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  1. Andrew_K

    Best software for HD upconversion???

    Thanks Michael!
  2. Andrew_K

    Best software for HD upconversion???

    I have bought new monitor with 1920 X 1200 resolution. What is the best currently available software for the HD upconversion of regular DVDs? I know that WinDVD7 has TrimensionDNM upconversion feature, but have read that better effects can be obtained with older WinDVD6 combined with...
  3. Andrew_K

    "Salo" - which one of different versions to get?

    It seems that the best version is the Hungarian DVD of "Salo" that has superior French transfer and contains both Hungarian and English subtitles.
  4. Andrew_K

    All the Mornings of the World SE - March 7th!

    I am the third one who cares. Let us hope that Koch Lorber will release other Alain Corneau movies, such as: Serie Noire, Nocturne Indien, Le Choix des Armes, or Fort Saganne.
  5. Andrew_K

    Criterion May titles

    Viridiana (Luis Bunuel, 1961) Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949) A nos amours (Maurice Pialat, 1983) Harlan County USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976) Grey Gardens 2-disc (Albert Maysles, 1975)
  6. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    Information from www.dvdtalk.com forum: FRENCH FILMS TO BE RELEASED IN THE U.K IN 2005 (PRODUCTION AND CO-PRODUCTION) You will find their launch date, title, director and distributor below. March April May June July September Spring Winter During 2005 MARCH 04/03 Ma Mère Christophe Honoré...
  7. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    I don't have Panorama DVD, but most probably they used Spanish transfer, because they released at almost the same time La Femme de Chambre du Titanic with English subtitles. http://www.panorama.com.hk/en/catalo...no=PCLCD403020
  8. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    Une Belle Fille Comme Moi (1972) is available on Hong-Kong Panorama DVD with English subtitles.
  9. Andrew_K

    Chabrol & Avant-Garde Cinema from Kino in August

    Except The Color Of Lies, all other Chabrol DVDs were available as a French 5 DVD second Chabrol box set from Mk2 (with Masques) with English subtitles. The first Chabrol box set from MK2 came without English subtitles.
  10. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    It is disappointing that the best Wenders movies: Alice in the Cities and Kings of the Road are not in the box. Maybe Anchor Bay considers B&W movies unsaleable.
  11. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    May 17 1900 [Bernardo Bertolucci, 1976] R2 MGM more details about this release: http://www.dvd-palace.de/dvddatabase...?dvdid=20611#l
  12. Andrew_K

    Copy protection will become a nightmare for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players owners

    Another problem is that media industry is mostly American while the electronics hardware industry is mostly Eastern Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea). Because of this the interests of the media industry will be always much stronger supported than the interests of the electronics industry...
  13. Andrew_K

    Copy protection will become a nightmare for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players owners

    The encryption information for each brand and model of HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player will be stored in firmware. If encryption key for specific brand and model of the player is revoked, the user needs to download a new firmware that will be compatible with new keys for a specific player in order to...
  14. Andrew_K

    Copy protection will become a nightmare for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players owners

    Copy protection will become a nightmare for owners of many Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players and most likely will kill these formats. Contrary to the universal Content Scrambling System (CSS) for DVDs, the new encryption schemes Advanced Access Control System (AACS) for HD-DVD and BD-CPS for Blu-Ray...
  15. Andrew_K

    Macrovision plugs the "digital hole"

    DVDs will be harder to copy thanks to new anti-piracy measures devised by copy protection firm Macrovision. Macrovision says its new RipGuard technology will thwart most, but not all, of the current DVD ripping (copying) programs used to pirate DVDs. "RipGuard is designed to... reduce DVD...
  16. Andrew_K

    A few words about....Blu-Ray

    Will Blu-Ray and/or HD-DVD be uniform worldwide standards or will they differ in various contries/regions similarly to the PAL/NTSC/SECAM mixup???
  17. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    La Femme de Chambre du Titanic (Chambermaid on the Titanic) a great movie by Bigas Luna has been released on R3 HK Panorama DVD with English subtitles. It is available cheaply from CD-Wow. Usually the quality of Panorama DVDs is not great but probably is better than horrible quality New Yorker...
  18. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    La Mentale (The Code) Manuel Boursinhac Columbia/Tri Star May 11
  19. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    Les Grandes Manoeuvres (Rene Clair 1955) Cest La Vie [R2 UK] April 26 Okay (Jesper Nielsen 2002) Cest La Vie [R2 UK] April 26
  20. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    Les Adventures de Rabbi Jacob (Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob) (Gerard Oury, 1973) Facets, April 13, 2004. The first Louis de Funes DVD in the USA. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moi César, 10 ans 1/2, 1m39 (2003, Richard Berry)...
  21. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    Moi César, 10 ans 1/2, 1m39 (2003, Richard Berry) Seville, Feb. 10 La Vie Promise (Ghost River) (2002, Olivier Dahan) Seville, Jan. 20 (already released)
  22. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    Le Bossu (On Guard) (1997, Philippe de Broca) Koch-Lorber March 6 with Daniel Auteuil and Vincent Perez Le Bossu (1960, Andre Hunebelle) Cest la Vie [R2-UK]- Jan 26 (already out) with Jean Marais and Bourvil
  23. Andrew_K

    HD-DVDs. Are there any besides T2?

    Are there any HD-DVDs besides T2 and the planned new edition of Total Recall?
  24. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    Bad news Ted. There will be no Bulgarian subtitles on 37°2 le matin / Betty Blue DVD.:frowning: The DVD will be distributed by Warner Bros in Poland, so most probably it is Warner DVD.
  25. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    The Euro-release of Jean Jacques Beineix 37°2 le matin / Betty Blue (directors cut) is planned for March 19 2004. The DVD will have English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian and Spanish audio tracks and subtitles in 20 (twenty!!!) languages. The DVD will contain Jean Jacques Beineix...
  26. Andrew_K

    FOREIGN FILMS I can't wait to see on DVD...

    Tchao Pantin (Berri)
  27. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    Les Nuits Fauves (Savage Nights 1992) (Cyril Collard) Jan 22 Shock AU
  28. Andrew_K

    Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II

    Siberiade (Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky) will be released Dec 20 by RUSCICO on the 3DVD set Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano by Nikita Mikhalkov is already on DVD
  29. Andrew_K

    "Barber of Siberia" ever come to DVD?

    French DVD has also English version with forced French subtitles. The only problem is that English version of this movie contains many dialogs in Russian. If you don't know Russian then the best way is to buy RUSCICO Russian version of this movie that has English (and many other languages)...
  30. Andrew_K

    EVD - High Definition DVDs from China (MERGED THREAD)

    Chinese will use VP6 compression technology licensed from the On2 company in their EVD format. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo...8829B25 9A%7D According to On2: VP6 is the best video codec on the market today. It offers better image quality and faster decoding performance than...
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