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I just got _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_ on laser disc and it
sure sounds like there is no audio information below 1 kHz, i.e.,
no bass. Is this normal for this movie?

Evan Whitney

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From: fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali)
Subject: Re: HDTV LaserDiscs (was Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS)
Reply-To: fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:20:31 GMT

In article <sePyXB1w163w@spec> spec!spec (Tom Freeman) writes:
>>In article <1K1aibINNp33@aludra.usc.edu> Joshua Ling replies:
>> Then YOU can wait the 5+ years for HDTV ($5,000) and the HDTV Laserdisc
>> player ($1,500+).
>> I want to watch them NOW.
>
>Only $1500?  Wow!  I'll take one!   :-)
>
>Seriously, I've been waiting for this topic to come up so I can stop lurking
>and join in...  Does anyone have any information on IF the manufacturers of
>LaserDisc technology plan on creating a high-resolution format for HDTV?

If I remember correctly, several Japanese companies are already
developing HDTV LD players, but the problem was that they could only
squeeze 20 minutes onto a CLV side. Now, that's a lot of flipping. :-)

Anyone have more info on this?

     -- farul ghazali.
        columbia university in the city of new york.

Newsgroups: rec.video.releases,rec.arts.sf.starwars
From: baldwin@frodo.colorado.edu (Dan "Viper" Baldwin)
Subject: Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS COMING!!! *****
Organization: Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:45:48 GMT

In article <1993Jan18.203630.19532@news.columbia.edu>, fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan18.045048.13009@njitgw.njit.edu> meg5184@hertz.njit.edu (Starman) writes:
|> >According to Billboard magazine, Lucasfilm/20th Century Fox (Fox Video)
|> >is releasing the following movies in THX Pro-Logic:
|> >
|> >The Abyss:	March 18th
|> >Star Wars/Empire/Jedi Box Set:	This spring
|> >Hoffa
|> >The Sound of Music.
|> 
|> I suppose Fox will be charging $60-70 per title when they do come out.
|> And I already have all of them (except Hoffa of course). I wonder how
|> long it'll take for new titles to get into the CHLDC catalog.

	My local video store has a pre-release special on The Abyss--
the pre-release price:  $89.99.

I assume the non-pre-release price will be more--this store is typically
very competitive.

Dan
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From: andre@cix.compulink.co.uk (Cygnus Software Ltd)
Subject: Re: I'm looking for LBX LD of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
Reply-To: andre@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:54:00 +0000

>I have no info on possible repressing.  The details on the improper aspect
>ratio of the laserdisc were posted by Jerry Boyajian last summer.  Since
>he hasn't been on the net after leaving DEC, I've taken the liberty of
>reposting his comments below (we miss 'ya Jerry!).

I spoke to Sight & Sound on Friday, enquiring after several Disney LDs.
(BTW, they have good stocks of both CAV and CLV versions of Peter Pan, Bambi,
and several other withdrawn discs. No US Little Mermaids, though)

Anyway, one of the discs I was asking for was the widescreen Roger Rabbit.
They said the situation is a bit confused. It has *not* been withdrawn
by Disney, but no stocks have been issued for a while. They said they'd
heard rumours that the cover artwork was beign changed for some reason,
and that discs would become available again once that had been done. I can
only guess at the fact that this *might* tie in with the forthcoming Mary
Popins and 20,000 Leagues discs - maybe Disney are going to do some sort of
generic layout for their widescreen titles, and they wanted WFRR to match?

Anyway, if anyone does happen to come across a copy of the disc, please let
me know where. Many thanks.

Andre

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From: spec!spec (Tom Freeman)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: HDTV LaserDiscs (was Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 18:14:27 PST
Distribution: world
Organization: The Full Spectrum BBS

>In article <1K1aibINNp33@aludra.usc.edu> Joshua Ling replies:
>
>>In article <HAGERMAN.93Jan22113422@rx7.ece.cmu.edu> hagerman@ece.cmu.edu (John Hag
erman) writes:
>>I'm curious why this is so exciting.  Current laser disks still hold
>>525 line images, right?  And letterboxing reduces the resolution.  I
>>believe the quality is better than tape, but still: it seems like it
>>would be better to just wait a couple of years for HDTV.  That image
>>will blow away anything you can buy available today.
>
> Then YOU can wait the 5+ years for HDTV ($5,000) and the HDTV Laserdisc
> player ($1,500+).
> I want to watch them NOW.

