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The extant optical mono track is not compressed, either in the sense of data compression (which I assume is not what you meant) or dynamic range compression (which I hope is what you did mean). Although the conversion of the soundtrack into a variable-width optical impluse leads to a loss of...

Lest the point go by too subtly: to the extent that Mr. Hitchcock's notes went ignored in the creation of the 5.1 mix, this choice was not made by the restoration team. DJ

Original relative levels are basically known, but the level of the music in the 5.1 mix was heightened at certain points to mask the source of the dialogue being the late-generation optical prints. And Mr. Hitchcock kept a number of notes on his thoughts for the soundtrack. DJ

In the meantime, if you have a DVD-ROM drive on your computer, you may have other options. I'll end my suggestion there, lest we go off topic or worse. :) DJ

In the end, it's not too horrible: €44.83 (without VAT) for the films and €15.50 for shipping, a total of €60.33. Given the apparent quality of the 7 films, less than €9 (a tad over $10 USD) a pop seems well within an acceptable price range, even if it wasn't an import. DJ

Although, if those "PD" releases weren't around to the point of oversaturation of cheap garbage (and to the point of getting consumers used to thinking that these movies should be cheap), the British rightsholders might have more incentive to give distributors access to their elements and get...

Whatever its pedigree, Notorious is now owned by the American Broadcasting Company (and, therefore, Disney), like Rebecca, et al. DJ

Tell that to The Mating Urge. :) DJ

When Psycho was released in 1960, the MPAA had no ratings system (though the film may have gotten a tag of something to the effect of "Suggested for Mature Audiences"). In 1968, which was the year the first version of the modern ratings system was introduced, it appears that Universal submitted...