sound, so the transfer should look very good
- One of the best all-time acting performances by George C. Scott as General Patton.
- One of the best WWII films or war films in general
- Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola (among others), based on actual letters and autobiography of General Bradley.
- Biography of a pivotal figure in history
- IMDB # 183
- exactly the length of the time slot allocated in the DVR, so be sure to add a little time to the end.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Didn't scroll through the last page, but HDNET Movies has chariots of fire and Ghandi on today, 3/3.

Gotta add Patton to the list. Gonna fill the HDD.

 

[dfergie]

HBOHD
Galaxy Quest 2:45 pm 3/3
The Matrix Reloaded 2 am 3/4

StarzCHD
Duece Bigalow: Male Gigolo 12:10 pm 3/3

TMCHD
The Green Mile 8 pm 3/3

HDNMV
Used Cars 4:25 am 3/3

FXHD
S.W.A.T. 8 pm 3/3

 

[riffjim4069]

TMCHD
The Green Mile 8 pm 3/3

Although I really liked this movie when I saw it it at the theater, it's one of those of those films you have to see a couple more times to really appreciate.:up:up

 

[kstuart]

Unfortunately, Patton was not shown OAR on Cinemax-HD, they instead filled the screen.

Sean - do you happen to have an actual email of someone at Cinemax, where I can politely ask that they show films at OAR ? Thanks.

 

[db2]

Unfortunately, Patton was not shown OAR on Cinemax-HD, they instead filled the screen.

Ughhhh

 

[dfergie]

Although I really liked this movie when I saw it it at the theater, it's one of those of those films you have to see a couple more times to really appreciate.:up:up

One of my favorites...

 

[kstuart]

Ughhhh

It's not quite as much of a difference when they crop a 2.20:1 film to fit a 16:9 screen as when they pan and scan a 2:20:1 film to fit a 4:3 screen !

But it's still wrong - and when you have a 40 or 50 inch LCD, an inch of black at top and bottom is no big deal...

 

[dfergie]

HBOHD
Nanny McPhee 8 am 3/6

MAXHD
The Lakehouse 1:45 pm 3/4
Batman Returns 7:45 pm 3/4
Cat People 1:30 pm 3/5
Serpico 3:20 am 3/7

SHOHD
Carnival of Souls 11:30 am 3/5

HNDMV
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou 9:35 pm 3/4
Glengarry Glen Ross 3 am 3/5
Ship of Fools 7:15 am 3/5
Glory 8 pm 3/5

MGM
Yellowbeard 3:40 pm 3/4
Rocky V -- 7 pm 3/4
Rocky IV -- 9 pm 3/4
Harry in Your Pocket 5:20 pm 3/5

FILMF
Time & Movie may not be accurate...
Heavens Gate 11:15 pm 3/5

UHD
Children of a Lesser God 10 am 3/6

 

[dfergie]

HBOHD
Serenity 12 pm 3/7
Jack Frost 7:30 am 3/8
Lightning Jack 10:45 am 3/8
TMNT 3 pm 3/8

MAXHD
Top Gun 8 pm 3/7
Passenger 57 10:50 am 3/8
Hot Fuzz 10 pm 3/8

SHOHD
Star Trek Insurrection 2 pm 3/7
Babel 8 pm 3/7

StarzHD
The Mummy 6:50 pm 3/7

HDNMV
Ghostbusters 8:05 pm 3/8
Raging Bull 5 pm 3/9
Lenny 7:15 pm 3/9

MGM
The Masque of the Red Death 12:20 pm 3/8

FILMF
times or movies may not be correct...
Battle of Britain 10:30 am 3/8
The Devils Brigade 12:30 pm 3/8
The McKenzie Break 3 pm 3/8

UHD
Stargate 10 pm 3/8

FXHD
Home Alone 9 pm 3/7
The Waterboy 6 pm 3/8

TNTHD
Hitch 8 pm 3/7
Carlito's Way: Rise o Power 12:30 am 3/8
Air Force One 6:30 pm 3/8
The Bourne Supemacy 9 pm 3/8

 

[dfergie]

ScifiHD
Tin Man Mini Series starts at 3 pm 3/9

 

[dfergie]

