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From: smah@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Steve Mah)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases,alt.horror,alt.cult-movies,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Evil Dead 2 LD + more for sale
Keywords: bond, gundam
Date: 28 Jan 93 09:44:36 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: usa



I have the following laser discs for sale:

1) "Goldfinger"- non LBX, asking $15 (list $25)

2) "Evil Dead 2"; asking $27 (list $40)

I also have the following anime (japanese animation) LD for sale:

1. "Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zion" LD- this is the compilation movie
   that was released in japan a few months ago.  Although it is
   highly compressed, the sound has been remixed for Dolby Surround
   and there is some new footage at the beginning and end (and 
   maybe a little in between).  Note: the soundtrack has more or
   less been redone entirely; music has been rescored here and there
   and some music has even been omitted.  It seems as if the voice 
   actors also redid some of their dialog for the movie.  The disc
   is, as I have mentioned, in dolby surround and is chapter
   encoded and runs 120 min.  Yen price: Y9800  I'm asking for 
   $85  (NOTE: This is in japanese- no english subtitles/dubbing!)

As far as postage goes, I will ship it US Mail 1st class; UPS is a
possibility- ask me about it.  You pay for postage.  Feel free to
try and get me to lower the prices; I will probably go with best
offers for items not many people go for 8-).  I will definitely give
a slight discount as well as preference to people asking for more
than one item.  I would prefer to send items upon receiving payment
as I have had some previous buyers take their time in sending in
payment.  If you have any further questions regarding anything,
please let me know.

Thanks for listening...

-- 
*  Steve Mah                             smah@sdcc13.ucsd.EDU *
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Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: clements@bbn.com (Bob Clements)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Holy Grail - availability
Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:28:37 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: classic.bbn.com

Aaaaaaargh!

I just got off the phone with Sight and Sound.  I was making my
every-other-day-or-so call to see whether they got any more stock
of MP&tHG.

The answer was No, and not for another month!  Apparently a new
batch of 5000 was pressed and NONE were shipped to S&S.

Yuck.  Maybe I'll have to go look at Tower or something.
(Anyone in the Boston area seen a copy lately?)

Just letting you know the bad news ...

Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com
From: flowerpt@coos.dartmouth.edu (Bill McGonigle)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: HDTV LaserDiscs (was Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS)
Date: 29 Jan 93 01:46:33 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

In article <jhansen.728239076@convex.convex.com> jhansen@convex.com (James Hansen) writes:
>In <C1IwEq.7HM@hpchase.rose.hp.com> jimr@mothra.rose.hp.com (Jim Ranlett) writes:
>
>>Isn't 80min/side = 160min/disk = 2:40 per disk?  Best Case utilization,
>>of course.
>
>Of course you are right.  I assumed the original poster meant per side,
>not per disk (which is really two sides glued together).
>
I originally wrote:
>Seeing as how the HDTV standard will be decided soon, and how blue-laser
>technology is working (at least in R&D), I'll bet on Blue Laser HDTV LD's
>becoming popular.  I've heard that you can fit 4X the info on a blue disc,
>so you could fit an entire HDTV 2:40 movie on one disc.  Wow!

I don't know how you assumed per side, but that's ok...

Anyway, where can one find out info on HDTV?  I'm interested in the compression
techniques that are proposed for use.

-Bill
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Do you ever get the feeling that the story's |  Coming in   |=O=|  |=O=|  |=O=|
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Snail Mail: HB 2660, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755-4015. (603) 640-5780
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Alien 3 disc is indeed crap
Date: 26 Jan 93 02:36:13 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <93Jan22.203306.31583@acs.ucalgary.ca> trond@smith.phys.ucalgary.ca (Trond Trondsen) writes:
<In article <4792@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
<>
<>it easier to see the bands.  Notice the vertical lines of various black
<>levels.  This is caused by non-linearity of the D-to-A converter in the TBC.
<          |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<          |
<	  Explain, please.

Never heard of non-linearity in a D-A converter before?

To better explain it, draw a diagonal line, say at a 45 degree angle.  Make it
exactly straight.  That is a linear line.

