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"Hearts of Darkness" HBO Documentary. It's in Super VHS off HBO but still doesn't come near DVD quality. "Heart of Hot Shots", a hilarious spoof of Hearts of Darkness and Apocalypse Now. "Special Bulletin", TV movie shot on video to look like a real live newscast covering a terrorist act...

There have been some really great titles released in this budget line. It's sad that apparently Universal is just going with the cheapest transfers they have access to. There's no consistency, some titles are coming out OAR widescreen enhanced, others appear in full screen horrible pan and scan...

It's verified now that The Forbin Project is Pan and Scan and a terrible transfer. As stated at IMDB some scenes, were trimmed for TV and I wouldn't be surprised if a P&S version cut for TV is the source. I think this is some kind of new budget line for Universal. Get titles out with minimum...

Thanks very much for provding this info. I'll let you know how it goes!

I just got a Sony WEGA 27FS120. I got it because I like having the 16x9 mode. The picture is OK but it could be a lot better with some tweeking beyond the regular adjustments. ( I know how to tweek certain advanced service controls but on my last set they were just rotary pots inside the set on...

Has anyone ever established this? I mean does widescreen always out-sell fullscreen when both options exist? I think the answer is probably not so simple. I do a lot of DVD shopping and what I overhear from other shoppers comes out to about 50-50 at best for widescreen. A lot depends on...

At the Universal website, there's a page to contact them by Email. I filled it in and asked them specifically about the AR of the new release of "The Forbin Project." This is the response I got (copied in from my email exactly) "Thank you for contacting us and for your interest in...

I see that now, but I still think the common low price may mean they are experimenting with some "bare bones" budget line on titles they don't expect to move enough to warrant a better ( and more expensive) treatment. I still hope I am wrong, too.

I notice the retail list is $7.98 on these new titles. I wonder if it's some kind of new budget line where they use full frame transfers. Possibly because they already have them ready made for use from cable broadcasts, or just because they think full frame has a wider appeal. The idea would be...

I didn't even know this was out and now I find there are 2 versions. ONe from Cheezy Flicks and one from Allied. I'm reading mixed reiviews on the quality of both, would like to hear from anyone with either version on both the sound and picture quality. I know the Cheezy Flicks version is...

Can anyone else verify that the 16x9 enhanced mode only works with the component (rgb) inputs? I downloaded the owner's manual for the FS100 and it says the function only works when TV is in "video" mode....that's all, one sentence.

I'm looking at the SONY 27 FS120 and also the FS100 (is it still around?) Anyone here with either of these models or other brands that use the so-called 16 x 9 enhanced mode?(Standard 1.33 AR type screen that has a mode where letterboxing delivers all or almost all of the screen's full...

I liked the film but I think the original was a better creative effort. I was hoping for a much more imaginative depiction of actual brainwashing in this new version, they seemed to just skip over it. The original version is an editing masterpiece in that regard. Now I have a question about...

The VHS and LD versions of the President's Analyst use different music because of copyright mumbo jumbo and even worse, because of the change in some source music, a few scenes were actually edited too. They called it the "special home video version." Oddly enough, the original cut was cleared...

That's true. Another possibility might be that when only one egg is disturbed and brought to life, the creature that develops can reproduce itself as shown in the first film. Then as more aliens are born, they develop as soldiers and eventually a queen is created to construct the organized nest...

In one way it would be nice to see the first 2 films align more with each other, but Scott owes nothing to the second film. As long as the first film stays true to its own story, he needn't be concerned if his changes cause it to depart even further from the sequel. Actually, as previously...

On the cat issue, it seems to me that Ripley did have to make some effort and waste some precious time in getting Jones on the shuttle. That was outside of Ripley's character to me. Jones didn't appear to belong to anyone in particular, more like the mousers that are kept in residence at the...

The running time of the DC is actually a few seconds shorter than the original. Since there are new scenes in addition to minor changes in this version, has anyone been able to compile a list of what was taken out?

Some further thoughts on the slightly different spin of the DC: Spoilers ahead; I think that in the original edits, the final moments of each of the crew members confronting the alien were assumed to be fatal for them. The scenes depicted a graphic and horrilbe end for each of them. As I...

I really enjoyed seeing it again this time in a theater with digital projection. Looked to me like the AR in DLP was a bit fuller than it is on the current versions on video, closer to 2.0 or even under 2. The changes didn't bother me but I would have been OK with seeing the original cut...

I've looked all over, but haven't seen a combo fo rDVD record and SVHS. I want to transfer some SVHS on to DVD with a simple all in one unit. Anywhere to look? links? Thanks!!:D :D :D

MILD SPOILER AHEAD: Near the beginning there is some clarification that all the main characters are fluent in German and from that point on you must assume that they are speaking in German when the situation requires it. END OF SPOILER My problem, and it's really the only one, with Where...

Way! Sometimes more than a week. Certainly not on every title. Only a few titles at any given time and you never really know what titles they will be. I've seen them out as much as a full 2 weeks before the release date. Sometimes I have to check on line to make sure it's not just some older...

I've been wondering why no-one has taken more advantage of the field-sequential technology for DVD. The only really decent stuff i have seen are the 3 IMAX films that you get in the Ultimate box set from slingshot. Are there any others available in the US? Is it expensive to generate a field...

Here in New York City there's at least one that sellls the real thing, they have 2 shops in Manhattan, not sure if they have any other outlets. At any given time they will commonly have 3 or 4 titles on the shelf about 1-2 weeks ahead of the official release dates. Pricing is not bad and...

actually I pretty much understand what super 35 is. I am trying to understand what "1.85 flat" is. I always figured 1.85 AR's were a cropped/matted format of 35 or super 35. I assume this because as I said before, every film i have ever seen offered on DVD in 1.85, if the film was also...

Here's obscure for you. I'd like to see the original British "Quatermass" series released on DVD in the US. Not likely. Too bad.

this certainly has been an intersting thread for me. I did a search for my next question and i get either too little or too much. Can someone breifly expain the difference between 1.85 flat film and super 35? Interesting to me because i get the impression that 1.85 flat implies a film that is...