HD-DVD? LOL. I saw one of those players at a Salvation Army a few months ago but I Was not tempted. I do still have a Laserdisc player sitting on a shelf but I sold off my HD-DVD player and discs when it was clear that it was a lost cause.

I think I still have two copies of Avatar on Blu-ray 3D so I’m good there. I probably only have about 15 or 20 3D titles but we do break them out every once in a while for shits and giggles.

Chief,

I did want to correct that one sentence but you beat me to it.

I have over 3,700 movies on BD and UHD 4K BD and I’ll think about what I might send your way. Definitely keeping Avatar.

I did fix my HD DVD player. Have 48 of those discs in my collection.

IW

IW

Yo, Ian,

Send me your 3D Blu-Rays. I still break out the glasses for certain titles (like “Avatar”) when watching on the projector. A massive 100+ inch screen is really the only time 3D makes sense (IMNSHO). BTW, I think you misspoke — there are no 3D UHD Blu-rays. The UHD Blu-ray format doesn’t have any provision for 3D content in its spec. You are probably thinking of Blu-ray 3D. But I’ll take any UHD discs you don’t want, too. 🙂

Rob,

Exactly. Content is king and what drives any format. I wouldn’t invest in any format that didn’t have dozens (if not hundreds) of titles. The entire 3D debacle still makes me mad. I knew it would fail. I wrote that it would fail because the home TV environment (on a much smaller screen) took away the benefits of it. I have 30+ UHD BD 3D titles gathering dust on a shelf. I tossed my active 3D glasses years ago. Nobody wanted to watch.

Best,

Ian White

You’re right. Not much of a selection on physical media but there are actually close to 70 films that have gotten the IMAX Enhanced treatment, many of which are super-popular movies. Disney+ will have 19 titles when they launch the DTS:X soundtrack option on May 15. Technically anything shot on IMAX cameras or composed for IMAX is eligible to get the IMAX Enhanced treatment. Here’s the most recent list of IMAX Enhanced titles I could find: https://fanon-kingdom.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_films_certified_by_IMAX_Enhanced

I wouldn’t hold my breath for these to be released on UHD Blu-ray Disc. Sadly, the studios are mostly abandoning physical media. My hope is that Kaleidescape will partner with IMAX in the future. They already have around 50 movies streaming in lossless DTS:X but they’re not an IMAX Enhanced partner (yet). But Kaleidescape is super expensive ($4K for the player plus server storage).