HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: kelly@nmt.edu (Sean Kelly)
Newsgroups: alt.music.enyal,rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Caribean Blue Theme? (was Re: Shepherd Moons as concept album?)
Date: 3 Oct 92 00:05:30 GMT
Organization: New Mexico Tech

In article <1992Oct1.145859.19693@resumix.portal.com> gary@resumix.portal.com (Gary Lin) writes:
>
>Where did you find [Moon Shadows]?  I've been trying to locate the
>laser disc. 

Ken Crane has it on sale right now for $19.98, but it's probably out
of stock because it's ... well, it's Ken Crane.

First, the material on the disc is quite good ... but the disc itself
is disappointing.  Here're the specs:

	12-inch disc		One side only
	w/chapter marks		CLV format

Why CLV?  The material's only 28 minutes long (I think).  And they
insisted on using CLV, Warner could've stuck it on an 8-inch disc.

Also, the chapter numbering doesn't agree with what's on the sleeve.
You have to add two to each chapter number.

Wishing it were CAV,
--k
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From: singg@alf.uib.no (Kurt George Gjerde)
Subject: ** Barr LDDB -> PC **
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 13:44:27 GMT

I have made a browse/view/search program for the
Barr Digital LaserDisc Database for IBM PCs.

The database contains over 7000 LD titles!

You'll need (hardware):

    IBM PC (or compatible)
    MS-DOS 3.30 (or higher)
    Harddisk
    Color display (CGA, EGA, VGA, ...)
    Mouse


Let me know if you're interested!!

(I can upload it to the ftp site with the database, if anyone's 
interested).


Kurt.

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From: gihan@bmers109.Berkeley.EDU (Gihan Karunaratne)
Subject: Criterion (CLV)  vs. MGM/UA 007
Reply-To: gihan@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 16:08:57 GMT

I am trying to decide which of the labels (Criterion CLV vs MGM/UA Deluxe Leterbox Edition)
of Sean Connery 007 titles to buy. Could someone post the following information:

 
 1. Have all the Sean Connery 007 titles been released by Criterion in CLV format?
    (Are these titles also available in 'Deluxe Letterbox Edition' from MGM/UA?)
 2. Video/Audio Quality.
 3. Price. Same/Different?
 4. Recommendations?

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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Subject: Re: Criterion SINGIN' IN THE RAIN vs MGM/UA
Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 23:59:20 GMT

In <1992Sep22.062419.15142@trl.oz.au> wallace@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Glenn Wallace) writes:

>rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:
>
>>Even when Voyager can get access to the materials, it doesn't always make
>>economic sense.  For example, MGM/UA did such a fine job on the current CLV
>>and CAV "Gone With the Wind", that Voyager abandoned their plans to to do a
>>box set (and they did have access, as they apparently do to most of the
>>Turner library).
>
>Speaking of MGM... I bought the MGM CAV Singin' in the Rain. It seems
>(to me, anyway) to be a great transfer. (And you gotta love those MGM
>inner sleeves.)
>
>How does it compare to the 'old' Criterion version?

I have the old Criterion CAV edition; knowing MGM/UA, I'm sure the transfer
is as good as the Criterion one; if it's better, though, it'll have to be by
a hair, because the Criterion transfer is *very* nice.

As to supplements, it has one of Criterion's best 2nd audio tracks,
describing the story behind the film; it also has the treat of showing the
original cinematic versions of the songs in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN -- all the
songs (except "Make 'Em Laugh" and "Moses Supposes") are from dawn-of-sound
talkies.  A particular treat is Bing Crosby singing "Beautiful Girl".

Finally, tons of photo-publicity supplementary stuff.

----

I think it comes down to a case of cost vs. how much you like the
supplements and 2nd audio track.  I'm sure the quality of the transfers on
both are marvelous.

                           "Bush so loves the flag he wraps himself in it,
                            like Linus."
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From: steinarb@idt.unit.no (Steinar Bang)
Subject: Re: Terminator LBX VHS
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Date: 2 Oct 92 10:50:29

>>>>> sdt8s@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steve Tilson) writes:

> Down at Suncoast the other day, agonizing about how I'm gonna
> tell my mom about the new LBX Star Wars trilogy--I saw an
> advertisement for a "collector's edition" of Terminator and T2,
> apparently VHS and letterboxed with some standard Jim Cameron
> "making of" type goodies thrown in. Anybody have more info?

