Recent content by WhitneyG

All professional DVDs are coded at 720×480 resolution (3:2 aspect ratio). The display is stretched/squashed to 4:3 or 16:9 depending on the flag in the IFO file. I'm not sure why you're getting different results in different seasons, but accessing the VOB files without going through the IFO file...

That is promising. I can't say that I'm familiar with CBS's library practices, but it seems unlikely that they had unedited copies just laying around ready for use. And if they did, then S8 and S9 would surely have been with them. This likely indicates further restoration efforts. It's possible...

The synopsis for this release: "The Honeymooners - Specials: A Christmas Carol - In 1977, Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney and Jane Kean reunited for the second of four hour-long specials representing the final performances of their classic Honeymooners characters. Ralph enlists...

Great to see the Honeymooners' A Christmas Carol getting released. I seem to recall speculation that they skipped this one when they released the other three special among the final four because it had music clearance issues. I wonder whether they cleared that up, or made cuts. I obviously am...

That sounds like a bootleg to me. Other than a temporary promotion at Universal's theme parks, Stranger Things has no connection to Universal Studios. A quick search and all I was able to find was a customer review complaining that they too thought the "Universal" ST Season 3 DVDs are...

There are a lot of bootleg copies of Season 3 DVDs floating around out there, but I have not heard anything about a legit release so far.

The key part is this: "(Carla looks back at Norm and turns to leave as the scene dissolves to the outside view of the bar entrance (with a bit of Cheers music). The scene then dissolves to Rebecca's office as the professor enters.)" The dialogue before and after that seems to all be there. It's...

That is very interesting. It sounds to me like they had to work with the syndication masters, and manually add back in film elements from the original cut (rather than working with the original master). It's quite possible that they couldn't find the original elements for the parts they didn't...

Thanks, SpacemanDoug, for all the additional info! I got out my trust Season 4 DVD set and confirmed that this is not an edit present on the DVD release. This edit is exclusive to digital/streaming versions. They may have restored some footage (I'm not really sure), but 3 minutes of missing...

From my understanding, season 8 was prepared by Paramount prior to the merger. The set was released in June 2006, and the merger had taken effect earlier in 2006. However, clearing music rights would have been one of the first things done in getting a release ready, so it was very likely done...

I think it would be premature to say that they are lost. The far more likely scenario is that Sony prepared the first three seasons for release on DVD (going back to either the original masters or some other pre-syndication copy), but scrapped the whole thing before releasing Season 3 on DVD...

Season 11, Episode 14 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Bar - Music while the gang tears apart the bar looking for hidden money has been replaced. Original music was Money (That's What I Want) by Barrett Strong. Replacement music is a knock-off: “I Want Money.” This has been restored in streaming...

Season 11, Episode 3 - The King of Beers - About a minute of instrumental music during the beer factory montage has been replaced with a soundalike. Original version sounds like a jazzy Put On A Happy Face with piano and saxophone. Replacement is generic and piano (with a little bit of flute)...

If I had to guess, I'd bet that a Blu-ray release would be the best version yet. The music rights licensed for the DVDs would very likely apply to other physical home media as well, and I'd bet that the licenses they've acquired since for streaming would cover physical releases too. But for the...

Yes, there are some parts restored for the streaming/digital versions. However, I've read in other threads that some content has also been cut that was on the DVDs. I can't confirm that part myself, but I can confirm what was missing on the DVDs and got put back...