Now, for a non-linear line, take that same line and put nicks in it as you
travel up the line.  Normally these nicks would look something like:

                                            /
                                           /
                                          /
                                         _
                                        /
                                       /

Forget the broken spaces, except for the "_".  Those kind of glitches cause
a level perception problem.  Also, when doing black level, the output of
the D-A circuit is supposed to be the same for all pixels in a scan line.
Sometimes circuit interaction with the adress driver lines causes the output
to vary a tiny bit.  That tiny bit can be seen on the TV screen.

I used to work with Digital Oscilloscopes, with the company that actually
pioneered them, way back in the 70's.  A-D and D-A circuits are a real pain.
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Newsgroups: rec.video.releases,rec.arts.sf.starwars
From: gihan@bmerh886.BNR.CA (Gihan Karunaratne)
Subject: Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS COMING!!! *****
Reply-To: gihan@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 18:30:13 GMT

In article <93024.202239HJAUP@CUNYVM.BITNET>, Harry J. Akiereisen
<HJAUP@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:
|>    The ad states:
|>
|>           This special Widescreen collector's edition of "THE ABYSS"
|>
|>                        THE ABYSS/FILM: 2 DISCS/4SIDES/CLV
|>                  THE ABYSS/SUPPLEMENT: 1 DISCS/2 SIDES/CAV & CLV
|>
|>
|>              1561-84 $99.99 C/S/D/cx 178 min. UPC8616-29114-6 NR 1989 cc

                                  
I was expecting the movie to be in CAV like ALIEN and ALIENS. Isn't there
a LBX ABYSS in CLV (granted it does not have the THX logo!) for $50.00 already?
 

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Gihan R. Karunaratne    
Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 4H7 
e-mail: gihan@BNR.CA (INTERNET)

"All flesh is grass"
                -- Isiah
Smoke a friend today.
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From: sss@castle.ed.ac.uk (S S Sturrock)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Basic Instinct Box Set?
Date: 22 Jan 93 15:02:00 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <C16E97.BJ2@cs.uiuc.edu> noe@cs.uiuc.edu (Roger Noe) writes:
>In article <1993Jan20.155938.10409@ac.dal.ca> tominatr@ac.dal.ca writes:
>>Does anyone have any new info on the Basic Instinct box set?
>
>Is this the one with the furry covering? ;->

Doubt it, my LD has that bit.

One thing about the BI LD, the colours appear very perculiar, OK so this is
an NTSC disc but none of my other discs suffer from this.  I swear I have
seen colourised material which looked better than this.  I am forever
buggering about with the tint control to get it right and the colour
balance seems to change with each side.  Most odd indeed.  Maybe it was the
type of film used?


-- 
Shane Sturrock, Biocomputing Research Unit, Darwin Building, Mayfield Road,
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Commonwealth of Independent Kingdoms.  :-)

Civilisation is a Haggis Supper with salt and sauce and a bottle of Irn Bru.
Xref: sparky rec.video.releases:4396 rec.arts.sf.starwars:10506
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
Date: Sunday, 24 Jan 1993 20:22:39 EST
From: Harry J. Akiereisen <HJAUP@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases,rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS COMING!!! *****
Distribution: usa
 <1993Jan18.203630.19532@news.columbia.edu> <C18EAw.2wJ@news.rich.bnr.ca>


  According to the Jan. 1993 UPDATE Magazine, the THX version of the ABYSS
 will retail for $99.99 with a street date of mid-MARCH.
    The ad states:

           This special Widescreen collector's edition of "The ABYSS" featues
 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage, including a spectacular tidal wave
 sequence, which was not completed in time for the film's theatrical release.
            In addition, this laserDisc has been manufactured in accordance
 with the THX LaserDisc Program. It is the first to LaserDIsc to incorporate
 THX technology and to feature the recognized THX trademark. The result is a
 LaserDIsc which features optimal video and audio performance and faithfully
 reproduces the film exactly as the filmaker intended.
            LaserDiscs carrying the THX LaserDisc program logo are fully com-
 patible with all playback systems, and this disk will surely wow any viewer
 with its state-of-the-art picture and sound quality. Simply put, the painsta-
 king and exacting specifications to which "The ABYSS" was produced create new
 standards of excellence for LaserDisc picture and sound quality.
            The underwater science-fiction adventure was directed by James
 Cameron, the wizard behind "Aliens" and the "Terminator" features. Ed Harris,
 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael biehn, Kimberly Scott and Chris Elliot
 star in yhis special effects blockbuster.