Only $1500?  Wow!  I'll take one!   :-)

Seriously, I've been waiting for this topic to come up so I can stop lurking
and join in...  Does anyone have any information on IF the manufacturers of
LaserDisc technology plan on creating a high-resolution format for HDTV?
Given the trend toward shrinking media, its possible that the laserdisc format
could be abandoned for smaller discs (which currently are pretty poor).

I would hope not... The laserdisc has the capability to handle HDTV much
better than videotape, but it would be reassuring to hear some news that
the powers that be plan to continue to support the format through the
"next generation" of video technology.

- Tom Freeman
From: dudek@endor.harvard.edu (Glen Dudek)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: I'm looking for LBX LD of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
Date: 22 Jan 93 18:08:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1993Jan22.180840.20239
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University

In article <1993Jan11.163954.6996@das.harvard.edu>, dudek@endor.harvard.edu (Glen Dudek) writes:
|> Hi, I've been searching for a LBX version of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
|> on LD, and have gotten some conflicting information.  Sight and Sound seems
|> to think that I might have to wait for a new pressing.  Does anyone
|> know the status of this LD, or if and when a new pressing might be planned?
|> You can email responses, and I'll summarize.  Thanks much in advance!

Well I got 2 responses, one posted here indicating:

> From: davidv@davidv.sco.COM (David Vangerov)
> Sender: news@sco.com (News admin)
> Subject: Re: I'm looking for LBX LD of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
> Date: 11 Jan 93 17:06:17 GMT
> 
> such a beast exists, but a) you have to get the CAV version, and
> b) it's not in it's original aspect ratio. it's still cropped on
> the sides and there's some very obvious panning (towards the end
> with Mickey and Bugs falling you'll notice this). no clue as to
> why they didn't transfer it correctly.

and one via email which said:

> From: meg5184@hertz.njit.edu (Starman)
> 
> I picked one up at the Paramus Tower Video last month. List price:
> $39.99. The salesman said that they have no trouble getting them in. I
> guess they're overstocked. Don't ask me to drive there for anyone, it's
> a HAUL for me. 

I called the Paramus Tower Video, and they did not currently have it
in stock, alas.  Of course, the above problem with panning in the
scene with Mickey and Bugs falling is the primary reason I wanted the
letterboxed version, so maybe I don't want it anyway.  Can anyone else
confirm this panning in the letterbox version?  Does anyone else have
any more information?  I would have imagined this film would be very
popular with this crowd, I was surprised to get only 2 responses.
Thanks, as always, in advance!

	Glen Dudek
	dudek@endor.harvard.edu
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Thursday, 28 Jan 1993 11:35:15 PST
From: <WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: LD: The Right Stuff

In article <bzr3_2
>
>Warner Bros. finally delivers with the newly mastered, letterboxed
>(I believe it's an original aspect ratio) version of The Right
>Stuff.  Compared to the panned & scanned version, this version really
>kicks -- complete with digital sound!
>
>The Right Stuff
>- CLV, letterboxed, digital surround sound, $40

Most welcome too as my P/S version of "The Right Stuff" is suffering from
laser rot so badly that I've had to remove from my other disks to keep it
from infecting them as well.

Brian
From: long-morrow@cs.yale.edu (H Morrow Long)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Mr. Smith Returns! (was: Criterion list summary)
Date: 27 Jan 1993 16:55:32 -0500
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Distribution: world
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In article <1993Jan27.024320.23050@netcom.com>, bverreau@netcom.com (stargazer) writes:
|> And the one you've all been waiting for:  [:-]
|> BARBARELLA (1968 widescreen)  Paramount #LV6812-WS D CX CLV 11Mar93  $34.95

I'm surprised Ted Turner never bought up the distribution rights to this title
from Paramount just so that he could make sure that it never saw the light
of day on video and broadcast again.

