Monsters Inc DVD (technical issues merged thread) (2 Viewers)

[Peter McM]

Submitted again, Andrea. Got the same thing. Not a computer error message; definitely part of their web site. In fact, here's the page:
http://studio.go.com/cgi-bin/gmail/

 

[adrian b]

not to be repetitive but is this problem affecting the Canadian version as well?

 

[Jens Raethel]

Yes, I have the Canadian version and it has the same problem.

 

[Wayne Bundrick]

I have not watched the 4:3 version of the film, but I got the impression that -- as with A Bug's Life -- the 4:3 version is recomposed. That is, it's not necessarily the sort of butcher job you'd expect from Pan and Scan -- even if it's not the preferred OAR presentation.

It must be useful to be able to "reshoot" a scene by just telling the computer to move this digital object/actor to that position, while keeping everything else the same.

Nevertheless, Pixar shouldn't feed the baby cuckoo.

 

[Steven_J_H]

Pulled all the machines out of this thread and compiled a list. I also eliminated duplicates, unless different errors occurred:

Nice job Nathan. Here is another Pioneer that locks up at layer change (84:01), the Pioneer PDV-LC10 portable.

 

[John Garcia]

Technical aspects aside, though I do find all the great info very interesting (always curious), I think my question was answered when you (BillM) mentioned Gary Rydstrom mixed both TPM and MI. It may just be his "style" and/or preference of settings when doing a soundtrack.

I was trying to figure out if this was something that happened when the film was transferred to DVD or if they were originally recorded at that level, and it seems that may be the case.

 

[Matthew Woodley]

Hello All,

Well I just played Monsters Inc on my Pioneer Elite DV-05 and at 84:01 the player freezes up. I had to skip to move forward to the end of the movie. Is it time for a new DVD Player?

This is really quite frustrating.

Matt

 

[Peter McM]

Matt:

Please review this thread. You will find we've been discussing this very thing.

 

[Roogs Benoit]

If you miss laser disc so much just pretend that at the layer change that , that's when you should flip over the disc.
Monster's Inc probably wouldn't look as good either on laser, being a direct digital transfer to DVD.

 

[DeathStar1]

Forgot about this thread, but just got through watching my version. I've noticed the same 84:01 skip. It actually skips ahead after stopping for a few seconds in my HPDVD200. There's also one area earlier, can't remember where, where it slows down and alot of pixilation happens.

 

[Aaryn Chan]

Hi,
This is off topic, but at the same time, on topic, so let me ask it here.
My Snow Shite DVD disc 2 has high treble sound glitches (if you know what i mean) throughout some of the extras. Anyone had the same problem? Do you think Buena Vista will replace the disc, since it's already on moratorium.. :frowning:

 

[Stas T]

No problem on my Pioneer DV-434. The layer change was noticeable, but not much more than most.

 

[Scott Wong]

The sound level and overall dynamics seem to be 'normal' to me, as well. (isn't the movie just great??) And I'll also agree that this thread is indeed very informative... good techy reading!!
scott.

 

[Jeff]

Is it time for a new DVD Player?

NO! It's time for Disney to get their act together!!!!

 

[Rob Tomlin]

I have to agree that the overall sound level on this disc definitely appears to be on the low side! Still great sound overall, but I just need to crank it up more than usual.

 

[Dave Morton]

I get the same problem on my pioneer DV-C302D

Quite annoying. I have to skip to the next chapter.

 

[ChrisMatson]

Noticeable layer change on my Tosiba SD-4700, but no lock-ups. I agree that they picked a poor place to put the layer change.

 

[Tom Boucher]

Mine froze momentarily for a layer change right at the end (boo's door) like it appears everyone else did.

Layer change is what I attributed it to. Sony SVP755

 

[ChrisMatson]

NEW PROBLEM!
Anyone else experience a complete lock-up when selecting "Monster Song" form the Music & Sound submenu on Disc 2? I get a green screen and my faithful Toshiba player is completely unresponsive to the remote and unit controls. I had to unplug the player. I repeated this three times in a row to see if was some fluke.

 

[Jesse Skeen]

Hey, if I could get "Monsters Inc" on laserdisc at least the entire movie would play all the way through on my player without my having to pick up the remote! There's be a pause where the player changes sides, but mine does that automatically. That's a LOT less annoying than having the damn thing just stop, flag my sound system to PCM then a loud crackle sound when it flags back to Dolby after I hit the chapter-skip button.
Like I said in the Studio Feedback thread, this is simply not acceptable, and I won't be buying ANY more discs from Mala Vista until they put out a corrected version!