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It looks like Kino might be coming out with Steamboat Bill, Jr. I must say I'm totally blind-sided by this because I think most of us were expecting the Our Hospitality/Sherlock, Jr. double feature to be the next Keaton blu, but this news has me stoked as Steamboat Bill is not only my favorite...

So I understand it's pretty common practice these days to remaster new DVD releases of older films in HD. So why is that the studios don't release a simultaneous blu-ray release? Is it really that cost prohibitive to manufacture blu-rays? The new Wolf Man special edition from Universal looks...

Just curious how well the audio delay function works on the Pioneer 1019/919/519? Right now I'm using a Sony HT-CT100 and am looking to upgrade to a genuine speaker system. The Sony's audio delay function is simply On or Off, no millisecond settings or anything (for some movies, having the delay...

Just got into blu-rays and I've been having a fair number of lip sync issues. Looking around and doing some research I came across the Felston DD740 which seems to be the answer. However, most of the lip sync issues I've read about on forums usually involve the audio being ahead of the video. In...

Just came across this on silentera.com Silent Era : DVD : The General (1926) Review My only real disappoint is no audio commentary, Keaton's films really cry out for audio commentaries.

So I bought a multi-region JVC player a couple of years ago for the express purpose of viewing the Dutch Laurel & Hardy sound shorts collection from Universal Benelux. When playing the DVD's, the first thing I noticed was that thin vertical and horizontal lines were very unstable. For example...

I've got this DVD of Anthony Mann's T-Men from some company called Sony Wonder. I have no idea what Sony Wonder is or how they're affiliated with Sony. Anyway, watched it last night; great, great movie, rather lousy DVD (blurry and smeary image). Just wondering if anyone out there can shed some...

Are we ever gonna see this great movie on DVD? I've not heard anything about it since the advent of DVD. Anyone know who owns it?

I'm curious as to what Gershwin scores have been restored and reconstructed. I know there's the five recordings of Girl Crazy, Oh, Kay!, Lady, Be Good!, Pardon My English, and Strike Up the Band from the early nineties. Then there's a two-disc set from a company called New World Recordings with...

I really, REALLY hate those "lock-tabs" on the sides of keep cases that Universal and Paramount have been using lately. Exactly what is the freakin' point? Is it some anti-theft measure? If it is it's a really crappy one; takes longer to peel off the sticky plastic than it does to flip open a...

Unless I'm mistaken, isn't film grain SUPPOSED to be present, particularly on older black and white films? So why is it so many DVD reviewers complain about it and treat it like it's some sort of transfer anomaly. A case in point, I've seen a review or two of Hitchcock's Suspicion complaining...

Anyone know of any plans for an anamorphic re-release? Thinking of buying it today with my Christmas money and, of course, I don't want to discover a little while later that I blew my money. Also, anyone know if Universal is gonna re-release their version? While Criterion's version is great...

I've noticed the "play all" option always seems to be a separate title. For example, the new Frasier set includes seven episodes on the first disc, titles 1 through 7. The "play all" feature includes all seven episodes under title 8. Does that mean each episode is on there twice? If so, that's 5...

I don't think I've heard a single thing about this great film since the advent of DVD. I'm sure we'll get it some day, but it would be nice to hear something about it. A shame there's so little Lubitsch on DVD. We need more.

I read this on the Harold Lloyd forum. Unfortunately I'm having trouble finding the article, as the poster doesn't list the source. If true, then this is awful. http://p079.ezboard.com/ftheharoldll...ID=7 03.topic When will the studios learn they upset far more people when they cater to...

The only James Whale films that have been easily available over the years are his four horror films, but he's got some other wonderful films that deserve to be widely seen. Where are DVD releases of Remember Last Night?, Show Boat, One More River, Impatient Maiden, By Candlelight, Port of Seven...

Kind of a dumb question, but there's a commercial for some allergy medicine or something called "Patanol" and there's a lovely piano piece playing, anyone know what song it is? It's that commercial where a painting of a servant girl reaches out and drops the Patanol in her eyes. It sounds to me...

I believe a new DVD of Fierce Creatures just came out in Britain. Anyone know if it's anamorphic widescreen?

I just got this new CD player, a Magnavox MAS-80. Nothing fancy (though much fancier than my older player), I'm not a big audiophile. Anyway, I was trying to play a Stones CD-R of mine, and during the first track I get this thumping or vibrating noise along with some static. Towards the end of...

I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to electronics, so please bear with me. I've got the JVC model XV-N50BK. I'm aware of the "stuttering" problem but I can remedy that by simply turning off/on the player while the disc is in. But I have this other problem that looks kind of like an interlacing...

Just curious because I'm hoping all eleven seasons will make it to DVD. I really wish Paramount would get on the ball and speed it up, one season every six months for an eleven season show is gonna take a long time (and I really wanna get to season 5). I think they should alternate Frasier with...

Any chance Paramount will release some of their silents on DVD in this year? The Docks of New York, The Last Command, and The Wedding March are just a few of the silent classics they've got in their vaults. It'd be great to see these make it to DVD some day. Running Wild with W. C. Fields...