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From: ebupsn@ebu.ericsson.se (Paul Stephenson)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Found -- Little Mermaid LD
Keywords: Little Mermaid, Disney, LD
Date: 14 Dec 92 19:00:58 GMT
Reply-To: ebupsn@ebu.ericsson.se
Organization: Ericsson Business Communications, Inc.
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
              Any opinions expressed are strictly those of the
              user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.

For those interested in Disney's "The Little Mermaid", I located a store in
Atlanta that had several new, unopened copies.  They do mail order and
accept credit cards.  Here are the specifics:

	Title:	The Little Mermaid
	Price:	$100
	Store:	Laser Disc Enterprise
	Phone:	(404) 955 - 8909

Good luck!

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From: jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases,rec.video
Subject: Re: QuickTime comparison of LBX and P&S available
Date: 15 Dec 92 15:15:56 GMT
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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In article <1992Dec14.225738.24269@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov> Stephen Jonke,
jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov writes:
>I sent a comparison of a scene from the
>film Cape Fear to sumex-aim.standford.edu.  It consists of two QuickTime clips

Uhhh....I left out some somewhat important details!

The file is called "video-transfer-comparison" and it is in the
info-mac/art/qt directory of sumex-aim.  The file is now available.  It's
3970K in size.

You will need a QuickTime movie player such as "MoviePlayer" which is
available from ftp.apple.com (in the /dts/mac/quicktime directory) and other
ftp sites.

Steve
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From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: ALIENS
Date: 13 Dec 92 19:28:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: fc.Bz7q30.6p5
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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Bob Raible - LSI Design (raible@cbmvax.commodore.com) wrote:

> I for one eagerly await a LBX CLV version of both ALIEN and ALIENS.  The
> CLV version of ALIEN isn't even digital stereo!

According to LDN, CLV W/S editions are now available in Japan for Y4800 
(about $50). Contact your favorite grey market importer.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
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                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599

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official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
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supplied without warranty of any kind.
From: whiting@europa.eng.gtefsd.com (claude whiting)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: The Flash LD
Date: 17 Dec 1992 14:55:24 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: The Flash LD
Reply-To: whiting@europa.eng.gtefsd.com (claude whiting)
Followup-To: 
Distribution:usa 
Organization: GTE Federal Systems
Keywords: 

Does anyone own this laserdisc? The special effects in the tv show were 
pretty neat. Any comments on the disc are appreciated.

Claude
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer)
Subject: Re: Fantasia LD on sale!
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 19 Dec 92 17:47:40 GMT

> I went to my favorite electronics store here in Colorado Springs and
> they were selling Fantasia LD's.
>
> Is that common, or did I luck out?

Common.

One local store is selling the CAV version for about $25 LESS than this
time last year.  I got mine on Halloween for an additional 31% off for
a grand sum of $95 CANADIAN!!!

Another store has marked down the CLV version.

Disney pumped out so many copies during the "50 day limited release" that
they will continue to be available for months if not years into the future.
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Quigley)
Subject: Re: Could someone list the best LDs?
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 04:37:23 GMT

If you want an LD which will blow your mind as far as sound goes (and the
picture isn't too bad either), get Wolfen. Absolutely stunning! In the recent
issue of Perfect Vision, they used it to test some speakers and said that it
made Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner pale in comparison in certain ways. (But
this was the issue of PV with the suck-up editorial saying how great the new
Warner Brothers pressing plant was.)

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From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
Subject: Re: How good is the transfer on Warner's LD of TIME AFTER TIME?
Keywords: LD TIME AFTER TIME
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 07:52:28 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.235152.17829@tc.fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>Two questions on Warner's release of Nicholas Meyer's TIME AFTER TIME:
>
>    2)  I believe it's a widescreen film (Halliwell lists it as Panavision,
>        which for Halliwell usually means 2.21 or higher); if so, how bad is
>        the pan-and-scan?  (As bad as BLAZING SADDLES?)

Well, I don't have the LD so I can't be of much help, but I can confirm
that the film WAS made in Panavision (2.35:1) and I seem to recall that
the cropping was fairly noticable last time I watched it on VHS.