                        THE ABYSS/FILM: 2 DISCS/4SIDES/CLV
                  THE ABYSS/SUPPLEMENT: 1 DISCS/2 SIDES/CAV & CLV


              1561-84 $99.99 C/S/D/cx 178 min. UPC8616-29114-6 NR 1989 cc

  I hope this infoemation is of some help to people speculating about this
 release

     P.S. There was no mention of the STAR WARS set.
From: meg5184@hertz.njit.edu (Starman)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Dolby Surround and Star Wars
Keywords: Star Wars, Dolby, Surround
Date: 21 Jan 93 05:26:20 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1993Jan19.223025.20499@acuson.com> hsu@acuson.com (William Hsu) writes:
>I am new to this group, excuse me if this question has been asked earlier.
>
>I just recently purchased the VHS version of the Star Wars Trilogy.  To my
>disappointment, I found out that all three tapes were not mixed with Dolby
>Surround.
>
>Is there any reason why this is the case?  Of all the film releases, why
>Star Wars...  :-(
>
>William
>
EH?

Are you sure? Please check the side of the box and look for this:

			||||||| DOLBY SURROUND |||||||

The Star Wars video tapes I bought in 1987 were mixed in Surround. I now
have the lasers (gloat). If your box has this logo, bettercheck your
equipment.

=============================== Mike Gaines ============================
= WHAT is your name?............................Captain Jean-Luc Picard=
= WHAT is your quest?.............................I seek the Holy Grail=
= WHAT is the average velocity of a Bird of Prey?...Romulan or Klingon?=
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Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: hermin@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (Hermin Anggawijaya)
Subject: Re: Australia/NZ stuff wanted
Keywords: Gloria Estefan.
Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:34:40 GMT

Also mail addresses to get  Gloria Estefan's "Home Coming Concert" video (PAL)

Thanks,

mail to : hermin@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
From: zinn@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Michael Zinn)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Australia/NZ stuff wanted
Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:04:20 GMT
Organization: TU Darmstadt
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: rbhp49.rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de
Keywords: uncut version of The Punisher, Romero etc.


Hi there !

I dont want to bother You with the hundredth repetition of the censorship 
lament. Only so much: It is very hard to get uncut versions on video tape 
in Germany! Another problem is that in the US and many other countries NTSC 
is used. 
So if in Your country NTSC is the standard You probably cannot help me coz
I am living on PAL.
Hmm, to cut it short: You guys down there in Australia or New Zealand please
help me by mailing or posting mail order addresses where to get uncut 
releases of The Punisher, Dawn of the Dead, TCM 2, Bloodsucking Freaks and so
on.
ANY response will be highly appreciated ! Thanx !!

                                Mike
From: copold@panam.edu (Steve Copold)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Alien 3 disc is indeed crap
Date: 21 Jan 93 14:18:15 GMT
Organization: University of Texas - Pan American
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d13
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X-XXDate: Thu, 21 Jan 93 08:21:18 GMT

In article <4792@vidiot.UUCP> Vidiot, brown@vidiot.UUCP writes:
>
>I just rented the Alien 3 laserdisc and as previously reported the
quality of
>the disc is crap.  What wasn't reported was the quality of the equipment
used
>for the transfer.  There is video cross-talk from another source, which
can be
>seen during throughout the first side.  I don't know about the second
side,
>since it hasn't gotten there yet (it is still playing the first side). 
To
>see the crosstalk the best, start the disc and STILL it right away.  Step
>through the disc and you will see the diagonal lines rotating through the
>video.  This is a result of another video source leaking into the Alien 3
>video, at a rate that is drastically different.
>
>The other problem is non-linearity in the TBC that was used.  Look at the
>black bands during the opening credits, when the video image is dark,
making
>it easier to see the bands.  Notice the vertical lines of various black
>levels.  This is caused by non-linearity of the D-to-A converter in the
TBC.
>
>Needless to say, quality control of this disc pressing was pretty damn
poor.

