GundarkHunter

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Join date: 10-Mar-2003
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Post: #38205
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/38205/action/topic#38205
Time: 18-Mar-2004 11:18 AM

Also biting tongue...

Post: #38204
Topic: Make Original Trilogy DVDs available through originaltrilogy.com
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/38204/action/topic#38204
Time: 18-Mar-2004 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by: sweyland

You can't get rid of macrovision because it's built into the hardware.

Not true. Macrovision consists of a set of 5 white parallelograms that are inserted into the vertical blanking interval of a video signal (the black bar that appears when your vertical hold is misaligned). This mucks with the VCR's automatic gain control circuit when you try to copy a VHS tape, resulting in brightness and colour fluctuations in any attempted copy. Unfortunately, it also affected some older VCRs on playback because the AGC would kick in in playback, so a Macrovision encoded tape would exhibit the same effects during playback.

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You would need equipment to stabilize the signal or an older VHS recorder that predated macrovision and didn't have it built in. That's why laserdisc is so great, it's macro free!

In order to copy a Macrovision tape, you do need a stabiliser, but such equipment is illegal, since Macrovision patented all possible ways to defeat their copy protection @ the same time as they patented the copy-protection process. The reason LaserDisc is Macrovision-free is that LD applied its AGC circuits during playback; to encode such a product with Macrovision would have rendered the discs unwatchable, so the studios opted not to encode LDs.
Dirty little Macrovision secret: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is not copy-protected on DVD; neither Macrovision nor ColorStripe rears its ugly little head here.

Post: #38203
Topic: MY COMPUTER HAS A FIRST NAME. IT'S...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/38203/action/topic#38203
Time: 18-Mar-2004 11:03 AM

Of course, for $20 Cdn you could just buy a cassette adapter and plug it into the headphone jack. That's what I do with my MP3 CD player.

Post: #38202
Topic: DON'T GET TECHNICAL WITH ME
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/38202/action/topic#38202
Time: 18-Mar-2004 11:02 AM

That's what happens when you outsource your sales to a call centre.

Post: #38200
Topic: Whats your dream DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/38200/action/topic#38200
Time: 18-Mar-2004 11:00 AM

Mm-hmm.

Post: #38198
Topic: Sin City: The Movie
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/38198/action/topic#38198
Time: 18-Mar-2004 10:59 AM

Depends on the type of character she's playing. I got a kick out of her in Clueless, but could take or leave her in just about anything else.

Post: #38197
Topic: Radio Prank Goes Wrong
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/38197/action/topic#38197
Time: 18-Mar-2004 10:57 AM

I'm just recalling Spin & Marty's radio prank on the Simpsons. Anyone else remember that one?

Post: #38196
Topic: Any Beatles Fans Here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/38196/action/topic#38196
Time: 18-Mar-2004 10:54 AM

The musical choices for Kill Bill Vol I were equally good. McC F, I'd have to say that, as far as solo work goes, my favourite would have to be George Harrison; he was rather overshadowed during his tenure with the Beatles, but really came into his own with his solo work.

Post: #38192
Topic: EVERYTHING HARRY POTTER
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/38192/action/topic#38192
Time: 18-Mar-2004 10:45 AM

As I said, Bossk: "Idiots." The postal service is so paranoid in the wake of 9/11 that they'll accept the possibility of anything larger than a paperback book being a bomb.

Post: #37923
Topic: BOYCOTT (the 2004 OT SE DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37923/action/topic#37923
Time: 17-Mar-2004 9:48 AM

In the words of Willy Wonka: "WRONG, SIR, WRONG!" The EEs were conceived @ the same time as the Theatrical cuts of LOTR. GL is second-guessing himself with the SEs. How could it be any other way, 20 years after the fact?

Post: #37922
Topic: DVDs of 2004?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37922/action/topic#37922
Time: 17-Mar-2004 9:45 AM

School of Rock is probably best viewed with low expectations; the same is true of Starsky & Hutch. I admired SOR's ability to make a movie about music and kids without being manipulative or schmaltzy. As for Starsky & Hutch, remember the following things in order to have a good time:
1. It's a prequel (origin of the partnership)
2. It's Stiller and Wilson, so expect Stiller and Wilson-type schtick
3. It's from the director of Road Trip and Old School; while not nearly as potty-humour oriented as those two, it's very similar in tone
4. It's not consistently laugh-out-loud funny, but it will have you grinning from ear to ear a lot of the time

Post: #37918
Topic: Lord of the Rings : Extended Edition
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37918/action/topic#37918
Time: 17-Mar-2004 9:39 AM

The stupid art teachers are correct. Red, green and blue are additive primaries; Cyan, yellow and magenta are subtractive primaries. Both systems can be used to produce all the colours of the rainbow, but subtractives require less light to do so.

Post: #37869
Topic: DVDs of 2004?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37869/action/topic#37869
Time: 17-Mar-2004 7:33 AM

Guinness is funnier; he plays the role Hanks assumes in the remake.

Post: #37868
Topic: DON'T GET TECHNICAL WITH ME
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37868/action/topic#37868
Time: 17-Mar-2004 7:32 AM

OK. I get so confused with US phone companies; Canadian ones have been privatised for ~10 years, but there's still only 2 or 3 big ones.

Post: #37867
Topic: Whats your dream DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37867/action/topic#37867
Time: 17-Mar-2004 7:31 AM

Fair enough.

Post: #37866
Topic: Any Beatles Fans Here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37866/action/topic#37866
Time: 17-Mar-2004 7:30 AM

A-ha. I have an album like that too, only it's the Beat Street soundtrack. Talk about guilty pleasures.

Post: #37848
Topic: Widescreen Advocate Supports Original Trilogy.com
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37848/action/topic#37848
Time: 17-Mar-2004 5:19 AM

Nope; no trouble here. Just paying respects.

Post: #37847
Topic: check this out
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37847/action/topic#37847
Time: 17-Mar-2004 5:18 AM

Afraid so.

Post: #37846
Topic: GENERAL GRIEVOUS confirmed
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37846/action/topic#37846
Time: 17-Mar-2004 5:17 AM

Doncha mean Mega Bloks?

Post: #37844
Topic: Happy Birthday, OT.com - now 18 years old (as of 10th March, 2021)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37844/action/topic#37844
Time: 17-Mar-2004 5:13 AM

One that only stays in place until the case goes to court.

Don't forget: you had to ask.

Post: #37843
Topic: Discussion: Bossk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37843/action/topic#37843
Time: 17-Mar-2004 5:11 AM

Gotta get motti's action figure out before we can make him a bust. Go vote in the Memorabilia thread.

Post: #37842
Topic: Multiple Languages?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37842/action/topic#37842
Time: 17-Mar-2004 5:08 AM

Don't mention it.

Post: #37840
Topic: Beautiful Women
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37840/action/topic#37840
Time: 17-Mar-2004 5:02 AM

No desire here. I'm sick of teen sex comedies.

Post: #37838
Topic: Lord of the Rings : Extended Edition
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37838/action/topic#37838
Time: 17-Mar-2004 5:00 AM

I heard it's going to be the same blue as Aragorn's armour, which would go nicely with the muted green and red of the other 2 boxes.

Post: #37837
Topic: EVERYTHING HARRY POTTER
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37837/action/topic#37837
Time: 17-Mar-2004 4:59 AM

They probably looked @ the size of the box and thought you were shipping a bomb. Idiots.