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post #31 of 62
1/30/08 at 11:49am

Re: Emergency Season 4: Universal, Where Is It?

I have a question. I haven't started watching season 4 (I have it, but I'm bogged down with something else at the moment). Is this the season where the guy swallows the beer tab? Remember in the 70s lots of folks used to put the pull top taps from sodas and beer in the can before they took their first drink. I distinctly remember an episode of Emergency where they had to answer a call where a guy had swallowed one of the taps.

Not long after the episode aired, removable pop top tabs became a thing of the past.

A side thought on the syndicated versoins of some episodes. Universal has been pretty good when it comes to Emergency, so I'm wondering if maybe the original uncut versions of those episodes may have been lost? Its' certainly a possibility.
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post #32 of 62
1/30/08 at 12:31pm

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Brian, I think that episode informed a lot of people. It is the one episode I've never forgotten because I almost always think about it when I see a can tab of any kind.

It's season 5 episode 3. (I did have to look that up, didn't remember that much, heh heh). Called "Election". That one made me worry about my beer drinking dad who always did just what the dude in the episode did.
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post #33 of 62
1/30/08 at 12:53pm

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Originally Posted by Radioman970
Brian, I think that episode informed a lot of people. It is the one episode I've never forgotten because I almost always think about it when I see a can tab of any kind.

It's season 5 episode 3. (I did have to look that up, didn't remember that much, heh heh). Called "Election". That one made me worry about my beer drinking dad who always did just what the dude in the episode did.

Thanks! NOw I have something to look forward to for season 5. I never forgot that episode either. After that I stopped putting my can tabs in the can.
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post #34 of 62
1/30/08 at 2:03pm

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Sorry to be slightly off topic.

Does anyone know if Universal have dropped the dual layer format for season one. I believe they have dropped the dual layer formats from the other seasons because of a fault which causes the dvd to freeze.

I live in OZ and i purchased season one from the US when it first came out. I had the problem of the dvd freezing on usually the last episode. I returned the dvd and got a replacement but had the same problem but it was on disc side 2 the last episode crash.

I contacted Universal about a replacement but they wouldn't replace it because i am not a USA resident sigh.

So i would like to know if they have changed the format for season one. I t will cost me more money to get a working copy.
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post #35 of 62
1/31/08 at 5:14am

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Originally Posted by Brian Himes
Thanks! NOw I have something to look forward to for season 5. I never forgot that episode either. After that I stopped putting my can tabs in the can.
You're welcome. Same here. But my dad kept drinking his brewskis with those tabs inside, the dope! He lucked out though. At 70 he doesn't drink beer anymore.

Each set of this series is something to look forward to, but S5 for that episode especially. Can't wait!
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post #36 of 62
1/31/08 at 5:16am

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I'm not aware of any format changes for Season 1. I wish that Universal would go back and re-visit some of these sets because I have held out on countless sets for this very reason including "Alfred Hithcock Presents", "The Munsters", and countless movies sets.

At least they finally came to their senses, I just wish that they would go back and correct their mistakes.
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post #37 of 62
2/1/08 at 3:26am

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Originally Posted by Eric Peterson
I'm not aware of any format changes for Season 1. I wish that Universal would go back and re-visit some of these sets because I have held out on countless sets for this very reason including "Alfred Hithcock Presents", "The Munsters", and countless movies sets.

At least they finally came to their senses, I just wish that they would go back and correct their mistakes.

So have they rectified the problem with the faulty disc. They must be still making them so i imagine the fault must have been rectified.
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post #38 of 62
2/1/08 at 7:35am

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So have they rectified the problem with the faulty disc. They must be still making them so i imagine the fault must have been rectified.

Oh hell no. They are just selling the existing stock that has not sold. If its on DVD-18, its still the original pressing. Best Buy has all but stopped stocking any of those Universal problem shows. You wont find Columbo season 3, Adam-12 season 1, Emergency season 1, McCloud, and the list goes on. Cause most likely if they did have stock, its rotted on the shelf anyway.
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post #39 of 62
2/2/08 at 2:52am

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Originally Posted by RickER
Oh hell no. They are just selling the existing stock that has not sold. If its on DVD-18, its still the original pressing. Best Buy has all but stopped stocking any of those Universal problem shows. You wont find Columbo season 3, Adam-12 season 1, Emergency season 1, McCloud, and the list goes on. Cause most likely if they did have stock, its rotted on the shelf anyway.

Oh well i will just have to live with the fact that i cant watch one episode of Emergency which is appropriately named crash.

All i can hope for is for a release of Emergency in Australia. But so far it hasn't been released which is a real surprise considering the show was very popular here.
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post #40 of 62
2/2/08 at 11:34am

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hey is the s4 on single side dvd or flippers? I got s1 on on flippers and its very fiffy , lots of freezes and macro blocking. Just curious are all the seasons flippers and what season did they go single sided?
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post #41 of 62
2/2/08 at 11:43am

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hey is the s4 on single side dvd or flippers? I got s1 on on flippers and its very fiffy , lots of freezes and macro blocking. Just curious are all the seasons flippers and what season did they go single sided?