> From what I saw, it was going to be a limited edition, and run
> about $50 for the set.

Anybody knows if the "Collector's editition" Terminator box will be
available in PAL?

- Steinar
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From: rehrauer@apollo.hp.com (Steve Rehrauer)
Subject: Re: New laserdisc releases from October LDN
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 14:04:46 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA
Keywords: LDN

In article <1992Oct6.040455.15399@tc.fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>From the October issue of the Laser Disc Newsletter ($35 a year subscription,
>PO Box 420, East Rockaway, NY 11518-4020):
[...]
>(this is getting to be a tradition, and a rather nice one at that.)  And
>though it's not news, MGM/UA is releasing a multi-disc set called THE
>COMPLEAT TEX AVERY.

Any verbage on the contents?  I'd like to see what it includes that was
& wasn't on the previous two Avery discs...

>The rest of it is taken up announcing all the big summer films (or films
>that they *thought* were going to be big) released on video.  ALIENS 3,
>LETHAL WEAPON 3, PATRIOT GAMES, FAR AND AWAY and BATMAN RETURNS are being
>released in letterbox only.

Bleaugh.  They release ALIENS 3 'boxed immediately, whereas for years the
first two (and only ones worth my pennies) have been unavailable letterboxed,
and now only if you spring for the expensive special editions?  Humf.  Foo.

>                           "One word sums up probably the responsibility of
>                            any vice president, and that one word is 'to be
>                            prepared'."
>                                           -- Dan Quayle

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From: wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
Subject: Re: Criterion (CLV)  vs. MGM/UA 007
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 21:22:36 GMT

Gihan:

I don't know about the rest of your questions, but I do know that Criterion
did *not* release all of the Connery Bond movies.  I believe they only
did the first three (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldfinger), which
are incidentally going to be released in a forthcoming MGM/UA set (entitled
the Connery Collection) for 60 or 70 bucks.  I've had this set on back-order
with Sight and Sound for several months now, so I have no idea when it's
coming out - I just hope it doesn't turn into an "Alien Special Edition" kind
of wait...8-/
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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Subject: It's official: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL on LD (Criterion, late Nov.)
Keywords: Python LD
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 06:51:33 GMT

Ken Crane just came out with an ad for the Criterion laserdisc of MONTY
PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL.  Lists at $99.95 from Criterion, 4 sides CAV,
and features:

*   Constant commentary on the film by both Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones

*   This is the European edition, with six minutes of footage never seen
    in the states

*   Supplementary material: out-takes, deleted scenes, script notes,
    production "stuff", and "more"

*   Director-approved film-to-video transfer

Scheduled for release in late November.
----

Well, *I'm* sated.  By the year end, I'll have the Warner Bros. classic
'toons, HOLY GRAIL, ALIEN in lbx, THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE, and (don't
forget) BARON MUNCHAUSEN; and know that down the road BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
and letterbox editions of THE RIGHT STUFF and RIO BRAVO are approaching.  A
*damn* fine year, if you ask me.

Still on the Most Wanted list: TIME BANDITS (but with the Gilliam festival
at Criterion, and the enjoyment he's apparently getting out of it, that
seems to be a pretty good bet), a letterboxed THE LION IN WINTER, 20,000
LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, and THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI (and if I
really dreamed, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA), a rerelease of
PINNOCHIO, and (in any form) RIO GRANDE and 101 DALMATIONS.  But I
eliminated half of my Most Wanted just this year, so I'm feeling optimistic.

But HOLY GRAIL was always at the top of the list.

                           "Supreme executive power derives from a mandate
                            from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic
                            ceremony!...  I mean, if I went 'round saying I
                            was Emperor just because some moistened bint had
                            lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!"