                                          -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Quigley)
Subject: LD Player Questions
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 08:39:22 GMT

First off, does anyone know anything about the Kenwood LD player LVD-320? I'd
like to know who makes it. The store selling it locally for about $500 says
it's not made by Pioneer. A friend said it was Sony, but another store (a
competitor) thinks it is made by Samsung.

Second, if I buy the cheap Pioneer player, which doesn't have numbers on the
remote control to do things like chapter, tracks, etc., and I get a remote
from a higher up model of the same year's vintage which DOES have these
numbers, will the numbers register if I use this second remote? What about
other features like pause in CAV, slow motion, etc.?

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From: copold@panam.edu (Steve Copold)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases,rec.video
Subject: Godfather Special Edition is out!
Date: 17 Dec 92 21:06:13 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video.releases
Organization: University of Texas - Pan American
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X-XXDate: Thu, 17 Dec 92 15:08:12 GMT

I just received a call from Eric at The Video Wizard (800) 677-6116. They
have received their quota of the Godfather S. E. laserdisc sets and will
begin shipping them out today. I should have mine on Saturday. I'll post
a review as soon as I get a chance to look at it.

-Steve Copold
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From: davidv@sco.COM (Uncle David)
Subject: Re: Imax
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 11:50:22 GMT


speaking of IMAX movies, when i was in Las Vegas for COMDEX, i managed
to find time to go over to Caesar's Palace and catch "Fires of Kuwait".
now, it has been a while since i've seen an IMAX film, but it seems that
the Caesar's screen/dome wasn't in the greatest of condition. i could
see the individual portions of the screen that make up the whole screen.
not really that greatest. also, from where i was sitting (as near to the
center as i could get), it was difficult to take in the whole film. i
don't know if this was due to the way it was shot, or presented, or both,
but it wasn't as impressive as i would've liked. i had to keep turning
my head up, down, left and right to take in things. i know that IMAX is
supposed to fill your area of vision, but this just didn't seem to do
the trick. in fact, it seemed a bit of overkill. perhaps i sat in the
wrong place for best viewing? 

i've seen other IMAX films, including The Dream is Alive at the California
Museum of Science and Industry (in Los Angeles), and Flyers at Great America
(in Santa Clara), and it seemed that the presentation and theater quality
was a *lot* better in those two places. 

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From: wallace@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Glenn Wallace)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: The Jungle Book
Date: 20 Dec 92 22:30:37 GMT
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia

dgoodwin@hoops.West.Sun.COM (Dan Goodwin - Sun SSE) writes:

>A Laser Disk store in Sunnyvale CA (Laser Force) still has the disk
>for sale.  
>I haven't seen the tape recently though.

There were CAV/CLV LaserDiscs available as well as the NTSC VHS tape.

I've never seen it in Australia, so I don't know what the situation in
the UK is either. Knowing Disney we'll all be 12 months behind. And
people ask me why I wanna move to the US?

At the time I bought my CAV copy, and CD, all were in plentiful supply,
but like the Little Mermaid, your mileage may vary.

Glenn
From: evan@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Evan Whitney)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:10:33 GMT
Subject: Re: ALIEN 3 - terrible video noise
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases

There is definitely something wrong with the pressing. My copy of
Alien 3 showed a lot of cross talk (squiggles) on side 1. Side 2
was fine. I took it back to LaserLand and they opened up 2 more
discs on the spot which both had the same problem, one worse than
the other.  However, some LD players tolerated it better than 
others.

The owner suggested that I wait 6 months for a repressing of the
disc. He let me keep my lousy copy with an exchange guarantee
when it (if it) is ever fixed.

Evan
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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: How good is the transfer on Warner's LD of TIME AFTER TIME?
Keywords: LD TIME AFTER TIME
Date: 17 Dec 92 23:51:52 GMT
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/

Two questions on Warner's release of Nicholas Meyer's TIME AFTER TIME:

    1)  How good is the transfer?

    2)  I believe it's a widescreen film (Halliwell lists it as Panavision,
        which for Halliwell usually means 2.21 or higher); if so, how bad is
        the pan-and-scan?  (As bad as BLAZING SADDLES?)

Much obliged for any info you can send this way.

