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  1. John*C

    OAR can be found after clicking Techical Specifications on IMDb left side bar!

    Buying DVD discs but having trouble finding the Original Aspect Ratio(OAR), just go the www.IMDb.com left side and pull the ALL shade down to choose 'Titles', then pull the 2nd shade down~type the 'name' of the movie or concert, click on 'go'. Technical Specifications are on the left 'side' bar...
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    Have you found a Dolby Surround DVD when the cover art says monaural?

    3 movies come to mind "Raise The Titanic" and "The Final Cut", both said monaural but turned out to be Dolby Surround. In 2001 "The Final Cut" R4 had monaural on art, but was heard as a 4.0 Dolby Pro_logic a pleasant surprise.:)
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    Can anyone tell me what is the OAR for "The Medusa Touch DVD"?

    I see that "The Medusa Touch"1978 is coming out soon, this was a good Richard Burton~Lee Remick film also stars Lino Ventura and Harry Andrews as the chief inspector while Alan Badel plays a english lawyer. This is the film that had a Boing 747 crash into a building simular to the WTC, I wonder...
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    Will the member who helped me out on my home page respond to this question also?

    I did what was said to hold down the shift bar while clicking on the upper right red X, and it worked for a while, but it's coming on as a small home page again. Is there any permanent fix to boot up, connect via DSL, click on IE then go to a full home page? I am using a Dell I-8500 laptop with...
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    How many think Krell and other manufacturers seen their future name on a DVD?

    I now know where these new manufacturers or distributors are getting their names from, it's clearly heard or seen on the very clear DVD they watched. VCR didn't do it but IMHO DVD did! How many DVD(s)and names can you come up with since 1997 7 years ago, 3 years back into the 20th Century, or 4...
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    What is your favorite site to download R cover art?

    Man I have a slew of sites to grab a image then print it for a damaged or too old looking full cover art or a disc that came with no chapter menu. List them please a few of mine are DVDcoverart.com cdcoverscc, Best Covers in r2 and they have most of the countries of the world on that one and...
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    I have had it with the word easy in creator 6

    I burn text to CD-R but the friggin kernel is always giving me a hard time. Easy Creator said I wouldn't have a kernal message like the buggy 5.0 Dell puts in. They lied to me once after buying their disc with creator 6 on it and I will not be lied to by buying their ultimate 7.0 edition for...
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    Does everyone know what WD-40 stands for?

    In 1955 NASA was having condensation problems with their Atlas rockets, a nameless company started batch after batch but stopped after the 40th batch. Water Drier 40th batch is what WD-40 stands for, great on your cars ignition wires and electronics, Roller Skate precision bearings, and pieces...
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    Have you heard of "Silver Dream Racer? I just sent for it R2

    I am buying it new from amazon.com.uk this will be a Region 2 (PAL~Phase Alternate Line). I am upgrading my John Carpenter "The Thing" and "The Towering Inferno" they are the same as USA but my player extends the pic vertically having stretched to anaomorphic size altough not a true anamorphic...
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    coming on 1 year but still newbie on home page

    I have chosen google.com as my home page and 1 out 7 it fills my widescreen laptop, the rest are the small windows, I am tired of having to fill it manually! I-8500 Dell laptop 16 X 10 15.4 inch with W/S configuration. I have looked at my manual and asked all the stores in my tri city area but...
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    I read the clearview thread, who is Orwell?

    In the DVD "Hackers"1995 Cerial Killer said at the table of the male hackers, Orwells here we are living large, we have no names; we are nameless. To keep this an on topic to DVD I referenced my files on "Hackers" to get the exact words spoken by charactor/hacker Cerial Killer. I know who...
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    How many OAR (s) did Cinemascope have?

    I have "Sink The Bismark" in Cinemascope only it's 2.35:1 anamorphic instead of my other Cinemascopes such as "The Robe", "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" at 2.55:1 How many were there in what Aspect Ratios please?:b
  13. John*C

    What is your favorite scene in "The Final Countdown"?

    My favorite scene is where the tomcats(2 Combat Jets) do a low but speedy and very loud flyover Senator Sam Chapmans Yacht and scare the living daylights with the screaming noise. I wonder about what real people of 1941 would think and act if such a event ever ocured in the begining year of the...
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    Please I need to know about CC in R1 to control my mothers temper!

    My mom using my DVD player for a present, and I gave her a disc called "Return to Me" with David Duchovny and Minnie Driver, R1 and CC. Like a lot of Irish mothers she called me right up, and said there is NO english on the closed captioning; yet it says CC. Why in tarnation wouldn't MGM put a...
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    Question on the release of "The Legacy"

    I seen that the Katharine Ross and Sam Elliot horror movie was coming out on DVD. Could anyone tell me the details of the release OAR anamorphic and sound? After making a fool of myself trusting dvdempire, I would rather get the correct details from you guys!:) Edit: I have the release date...
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    Will Criterion produce blu-ray DVD? & $?

    I own 3 Criterions and $35 new is about 4 dicounted DVD in red analog, if so 'what' do you think they will charge for their titles? I would be interested in a second "A Night To Remember" (Walter Lords~Titanic) spine number 7 if produced in HD-DVD.:)
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    Your pick Prince Valiant /The 300 Spartans

    I received these 2 in the OAR of 2.55:1 and 2.35:1 respectively, both are anamorphic, color, and stereo sound! Prince Valiant 1954 starring James Mason has the same amount of screen as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The 300 Spartans starring Richard Egan as King Leonidas of Greece is a bit...
  18. John*C

    Bands/Singers on DVD that blew you away!

    I just received two that I am odds with The Ventures: Golden Hits and TOTO:25th anniversary. I am used to "Fleetwod Mac:The Dance" and "The Bee-Gees:One Night Only" which are in 1.33:1 but with my wide screen HDTV since day, one I have stretched it. I was in 7th heaven listening and seeing the...
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    Could one of you tell me how to cancel a post to put up another?

    I am very disapointed in this forum DVD Exchange, I tried twice to sign up for your Good Traders List; but both came back as undeliverable. I can't seem to find a way to trash the post I have on at the present time to put my updated list on. I am becoming annoyed that several traders ask...
  20. John*C

    Some Cool trades for a hot summer

    Hello my name is John Causbrook I am a Gold Trader at DVDtalk forum, but a newbie trader here I already signed for Mr. Epstein. Start your trades with a experienced and coureous trader like me. I will require your full name to check on the Gold Traders List of good traders. Red in thread means...
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    Gold Trader List from DVDtalk Forum updated daily also Want List

    I am disapointed this forum, members have asked for trades but when name is asked for, they won't give it out. When a trade is sent, is it to a name or just resident? I have more to put on, but I feel like I am spitting into the wind here. Silver, Gold traders what am I doing wrong IYO, I...
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