Problems with "Billie" (1 Viewer)

[disctrip]

Has anyone else had any problems with the made on demand copy of "Billie" from M_G_M ? I have purchased 2 copies from Amazon and both had problems with the video picture. (almost what I would call a "double image"). The first MGM rtelease with the blue cover (picture on the bottom) was fine , but it was pan & scan. The made on demand disc is widescreen but the picture quality is horrible.

Can anyone tell me just what the "Made On demand" label means? How does it work?

Thanks

 

[disctrip]

Should I try getting it from another source? Maybe Amazon has a bad batch?

 

[pinknik]

I assume this was a burned DVD-R as opposed to a silver manufactured disc, but that shouldn't have any affect on the actual picture quality (although they may have to compress it more to achieve a single layer disc, it still shouldn't be bad). Any chance you can post a pic of the image?

 

[Matt Hough]

Sounds like what Still of the Night looked like on its first MGM-MOD release. I believe it was later replaced with a correct master, and then, of course, Kino gave it an excellent Blu-ray release.

 

[disctrip]

I assume this was a burned DVD-R as opposed to a silver manufactured disc, but that shouldn't have any affect on the actual picture quality (although they may have to compress it more to achieve a single layer disc, it still shouldn't be bad). Any chance you can post a pic of the image?

 

[disctrip]

This is what I mean about a "double image".

 

[David Weicker]

That looks like an interlace issue.

Certain discs are not encoded as progressive and display like this

 

[disctrip]

That looks like an interlace issue.

Certain discs are not encoded as progressive and display like this

How do I fix it?

 

[pinknik]

That is pretty bad. If it were me, I might see if changing settings on my TV or player (those dealing with interlaced, progressive or up scaling) to see if that helped. It may be an encoding issue like David mentions above.

 

[Tony Bensley]

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I'm sorry, but in my opinion, there's just no excuse for this!

Whoever's responsible for releasing this title in such a deplorable state of PQ ought to be ashamed of themselves!

 

[disctrip]

I'm sorry, but in my opinion, there's just no excuse for this!

Whoever's responsible for releasing this title in such a deplorable state of PQ ought to be ashamed of themselves!

Thanks Tony, I agree. Can you explain how the "Made On Demand" process works?

 

[disctrip]

What I am asking is: Does Amazon have a bunch of already pressed DVD's on hand, and if this is a bad batch, should I order it from another company and take a chance that it was pressed on another run?

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

It looks like a bad master and it is unlikely to be different from a different seller. None of them will be pressed.

 

[classicmovieguy]

It's an interlace issue. You may find a solution by playing around with the settings and playback preferences on your player. Have you tried the disc on another device?

 

[clambake]

If you don't mind watching the movie on your computer, you can get the free video player 'VLC'. You'd play the disc, click on the 'Video' option at the top, a menu will come down, and there's an option that says 'Deinterlace'. You just turn that on and it will get rid of the interlacing you're seeing.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

I remember the TCM broadcast a few years showing a poor print of the film.

 

[willyTass]

Combing