I had posted this earlier, but let me say again that my copy of Alien3
shows none of these problems. I play it on a CLD-M90 and view it on a
Panasonic 31" Flat Screen. It contains no detectable levels of cross-talk
and there is only a tiny amount of noise in a few of the darkest scenes.
Perhaps there were different batches of pressings with varying quality.
I've talked to a couple of rental places...They say it is a very popular
rental and they have had no complaints to date. 

My only complaint is that they letterboxed it, but at the wrong ratio.
This resulted in a small portion of the opening credits being
clipped...And no, my monitor is not improperly adjusted. A small portion
is actually missing. I don't think it has any real impact on the
presentation, it's just irritating. Let me add that I've also heard
complaints re: the surround sound. My copy not only has no audio
problems, but has one one of the best surround mixes I've ever heard. So
what gives here?

-Steve Copold
From: u0f98@keele.ac.uk (DJ Robinson)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Alien 3 video/disk flaw
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:50:13 GMT
Organization: Keele University, England
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]


Flaw : The fact that Alien 3 was put on it!
	Dominator
From: aad@siemens.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS COMING!!! *****
Date: 26 Jan 93 23:48:21 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton (Plainsboro), NJ

>And anyways, at 3 hours, that's at least six disk sides - more if they
>do the side breaks intelligently, rather than just every half-hour.  I
>don't know about others, but I'm too lazy to want to change disk sides
>that many times...  Besides, more disks means it would be even more
>expensive.

In the general case I prefer CLV for the movie itself -- to cut down on the
side breaks and the cost.  Of course, supplements with still-frames need to 
be CAV.
-- 

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From: amberle@staff.tc.umn.edu (Amberle S Ferrian)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: question on Cinderella Japanese import discs
Date: 27 Jan 93 22:25:45 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Minnesota

Hi, I've been told that there are two versions of the Japanese Cinderella LDs--
a $50-70 disc, and a $100+ deluxe version in a huge box, and was wondering if
anyone knows exactly what's in the deluxe version.  My brother (who doesn't
have internet access) is interested in the deluxe version (assuming it exists
and we're not both confusing this over something else) but doesn't want to
plunk down all that cash unless he can figure out what he'd be paying for,
since he can't read the outside of the box. :-)  Thanks much!
---
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Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: jimr@mothra.rose.hp.com (Jim Ranlett)
Subject: Tex Avery: Compleat vs Screwball
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:23:38 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.4]

Hopefully someone can answer this question for me.

It's been said that the new Compleat Tex Avery boxed set contains all 66
cartoons available by the man.  The question is this:  if this is true, then
are the cartoons on the disk Tex Avery's Screwball Classis repeated on the
boxed set?  If so, then someone buying the boxed set would not need the
Screwball Classics disk.

Can anyone confirm this?  Having never seen either package, are there
reasons to buy both offerings?

Thanks,
Jim Ranlett
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: jimr@mothra.rose.hp.com (Jim Ranlett)
Subject: Re: HDTV LaserDiscs (was Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:25:38 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.4]

James Hansen (jhansen@convex.com) wrote:
: In <C1Hz28.FHJ@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> flowerpt@coos.dartmouth.edu (Bill McGonigle) writes:

: >Seeing as how the HDTV standard will be decided soon, and how blue-laser
: >technology is working (at least in R&D), I'll bet on Blue Laser HDTV LD's
: >becoming popular.  I've heard that you can fit 4X the info on a blue disc,
: >so you could fit an entire HDTV 2:40 movie on one disc.  Wow!

: If there's any truth to the fact that only 20 minutes of HDTV material
: can fit on a disc employing current technology, then you'll only be able
: to squeeze 80 minutes per side on a disc/player utilizing a blue laser.

Isn't 80min/side = 160min/disk = 2:40 per disk?  Best Case utilization,
of course.

