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post #151 of 164
2/17/11 at 10:02am
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Originally Posted by MatthewA View Post

Little old Shout! Factory finishes what a large studio refused to. The folks at Sony must feel like a bunch of meatheads.



That is so rude! Sony isn't a bunch of meatheads; they're a bunch of dingbats!

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post #152 of 164
2/17/11 at 11:05am
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Originally Posted by The Obsolete Man View Post

From hopelessly stalled to complete in under a year...

 

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Family-Season-9/15032

 

S9 is officially announced.
 

 

Good! Now they can begin working on getting the remaining seasons of the spin-off seres, The Jeffersons, out.

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post #153 of 164
2/17/11 at 5:18pm
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Originally Posted by MatthewA View Post

Little old Shout! Factory finishes what a large studio refused to. The folks at Sony must feel like a bunch of meatheads.



 



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That is so rude! Sony isn't a bunch of meatheads; they're a bunch of dingbats!



STIFLE!!

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post #154 of 164
2/18/11 at 6:41am

Whatever. ;)

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post #155 of 164
4/27/12 at 2:40pm
I haven't read the whole thread. I'll get to it... if the answers is already here then just ignore me.

Had a question. I noticed at amazon.com they have Season 7 & 8 together in a set. HERE

Was wondering if that is different than what they released for the separate 7 & 8 sets. I just order the 7&8 set along with 9 to finally complete the series. I could go back and get the separate ones instead if it's different.

The company name is not Shout! but Uni Dist Corp. Kind of odd. I didn't want to order some weird bootleg set on amazon. I want the real thing.

Thanks.
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post #156 of 164
5/2/12 at 2:00pm
Mine arrived and these are all Shout! releases. The 2 season set, 7 & 8, look fine. In fact, they all look great! I'm on Season 5 so I'm hoping to hurry through and get to these news ones I haven't seen in years.
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post #157 of 164
5/2/12 at 2:36pm
Seasons 8 and 9 look great. 7, not so much.
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post #158 of 164
5/3/12 at 4:32am
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Originally Posted by vnisanian2001 View Post

Seasons 8 and 9 look great. 7, not so much.
Others have said that. I only remember the show as being awesome throughout. For the record, it won or was nominated for awards throughout its run. And had high ratings as well. I think it was often neck and neck with Mary Tyler Moore.
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post #159 of 164
5/3/12 at 8:42am
It still holds the record for consecutive years at number one in the ratings. It had better ratings than MTM throughout their runs. Some people claim there was a decline after John Rich left at the end of the fourth year, but I think there was just a change in focus.

More to the point, however, I believe the gentleman above was referring to the video quality of Shout's 7th season release.
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post #160 of 164
5/3/12 at 9:56am
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Originally Posted by FanCollector View Post

It still holds the record for consecutive years at number one in the ratings. It had better ratings than MTM throughout their runs. Some people claim there was a decline after John Rich left at the end of the fourth year, but I think there was just a change in focus.
More to the point, however, I believe the gentleman above was referring to the video quality of Shout's 7th season release.
I never misunderstand people like this! lol rolleyes.gif

thanks for clarifying that. Sad they don't look better than the non-shout! releases. Although I may have heard AitF was a victim of that fire that destroyed masters of various shows. I'm happy just to have the whole show in a watchable form even if it doesn't look as good as MTM, Sanford & Son, and others of the time.

I've laughed my butt off at season 5, so without John Rich it's fine by me. Although, I have to admit it hurt to watch that 100th show special with Henry Fonda hosting. All that laughter non-stop literally wore me out. I was crying with laughter. But hurting for a while after it was over. Exhausted with laughter.
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post #161 of 164
5/3/12 at 9:57am
Yes, S7 is the one with the infamous botched encoding job that rendered a jerky, more kinescopey look than videotape source look. Some players don't have the jerky issue so much (all of mine did) but the kinescopey look designed to make it look more like film remains the biggest problem.
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post #162 of 164
5/3/12 at 9:59am
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Originally Posted by Jack P View Post

Yes, S7 is the one with the infamous botched encoding job that rendered a jerky, more kinescopey look than videotape source look. Some players don't have the jerky issue so much (all of mine did) but the kinescopey look designed to make it look more like film remains the biggest problem.

And I love how Brian Ward claimed there was nothing wrong with the encoding, until enough people pointed it out to him.

I may be young (in my 20's), but I do know the difference between good-old fashioned videotape and film.
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post #163 of 164
5/3/12 at 11:26am
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Originally Posted by Radioman970 View Post


thanks for clarifying that. Sad they don't look better than the non-shout! releases. Although I may have heard AitF was a victim of that fire that destroyed masters of various shows. I'm happy just to have the whole show in a watchable form even if it doesn't look as good as MTM, Sanford & Son, and others of the time.

 

Fire? The only fire I heard about was the one at Universal, who owns no Norman Lear properties. Neither any of the other Lear shows nor anything else shot at CBS Television City had the picture quality problems AitF had on DVD in its first five seasons. I still have no conclusive answer as to why this show's first five seasons look substantially inferior to its contemporaries.

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post #164 of 164
5/3/12 at 1:14pm
I was sure I read about the original masters of this getting destroyed or damaged. Most likely speculation only. I half read stuff sometimes...usually I'm supposed to be working. biggrin.gif Might have been Barney Miller or something I'm getting it mixed up with.

With Season 7, maybe that explains the 7 & 8 set? It was only $19.49. Well, can't wait to try it out.
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