						- Morrow
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From: fineberg@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Samuel A. Fineberg)
Subject: Re: Very Basic Questions
Organization: CSC, NASA Ames Research Center, NAS Division
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 01:42:29 GMT
Reply-To: fineberg@nas.nasa.gov
Distribution: usa

In article <1993Jan21.031529.16999@hubcap.clemson.edu>, charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:
|> byd999@unagi.measurex.com (Ben Dai) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> >1) THX
|> 
|> There's lots of debate on this one. :)  What *I* heard was that THX was a 
|> type of sound system/speaker setup, *then* I heard that THX was a method
|> of recording somewhat akin to Dolby Surround.  You be the judge ;-)
|> 
You can debate this until you're blue in the face, however, THX is an approval
process (i.e., rubber stamp) set up by lucasfilm.  If some hardware (speakers,
dolby decoders, etc), software (i.e., laserdiscs, movies), or movie theaters
are up to "THX" standards for sound, they can be approved.  The basic system
they approve is still Dolby Pro-logic (or surround, or Stereo - they all mean 
the same thing). All THX gurantees is that anything aproved achieves a certain
sound quality level.  You can have non-THX equiptment that sounds worse, as good,
or even better than THX equiptment, and there is no "incompatibility" between 
THX and non-THX gear and software.

Sam
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases,rec.arts.sf.starwars
From: kachun@spot.Colorado.EDU (Ka Chun Yu)
Subject: Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS COMING!!! *****
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:35:06 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.174548.23169@colorado.edu> baldwin@frodo.colorado.edu (Dan "Viper" Baldwin) writes:
>In article <1993Jan18.203630.19532@news.columbia.edu>, fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali) writes:
>|> I suppose Fox will be charging $60-70 per title when they do come out.
>|> And I already have all of them (except Hoffa of course). I wonder how
>|> long it'll take for new titles to get into the CHLDC catalog.
>
>	My local video store has a pre-release special on The Abyss--
>the pre-release price:  $89.99.

Are you sure about this?  The pre-release price at the store I go to is
listed as $79.95 with a regular list price of $89.95.

>
>I assume the non-pre-release price will be more--this store is typically
>very competitive.
>
>Dan


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From: jhansen@convex.com (James Hansen)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: HDTV LaserDiscs (was Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS)
Date: 28 Jan 93 16:37:56 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

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).

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Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: bbishop@crusader.torolab.ibm.com ()
Subject: Disney LaserDisc Releases
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:55:47 GMT
Organization: IBM, Austin

I saw these two titles last night in a video store on LaserDisc...

The Absent Minded Proffessor (the restored/remastered digital audio studio 
				version)

So Dear to My Heart



Brad

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From: downs@helios.nevada.edu (Lamont Downs)
Subject: Re: Very Basic Questions
Organization: UNLV
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:46:48 GMT

>>8) Macrovision
>
>If I recall, it was/is a form of "copy protection" on some VHS video releases.
>It was supposed to prevent you from copying the tape by (I think) putting 
>flashin white rectangles in the very top of the screen up over the 
>closed-caption code.  It doesn't have any effect on some VCR's, it seems.  
>Mine will copy a Macrovision tape just fine. ;-)

Lucky you. I have at least 3 MGM VHS tapes which I can't even _play_ because 
of the tearing I get at the top of the screen (this is direct from the VCR 
to the monitor; no copying or chaining through a second VCR involved). It 
was one of the reasons (besides quality) I went to laserdisk.

