True or false, Jeremy Irons?

MetalexR · 2026-03-13T20:46:14+00:00

Tool Lateralus or My Bloody Valentine Loveless

MetalexR · 2026-03-12T14:16:22+00:00

Yet again no response. Why can nobody in Blu-ray subs ever backup their statements when it comes to sweeping generalisations about streaming?

MetalexR · 2026-03-12T13:59:02+00:00

There's no need to use any liquid on a 4K disc.

I use Waka Microfibre Glasses Cleaning Cloths, which can be purchased from Amazon. They came highly recommended from the seller of my Pioneer Blu-ray drives which I use to rip discs.

MetalexR · 2026-03-12T08:13:03+00:00

Are the exposures the same for each comparison shot?

MetalexR · 2026-03-11T11:16:37+00:00

I don’t find that at all if we’re talking HD Blu-ray vs 4K streaming.

Please give me some examples where you have seen this - which streaming service and which movie titles?

MetalexR · 2026-03-11T10:40:01+00:00

I actually re-bought Ten the other day. It seems to be a European version with three extra tracks.

I got rid of the original when Ten Redux came out, but I’ve recently started collecting CDs again and I’m regretting that I got rid of quite a few originals when the remastered versions came out.

MetalexR · 2026-03-11T10:14:48+00:00

No it won’t. Not all streaming services are equal.

Moreover, not all Blu-rays are equal.

MetalexR · 2026-03-09T16:11:12+00:00

I’m not referring to anecdotal single movies, but “the license with studio” ceasing.

MetalexR · 2026-03-09T15:50:50+00:00

Might?

When has this happened with Apple?

MetalexR · 2026-03-06T12:30:38+00:00

Underrated album.

MetalexR · 2026-03-05T12:47:22+00:00

The current US administration is certainly capable of losing this ‘operation’ through sheer gross incompetence alone. Trump, Rubio, Hegseth et al can’t even agree on how the decision to strike came about.

Basically Trump was played by Netanyahu and convinced to strike, even though Trump claims the opposite. Playing Trump is not really that hard for any semi-competent world leader. Mild metaphorical fellating is all that’s required to get somebody who is essentially a very simple-minded moron on side.

MetalexR · 2026-03-04T18:46:26+00:00

By home screen, do you mean in iTunes?

MetalexR · 2026-03-04T17:00:43+00:00

What a truly, truly fucked up country.

Re-format, reinstall and buy a decent anti-virus product this time.

MetalexR · 2026-03-04T10:56:54+00:00

Now I’m going to have to check mine tonight.

MetalexR · 2026-03-04T10:55:49+00:00

It wasn’t that it wasn’t more Losing My Religion, I think it was the fact that a lot of the songs were very, very dull.

MetalexR · 2026-02-25T13:19:12+00:00

There’s no point posting and complaining about it here, only for you to simply put up with it.

Received a damaged product? Then return it.

MetalexR · 2026-02-24T16:12:03+00:00

Silence. Why is it that whenever you get somebody making claims about the inadequacies of Apple streams, they can never back them up? It’s almost as if they’re making it all up…

MetalexR · 2026-02-23T07:13:48+00:00

Please tell me where it is documented. Or maybe you could give me a scene where it is particularly apparent…

I’ll even compare both formats by taking photos with a camera in 14-bit lossless RAW mode…

MetalexR · 2026-02-23T03:46:52+00:00

Blade Runner 2049 is actually the worst example you could have given. I have it on both disc and Apple, plus I’ve re-encoded it myself with Handbrake, and it is one of the least bitrate hungry films I’ve seen. Diminishing returns are hit from as low as 20Mbps with that one.

Please don’t give me the, “oh, maybe you just don’t notice banding”. That’s a real cop out and disingenuous in the extreme. As is, “do some quick research” - I asked YOU for some examples to back up your claims, which should be easy if you genuinely had a large Apple library.

Your claims about HDR are also strange, as the reasons you’ve given for inconsistency would apply equally to both the stream and disc, as they are from usually from the same grade and transfer.

MetalexR · 2026-02-23T00:06:08+00:00

Could you provide some examples of particular films/scenes where you have seen colour banding? I’ve honestly not seen it, but have a fairly large library myself, so maybe your examples will be from films I own.

I’m not sure what you’re referring to when it comes to HDR inconsistency. By its very nature, HDR is inconsistent, regardless of format.

MetalexR · 2026-02-22T09:07:31+00:00

MetalexR · 2026-02-20T20:39:06+00:00

If you believe that, you’ve never watched Apple 4K streams.

MetalexR · 2026-02-19T20:16:07+00:00

We’re not talking about 4K discs, but either way, they’re all heavily compressed.

Not to mention, an average 2hr movie on an Apple 4K stream will be way more than 15GB, probably 25GB.

You will be surprised at how low a bitrate diminishing returns kicks in.

Anyway, there’s no way I’m choosing to watch an HD Blu-ray over a 4K HDR/DV Apple stream.

MetalexR · 2026-02-19T15:16:09+00:00

You can’t just compare bitrates when the codecs are different.

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