I dont own it yet, but its on single sided discs. Universal finally woke up to the DVD-18s, and to my knowledge they dont use them at all now. Season 3 is when Emergency started on single sided DVDs. If you look at the box of season 2 it says single sided, but according to a friend that bought it, its flippers. So, i didnt buy it.
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post #42 of 62
2/2/08 at 1:25pm

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Yup i just received my set yesterday and they remain single-sided. I will say though the artwork on the discs is getting much worse and cheaper looking on top of the transfers getting abit worse. But that's ok aslong as they continue to release the show till the end!
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post #43 of 62
2/2/08 at 1:26pm

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Originally Posted by RickER
I dont own it yet, but its on single sided discs. Universal finally woke up to the DVD-18s, and to my knowledge they dont use them at all now. Season 3 is when Emergency started on single sided DVDs. If you look at the box of season 2 it says single sided, but according to a friend that bought it, its flippers. So, i didnt buy it.

It was some one from tv shows on dvd that persuaded Universal to drop the dual layers This person had trace the source of the problem and told Universal.

Lets hope Universal do a new release of shows which were on dual layer.

The funny thing is i have Wonder Woman on dual layer and i never had any problems. But i guess it is the quality of the disc WB was prepared to go for quality and not do it on the cheap.
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post #44 of 62
2/3/08 at 11:23am

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I've yet to watch even one episode from S3 let alone S4, so that really stinks to read about poor transfers and the syndicated opening credits/music. Ugh. But I love the show too much to abandon it now.
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post #45 of 62
2/11/08 at 7:44am
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I've just started watching the Season 4 set and I have to say that while I've only watched the first two episodes, Episode 1 seems to be suffering from a poor quality transfer. Not only did there seem to be what I could call visible 'breaks' in the video where a one inch black void/gap seemed to break up the video but it seemed like a poor transfer of the first episode.

The second episode seemed to have a muffled audio transfer. I had to turn the volume up on my television set up a notch of 40 in order to hear the audio track decently. Most of the shows I have I can set to 15-20 on the volume control and hear it clearly. I'd like to know why Universal has a problem with adjusting the audio on their television show transfers. I seem to have this problem with all of the Universal television shows, with the exception of shows like A-Team and Magnum.
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post #46 of 62
2/11/08 at 8:21am

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Wow that blow what a bummer, if there doing a crap job on a good seller maybe it a good thing s2 of adam 12 and kojak werent released by this fools
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post #47 of 62
2/11/08 at 10:19am

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Yeah i am not sure about continuing to buy these going forward. Although i say that now come release time for S5 it will be hard to resist. I love the show, but 4 seasons might be more than enough for me considering the quality of late.
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post #48 of 62
2/11/08 at 12:55pm
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Well, I'm not saying that all of the seasons are bad. Seasons 1-3 had pretty decent audio/video transfers but Season 4 seemed to strike a blow against quality ... I'm just upset by the poor quality of this set and I'm wondering if anyone else has had similar problems with this set.
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post #49 of 62
2/11/08 at 2:33pm

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Originally Posted by Mark Talmadge
I've just started watching the Season 4 set and I have to say that while I've only watched the first two episodes, Episode 1 seems to be suffering from a poor quality transfer. Not only did there seem to be what I could call visible 'breaks' in the video where a one inch black void/gap seemed to break up the video but it seemed like a poor transfer of the first episode.

The second episode seemed to have a muffled audio transfer. I had to turn the volume up on my television set up a notch of 40 in order to hear the audio track decently. Most of the shows I have I can set to 15-20 on the volume control and hear it clearly. I'd like to know why Universal has a problem with adjusting the audio on their television show transfers. I seem to have this problem with all of the Universal television shows, with the exception of shows like A-Team and Magnum.

That stinks on the low volume, but then again being hearing-impaired, I always have my TV on a notch of 40 during the day and lower it to 30 at night. I've yet to watch S3 or S4 of ``Emergency!'' so I can't vouch for the volume problems, but you're right on ``The A-Team'' or ``Magnum,'' there's no problem with volume with those shows on DVD. I need to find a wireless headphone set that works. Haven't had any luck lately with either Sony or Acoustic Research models at Best Buy. Maybe I need to go to Circuit City, instead.
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post #50 of 62
2/14/08 at 10:36pm

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Originally Posted by Firebee
That stinks on the low volume, but then again being hearing-impaired, I always have my TV on a notch of 40 during the day and lower it to 30 at night. I've yet to watch S3 or S4 of ``Emergency!'' so I can't vouch for the volume problems, but you're right on ``The A-Team'' or ``Magnum,'' there's no problem with volume with those shows on DVD. I need to find a wireless headphone set that works. Haven't had any luck lately with either Sony or Acoustic Research models at Best Buy. Maybe I need to go to Circuit City, instead.
Try MyLink ZoomLink FM wireless system
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post #51 of 62
2/15/08 at 8:15am

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Originally Posted by woztimewarp
Try MyLink ZoomLink FM wireless system

Thanks for the suggestion...but that's a bit rich for what I need. I simply ordered a wireless headset from Sony.com yesterday, should get here 3-4 days.
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post #52 of 62
2/15/08 at 3:24pm

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Originally Posted by Firebee
Thanks for the suggestion...but that's a bit rich for what I need.