Lamont Downs
downs@helios.nevada.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: Re: Mr. Smith Returns! (was: Criterion list summary)
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 06:30:14 GMT

In article <1k70ckINN6eo@SPARKY.CF.CS.YALE.EDU> long-morrow@cs.yale.edu (H Morrow Long) writes:
>
>In article <1993Jan27.024320.23050@netcom.com>, bverreau@netcom.com (stargazer) writes:
>|> And the one you've all been waiting for:  [:-]
>|> BARBARELLA (1968 widescreen)  Paramount #LV6812-WS D CX CLV 11Mar93  $34.95
>
>I'm surprised Ted Turner never bought up the distribution rights to this title
>from Paramount just so that he could make sure that it never saw the light
>of day on video and broadcast again.

Maybe Jane Fonda didn't want him to.  

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secution, the wrath of the tall man or a bite from Ralph the Wonder Llama.
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   Neurobiology Dept, NE Ohio U Coll of Med, POB 95, Rootstown, OH 44272 
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: indiv35@imsor.dth.dk (Henrik Sahlholt (bfn - 2/93))
Subject: Why is "Tron" so hard to find?
Organization: UNI-C, Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:38:14 GMT

Hi all,

A friend of mine is looking for a VHS (PAL) cassette of "Tron", the 1982
sci-fi flick. We rented this a couple of years ago so its definetely available
on video, but when my friend went to the video-store the other day, they said
that this movie could not be ordered anymore. Several other stores said the
same thing. I noticed that it isnt on the LBX list of PAL-VHS cassettes posted
a couple of weeks ago.

So what's the story: Is this movie currently on general release or what?

I seem to remember somebody posting something about this issue a couple of 
months ago, but I have forgotten what the posts concluded...

Henrik Sahlholt
(d01hs@vm2.uni-c.dk)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: LD of MODERN TIMES: TOC or not TOC
Keywords:  laserdisc, Charlie Chaplin, CBS/FOX, Table of Contents
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:42:34 GMT


I have a question for those of you who have seen the new CBS/FOX
laserdisc release of Charlie Chaplin's MODERN TIMES [#3427-84].

Did you find that sides 2, 3, and 4 had Table of Contents (TOC)
encoding but that side 1 did not?  That's what mine has (or not).
Since TOC is put into the master I would guess this is a mastering
not a pressing defect and that NONE of the side one's will have TOC.
Sloppy sloppy FOX!  The discs were apparently pressed by Mitsubishi
in Japan.  All four sides are CAV with perfect still frames.
The image is windowboxed so that nothing is lost on monitors with
overscanning.

Otherwise the discs are lovely.  The source is pristine with very few
scratches or other flaws.  The reviewer in Laser Scene complained that
the discs could use a tad more contrast (no true solid blacks present)
and while that is the true condition (with a properly set black level)
I find the image so pristine and sharp that I really don't mind the
gray tones.  It does have far too few chapters. The supplements include
extensive production notes and script for an alternate full 'talking'
version which was not made.  The interview with the music arranger
David Raksin gives a charming insight into Chaplin.  There is also an
abundant sample of advertising and promotional materials.


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Unauthorized duplication, etc. may result in civil liability, criminal pro-
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   Neurobiology Dept, NE Ohio U Coll of Med, POB 95, Rootstown, OH 44272
From: tcw@kepler.unh.edu (Tim)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Pink Panther LBX laserdisk -- trailer?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 23:50:54 GMT
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
NNTP-Posting-Host: kepler.unh.edu

In article <C1FErr.85J@SSD.intel.com> davidl@ssd.intel.com (David Levine) writes:
>I recently received the letterboxed laserdisk of"The Pink Panther" as a
>present.  On the jacket it claimed to include the original theatrical
>trailer, but I didn't see the trailer on the disk.  Is this an error in
>the jacket copy, or did I manage to miss the trailer somehow?

  You didn't miss it-- I rented this disc and was kind of annoyed when I
found no trailer on it. I wonder if they will ever realize there's no trailer
on the disc and put it on there (or at least fix the error on the cover). The
next Pink Panther film, "A Shot in the Dark" _does_ have the trailer, and this
is noted on the cover.

