I know I’ve seen that but even so. I have a Burial Ground VHS NICAM recording from the UK Bravo channel around 2000. I recall when I last played it, the sound was only on one channel. I left it and didn’t bother exploring further.
When I next get my VHS deck set up I’m going to capture it and listen to the audio more carefully.
It could possibly be that it was just the 1 channel of the stereo which should be pretty easy to tell when listening to the opening theme.
If that is the case, it introduces the possibility that the original stereo master was damaged or discarded when it was found to be faulty.Although I don’t own this set, my initial thoughts from reading about it were it is indeed the ultimate set for collectors.
However, I do have some concerns for it’s completeness. I’ve asked a friend to compare episodes to my reconstructed ones.
One that is now confirmed is evidence that the Knight of the Drones intro on the set is probably reconstructed rather than original. That isn’t a problem in itself - in fact, it shows great dedication on the part of Turbine in putting it back together. The result though is that it is missing the short sequence of KITT’s dash that was unique to that opening. They’ve replaced it using a similar shot, just as I did when I recreated it myself.
Hi,
You’ve probably seen my posts on the other forum, it was myself that approached Turbine on Facebook about the two episodes in Season 4 being in mono.
I’d be very surprised if they didn’t put the effort in to find stereo tracks for them given the love and care done for the other bits.
In regards to Knight of the Juggernaut, do you have the Knight Rider VHS Volume box sets released around 2000?
One of them had that episode on it and I wonder if that’s Stereo.
What concerns do you have in it’s completeness if you don’t mind me asking?
In regards to the Knight of the Drones intro, are you referring to the very brief full shot of KITT’s dash just before he drives past the explosion?
I do wonder if the intro was done by NBC for premiere night only and only on video tape for TV transmission.
This is the only plausible explanation to me, it also makes sense as Goliath has been said to have had a extended teaser before the start of the episode which again hasn’t been seen since it’s premiere and that was definitely created by NBC.