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From: glambert@pyramid.com (George Lambert)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: The Birds LBX?
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:36:07 GMT
Organization: Pyramid Technology

In article <1992Oct2.041812.6175@wri.com> andre@rurutu.wri.com (Andre Kuzniarek) writes:
>In article <15904@mindlink.bc.ca> Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike  
>Quigley) writes:
>>
>> There never was a letterboxed version of The Birds...at least in North
>> America (I don't know about Japan or elsewhere, it seems unlikely.)
>
>Ouch. Bad deal. How can the scene with Tippi Hedren sitting on the park  
>bench and the birds accumulating off to the side and behind work any other  
>way?
>
>AK

It's not an anamorphic film.  If it is P&S, rather than an opened matte, the
P&S is not obtrusive.  Tippi and her feathered friends in the playground are
nicely composed for the TV screen.

George Lambert
From: glambert@pyramid.com (George Lambert)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: The Birds LBX?
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:33:07 GMT
Organization: Pyramid Technology

In article <15904@mindlink.bc.ca> Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Quigley) writes:
>> Andre Kuzniarek writes:
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is a letterboxed version of Hitchcock's _The
>> Birds_ still in distibution on LD?
>
>
>There never was a letterboxed version of The Birds...at least in North
>America (I don't know about Japan or elsewhere, it seems unlikely.)
>
>> I'm prepared to assume Criterion did one, but that it was also mucho $$
>> (Over $60 ?). Any other versions?
>
>
>Again, nope. It seems unlikely that Criterion will do any Universal movies,
>rumours to the contrary.

You may wish to recant that final statement.  Spartacus is a Universal film
and is indeed available from Criterion.  I have it.  The supplementaries, by
the way, provide wonderful insights into how specifically Spartacus, and more
generally, how artists from different media and viewpoints thrash out (and
sometimes don't thrash out" how a movie is made.  Fascinating material.

George Lambert
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From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
Subject: Re: It's official: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL on LD (Criterion, late Nov.)
Keywords: Python LD
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 17:30:58 GMT


Don't get too worked up. According to the guys at Laser Craze, this will not 
be out until late next year.

Michael

-- 
Michael Kaufman | I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on
 kaufman        | fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in
  @eecs.nwu.edu | the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be
                | lost in time - like tears in rain. Time to die.     Roy Batty 
From: jayj@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Jay Johannes)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 17:56:42 GMT
Subject: Re: List of post-1948 Looney Toons on new Warners L.T. laserdisc releases
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases

Thanks Warner, great stuff.

But still no Roadrunner :-(

Am I the only person in the world still waiting for Roadrunner
releases?

  Jay
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From: kimnach@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH)
Subject: LD resolution
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords:  ld resolution
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Distribution: na
Date:  6 Oct 1992 11:58 EST  

I recall Tom Tullio posted a sequence of LD-resolution debates earlier this 
year (prior to May 92).  The debate was whether or not LD was capable of 
400+ lines, or if it was limited to 336 lines because of analog audio 
concerns.  (personally, I've believed and verified the "60% sharper than 
standard VHS" claim: 385 lines.)

Anyhow, one of the points that stood out in this post was that Pioneer 
would release an official statement, concerning LD resolution, to GEnie (
whatever that is).  So was there an official release and what was the "meat 
of the matter"? 

By the way, I've written to Video Magazine asking them to discuss this very 
issue.  Who knows.... 

Greg
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From: Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Quigley)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Abyss Collector's Edition
Date: 29 Sep 92 23:12:09 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

I don't know if this has been discussed here in the last few days (I've got a
lot of messages to catch up on), but here is the poop on the new letterboxed
Abyss:

Street Date: December 17, 1992
Price: $99.98
Pre-order cut-off date: Oct. 23, 1992

New digitally mastered transfer supervised by James Cameron
Running Time: 177 minutes
Standard Play (CAV) format for frame-by-frame analysis
Restored footage not included in the theatrical version
Full-color brochure including program notes, chapter listings and a viewer's
guide to additional scenes

Exclusive Collector's Edition including:

Interview with James Cameron
Behind the scenes footage
Production art work
Original special effects storyboards
Rare production photographs
Screenplay excerpts
Annotated history of the production
Original advertising materials

(This all comes from the Image release info sheet)


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From: andre@rurutu.wri.com (Andre Kuzniarek)
Subject: Re: New Star Wars transfer? Sci-Fi channel
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 20:31:49 GMT

In article <BvGAny.Drq@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> bengt@fires1.uucp (Bengt A.  
Palsson) writes:

> Well, I've been thinking about this for a while after watching the 
> premiere of the Sci-Fi channel. Before they showed Star Wars, there was 

Sorry to divert the subject here, but could you perhaps say a bit about  
the Sci-Fi channel? Like, what sort of programming they offer, is it 24  
hrs? Cyclical rotation like A&E? Commercial interruptions? Is it a pay  
channel?