               SELECTIONS from ECLECTIC MUSIC SURVEY #4: The Police

                           "I didn't like the Police when they were at the
                            height of their popularity. But since that has
                            settled down, I've listened to their old music and
                            I like it. I know that sounds prejudiced against
                            popular music but that attitude saved me from the
                            Bee Gees."
                                           -- Frank J. Schima
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From: bverreau@netcom.com (stargazer)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: What is CAV ?
Date: 12 Dec 92 18:57:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Dec12.185739.24988
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services

In article <4557@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:

> It is: laserdisc or LaserDisc
> It is not: laserdisk, laser disk or laser disc

"Laser Disc" is used preferentially by Laser Video File, and I would
say it's quite proper to refer to "disks" in the generic sense, as
in "LP's, LD's, and CD's are disk storage media".  Anyway, spelling
is determined by usage, and the terminology is still developing.  I
confess that I do cringe when I read "laserdisk", though.

Bernie Verreau					bverreau@netcom.COM
Netcom - Online Communication Services 		Redwood City, CA
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From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: Re: Technodeath
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 19:55:18 GMT
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

William R. Cruce (wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu) wrote:

> pressed.  However, even with good sources, Technodisc has not done such
> a good job.  The first version of A VIDEO STANDARD was from Technodisc
> and that had all kinds of noise, laser lock, and even deterioration.

The first edition of AVS was pressed by Disctronics (now DMI, and no longer
in the LD biz).  I had a copy.  The currect version of AVS, which I
presently have, is from PCA (Pioneer industrial).  There were rumors that
some AVS copies were 3M, but I have never heard of any from Technidisc.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
                CompuServe:  71044,2124               Ft Collins CO 80525-9599

This article represents only the opinion[s] of its author, and is not an
official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
Company.  The text is provided for informational purposes only.  It is
supplied without warranty of any kind.
From: kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Aspect Ratio for 7 popular films (Laserdiscs)
Date: 20 Dec 92 08:07:26 GMT

Here are aspect ratios of 7 popular films (measured from laserdiscs 
on my projection TV):

Most films made prior to 1953 were shoot at 1.33:1, or an Academy 
Ratio.

1. Ben-Hur			2.63:1
2. Star Wars			2.44:1
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark	2.17:1
4. West Side Story		2.07:1
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey	2.05:1
6. Apocalypse Now		1.91:1
7. Beauty and the Beast (1991)	1.53:1

Note: TV's aspect ratio is 1.375:1.
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
From: hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer)
Subject: A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim) [was Re: a laser christmas]
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Distribution: rec
Date: 21 Dec 92 03:23:01 GMT

>     Yesterday I picked up the laserdisc version of what may be the
> greatest Christmas movie of all: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, starring Alastair
> Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge. ...
>
>     Unfortunately, the laserdisc is not worth the $30 I paid for it.
> It's in mono, of course, but the quality of the print is only so-so
> and the sound is occasionally muffled ...

>     The disc is in CLV, with no chapter stops (a sure sign that it
> wasn't pressed recently), and it's released through United
> Entertainment.  I'd never heard of that company before now; ...

This is a film I too want to own on laserdisc, but only when a good
pressing is available.  Unfortunately, the film is in the public
domain so anybody can release it, usually from the most-gawdawful
16mm source they can get their hands on.  I plan to write to Voyager/
Criterion and suggest they give it the deluxe treatment. This would be
highly appropriate for next Christmas as that will mark the 150th
anniversary of its publication.  And what a magnificent suppliment
they could produce for it too!!!
From: bammerla@cs.ruu.nl (Boris Ammerlaan)
Subject: WANTED: Roxette-Look Sharp Live, Swedish tour
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 12:26:03 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science

As the subject says. (PAL, please.) Can't buy it in any video store, because
there are two tapes, different material on them, with the same cover. I
already have one of them.

		Boris Ammerlaan

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From: wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce)
Subject: Re: ALIEN 3 - terrible video noise
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 06:58:50 GMT

In article <11DEC199213380205@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov> kimnach@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH) writes:
>In article <1992Dec10.205404.1222@njitgw.njit.edu>, meg5184@hertz.njit.edu (Starman) writes...
>>YES! I posted a message five DAYS ago about this and nobody seemed to
>>pick up on it. (oh well).
>> 
>>My copy of Alien 3 looks like absolute SHIT! Now granted, it was a
>>Christmas present, but I was all ready to go out and buy it myself, so I
>>still feel like this is definitely something to complain about. I
>>thought it was my copy. I got it excahnged. Same problem. On my 3090,
>>when I do a freeze field, I get diagonal lines on the screen; about 4 at
>>once. Call Image!
 
