digitalfreaknyc

Don't know if anyone had mentioned this but the cards are coming out next month.

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How's the quality? I'm thinking of getting the Empire one.
Since all I have are re-print posters anyway, a vinyl banner might be cooler ;)

Saw this on LDDB about Evita:

"The DVD, Criterion LD, DTS LD and standard LD all used the same director approved video transfer. The DVD and AC-3 encoded LD's used a 16-bit audio master that was remixed slightly for home use. The DTS LD utilized a 20-bit master taken from the same master used to make the theatrical digital sound prints and thus the DTS Digital Surround LD sounds quite a bit different, and better, than the DVD and AC-3 LD releases. Because of the changes to the AC-3 versions, the DTS LD needs THX re-equalization for proper playback in the home while the other releases do not."

Would really love that DTS track.

You really should do 1080p. 720 is almost archaic in this day and age.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

How is DVD-Lab for authoring BluRays?  I've been using it for the puggo projects (just DVDs), and I'm not nearly exercising all it can do.  But it has seemed quite easy to use.  Cheap, too.

Moth3r said:

Checked the disc. The interviews are contained in a 5-minute featurette, the disc also contains cast text biographies in the form of still images.

I don't think either of these extras appear on the later 3-disc Special Edition release, the VCI release is now out of print but you should be able to get it easily on eBay UK (the cover looks like <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160935689410">this</a>).<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2em;"> </span>

God, I can't wait to download the Blu-ray version! Harmy, I'm drooling!! :)

Moth3r,

Thanks so much for responding!! You should have a PM. I'd appreciate anyone's help with this! :)

Got another request. Anyone have Shawshank Redemption from other regions?

Germany Blu-ray & DVD (Eurovideo)
Making-of documentary (21:38)

Scandinavia DVD: (SME / Future Film / Atlantic Film)
Behind-the-scenes featurette (4:00)
"Production" featurette (5:23)
8 interviews
– Morgan Freeman (1:27)
– Tim Robbins (2:03)
– Clancy Brown (0:14)
– Frank Darabont (7:12)
– William Sadler (0:49)
– James Whitmore (0:22)
– Bob Gunton (0:21)
– Niki Marvin (0:58)

I'm putting together a Blu-ray compilation of all of Babyhum's discs. Anyone interested in making some artwork for that?

I'm only looking for HD files, thanks.

Anybody willing to do a trade? Or work something out for some of these?

I really wish someone would do an HD restoration of all the trailers.

You might want to change Stephen to Steven. ;)

Anyone able to do Evita?

Spaced Ranger said:

drngr said:
Only recently, the HDMI boards have started showing up on eBay instead of just the import sites.

Are there any non-eBay sites (like the DX site -- easily available to the U.S. with normal credit cards) that carry these items? The HDMI 3D Splitter 1x4 looks useful and capping up to 1080-24p (including all the lower resolutions) should cover any future situation. Raw capturing is useful (especially for later editing), but unobtrusively compressed recordings, for later viewing with a minimum of fuss, is fine (in this ease-of-use scenario, HDMI for recording both video and audio would be best).

Only ... I can't determine which products produce "clean" signals for recording just by reading the minimal descriptions. Any pointers on what to look for?

I don't understand why they would even make an HDMI card that can't capture 5.1. It's pointless.

13mbps is MORE than enough to capture broadcast signals. Remember, broadcast is mpeg-2 but it's being re-compressed in AVC, which is MUCH more efficient.
And should 13 not be enough for you, the internal capture card can go up to 20mbps. Overkill IMHO.

And, again, the Hauppauge is the only viable and realistic option for getting phenomenal results with 5.1 sound.

I would have purchased any other possibility. With all the HD archiving I do, there is no other option.

drngr said:

An $150 card that can only capture unencrypted HDMI or analog YPbPr to 13Mbps H.264 with no option for uncompressed 2-channel audio (forced AAC)

vs.

A $110 card that can capture any HDMI or YPbPr to uncompressed/lossless with uncompressed 2-channel audio

 

Not drinking that Hauppauge Kool-Aid.

Does anyone have the dutch version of Young Guns (the first one)?

It has:
"Making-Of" featurette
"Behind-the-Scenes" featurette
Interviews with:
- Director/producer Christoper Cain
- Writer/executive producer John Fusco
- Actor Lou Diamond Phillips
- Actor Emilio Estevez
- Actor Dermot Mulroney
- Actor Charlie Sheen
- Actor Casey Siemaszko
- Actor Terenece Stamp
- Actor Kiefer Sutherland

Just wondering! :)

digitalfreaknyc said:

Does anyone know what happened to babyhum? I've tried messaging and emailing. No response.

This site is impossible to navigate if you're searching. Is there anyway to have a search function on it? It's almost archaic without it.

I know it used to have a very primitive version but I can't even find that any more.

Why don't people tweet or email Rintzler and ask? Can't hurt.

I know it may seem backwards to some of you but I've started re-doing some of my earlier discs on blu-ray. I'm not re-encoding but more combining and adding.

At this point, I'm working on my Jaws, E.T. and Indiana Jones discs. I have a TON of new Indiana Jones stuff that I'm throwing into those discs.

The problem is that I know a lot of people are not able to burn blu-ray's so it's a bit limiting but...I'm just doing this mostly for myself and if other people can benefit, then that's what I care about.

If anyone is interested, I'm happy to list what's going on the discs. I'm thinking I might share them on myspleen as well.

FremenDar said:

Will there ever be BD25 AVC (instead of MPEG2 480p) versions of any of the ALIEN Appendices discs? Perhaps even a 1080p version of the ALIEN: Extended Edition? Already own the UK ALIEN Anthology Blu-ray set and I was going to buy another multi-disc Blu-ray case. Only so I won't use anymore DVDs and have everything on Blu-ray for these.