MaxHD
The Fly (1986) 11:30 am 3/10
The Untouchables 7 pm 3/10
Sudden Impact 12 am 3/11
The Great Race 6 am 3/11
Eddie Macon's Run 2 pm 3/11
Dracula: Dead and Loving It 5:30 pm 3/11
Destination Tokyo 4 am 3/12
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 4:30 am 3/13

StarzHD
The Frighteners 10 am 3/10

StarzKHD
Captain Ron 1:20 am 3/13

StarzEHD
Army of Darkness 6:05 am 3/11


MGMHD
War Paint 12:10 pm 3/11

UHD
2001: A Space Odyssey 8 am 3/11
Flashback 6 pm 3/11

 

[kstuart]

Now can be set in DVR:

HDNet-Movies

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Sunday, March 16 at 8pm EDT and one repeat several hours later at 12:30am EDT (no other showings in Guide).

Evidently, the High Def premiere (has been shown upconverted on HD channels previously).

IMDB #7 All Time, enough said.

 

[dfergie]

HBOHD
The Good Shepard 8 pm 3/15

MAXHD
Top Gun 8:35 am 3/15
Wolfen 4 am 3/17

StarzHD
To Die For 5:30 pm 3/15

HDNMV
Fatal Attraction 8 pm 3/15
Das Boot 5:30 pm 3/16
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 8 pm 3/16

StarzCHD
National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation 2:40 pm 3/16

MGM
Frankie and Johnny 2 pm 3/15

UHD
Frankenstein Unbound 10 pm 3/15

TNTHD
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 6 am 3/15
Austin Powers in Goldmember 8 am 3/15
The Replacements 10:30 pm 3/15

USAHD
Face/Off 5 pm 3/16
National Treasure 8 pm 3/16

 

[dfergie]

MAXHD
Deliverance 12 pm 3/18
The Enforcer 1:50 3/19
The Blues Brothers 6 pm 3/19
Die Hard 2-- 5 pm 3/20

SHOHD
The Legend of Billie Jean 11:15 am 3/19

HDNMV
The Karate Kid, Part Two 1:50 pm 3/19
Halloween II -- 4:30 pm 3/20
The Program 8 pm 3/20
Buffalo Soldiers 10 pm 3/20

UHD
How Stella Got Her Groove Back 9 pm 3/18

 

[kstuart]

HDNet-Movies:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 3/22 10:15am ET

Gandhi 3/22 7:20pm ET and again at 12:35am ET later that same night

 

[dfergie]

HBOHD
The Sandlot 6:30 am 3/22
Blades of Glory 8:30 pm 3/22

MAXHD
Alpha Dog 10 pm 3/22
Scent of a Woman 3:30 am 3/23
Ice Age: The Meltdown 6:30 am 3/23
Tango & Cash 4:30 pm 3/24

StarzHD
Vacancy 6am 3/22
The Hoax 9 pm 3/22
Keeping the Faith 5 am 3/23

HDNMV
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 10:15 am 3/22
The Wild Bunch 12:30 pm 3/22
Gandhi 7:20 pm 3/22
Glory 10:30 pm 3/22
Used Cars 12:30 pm 3/23
Midnight Cowboy 10:05 pm 3/23

FILMF
Roadie 2:15 am 3/25

UHD
The Relic 10 pm 3/22
Addms Family Values 9 pm 3/23
Made Men 8 am 3/24

TNTHD
Titanic 8 pm 3/21
Jerry Maguire 6 am 3/22
Fools Rush In 11 am 3/22
The Goonies 9 am 3/23
George of the Jungle 11 am 3/23
Hook 3 pm 3/23
Shrek 8 pm 3/23

 

[kstuart]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest looked pretty good in HD, but a little on the soft and grainy side - perhaps they did not get original elements for the transfer. Just not as crisp and clear as Chinatown which was of similar age (and same actor!)...

 

[rockymtnhigh]

original Stargate movie on UHD today... alas with their stupid commercials, but still unedited.

Also... been lots of good stuff on Dish HD PPV -- August Rush, Michael Clayton; used the $10 coupon they sent me to record both.

 

[db2]

Also... been lots of good stuff on Dish HD PPV -- August Rush, Michael Clayton; used the $10 coupon they sent me to record both.

Out of curiosity, does dish ppv show 2.35:1 movies OAR or open matte?