-- 
|    Tim Webb               |    cold summer listening                      |
|    tcw@kepler.unh.edu     |      hot color melting the anger to stone     |
From: ruggeri@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: RE: discs with supplemental material
Date: 26 Jan 93 05:01:39 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

How about Criterion's Adventures of Robin Hook and I Love Lucy.  The
supplemental material on both of these is VERY good to excellant.  (It blew me away
anyway.
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases,rec.arts.sf.starwars
From: dgoldman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Daniel Robert Goldman)
Subject: Re: ***** THX Star Wars/Abyss LASER DISCS COMING!!! *****
Organization: CS Department, Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: 21 Jan 93 23:26:50 GMT

paul@pj.tmc.edu (Thorongil) writes:

>The point still is this.  If you walked into a room with one of these
>fancy setups, could *you* tell which setup it was after watching the
>movie?  I doubt it because the difference between the two is so small.

You mean the difference between Home THX and vanilla ProLogic?  Absolutely!!
I can and I have.  However, because THX is primarily quality assurance,
it is theoretically possible to assemble non-THX components into a system
as good as a Home THX system.  Most people don't bother (or don't know enough
about the components to do so).

The difference between THX remasterings and the originals, however, may indeed
be quite small, depending on the movie.
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: mike@neopath.wa.com (Mike Rosenlof)
Subject: laserDiscs in Tokyo
Summary: places to buy in Tokyo
Keywords: summary
Reply-To: mike@neopath.wa.com
Organization: NeoPath
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:06:29 GMT


A while back, I asked for info about laser discs in Japan. Knowing
they're much more prevalent than here in the U.S., I asked about
stores around Tokyo with best selections or prices.

A few mentioned that they're everywhere, most CD shops and department
stores.

Good places to try:

in Akihabara
    Yamigawa soft shop, gives 10% cupon with purchase good for later
    Ishimaru, 10% cupon with _cash_ purchase, good for later

in Shinjuku
    Virgin megastore
    Kinokuniya


Nobody mentioned discounts other than the two in akihabara.

thanks to:

adrian@cs.uq.oz.au
tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU
cmr@world.std.com
amarit@cs.titech.ac.jp
ncc1701@rpi.edu

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From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: Very Basic Questions
Organization: Clemson University
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 03:15:29 GMT

byd999@unagi.measurex.com (Ben Dai) writes:

>I've been browsing through this news group
>recently and have found the info useful. 
>Unfortunately, I'm clueless about many of 
>the terms talked about on laser (video??)
>disks. 

>Below is a list of things that I hear the 
>most:

>1) THX

There's lots of debate on this one. :)  What *I* heard was that THX was a 
type of sound system/speaker setup, *then* I heard that THX was a method
of recording somewhat akin to Dolby Surround.  You be the judge ;-)

>2) LBX

"Letterboxed"

>3) LD+G

Never seen this one.

>4) Letter-boxed

You might notice that a movie screen is quite a bit wider than it is tall, 
unlike your basic TV set.  "Letterboxing" presents the movie in it's original
aspect ratio.  Translation:  You get to see the whole picture.  A side 
effect of this is that you have black bars on the top and bottom of the 
screen.

>5) CLV

"Constant Linear Velocity" - a play mode that allows you to fit 1 hour on
one side of a laserdisc.  A side effect of this is that you don't get to use
fancy effects commands (variable speed play, freeze-frame, etc.), but it means
you don't go switching sides (or discs) as often.

>6) CLX

Never seen this one.

>7) CAV

"Constant Angular Velocity" - a play mode that allows only 30 minutes per side
on a laserdisc, but you are able to use all of your player's special effects.
This means, for those of us who can't afford dual-side players, that you'll
be turning the disc over and swapping discs many times for a long movie!

What we need is a 5-laserdisc changer! ;-)

>8) Macrovision

If I recall, it was/is a form of "copy protection" on some VHS video releases.
It was supposed to prevent you from copying the tape by (I think) putting 
flashin white rectangles in the very top of the screen up over the 
closed-caption code.  It doesn't have any effect on some VCR's, it seems.  
Mine will copy a Macrovision tape just fine. ;-)

Hope this helps...

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