South Park Audio "Pops" - Probably Old News Can't Search Site (1 Viewer)

[Mark Hammon]

I tried to do a search on HTF for over and hour and got the same message:

"Sorry. Due to high server loads the search function is disabled. Please try your search again in a few minutes."

Anyway, I finally got the SOUTH PARK First Season DVD box set and encountered a "popping" or "clicking" on the audio track of disc one. I spent an hour trying to search HTF and then another hour searching the "web" and found that in fact there are "pops" on the audio tracks of "some" sets. Since I can't search HTF can someone tell me if there is a fixed pressing OR if they are all bad. I don't want to waste my time watching defective discs if I know I can return them and get a fixed set.

Thanks.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

It all depends on your player whether you hear them or not, probably having to do with gain control and error corrections. From what I've heard they're on the master tape.

 

[Vince Maskeeper]

Yep- clicks were in the original Rhino discs, and were never corrected for the boxed sets.

-Vince

 

[Travis_W]

Same here, had the problem with pops as well. I only noticed it on certain episodes. Warner has a lot of work to do for the second season on June 3rd.

 

[GuruAskew]

The "pops" only appear on the first six episodes, which if I remember correctly were the episodes released on the first two volumes of the single-DVD releases. They're the episodes with the "fireside" introductions. Episodes 6-12 don't have them, they're the ones with the "cowboy" introductions. Episode 13 was the first episode with the "old folks home" introductions. I assume the other 5 intros in this series will appear on the first 5 episodes of the 2nd season. In any case, Warner Bros. doesn't really seem to care about the pops. Universal may get a lot of grief for letting the BTTF problem happen but at least they did something about it.

 

[Ian_H]

I bought the first 3 DVDs from Rhino on their street dates and had the horrible pops on them. A year later I traded them in for new ones and had no pops, on the same DVD/receiver set up. Now I wish I didn't ditch them in anticipation of getting the box set.


--Ian

 

[CraigF]

Yup, really totally unforgivable IMO, and then the commentary fiasco...I want to buy the future SP releases, but I think CC doesn't deserve another nickel from me.

 

[Dan Rudolph]

CC is the one who put out the commentaries. it was Warner that pulled them. Be mad at Warner, not Comedy Central.