Posts by JasonLa

That is true there are probably some shows that weren't really popular on TV and so their DVD sets don't sell well for that reason for example. But I was talking about shows that are edited by removing segments and/or replacing music...

Quote:Originally Posted by JoeDoakes There are a number of shows that have been signicantly hurt in sales by cuts or changes: WKRP (original music removed); Father Knows Best Season 1 (cut syndicated prints used); The Fugitive...

I seen a show on DVD too that was all over the place with run time per episode though I can't remember which show it was since that was years ago now and was a set from a friend of mine. At the time I was clueless as to why and...

As far as I understand, at least in the past for sure, there are/were two kinds of ways to air older shows in syndication. The first was the way USA network was notorious for doing in the 90s with older shows. That was to air them with...

Interesting discovery there. I watched the movie on netflix instant watch. I don't think I ever seen it before that. I was hoping someone owned both sets and could do a side by side simultaneous playback to see what differences there...

The idea occurred to me today, is it possible that TV shows on DVD are time compressed. I had heard about time compression years ago but never researched details about it. So I had thought it was only a very short reduction in time...

I'm watching this show on netflix instant watch. And based on the disc contents on netflix site it appears they have the older S'more DVD set. S'more's title for the set implies it is unedited yet accounting for the runtime of the TV...

Thanks for the reply. So after more research I think I have come to what may be what I do. I figure I'll post the info in case anyone had any thoughts on that. I think I'll get a used roku XDS. Seems that would cost me about the same or...

EDIT: Now that I think about it and I thought it wasn't possible or something so I didn't search before hand; I could but a cable that converts HDMI to compontent and just get one of the roku 2 series and not worry about it. As long as...

That thread linked to has shown no proof of edits. Nobody has watched the episodes side by side with original broadcast and scribed the exact content edited. So far everyone that has posted in that thread has managed to agree on is that...