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I've more or less watched the first disc. Yes on laugh tracks. No on Ted Nichols.

On Scooby-Doo BR I do see occasional DVNR destruction of lines and small detail. It's not a highly animated show so the effect is limited. Overall it looks okay, but not a stellar effort by WHV, especially for the price.

I don't know why 8K matters for home use. 4K barely matters, it just bundled into new stuff by default. Sorry to break it to the CE industry, but they hey-day of upgrading everything to get HD isn't coming around again. I can't imagine anything like that is going to drive sales again. If...

The Lippy glitch is just a fancy "transition" effect between the show opening and the title card on a single episode (so far). It doesn't really detract from anything. As the combination of intro and title card/episode may be a reconstruction, the transition effect looks like something that...

I don't expect much, but this is a defect pure and simple. As much as the set cost there should be a disc replacement program. It's frustrating because things like this would no doubt impact the profitability of these releases and make them less and less likely because of how "demanding" the...

It's on my copy too. It's part of the video stream, not a layer transition.

On the New Scooby Movies blu-ray set, the episode The Haunted Showboat with Josie and the Pussycats, in addition to sloppier than usual animation, has severe audio/lip sync issues, particularly early in the episode. Is this a defect of the disc, or was that just intrinsic to the episode itself?

That's about what it looks like. Somewhat soft overall, and some episodes very grainy and occasional dirt and minor film damage. Possible "remastered" but definitely not restored. Colors are decent. At least they don't look like dingy old worn out tape masters.

I don't know why anybody should expect to be paid for a days work more than 60 years ago. Copyright laws are insane. The rest of us have to get up and go to work every day and keep producing, so something like 20-25 years rights protection would seem more than fair to me.

Well I don't disagree. DD for example is probably a much better idea, among others. I hate WBShop, full price and expensive slow shipping privileges, and it's not really even part of WB anyway. I'm making more effort to avoid Amazon generally, but sometimes they just make it too easy, and I'm...

Closest I know of, this is where (what's left) of the old crowd headed after GAC/TTTP: https://www.intanibase.com/forum/

Maybe? I know WA has sometimes pressed an initial run of some of their releases before switching to MOD, and maybe they do pressed for all BD??? Not sure I've ever seen or heard of a BD-R from them, do they do that? Otherwise, at least for DVD, I thought Amazon could produce these and other...

What is it with Amazon all of a sudden? I thought they were getting most of this stuff pretty close to or right on release date, but now weeks or months after my pre-orders they finally let me know they can't deliver Jonny Quest or Popeye until sometime after July??? So I either have to wait...

The DVD set "The Lost Episodes" contains 8 of the 9 previously missing New Scooby-Doo Movies episodes. From an Amazon review they are: 1. A Good Medium is Rare – Phyllis Diller 2. Sandy Duncan’s Jekyll and Hyde – Sandy Duncan 3. The Secret of Shark Island – Sonny and Cher 4. The Haunted...

Yes, if it wasn't clear to anybody, the Blu-ray set is 2 BD-50 discs. Everything but special features is in 1080p HD. The special features are SD 480p content.

Skimming the past couple pages of remarks about the New Scooby-Doo Movies set. My copy (blu-ray) arrived a couple days of days ago and I've been watching it yesterday and today. The shows look great, image sharpness and color, audio clarity, I have no qualms about the quality. Releasing on...

Also got my copy of Jivaro this week. What the film has going for it: Overall a more visually interesting and entertaining film than its near sibling Sangaree. Rhonda Fleming. I love the consistent sense of depth on these vintage 3D features. Modern fake 3D conversions from the likes of...

4K is a fairly innocuous upgrade. It's probably not something most people buying sets in the 40-60" range really needed or can appreciate very much at normal viewing distance, but through economies of scale or whatever it has basically been a free upgrade on almost all new TV sets for the past...

Yes, that's correct.

I was able to pick up the last copy of this "exclusive" at a local Walmart today. There are 12 discs here, same as the 75th anniversary set. Although it is labelled a Universal (UPHE) release it still has a Classic Media copyright in the fine print. When playing the disc there is a Dreamworks...

I had not seen or heard of these? Certainly not from Universal although I guess it makes sense. I had the old 75th Anniversary set from Classic Media but missed out on the "complete" Collector's Edition. Wonder if these new ones correct any of the issues with edits, although probably not.

Although I assumed the original release was DVD9, the Diamond Collection is probably fine in this regard.

IMO the original black border Hanna Barbera Golden/Classic Collection sets are preferable to the Diamond Collections, because of the extras and use of more discs. However, although I never had any real trouble with the occasional flipper discs in these sets, it is true that some of them exhibit...

WHV did release a bit more than season 1 of the Smurfs, although it was hardly ideal. After releasing season 1 in 2 volumes (and later in complete form as the Diamond Collection) they began to dribble out portions of season 2 on single disc kiddie rack DVDs. They had the following confusing...

I received and watched this a few weeks ago myself and agree with your assessment. Visually there is a lot to like with the impressive restoration. I particularly recall the scenes on the small riverboat. But overall the story and acting are pretty meh. I tend to like 1950s movies more when...

Couple more thoughts on TV Westerns.... One more great Western series from the end of the hour-long drama era, I don't think anybody mentioned The High Chaparral (1967-71). This was a great show from the same producers as Bonanza, although it has a different feel. The show has interesting...

With Daniel Boone being set in and around Kentucky, today it's one of those odd states where people wonder if it isn't sort of a Southen state. But in reality I think some residents would tell you it is a Western state, because when Boone was helping to explore and open up that territory it was...

I did not know about those two "Black Whip" serials. It looks as if they tried to find actors to fit into Linda Stirling's same jacket and hat. Had not heard of the Bold Caballero either, too bad it's not on a good disc release. I do know of course about the Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone Power...

Wonder what the real release date is?

Not to make this the "Zorro" thread, but if you like B westerns and if you like Zorro, there is the somewhat related world of old cliffhanger movie serials, western-themed serials in particular. Republic Pictures and others made a ton of them. I think 3 or 4 of them, all from Republic, were...