>the movie was filmed in relatively low-light conditions, and the graniness 
>was a result of that.  The theatrical release was grainy!

I have seen the movie.  I have seen the disc.  I have seen grainy movies.
I have seen grainy movies on disc.  I have seen grainy movies poorly
transfered to disc.  Now I have seen a grainy movie REALLY BADLY transfered
to disc and its name is ALIEN 3.  Actually it is not so grainy but it
has one hell of a lot of video noise: streaks and coloration across the
areas of red in the image.  This gets especially bad at the end of s.2.


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From: bov@x.co.uk (Andy Bovingdon)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: The Player
Date: 16 Dec 92 08:55:49 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: IXI Ltd.


When is the Player released on NTSC LD? Does anyone know?

Bov!

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From: Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Quigley)
Subject: Beauty & Beast/Aliens 3 defects
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 18:59:46 GMT

I am hearing a lot of VERY negative complaints about these two titles. A
friend who is an animation freak got a copy of Beauty and the Beast which has
laser lock on one side, confirmed by two different players. He is VERY
pissed, since Disney allegely is not repressing this, and it is virtually
sold out. Aliens 3's pressing seems to have been unusually poor, one local
dealer reported 3 out of 4 copies that he got were no good, full of speckles
and all sorts of other problems.

QUIT
roblems.
From: dhs@cs.utexas.edu (Douglas H. Steves)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: New "White Christmas"
Date: 17 Dec 1992 10:43:38 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: manx.cs.utexas.edu

In article <1992Dec16.082301.25709@netcom.com> bverreau@netcom.com (stargazer) writes:
>I just finished watching what was billed as a 'restored' version of
>"White Christmas" on local broadcast.  The showing had been promoted
>with spots featuring 'before' and 'after' images of the same scene.
>It was claimed that the new film would show a marked improvement for
>both color and resolution.  I was somewhat dubious, so I set up my
>LD player with a copy of the 1985 Paramount release and proceeded to
>do an A/B comparison.  The difference was surprising!  The laserdisc
>picture really did look soft and muddy next to the televised one.  The
>print was a lot scratchier, too.  The hype was true for once.
> ... Does anyone know if ...  an
>upgraded LD release in the works?  If they did as good a job on this
>one as Criterion did on "The Adventures of Robin Hood", I'd buy it.

They released an upgraded version last year at this time, and 
it is markedly superior to the '85 release - much sharper, much
better colors, and it's letterboxed (about 1.85:1, I think).
Highly recommended.

Doug
From: keene@apache.dtcc.edu (Michael Keene)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Beyond the Mind's Eye - why CLV?
Date: 17 Dec 1992 15:03:33 -0500
Organization: Delaware Technical & Community College
NNTP-Posting-Host: apache.dtcc.edu

In article <19921217084957ECZ5ACK@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> ecz5ack@mvs.oac.ucla.edu writes:

>I just bought _Beyond the Mind's Eye_ on LD, and was
>unpleasantly surprised to find it was a CLV disc.  Considering
>that the original _The Mind's Eye_ was CAV, and the obvious
>desirability of having full frame access to the material,
>does anyone know why Miramar chose to use CLV?  Is CAV recording
>substantially more expensive?  I have written to Miramar to
>express my opinions, but thought I might learn something here
>as well. 
>

I was a little surprised as well, but I didn't let it ruin my day. :-)

Considering the white-flag problem the original Mind's Eye disc had, I 
wasn't so P.O'ed.

My favorite chapter is "Seeds of life".  Simply breathtaking.  Awesome music.


-- 
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From: judym@col.hp.com (Judy Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Fantasia LD on sale!
Date: 18 Dec 92 18:09:01 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpcsmfg2.col.hp.com

I went to my favorite electronics store here in Colorado Springs and
they were selling Fantasia LD's.

Is that common, or did I luck out?

I missed gettig the Little Mermaid LD ... if anyone has an "extra" one
they would be willing to trade for Fantasia, I can see if I can get a
second copy.

JudyM
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