SilverWook said:
Talk about resurrecting the dead! ;)
The "fixed" version is supposed to have the modern "Fox Video" logo to distinguish it from the CBS/Fox version. This may only be on the jacket and disc labels though.
Apparently that's what Spider thought, and Rikter, and russs15 & dark_jedi and everyone who read the davisdvd.com site.
(can still be found on the wayback machine at archive.org)
davisdvd.com said:
Release Format: Laserdisc
Release Date: 1992
Studio: Fox Video
Technical Comments: 2.35:1 letterboxed transfer (corrected from the 1989 laserdisc)
Comments: The 1989 laserdisc was quietly reissued with the newly corrected letterboxed transfer, completely doing away with the "incredible shrinking ratio" problem. This release, pressed by Mitsubishi Japan, features the same catalog number as the 1989 release. So how can you tell the two apart? This corrected edition is released by "Fox Video." Coupled with the 1985 audio mix, this could very well likely be the best presentation of the film [ Thanks to David C. Fein ]
-My jacket says "Fox Video" (not CBS/FOX) . . . meaningless from eBay
-My disc labels say (c)1992 Mfd. in Japan . . . but disc labels can be mis-applied so don't trust 'em
-My etchings in the reflective foil layer indicate it was pressed in Mitsubishi factory!!!
[Some laserdisc guru called Robert Niland has written a guide to identifying mint marks. Try goggling "LD09.TXT" should find it...]
-My Side 3 has the color bars I showed, which is also supposed to identify the remaster:
blam1.com said:
Mitsubishi repressing of the Widescreen edition. Identical to the Pioneer edition, with the exception of two chapters at the end of Side 3, which included SMTPE Color Bars and a Surround System Audio Check. Jacket art has been modified slightly.
I thought my copy matched all the criteria ... and I still ended up with a shrinking ratio!
It's incredible how much George suck$