Recent content by Damin J Toell

I watched this over the weekend, and was very, very happy with the results. It may not be absolutely everything one could dream for, but it was more than I hoped we'd ever get. I'm also glad to see that everyone seems to be on board with this release, and that adherence to things like the...

Thanks! Real life happened, and it has only been for the best (work, marriage, etc.). I've been a silent observer in the interim, but hopefully I can slice out a sliver of time to participate once again.

I am dusting off my HTF account after nearly 5 years of dormancy to congratulate RAH. Although my set hasn't shipped yet, of course, I take RAH at his word that this will be a home run. Just as Young & co. welcomed him into LAWRENCE all those years ago, Mr. Harris has been welcomed as a part...

It works fine over here. You may want to try putting the www. before the domain, rather than simply highdefdigest.com

mitch: I purchased my PS3 within the first few days of December and received my five discs last week. I wouldn't be worried just yet, given that you bought your PS3 a whole month after me.

Just some quick notes after perusing what you've posted. I specifically quoted the above, as noting that your assertion that Bill Clinton was president in 1989 might tip you off that you've gotten a few historical bits wrong. :) Although the US joined Berne effective March 1, 1989 (with the...

Not at all. The Criterion library includes titles licensed from all sorts of sources, such as Fox, Paramount, and Disney. As for MGM, they still have an ongoing relationship, as Criterion has licensed them supplementary content originally issued on laserdisc (e.g., commentary track for Raging...

According to in70mm.com, at least, it would have had mono surrounds. Their entry for Blade Runner lacks the "SS" notation for split surrounds. Damin

Why do you say that? Easy Virtue was a Gainsborough production, so unless the rights were somehow sold off before, it should be in the hands of Granada International now. Damin

Canal+ Image UK filed for the restored US copyright on Juno and the Paycock in 1997, which they had acquired via UGC UK. Damin

As the original 1992 Dolby SR soundtrack for the DC was analog, there would be no such thing as a "dump" of that soundtrack into Dolby Digital. Given the various home video releases of the DC, I'm sure the mix was optimized for HT long ago. Damin

I don't see the comparison to the Final Cut. I never said that all 5.1 tracks are irrelevant. It just so happens that (as best we can tell) 2.0 surround is the original format for the DC soundtrack, but 5.1 is the original format of the Final Cut. There's no comparison. I think the much...

Presumably, for the theatrical release of the DC, such a soundtrack would only have been executed as a 2.0 matrixed Dolby SR track. It seems beyond unlikely that, say, discrete 4-track magnetic sound would have been used. Given that, it would appear that 2.0 matrixed surround track (as we have...

Charlie would be able to shed more light on this than I, but keeping in mind that Dolby Digital had its public debut earlier in 1992 and that the theatrical release of the DC was pretty limited (it never broke 100 theatres), odds are that a 2.0 matrixed Dolby SR track was the only option given...

The first sale doctrine, as it works in the US (and as it is memorialized in statute at 17 USC § 109), only applies to copies made within the US itself. So, if I were to import (in a manner in compliance with § 602) a DVD of Japanese origin into the US, my right to resell that disc would be...