Posts by Kevin Segura

  Quote: Originally Posted by Executive  However, the only other Sofa Entertainment release years ago along these lines were Elvis Presley's 3 appearances on Sullivan (one of which was guest-hosted by...

Not all of them (at least one-- "The Comedian"-- was not properly transferred from the start), but "Requiem" would have worked-- in fact, the clip that I pointed to in an earlier post in this thread used the...

OK-- here's the word:I can't speak for everything in the set, but "Requiem" is indeed the very same transfer as used for the laserdisc edition, with minimal corrections made (a slight tint to the original transfer was removed,...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mike Frezon Has anyone (aside from Matt) actually seen the quality of the shows in this set?  It seems like people are decrying the look of these discs without actually having seen them.As I pointed...

Quote:Originally Posted by Neil Brock It's really a shame that with the use of LiveFeed these shows could be cleaned up and made to look like beautiful black and white 2-inch tape transfers. Yet companies just won't spring for the...

It's very disappointing to see that this release will likely be nothing more than a port of the LD release-- those transfers are mediocre at best, almost 25 years old, and not even proper 2:3 archival transfers, in at least one...

Quote: Originally Posted by MatthewA I thought the music rights had already been cleared. Unless someone spent a lot (and I mean a **lot**) of money upfront, or the estate was able to make incredible deals with...

I'm surprised that anyone is taking this on-- The music clearance fees would truly be horrendous... not to mention the countless hours someone would have to spend just to do the negotiations with the publishers! -Kevin

Mark: I suspect the answer is going to be "no"-- I had a little bit of private e-mail correspondence with Richard Russell (who coded the CR software), and his analysis is that in NTSC, there are other technical factors that are...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Frezon Yikes! Not common knowledge to me, Kevin. How bad is it? And, what does it look like? Soft? Or jagged edges? Ugh. Any answers would be appreciated so I know if I should...