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  1. Steve Pendleton

    Digital bits sinks to new low

    I realize that websites like thedigtalbits and the present forum offer me valuable information essentially for free. The traditional static ads do not bother me. They pay the freight; I benefit; criss-cross. On the same theme, I regret that DVD Beaver did not run static ads and is now gone as a...
  2. Steve Pendleton

    Robert Harris on The Bits - 3/17/03 column - OFFICIAL THREAD

    >It's sad that negatives have been "misplaced" so often. >[...] film cans on top of their car and forgetting. Maybe sometimes. And negligent storage. But remember: - Nitrate stocks decay and burn, burn, burn. - Dupe stocks weren't that good (that's why the fades in old films "pop"...
  3. Steve Pendleton

    Great Escape SE?

    >It's not rumored. It's been out in the UK for months Knowing that was a reason for avoiding the current R1 version. The R2 DVD won't work in my R1 player, however. So the question is, does anyone know when MGM is going to release the SE in North America? --Steve Pendleton
  4. Steve Pendleton

    Great Escape SE?

    Whatever happened to the rumored special edition for The Great Escape? I've been avoiding the $10 version in favor of the upgrade, but it would be nice to know if the SE is still pending or has slipped into limbo. Any updates here? -Steve Pendleton
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    What's wrong with the Academy Ratio?

    There's nothing "wrong" with it. It yields an intimate look, maybe partly due to the association with TV, that lends itself close action. Scope, being panoramic, lends itself to sweeping subjects. The lack of 1.37:1 for mainstream commercial projection is partly a marketing issue, to separate...
  6. Steve Pendleton

    Best pressings of Marx Bros?

    >are they worth picking up based on audio/video quality? One hand: The image and sound quality of the Image titles is often rough, reflecting their age and popularity (old films that were popular got hammered by repeated printing without interpositives). And I suspect that Universal didn't put...
  7. Steve Pendleton

    The worst DVD purchased (aka: Discount Bin)

    Zulu, full-frame, on Diamond, for about $7.00. It's a textbook of film, video, and digital artifacts. Silver lining: my wife now knows and values good transfers, as the result of the negative example. I'll frisbee this one when MGM releases their version. --SRP
  8. Steve Pendleton

    Questions about Hitch's Rear Window and NxNW

    Regarding the difference in quality: 1. NxNW was shot in VistaVision, which offered quality comparable to 70mm. VistaVision was still in the future when RW was shot. NxNW always looked better. 2. RW suffered from several kinds of bad treatment. We're lucky it looks as good as it does. The...
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