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Thank you for an excellent review Walter. Hopefully this is the same good transfer that we will get in Region 4. Ages ago (nearly 4 years!) I posted a message about some missing dialog in the R2 cut of CoF http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...threadid=16779 Just out of interest, is...

Has anyone else noticed that when the monster with seven fingers does the count-down on the scare floor, his mouth says "one" but there is no corresponding voice?

Just out of interest - when the 4 disc Herbie set was released here in R4, only The Love Bug was widescreen. The three sequels were full screen. However, since R1 generally gets better treatment and since the releases are separate, I do hope you will get WS transfers!

Hello, The Prisoner has finally been released in Australia and I have just finished watching all the episodes. While the series itself is amazing, the DVD transfer isn't quite as top notch. The video does suffer from pixelation, but the question I would like to ask is about audio synch...

Mark and Ole, I can't thank you enough! As a R4 resident who buys regularly from R1 and R2, it was a terrible blow to see the excellent DVD Basen go down. Thanks so much for coming back on-line, and very best wishes for the site's future.

Here is a link to a good price-crawler for R4 online stores: http://www.dvdplaza.com.au/ Cheers, Nicole P.

Toy Story - Ultimate Toy Box Pride and joy of my collection and I got the R1 edition instead of our local R4 to get the complete booty of extras. Ben-Hur My favourite oscar winner that is a must in wonderful widescreen. Amazing film-making complemented by a terrific transfer. Superman the...

Here is a good site if you are getting started. http://members.aol.com/cbeginners/ If you already know what work you would like and are interested in the recording quality, check out the reviews at http://www.gramophone.co.uk/cdreviews.asp Hope this helps. Cheers, Nicole P

Regarding the popping: Wegas have an automatic degausse coil built in. However, this should only activate when the set is switched on from the mains, in other words you should hear a "bong" as it powers up. If it is going off while you watching a programme, causing the picture to flicker, this...

Hello Dave, I believe RTCO (Raster Rotation) is the setting you are after. Hopefully it is included in the service menu for your model. Cheers, Nicole P.

I was watching The Land Before Time (first one in the series) with the family for the first time a few days ago. During the opening underwater scene, I was surprised to hear a section of music almost identical to the balcony scene from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. While the main theme had a...

Hello Lin, This version on Deutsche Grammophon with the Berlin Philharmonic under Rostropovich is a winner. It also includes the Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake suites. For myself, I own the complete ballet performed by the Royal Philharmonic under Ashkenazy. Kind regards, Nicole P.

Anyone? I have tried this out on my PC just to check that overscan is not getting in the way. The observations remain the same. Cheers, Nicole P.

Hello, Here in Australia we have the older 1.78 anamorphic PAL release of Wonka and the new 4:3 NTSC release. The new release is said to be open matte so I have just compared it against the PAL release. I think it is really a combination of open matte and pan and scan. Most of the shots do...

Ernest, My pleasure! I so glad you could find it. Hope it arrives in time. Cheers, Nicole P.

Hello Ernest, The recording won the 1959 Grammy for Best Recording for Children. It was on the Angel label with Peter Ustinov narrating and Herbert Von Karajan conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. Sadly it disappeared from the catalogue and was not issued on silver disc, but if you do a...

Darren, Thanks for the links. I have used those sites extensively in the past. What I was interested in is whether a new transfer has been mastered since the R4 release and whether this is the print used for the new R1 release. Cheers, Nicole P. ------------------ "So where does the...

I have been watching with interest the R1 Wonka uproar and am delighted that fellow OAR enthusiasts succeeded in getting Warner to release a widescreen edition. I picked up my R4 copy in June last year and it is a 1.78 anamorphic PAL transfer. Recently Warner released the P&S NTSC 30th...

Roland, It may probably the cost factor involved. Many R1 releases are also coded R4 for South America. It probably is cheaper for Warner to distribute these releases to Australia rather than remastering a PAL version. It also gives the appearance of reducing the time between regional...

Brett, RTCO is the one you want. Here is a post at the Sony Wega user group that confirms it. If you cannot find this option, perhaps your model has a different service menu listing. What is the model number of your TV? Cheers, Nicole P. ------------------ "So where does the power come...

Andrew, "It's a Sony" :-) At the moment I am using it solely for DVD. I shall try hooking it up to something else to see if the band appears again. Is your set's "ghost line" visible on all sources? Cheers, Nicole P

Might this be due to magnetic interference inside the set?

There is a vertical band in the exact centre of my direct view tv that appears slightly darker than the rest of the screen. The effect is very similar to raster ringing except that this is one band in the middle rather than several bands on the left. This band is only visible when a light...

DeVoteD.com.au is pretty good for R4 titles. They ship overseas and will knock off the 10% GST. I've had good service with pre-orders. Cheers, Nicole P ------------------ "So where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within." [Edited last by Nicole P on October...

I would highly recommend Link Removed as they are often cheaper than Black Star and offer free postage world-wide for DVDs. Cheers, Nicole P ------------------ "So where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within."

Fiddler was the first disc in my collection too. Seeing it for the first time in widescreen glory got me hooked on to DVD. In my opinion, it is the best musical. It has an honesty about it that other musicals, while great in their own right, tend to lack. Perhaps it has something to do with the...

I bought the R2 edition when it first came out. From what I hear, the new R1 edition is just an NTSC transfer of the same print. Yes, the colours are not very constant, looking either washed out for outdoor shots or overly yellow for interiors. I think this is due to the deterioration of the...

Sorry - double post [Edited last by Nicole P on September 28, 2001 at 02:00 AM]

Obviously, I missed the original discussion and found the links above very interesting. I have several versions of the letterboxed Ben-Hur including the DVD. There have always been one or two scenes that I thought were tightly cropped on the sides even allowing for overscan etc. Now all is...

Hello Jason, I am about to buy a Wega for the first time and consequently, have been haunting the Yahoo Sony Wega user group for a while. The problem that you are experiencing is apparently wide-spread. Some people encounter pink bands rather than green bands. Here is one post that seems to...