Has anyone else besides noticed a curious digital anomaly that occurs during a couple of the shorts in the "Short Films Collection?" It affects at least "The Boat" (both versions), "The Paleface," and "The Blacksmith." During those films, whenever the film cuts from one shot to the next, the...
My UK set arrived yesterday. Took a look at several of the films and watched the whole of The Invisible Man and all I can say is...wow...just wow. These films just look so beautiful it almost brought a tear to my eye. I never, EVER thought I would see Dracula look as rich and vibrant as it...
I find the choice of windowboxing in The Wolf Man to be pretty annoying and questionable given that the previous 2010 Legacy DVD (which was also culled from an HD master no less) was NOT windowboxed. Don't understand why they would feel the need to go back and windowbox a blu-ray release...
Jesus this is frustrating. It seems some markets got a decent amount and other markets got screwed. Here in the Indianapolis area, there's about half a dozen Best Buys and ALL of them sold out day one. Only today did a few more trickle in to SOME of the local stores and AGAIN sold out.
On...
So what are the origins of the Killiam version and the other public domain versions that floated around for decades. Are they prints of the original silent version?
I agree with the above comment about the audio. The picture quality is what it is and I wasn't terribly disappointed because I wasn't expecting much, and as such I feel it's a worthwhile upgrade over the DVD. But...the 5.1 mix is JUST...PLAIN...AWFUL. The dialogue just sounds so tinny and warbly...
Mr. Harris, if I may ask what exactly DID you and the techs do? I mean, there definitely IS an audio sync on this blu-ray, but it's certainly not unique and I've seen many other blu-rays and DVDs with similar problems. Like I said in my earlier post, my Pioneer receiver has an audio delay that...
Well, there is most definitely a sync issue. I didn't watch the whole movie last night but I watched a little of the beginning and a little towards the end. The later scenes are definitely a little out of sync (audio slightly ahead of the video). BUT, this is most definitely NOT the first...
I think there were rumors a couple of years ago about both The Agony and the Ecstasy and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines coming out on blu, but they seemed to have disappeared. Perhaps Fox is still working on them.
Brandon, Universal originally released Monty Python's The Meaning of Life on HD-DVD but have yet to release it on blu-ray, and I don't see it on your list.
Kino has the blu-ray on their website with extras listings; the biggie is a complete ALTERNATE version of the film with alternate takes! Wow. I mean, this just seems like big news for the silent film world.
Major disappointment imo, however, is the now exclusion of Gaylord Carter's...
http://www.classicflix.com/kino-steamboat-bill-ultimate-bluray-plus-lost-keaton-a-726.html
I love this movie so much, I think I might buy the DVD set as well, just for the completist junkie in me.
It looks like Kino might be coming out with Steamboat Bill, Jr. I must say I'm totally blind-sided by this because I think most of us were expecting the Our Hospitality/Sherlock, Jr. double feature to be the next Keaton blu, but this news has me stoked as Steamboat Bill is not only my favorite...
It would be even better if they came out as pressed discs!
Anyway, cool news about the Educational set, I've been looking forward to official releases of these for a long time. Hopefully we'll also be getting more Keaton on blu (Our Hospitality and Sherlock, Jr. are rumored, but I would really...
According to a post from July 29, 2009 on the official Laurel & Hardy website, Genius and RHI are apparently working on a set similar to the Little Rascals set from a couple of years ago that is supposed to come out in the fall of '10. I haven't heard anything since that post.
I just wanted to chime in and say that I think Allan Gray's score is absolutely wonderful! The score does make itself known, but I don't feel in an obtrusive manner. I mean hell, it actually backs off during the opening credits and just lets the sound take over...how many films from this time...
Ransom Stoddard (Jimmy Stewart) in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/288031/htf-dvd-review-the-man-who-shot-liberty-valance-centennial-collection-recommended
So I understand it's pretty common practice these days to remaster new DVD releases of older films in HD. So why is that the studios don't release a simultaneous blu-ray release? Is it really that cost prohibitive to manufacture blu-rays? The new Wolf Man special edition from Universal looks...
How is that boutique labels like Kino, Criterion, Image, Blue Underground and others can manage to survive but the studios act like no one wants to buy old movies?
Connect component video out from the DVD player to the TV (I assume your TV has component inputs, so you can use those, if not then just use the yellow composite video connection). Connect optical digital audio out from the DVD player to the CT-500. Make the CT-500 and TV are set to the...
Found this on DVDTalk:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/hd-talk/563046-b-w-classics-wb-works.html
If you look at a lot of DVDs of older films they often say "remastered in high definition."** I'm assuming that means an actual high definition master is made and therefore exists and should there not...
Is it possible to utilize the old VHS/laserdisc transfer? While it wouldn't yield the most satisfactory results, it would be better than nothing. I think Universal originally used their old video transfers for the old '01 double feature DVDs and, while they didn't look that great, they didn't...
I have one of the new '09 LG LCD models, and to my eyes it (as well as other LCDs I've seen) give black and white films a sort of greenish-hue. I too have found that the dynamic contrast setting as well as playing with the gamma can help. Don't set the DC on full, though, because then you're...