Hey,

I was wondering if you guys could help answer a question I have; I tried scouring the forums for an answer but couldn't find one. I want to get a Bluray player once one comes out that can internally decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-Master because I don't want to have to get a new receiver (my current one will be able to accept the new codecs via 5.1 analog audio inputs). Since I will be upgrading from my DVD player, and since some other stuff I have hooked up can now be connected to the TV via HDMI, I'm going to have some component cables hanging around. These are pretty good cables (that I probably paid too much for) and I would hate to see them go to waste. Currently I have all my audio via optical & coaxial going into my receiver and don't have the 5.1 analog audio cables. I was wondering if I would be able to use the component cables for the analog audio. I figured that both send an analog signals so it might work, and it could save me some money as well as putting some cables I've already bought to good use. Does anyone know if this is possible? If so, will it make a difference that the component cables were made for video? Will there be any noticable signal/sound degradation? Any info would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

Hey,

I was wondering if you guys could help answer a question I have; I tried scouring the forums for an answer but couldn't find one. I want to get a Bluray player once one comes out that can internally decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-Master because I don't want to have to get a new receiver (my current one will be able to accept the new codecs via 5.1 analog audio inputs). Since I will be upgrading from my DVD player, and since some other stuff I have hooked up can now be connected to the TV via HDMI, I'm going to have some component cables hanging around. These are pretty good cables (that I probably paid too much for) and I would hate to see them go to waste. Currently I have all my audio via optical & coaxial going into my receiver and don't have the 5.1 analog audio cables. I was wondering if I would be able to use the component cables for the analog audio. I figured that both send an analog signals so it might work, and it could save me some money as well as putting some cables I've already bought to good use. Does anyone know if this is possible? If so, will it make a difference that the component cables were made for video? Will there be any noticable signal/sound degradation? Any info would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

Good luck.... to me!

Favorite part… let me think.

I would have to say that my favorite part of the movie is the first time the Immortals came and fought the Spartans in the nighttime battle scene. This was the first scene in the movie where the Spartans didn't seem to be invincible, and while they won the battle, they ended up taking a number of casualties themselves. It also showed the Asian armies as being a formidable foe, aside from just having far greater numbers. In the scene the Immortals are deadly and vicious with their double swords, relentlessly stabbing the Greek soldiers multiple times each even as they were falling down; it showed the Immortals as having some serious battle skills, even though they weren't quite up to the level of the Spartans. In this battle you actually start to worry about the fate of the Spartans and it is sort of a turning point for the movie, in that you begin to realize what the inevitable outcome of the Spartans' fate will be.

This part also houses two other points in the movie that I loved, one of which was the Leonidas/giant fight. Much like the feel of the overall Immortals fight, this was the first time you actually worried about Leonidas. He was clearly outmatched in the strength department and he got his weapons taken away from him quite easily. Basically he was getting manhandled the whole fight, was totally on the defensive, and got lucky in the end. This scene was way tense and pumped up the adrenaline factor a bit; the movie almost makes you flinch in your seat when Leonidas and the giant are in close quarters on the ground and the Spartan king's only line of defense are his forearm guards from the giant's repeated blows. Not to mention the cool part where Leonidas gets the scar across his eye, and decapitation is always a crowd-pleaser.

Finally, at the end of the battle, I love it when the Arcadians come in and help ("Amateurs… they make a fine mess of things. They do their part.). Looking back I realize how crucial this scene is to the movie, in that if the Spartans were the only ones fighting the Persians at first, it would have never been believable that the whole of Greece united at the end to fight the Persians together. Sure there was talk of the Athenians standing up to Xerxes, but it really solidified the fact that the different Greek city-states were acting together when you actually saw them fight side by side. It reminded me of the Braveheart scene where the Irish meet up and fight with the Scottish against the English, or when the elves come to Helm's Deep in the Two Towers (even if it's not in the book). I mean, who doesn't like to see different allies come together to fight against a common enemy?