Posted by kim on 10/03/06 16:20

"Ries" <richard.splinter@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1gvUg.2020$Yy1.1405@textfe.usenetserver.com...
> kim wrote:
> > "Sean Black" <sean@bucks-aggs.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:GtISEEDX6MIFFwse@bucks-aggs.demon.co.uk...
> >> In article <x4mdnbl3IpeOVYDYRVnygg@giganews.com>, kim
<ntscuser@aol.com>
> >> writes
> >>> "tekki" <news@dvdlibrary.co.uk> wrote in message
> >>> news:VOCdnSzJ-JITp4DYRVnygw@bt.com...
> >>>> Xbox 360 HD DVD Player - Arriving at retailers in the U.K
mid-November
> >>>> 2006,
> >>> With what kind of outputs? Component? HDMI? 5.1 analogue?
> >>>
> >>>> the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player will retail for �129.99 and will come with
> >>>> the Universal Pictures' blockbuster film Peter Jackson's "King Kong"
on
> > HD
> >>> Theatrical cut which everybody has seen already, while regular DVD
gets
> > gets
> >>> the extended version 3-disc boxed set.
> >>>
> >> Personally, I've got no interest in an extended version. Whilst I
> >> enjoyed KK, I thought it was too long anyway.
> >
> > My point was that most of us who like the movie already have the
theatrical
> > cut so are unlikely to buy it a second time just to take advantage of
the
> > improved definition.
>
>
> People who are buying an HD-dvd player are buying it only for the
> improved definition. What else do you want from your HD-DVD player?

If there are two versions of a movie available I want the one which is most
recent and least cut, preferably with a DTS or better soundtrack which I can
play through my existing amp. That's Da Vinci Code fucked for a start, I've
already got the R4 extended version.

(kim)

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