Rant Charlie Brown Christmas no longer airing on broadcast TV

[Muse]

I just tell my server I wanted to watch it and it showed up on my NAS.

Is your server male or female?

 

[Muse]

I bought the DVD many years ago.





Somehow this is not a surprise.

Anal retentiveness (wiki)

I don't think I've seen any Charlie Brown TV stuff. I suppose my local library has it. Anyway, I'm not particularly into Charles Schultz stuff. I don't find it funny and the cute factor is mostly lost on me. I'm talking about the newspaper stuff, don't remember seeing TV stuff but figure it's not much different. I was very into the Simpsons at one point but haven't watched it for decades, basically. Around 5 years ago I went to a live in person event by a couple principles in the Simpsons series, which was interesting, Matt G, etc.

I have the first 5-6 seasons of the Simpsons on DVD. Haven't watched most of it, I'm sure I saw a lot of that live back in the 90's. I also have a lot of Seinfeld, just about all, I think. I have bought several series, mostly on DVD, a lot still to be viewed, choice stuff!

 

[Muse]

A BR player is "ole timey", is it?

The players I use these days are 4K with "legacy" support, of course. 98% of the stuff I play is <4K.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Is your server male or female?

neither

 

[Muse]

Good idea. One of the things that really annoys me are the studios that own the rights to a show but refuse to stream it and won't show it on broadcast tv

I check my local library for media practically on a daily basis. It's my favorite source, and I'm a 1 minute bicycle ride from the nearest branch. I have 4 things checked out right now. I have actually created a utility in my data management system that notifies me when my items are due and if I have something waiting for me at the library and how long I have to pick it up. I love it!

 

[Muse]

neither

OMG, that's too deep for me. I have a NAS but don't use it for streaming normally, not visual media, anyway. Partly because ATM it's only a couple of 3TB mirrored HDs, and 2/3 full already. I could put a couple of 14TB HDs in it, IIRC (8 YO Synology DS2014play).

 

[ch33zw1z]

OMG, that's too deep for me. I have a NAS but don't use it for streaming normally, not visual media, anyway. Partly because ATM it's only a couple of 3TB mirrored HDs, and 2/3 full already. I could put a couple of 14TB HDs in it, IIRC (8 YO Synology DS2014play).

I just buy stuff I want now, get it while you can.

 

[SKORPI0]

One of my favorite cartoon characters.....

 

[Captante]

I just buy stuff I want now, get it while you can.

Thing about PC "upgrades" is that there's ALWAYS a larger, faster, cheaper something coming down the pike so there will always be a reason to hold off buying if that's the way you think.

Timing DOES matter though unless you have an unlimited budget. For example the last couple months have been a bad time to spring for an expensive GPU.

I don't think I've seen any Charlie Brown TV stuff

You and @Lost_in_the_HTTP have a lot in common hmmm?

 

[mikeymikec]

The players I use these days are 4K with "legacy" support, of course. 98% of the stuff I play is <4K.

Some day I may have a 4k player and a 4k TV I've ended up with a few 4k BRs because they also have the standard 1080p BR

hehe, I had to wipe the dust off it when I started using them again. There was a hint of sarcasm there for sure

But really, DVD's are 25 years old, Blu Ray is 15, they could both legally drive.

Unless the streaming market changes drastically, I can't imagine ever getting my movies (to own) through them, even if they would let me download them. Every streaming service (which to be fair is two) is like "8 pixels! 8! ah ah ah!" quality-wise in comparison to a decent DVD/BR.

 

[Captante]

Some day I may have a 4k player and a 4k TV I've ended up with a few 4k BRs because they also have the standard 1080p BR

My PS3 purchased as a BD player is holding up remarkably well along these lines and still works perfectly plus it fully supports MOST of the newest tech. (NOT including true UHD 4k though)

In fact I'm about to perform surgery and swap out the 80GB HDD for a 240gb PNY SSD I have sitting around.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Thing about PC "upgrades" is that there's ALWAYS a larger, faster, cheaper something coming down the pike so there will always be a reason to hold off buying if that's the way you think.

Timing DOES matter though unless you have an unlimited budget. For example the last couple months have been a bad time to spring for an expensive GPU.




You and @Lost_in_the_HTTP have a lot in common hmmm?

so yea, you* (typo) gotta choose what’s right for you. I aim for blu rays as “cake” and 4K’s are icing. They both look great.

when I pickup older tv shows, the dvd quality is now noticeable.

So someday down the line maybe I’ll want newer movies in 8K or 16K etc…

but I dont See any reason to buy an older movie again because the pixels increase.

the HDR stuff makes a bigger difference. I have some nature stuff in 4K HDR10 and it’s amazing how the color range makes the experience better.

but those raw recordings were done on 4K cameras, they’re unlikely to come out better than I have now

 

[Captante]

but those raw recordings were done on 4K cameras, they’re unlikely to come out better than I have now

Well said.... truth is there's also more to image quality then pure resolution.

