I might guess that 2001, which I love, might not look as good on DVD as one
might hope, without restoration of some type first. Source materials being,
what, 34 years old. I have not seen the version of 2001 that is out now on
DVD. Most "everything" is becoming available on DVD. Especially obscure
titles. House on Haunted Hill, The Bat, and Last Man on earth on one DVD
for $5.99. By way of the menu, you can go to which ever film you want. The
menu for Memento is truly annoying. A screen appears with about 150 evenly
spaced words on a white background. Picking one specific word will make the
disc play. You have to read the directions to find which word is the
correct one.
I bought my player 5 years ago, and there is so much available, I haven't
watched a VHS version of anything since. Blackhawk Down is highly
recommended as is Lord of the Rings.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "William Sommerwerck" <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus group" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 2:45 PM
Subject: [OM] more on videodisks
> "Scratches on a DVD are as fatal as scratches on a CD. My laserdisc player
> does just what it says, reads the disc by laser. Resolution is just a
little
> less than DVD, still almost twice that of VHS."
>
> This is true in terms of measurements, but to the eye VHS is much worse.
VHS
> not only lacks sharpness, it lacks texture. Human faces, in particular,
are
> often just featureless areas of pink or brown.
>
> VHS is, IMNSHO, the very worst "successful" consumer product of all time.
>
>
> "I still watch the occasional laserdisc, some are more than 10 years old.
> There are no perceptible production problems. There was an old dead format
> might have been called "disc-o-vision" by RCA that used a needle to read
the
> discs. Format was dead before you could plug the player in."
>
> DiscoVision was the term MCA used for their LV releases.
>
> I had a few out-of-shrinkwrap defectives (which were replaced), but none
of
> my LVs has deteriorated since then. If anyone has a copy of "Grizzly
> Mountain," I'd like to buy it.
>
> The RCA system was actually fairly successful. It does not use a stylus to
> read the disks -- the stylus only guides the pickup, which is capacitive.
>
> By the way, the CED release of "Rocky and Bullwinkle" is the only
home-video
> version with the complete "Wossamotta U." adventure. The Disney release is
> about 10horter.
>
>
> "You can't resume where you left off if you have more than one player."
>
> Wha...? When I shut off the power to my Sony, it automatically remembers
> where I left off. What does having more than one player have to do with
it?
>
>
> "It [DVD] sure was out then [1991]... at the Audio Shop on back street.
> About $3500."
>
> I'd really like to know what it was you saw. Pioneer made at least one LV
> player that retailed for $3500 (the LD-S2) and was available in 1991. That
> must have been it. More information would be appreciated.
>
>
> "So far, the only movies where the production quality was high enough to
> really make me want to see them on DVD is "[2001: A] Space Odessey [sic]"
> and the "Star Trek" movies."
>
> I'm not being sarcastic when I say either your taste in movies is very,
very
> limited, and/or you don't have a good TV. Many films show superb image
> quality on DVD. Some recent movies made on the newest Kodak and Fuji film
> stock (such as "Wag the Dog" and "Black Adder: Back and Forth") will have
> your jaw dragging on the floor.
>
> Of course, not all the great DVDs are from films made in the last ten
years.
> The recent reissue of "Citizen Kane" is an absolute revelation. For years
> we've been seeing transfers from dark, muddy, not-very-sharp prints. The
new
> one is from an interpositive, and it's unbelievable.
>
> Ditto for "Casablanca." The LV wasn't exactly chopped liver, but if you
> haven't seen the DVD, you haven't seen the film.
>
>
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