The "Pepe" question has been brought up in HTF before. Never had a response from anyone, though. This was one of the few Columbia releases that had a wide distribution of 4 track mag prints. It was released in IB Technicolor. I also wish that Columbia would restore and release this title in...
Definitely agree with THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. I have the P&S Laser Disc and would but an anamorphic OAR DVD of this title in a heartbeat. (Original directional dialogue, please.) Ted
And SouPac's beach section of "I Want To Wash That Man..." looks like it came from a 16mm print. NO detail, abysmal EE. Fox HAS to address these musicals if they ever expect to sell them in the upcoming HD DVD or HD television worlds. Ted
Robert, I am also using FP with a Sharp XV-Z12000 DLP projector driven by an HTPC. In my case, the zoomed in AB release would be 5' x 8'9" (1.75:1). I sit about 15' from the 5' x 13' constant height screen. I'll second the "awesome" on the AB release. I took the Disney version to my 27" TV...
MatthewA: If they do this, we'll have another disaster like Millionaire. There is a reason that longer films need to use more than one one side of a DVD, and it's to reduce compression artifacts and increase image detail by reducing filtering of the high frequencies that give the image its...
Here, I have to seriously disagree with you. I am sure they could get a lot better results by having these titles re-transferred on state of the art telecine systems and remastered using the latest authoring techniques and systems. These new HD masters could also be used for future HD releases...