Just trying to get an idea of what I'm missing...

Email would be ok if this doesn't seem like the right place. There must be  
talk of this in some sci-fi tv forum. Will try to find it....

AK
From: wave@waits.media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: apect ratio for Prospero's Books
Date: 6 Oct 92 19:08:17 GMT
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory

Jeff Meyer writes
> From the October issue of the Laser Disc Newsletter ($35 a year subscription,
> PO Box 420, East Rockaway, NY 11518-4020):

<stuff deleted...>

> letterbox, by Image.  Image is also releasing Greenaway's PROSPERO'S BOOKS,
> but nothing is said about it being letterboxed.  (I remember much (all?) of
> it was shot with HDTV video.  Anyone know what the aspect ratio was?)  In

Well, I have some friends who did effects on it, and they did it in HiVision,
which is Japan's currently available HDTV system.  The aspect ratio for that
system is 16:9, so I assume that's what the feature is at.


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From: sdt8s@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steve Tilson)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Terminator LBX VHS
Date: 1 Oct 92 02:51:24 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

Down at Suncoast the other day, agonizing about how I'm gonna
tell my mom about the new LBX Star Wars trilogy--I saw an
advertisement for a "collector's edition" of Terminator and T2,
apparently VHS and letterboxed with some standard Jim Cameron
"making of" type goodies thrown in. Anybody have more info?

From what I saw, it was going to be a limited edition, and run
about $50 for the set.

Steve
--
It's not denial...                         *******************************
I'm just very selective                    *  Steve Tilson               *    
about the reality I accept.                *  sdt8s@poe.acc.virginia.edu *
                  Calvin                   *******************************
From: dgoodwin@hoops.West.Sun.COM (Dan Goodwin - Sun SSE)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Survey info wanted
Date: 2 Oct 1992 16:57:38 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: dgoodwin@hoops.West.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: hoops.west.sun.com

I am interested in obtaining any marketing survey info on the laser
disk market.  I'm interested in any trends such as which catagories
sell and rent the most as well as sales of disks and players.
I haven't been to the library yet, but I wanted to know if any of
you out there could offer any suggestions.

Thanx,
Dan
From: Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Quigley)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: The Birds LBX?
Date: 2 Oct 92 03:53:56 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> Andre Kuzniarek writes:
>
> Does anyone know if there is a letterboxed version of Hitchcock's _The
> Birds_ still in distibution on LD?


There never was a letterboxed version of The Birds...at least in North
America (I don't know about Japan or elsewhere, it seems unlikely.)

> I'm prepared to assume Criterion did one, but that it was also mucho $$
> (Over $60 ?). Any other versions?


Again, nope. It seems unlikely that Criterion will do any Universal movies,
rumours to the contrary.
From: ahom@yingjow.tnds.bellcore.com (Allen Hom)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Terminator LBX VHS
Date: 1 Oct 92 11:59:30 GMT
Organization: Network Data Collection Presentation and Processing Development


In article <1992Oct1.025124.26653@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, sdt8s@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steve Tilson) writes:
|> Down at Suncoast the other day, agonizing about how I'm gonna
|> tell my mom about the new LBX Star Wars trilogy--I saw an
|> advertisement for a "collector's edition" of Terminator and T2,
|> apparently VHS and letterboxed with some standard Jim Cameron
|> "making of" type goodies thrown in. Anybody have more info?
|> 
|> From what I saw, it was going to be a limited edition, and run
|> about $50 for the set.
|> 
|> Steve
|> --
|> It's not denial...                         *******************************
|> I'm just very selective                    *  Steve Tilson               *    
|> about the reality I accept.                *  sdt8s@poe.acc.virginia.edu *
|>                   Calvin                   *******************************
I don't have much more info, but you are also supposed to get some
kind of booklet with photos from the films, and an "official" 3D 
hologram decal.
-- 
allen hom
Bellcore
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(908)699-5728
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