Jim Ranlett
 
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: J&R Frogg was Re: Image slashes discounts on Criterion discs
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 06:26:59 GMT

>>>Last question - where can I get Criterions "cheap"?
>> 
>> With Tewksbury's 20% discount gone, they're in the same ball park with the
>> rest; however, I've seen Sight and Sound discount Criterion discs to 20% off
>> pre-orders at times.  I assume they do this the same way they do other 20%
>> off prices on various titles: volume.
>> 
>Try J & R Frogg. They had 25% discounts until last year when the dropped 
>them to 20% due to price restructuring due to Voyager. I don't know
>if this is the same pricing used now with the switch in distribution to
>Image.

Something strange is going on at the Frogg Pond.  Only an answering
machine at the number (it has one of those wierd answers common to
some personal answering machines) and they have never called back.  I
haven't seen an issue of Pond Scum, their publication, since last
summer.  Someone else posted a query about the goings on at the Amphibian
Farm but no one else responded (at least on the net).  Since J&R Frogg
deals only in cash, checks, or money order I would urge extreme caution
in dealing with them right now.  In the past I have bought a few discs
from them with no problem (but that was when they answered their phone).


-- 
Unauthorized duplication, etc. may result in civil liability, criminal pro-
secution, the wrath of the tall man or a bite from Ralph the Wonder Llama.
     William L.R. (Bill) Cruce       INTERNET: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu 
   Neurobiology Dept, NE Ohio U Coll of Med, POB 95, Rootstown, OH 44272
From: dons@col.hp.com (Don Schott)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: The Last Starfighter on LD
Date: 22 Jan 1993 22:29:09 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpcstc14.col.hp.com


	I want to buy an LD copy of "The Last Starfighter", but
I want to get the best available version.  The version that I
have found is not in a wide screen or letterbox format.  Does
anyone know if there are multiple versions of this on LD?  If
so, where can I get them?  

    	Don Schott
From: klr@umbc.edu (Kurt Reisler)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Caveat Emptor :-)
Date: 22 Jan 1993 21:59:31 -0500
Organization: Hadron.com in exile
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc4.umbc.edu


You may recall that back in November of 1992, I was asking if anyone
else had run into a "defective" copy of "Batman Returns".  The copy I
had would not play past about 38 minutes on both sides 1 and 2.  The
problem was severe audio and visual noise, crosstalk, and tracking
problems, followed by a halt.  I exchanged the disk a total of 3 times
and each time the same problem.  The manager at the local video store
was able to play the disk on the unit in the store (a high end
Panasonic) and told me that "I needed to get my MDP333 ....SERVICED...."

Now, that is not something I wanted to so, since experience in the past
has taught that taking a VCR or other electronic device in for "service"
actually shortens its lifetime.  And, since no other disk was showing
this problem, I ignored it.

Now, 3 months and about a dozen disks later, I have another one
exhibiting the same problems, this time about 50 minutes into side 1 and
2 of "HOOK".  However, this time, I have most of my brain cells
functioning :-)

I remembered that I first bought my disk player, I had had a similar
problem with a Criterion copy of "Forbidden Planet" and when I called
them, they suggested that I CAREFULLY wash the disk off with a mild
dish soap and warm water, and CAREFULLY dry it.  And, that did the
trick with that disk (it had gobs of goo on the edges).  So, I figured
I had nothing to loose, and tried it with both HOOK and Batman
Returns.

Guess what?  Both disks play PERFECTLY now.  It seems that there was a
thin film of either grease or oil on the outer inch or so of each disk
(which was why I asked the other day about how a disk tracks).  Washing
them off removed it, and cleared up the problem.

It does raise the question of why the high end Panasonic was able to
track through the goo.  Guess it must have better error correction
firmware.

Anyway, thought I would pass this along.  If you have problems, try
CAREFULLY washing your disk.

-- 
                Kurt Reisler (UNISIG Chair, DECUS US Chapter)
		  Captain, UNISIG International Luge Team
		     Only a guest at klr@umbc4.umbc.edu
	     Are creative spellings like a patentable life form?