I realize they are expensive and i don't have one but i would like to have one. I have try it and it is very good except for the price tag. I have hearing aids and the Mylink works very well with them. But you can also use them with out the hearing aids.

I hope the Sony headset works out well for you.
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post #53 of 62
2/29/08 at 8:29pm

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Originally Posted by woztimewarp
I realize they are expensive and i don't have one but i would like to have one. I have try it and it is very good except for the price tag. I have hearing aids and the Mylink works very well with them. But you can also use them with out the hearing aids.

I hope the Sony headset works out well for you.

Thanks, yep, the Sony headset arrived last week...and works great, except for some annoying pops and hisses from time to time.

Back to Emergency, I've started watching S3 full-time now, and I noticed a weird quirk in terms of the opening credit sequence...for a few episodes after the first two on Disc 1, it reverted a much different sequence than the one with the speeding squad truck and the Emergency! logo...the new sequence had cuts of the paramedics, Brackett, Dix, and Joe Early interspersed with actual cut shots of them in the field, the trucks and so on...and then with ``Snakebite,'' where Johnny, Chet and Roy are treating automobile accident victims out in the middle of nowhere, it goes back to the more traditional opening sequence...does anyone have an explanation for the different opening credits?
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post #54 of 62
3/1/08 at 7:10am

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The different credits are from the syndicated version of those episodes. But it appears the episodes are at least uncut.
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post #55 of 62
3/9/08 at 1:38am

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Originally Posted by RickER
The different credits are from the syndicated version of those episodes. But it appears the episodes are at least uncut.

Oh, okay, thanks...yeah, it appears that the episodes are uncut, at least, since they're about the same 49-minute length...according to my PS3.
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post #56 of 62
3/15/08 at 1:12pm

Re: Emergency Season 4: Universal, Where Is It?

Finished season 3 and just started watching season 4. While there is a noticeable drop in print quality and volume control, at least they are uncut and just as exciting as ever. It's fun to observe how the show has improved over the seasons, with more creative and dramatic (and bigger-budget) emergencies, along with continued character development.

Given how well this seemed to sell on Amazon, I hope we don't have to wait a year for season 5. It seems like Universal does intend to finish out the series. Can't wait for more!
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post #57 of 62
3/17/08 at 5:09pm

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Originally Posted by Jeff*H
Finished season 3 and just started watching season 4. While there is a noticeable drop in print quality and volume control, at least they are uncut and just as exciting as ever. It's fun to observe how the show has improved over the seasons, with more creative and dramatic (and bigger-budget) emergencies, along with continued character development.

Given how well this seemed to sell on Amazon, I hope we don't have to wait a year for season 5. It seems like Universal does intend to finish out the series. Can't wait for more!

Agreed, but hey Uni sped up the sales of ``The Incredible Hulk'' from one per year to two at once this June to maximize the marketing tie-in (I honestly HATE those, but they do get me more seasons of some of my favorite TV shows) with the new movie coming out. Now we gotta get someone to do a film knock-off of ``Emergency!'' I've been racing through S3 after not watching it all since it came from Amazon, so I expect that I'll be on S4 in short order here. Only have three eps left on S3, I believe.
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post #58 of 62
4/4/08 at 8:34pm

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Well, I finished ``Emergency!'' S3 a while back and have now made my way through the first third of S4, and yes, I agree that the prints used for this season weren't as well restored as previous seasons, but I don't find the picture completely abysmal. Just not as good as previous ``Emergency!'' seasons. Still marveling at how well this show has held up.
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post #59 of 62
5/1/08 at 6:28am

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Finally finished ``Emergency!'' S4 last night...was really weird seeing the original opening for the show ``905-Wild'' and the focus on animal control which featured an amazingly young Mark Harmon as one of the officers... Was a good season, but I agree with previous posters, that the image quality significantly deteriorated in S4 compared with previous seasons....don't know what was up with that unless Uni didn't allocate as much money to that DVD's budget or whatever...
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post #60 of 62
11/7/10 at 4:52pm

The audio quality is terrible on some season 4 DVD episodes. Gossip, Quicker Than The Eye, and Camera Bug have especially bad audio. Looking on the Hulu website, there are seven season 4 Emergency! episodes with the better quality and original opening credits. Why were these versions not used for the DVD's? I would like to see Universal go back and reissue the season 4 DVD, and at least correct those horrible audio problems. Those three episodes I mentioned, the sound is so bad the episodes are almost unwatchable. But I doubt they will reissue it, Universal would not finance a reissue of Emergency! season 4.

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