I had a chance to finally see Shutter Island last night on DVD. I wanted to see this movie in the theater but never found the time. My favorite Leo DiCaprio movie is The Beach so I compare most of his movie to that one. Basketball Diaries is a close second. I went into this movie with high hopes after seeing the trailer in the theater. I made it a point not to read anything about the plot or reviews on the web before I watched the...

I have been using Handbrake for years to make backup copies of my DVDs. The kids have destroyed my DVD collection so copying them to my media center is a must. Then I pack the original DVDs away. Handbreak has done well over the years to make DVD backups. Handbrake supports multiple formats but I create a single MKV file with some custom compression that has no noticeable jaggies when viewing even the most action packed movie. The big...

Well, believe it or not I do not have a blu-ray player yet. I actually still have an HD-DVD player and about 6 movie but I rarely use it. I put The Big Lebowski and Into the Wind in every once in a great while. With the work I am doing on the theater room and my projector picked out blu-ray is going to be a must. Last time I looked at a blu-ray player nothing was under $300. Very happy to see that prices are way down now. Some with...

I have been doing a little work on my theater room lately. we ran across some flooring at Sam’s Club a few weeks ago. it was only $25 a box. 17+ sft per box. It is really think planks at .56” in a dark Walnut. Perfect for a theater room floor. I only needed to do the concrete area since the stage and riser will be carpeted. I would have like to wait to do the floor since I have to paint but the floor was going like hot cakes...

I have not fired up my Star Trek copy but if this is for real I just might puke. Don’t get me wrong. I love the new Star Trek movie. I think it is far better than any Star Trek movie to date. Yes, it is better than The Wraith of Khan. And, yes I love Star Wars. I paid to see the original Star Wars 13 times. Paid. People! But this is too much. You can’t mix Star Warz and Star Trek. YOU CAN”T! But I guess what can we...

Thursday Arthur Guinness would have celebrating his 250th birthday. I was just checking out an email from Guinness and it appears they will have a live gig in Direct TV live from Dublin. I am not sure what time it will be on so if you know post a comment. Click the Guinness image to check out all the cool stuff they have going on at the Guinness website. The video shorts are pretty fun to watch. Man is Bob Geldof getting old! I think...