Posts by Bryant Frazer

I'm researching what's turning out to be a particularly difficult HDTV purchase for a friend (he requires coax audio out, and there just aren't that many attractive models offering that feature this year -- he nixed the Samsung 7 Series...

Just saw Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Lovely movie. Should make a fine Blu-ray release (assuming TWC has its act together and puts it out), but I can't imagine wanting to sit through it in standard-def after seeing a nice theatrical...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Allen's films don't generally cry out for high-def image quality. They are mostly intimate comedies or comedy/dramas with little concern for memorable camera work other than what is necessary...

Yes, my knowledge of the whole process is a few years out of date. When I was following the business closely, replicators were still tending to grouse a bit about taking delivery of content on DVD-R, but it sure simplified matters for...

I think you're misplacing the DLT in the process -- typically the movie would be delivered to the authoring house (sometimes called a compression-and-authoring house) on a D-5 videotape. The authoring house would then add interactivity...

Structurally, it's true, Blu-ray and HD-DVD are very different technologies. And economically, it's true, the real impetus behind a "format war" like this one isn't the best interests of consumers or even of Hollywood but rather of the...

My thought is that I need to take my old copies of Happy Together and Fallen Angels to eBay, like, post-haste. (This will make the third copy of Happy Together I've bought, including the original HK DVD release.) -bf-

It's possible that a video like "Hella Good" doesn't even exist at a higher resolution. I don't have any specific knowledge of this project, but a lot of music videos are going to be finished and delivered from the post facility at SD...

Anyone know what the deal is with this player and some new DVD-Audio titles from Warner, Rhino, Universal? A friend says he can't play Neil Young's Greendale, Brian Wilson's Live at the Roxy, T. Rex's Electric Warrior or Steely Dan's...

Wasn't the very first Criterion DVD The 400 Blows? -bf-