The tomb is empty After I came

The tomb is empty

After I came out of the theater, I was angry at myself for being drawn in to see this terrible t see it, you ll thank me later. I really liked The Adjustment Bureau a lot. It wasn t perfect, but it was quite far from being bad; I thought George Nolfi nailed the mood of what a sci-fi romance drama of this kind of story should be. The chemistry was good, and if you occasionally pause your reality-proofing mechanism, it s a great watch. The Adjustment Bureau, Unknown One of the worst things a reviewer can do is live life inside a bubble no, not the kind of bubble that Travolta lived inside in that crazy movie with the girl. I know that there are reviewers who venture out to the occasional trade show mostly for the free food and solicit review gear that way, but for the most part it comes to us via FedEx or UPS after the PR folks offer it up. It is distinctly possible that I just enjoy getting out of the house, but I make a point of visiting the big box stores Costco, Best Buy, Target, BJs at least once a week; yes, I lurk in the aisles pretending to read the greeting cards or fondle the fresh produce, but what I am really doing is listening to what customers are asking for in regard to HDTVs and other components. Call it market research if that makes you happy. Samsung, Sony, and Panasonic have justifiably earned their premium badges in the world of HDTVs and playback the tomb is empty but LG is one major manufacturer that doesnt seem to get enough respect. Despite having a nice chunk of the TV and Blu-ray player market, the LG brand just doesnt seem to have the panache of a Sony or a Samsung as a premium product. P Having just spent some quality time with both the Panasonic DMP-BDT210 Blu-ray 3D player review forthcoming and LG BD670 Blu-ray 3D Player, Id venture to say that LG might need to get some polish ready because that premium badge is going to look mighty pretty. LG is taking the picture quality issue so seriously that they are now partnered with the good folks at the ISF Imaging Science Foundation and THX, offering HDTVs with ISF calibration settings and THX certification. Thats great news for consumers as the THX picture modes on a number of new HDTVs from Panasonic and LG offer outstanding performance out of the box. P But its also good news for custom installers as all their careful calibration settings can be stored in ISF the tomb is empty and night settings on select LG TVs. P This dedication to picture quality flows over into LGs Blu-ray player line-up as well. The BD670 Blu-ray 3D player looks, almost like every other Blu-ray player out there. Thin is in in 20 It is not enough that I have to watch Kate Winslet get all crazy skinny, but now I have to watch movies on television screens connected to players that are approaching the thickness of matzo. My OPPO player has nothing to fear in that regard. I like a woman with some meat on her bones. LG doesnt offer a player with a touch-sensitive top panel yet gotta love that feature on the Panasonic players, but they did figure out how to pack a great CD, DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, player and media streaming device in a chassis only 9 tall, so they are certainly playing with the big boys. In many respects, with all this talk of the cloud, it makes me wonder how relevant any of these players are in 20 P Some may think portable media players and the ability to store your content on the cloud for access from multiple devices may end up being the final nails in the coffin for physical media playback. But I disagree. P Am I selling my records? Not a chance. Am I adding Blu-ray discs to my film collection at a frightening rate? 300 so far in 2011 and its only May. If the recent troubles surrounding Sonys PSN have taught us anything, it is that networks are not 100% secure especially when their encryption security isnt up to snuff and that nothing beats having the real thing to put in the player rather than relying on some cloud or internet connection that may not always be available, and when it is, it may not have sufficient bandwidth to deliver a movie in sufficient quality to take advantage of my high-end home theater system. You know what happens when clouds get too heavy with moisture users? It rains. Sometimes, it even pours. But the LG BD670 is a good hedge as it includes top notch playback of silver discs as well as a good selection of streaming media services all in one box. The BD670 Blu-ray 3D player is a tad on the expensive side. At 249 MSRPP although you can get it for a lot less on Amazon, it is almost 50 more than the Panasonic DMP-BDT210 and I would suggest, without giving away too much of my forthcoming review that their performance is pretty comparable. Both do well on the technical tests and neither one has a huge edge over the other in picture quality. So why even consider the BD670?P If you live for media streaming, solid playback, and DLNA-compatibility; this player comes to play. I had an Uncle Howard who was this mad genius. He was a brilliant engineer, but also incredibly crazy. Scared the bejesus or is it the beMoses? out of me. He went off the reservation and did a lot of time in the big house. The one thing I remember about him is that he used to have all of this test gear in his basement.