I have standard 480p DVD's that look substantially better then the BRD versions for example. (looking at you LOTR!)

 

[SKORPI0]

I have standard 480p DVD's that look substantially better then the BRD versions for example. (looking at you LOTR!)

Are you kidding? 4K>Blu-ray>DVD>VHS. Everyone knows this.

 

[Captante]

Are you kidding? 4K>Blu-ray>DVD>VHS. Everyone knows this.

Lol okay.... when did I mention the Matrix? (although I also have that on BRD and DVD.... the IRL difference is underwhelming at best.)

Might want to read some enthusiast's reviews on AVS Forums of the LOTR bluray PRIOR to posting... it was widely panned for poor IQ and questionable color-reproduction. (most commonly overly blue/dark)

 

[BurnItDwn]

The problem is that copyright's keep getting extended longer and longer to prevent things from going into public domain. Disney is probably the worst company when it comes to this.

Copyright - Wikipedia

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Companies like Disney use false/scam announcing to screw everybody out of their residuals (look up "hollywood accounting" if you dont understand what I mean.)
Then, the same companies claim they are extending the copyright in order to protect the creative workers, when in reality they have already screwed over the creative workers, and they simply want to screw the public by charging premiums to the highest bidder for over 100 years after publication.

I know its hard to boycot a company when they are on the verge of a monopoly, but, honestly, Disney is worthy of a boycott for the amount of damage they have done to workers and to the public.

 

[MtnMan]

Someone still watches broadcast TV?

 

[zinfamous]

Going to take a wild guess and assume it's cancel culture. I recall something in there that offended the woke people, so probably why they pulled it off. Kinda sad really, it's such an old classic. The woke people are ruining everything.

I should probably try to find a copy of all of these classics before they completely disappear. Some good nostalgia. Even things like Bugs Bunny, no way they would allow that to air now days because of the violence.

You should stop taking wild guesses. They are just as wrong as your thought-generated statements.

 

[Captante]

Trying to make Disney apologists understand what scumbags that company has turned into isn't easy.... viewers these days seem to have some LOW standards.

Understand that just like they did to real/original Star Wars and Marvel comics fans, Disney IS COMING to turn your favorite edgy fantasy/sci-fi stories vanilla and generic... also family (and moron!) friendly.

No doubt they'll make higher profits which is the ONLY thing Disney cares about now.... and is the root of the problem.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Well said.... truth is there's also more to image quality then pure resolution.

I have standard 480p DVD's that look substantially better then the BRD versions for example. (looking at you LOTR!)

I have not seen that *yet* - I have LOTR in 1080p and 4k, and they definitely look better than my old school 480p's.

 

[Captante]

Movies can ABSOLUTELY look bad when they're too sharp or when the color is remastered poorly. (see "soap-opera effect")

There are many 100's of bad blu-rays out there and if you don't do your homework it's easy to get stuck with one. (and feel silly if it's barely/not an improvement over your original copy like I did with LOTR)

OBVIOUSLY all else being equal a BRD with 20gb's storage vs 4gb's for DVD will have better IQ and audio, but frequently that isn't the case at all for multiple reasons having to do with production.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Movies can ABSOLUTELY look bad when they're too sharp or when the color is remastered poorly. (see "soap-opera effect")

There are many 100's of bad blu-rays out there and if you don't do your homework it's easy to get stuck with one. (and feel silly if it's barely/not an improvement over your original copy like I did with LOTR)

OBVIOUSLY all else being equal a BRD with 20gb's storage vs 4gb's for DVD will have better IQ and audio, but frequently that isn't the case at all for multiple reasons having to do with production.

yes, how it’s processed makes a difference.

i don’t store raw footage. If I own it, goes on my plex server via handbrake

but that’s a much more in depth topic for a different thread.

I purchase dozens (if not hundreds ) of BR’s in the last few years, can’t think of any that are bad quality

 

[Captante]

I purchase dozens (if not hundreds ) of BR’s in the last few years, can’t think of any that are bad quality

It used to be much more common ESPECIALLY with older movies.

Video recording equipment is exponentially better than it used to be and so are the computers and software used to master them.

 

[ch33zw1z]

It used to be much more common ESPECIALLY with older movies.

Video recording equipment is exponentially better than it used to be and so are the computers and software used to master them.

for older films / shows, it probably makes a big difference how they’re stored.

two examples: I have purchased Casablanca and wizard of Oz, both are 1.33:1…but doesn’t affect the quality, both look pretty damn good

i speculate both were well maintained films

 

[Captante]

for older films / shows, it probably makes a big difference how they’re stored.

two examples: I have purchased Casablanca and wizard of Oz, both are 1.33:1…but doesn’t affect the quality, both look pretty damn good

i speculate both were well maintained films

Technically old-school film recorded movies done with the best cameras have effectively "unlimited" resolution.

Of course the reality is somewhat different and if you zoom in enough the image will still begin to appear "grainy" after a certain point.