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pmbuko

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Thanks for the suggestion TNT. I'm definitely going to do a 24 marathon.

Still haven't done a Terminator, but now that it was mentioned.

Other's that friends were interested in were Back to the Future, the Jack Ryan series, and a weekend of Trek.

I've been longing to do a LOTR weekend - but never seem to have the time (and the house to myself such that my wife doesn't come in every 30 minutes or so and say either "turn it down" or "is it over yet, I have some errands I want you to run...."). It would also be nice to have a friend to do it with. It would be a sort of bondign experience, methinks... Maybe one day.

Anyway, speaking of trilogy marathons - the Matrix is not a bad one, especially since the 2nd and third installments are better watched as one movie anyway...

The Matrix Trilogy has been a favorite of the marathons I have done. I've done that marathon about three times now. The first was with my aunt and uncle, who hadn't seen any of the movies, and they wanted to see what all the fuss was about. They loved it. The first one had them "hooked," the Animatrix they thought was "neat," the second one was "breathtaking," and the third had them in "awe." They were just so into it.

Definitely share the experience because it's things like this that make sharing the experience worth it.

I just recently saw the LoTR trilogy EE versions over 3 work nights and even though I've seen the movies, they were still amazing. I haven't watched all of them with my Axioms so needless to say sound and visuals were phenomenal. Now I just bought an Oppo upconverting player so I might have to watch em again. Next up on the list is a Star Wars marathon (eps 4-6).

Matrix is an excellent choice as well...come to think of it I havent viewed, err i mean experienced it with my Axioms!!! I know a ton of people hated Matrix parts 2 and 3 but I really dug em.

No matter how the battle plays out with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, I'm probably gonna get LotR in HD one way or another...its a must have, then Matrix and Star Wars.

Ah.....this thread reminds me that life is good.

hashst,

Please report back on your observations of the Oppo player.

I would be interested in your review.

Regards,

WhatFurrer

I am gonna have to do this too...great excuse for a group of friends to enjoy the new house...

***BIG GRIN*** Finally, my title changed...I'm finally an "aficionado".

WhatFurrer

I hate to bring this up again, but if your screen is big enough, an upconverting DVD player makes, "in my opinion," a big difference. Of course, each player does a better or worse job than another on upconversion, so your milaeage with the Oppo may vary, but my Panasonic S97 is AWESOME. That is what we are using to play the movies on my Z3 projector at 720p (1080i doesn't look any better to me. Maybe when HD-DVD or Blu Ray are out) on a nice 104" screen. Throw in the awesome sound from the Axioms, and it will be a blast. My wife is taking the kids to the local amusement park for the day so I can have the volume nice and loud!!!!

Hi WF,

Just posted in the Oppo thread so we don't hijack this one. Subtle differences but nothing drastic. Law of diminishing returns definitely applies, but then again for audio/videophiles those subtle differences might be worth it.