digitalfreaknyc

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Post: #204355
Topic: Idea: a Shawshank Redemption Bonus Disc (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/204355/action/topic#204355
Time: 26-Apr-2006 10:55 AM

Originally posted by: Moth3r

Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc

Originally posted by: MrVess
What's the point of ripping and adding the features that are easily available among the extras of the UK box set, then, by this logic?

Because no one in R1 has them and they're not in NTSC for them.

That's not an acceptable justification.

If the material has been released on DVD, even if it means importing from another region, then you are expected to legally purchase it and use a region free multi format player to watch it. This statement has been reiterated several times now.

If you want to convert stuff to NTSC for your own personal use, fine. But if I see any discussion about distribution (torrenting, snail mail, etc.) then this thread will be locked.

If you do have any rare material that has not been released on DVD, then that is a valid fan project and the type of release that we would encourage on this forum.

Funny.

You didn't come into the Titanic thread when THAT was around.

Post: #204275
Topic: Idea: a Shawshank Redemption Bonus Disc (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/204275/action/topic#204275
Time: 25-Apr-2006 10:56 PM

Originally posted by: DarkGryphon2048
So technically this would be a third disc?
This is an absolutely perfect idea especially since I own the Two-Disc Special Edition release. You might as well go dual-layer for this.

essentially, yeah. but i dunno if i'm going to do a dual-layer as they're more expensive. I might just do a 2 disc set and torrent them together.

Post: #204186
Topic: Idea & Help Wanted: Mission impossible 3 hype
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/204186/action/topic#204186
Time: 25-Apr-2006 2:31 PM

Originally posted by: daveytod
yeah but come on, his total decline as a sane person is more entertaining than any movie he's made in the past couple of years

COMPLETELY agree. I can't look at him with an ounce of respect any more.

Post: #204143
Topic: Idea & Help Wanted: Mission impossible 3 hype
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/204143/action/topic#204143
Time: 25-Apr-2006 10:42 AM

Originally posted by: tb1971
Hello! I'm collecting everything I can lay my hands on Mission impossible 3 promotional TV footage. Stuff like official Electronic press kit, Japanese press conference, UK tv newsreports will be part of my collection. I'm looking for TV reports from shows like "Entertainment tonight" and "Access Hollywood", footage from worldwide premieres, etc. If anyone can help me out with this, that'd be awesome (I'm open for trade or purchase). Thank you!

Should be interesting...especially if Tom Cruise decides to continue his downward-spiral as a total nut-job.

Post: #203992
Topic: Idea: a Shawshank Redemption Bonus Disc (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203992/action/topic#203992
Time: 25-Apr-2006 1:00 AM

Originally posted by: MrVess
What's the point of ripping and adding the features that are easily available among the extras of the UK box set, then, by this logic?

The supposed parody is only listed as a feature in a USA release and according to DVDCompare, it was not included in any other regions. The four disc box that I have certainly doesn't have a trace of it.

Because no one in R1 has them and they're not in NTSC for them. Same with the Titanic bonus disc.

Post: #203990
Topic: 'The Monster Squad' widescreen preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203990/action/topic#203990
Time: 25-Apr-2006 12:59 AM

Originally posted by: dark_jedi
I too have 2 DVD'r versions,1 widescreen(or LB)and Fullscreen versions,both with basic menu and the widescreen version has the trailer,not bad quality,but the point here was that DigitalFreakNYC,was going to capture the Japanese LD and author a new better set,correct me if i am wrong Digital.
DJ

Absolutely.

Post: #203837
Topic: Idea: a Shawshank Redemption Bonus Disc (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203837/action/topic#203837
Time: 24-Apr-2006 1:55 PM

Originally posted by: MrVess
You could add this

- http://download.yousendit.com/EFCABDE62E3C1F9A

I've also read that a US release of this film came with some sort of an animated parody included among the extras. This could be a worthy addition, too.

By the way, if I were doing a fan edit of this, I would have faded out as the bus is coming towards the border, with Red's voiceover saying "I hope", thus ending the film as it should have ended and eliminating the painful sugary beach ending, glued on after some cretinous preview audience asked for it...

I'm not doing a fan edit. I'm just doing the extras. This will purely be for people in R1 that didn't get the extras, I feel. I'd love to add the supposed Showtime special along with the From Page To Screen if someone has them.

Post: #203705
Topic: 'The Monster Squad' widescreen preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203705/action/topic#203705
Time: 24-Apr-2006 12:17 AM

Originally posted by: Castor Troy
digitalfreaknyc sorry for the delay in responding, my misses just had our second kid so my time as been quite occupied. Anyhow, good news is a have a dvdr of this with a menu including the trailer, unfortunalty the feature is the not the best quality as the laserdisc transfer itself was a quite poor, drop me a pm if you would like a copy.

Cheers.

I have one, as I already posted. I wanted to make my own transfer from yours and have it be dual-layer. I guess we're back to square one.

Post: #203496
Topic: Idea: a Shawshank Redemption Bonus Disc (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203496/action/topic#203496
Time: 23-Apr-2006 12:56 AM

Originally posted by: bad_karma24
Um... the version in the US has a bonus disc.

Yah...but not the other stuff from R2. This situation is similar to the Titanic problem.

Post: #203466
Topic: 'The Monster Squad' widescreen preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203466/action/topic#203466
Time: 22-Apr-2006 9:49 PM

Wish he would've responded

I still just have my single layer copy which is watchable but could be much better.

Post: #203419
Topic: *** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203419/action/topic#203419
Time: 22-Apr-2006 2:42 PM

Updated first page list.

Planning on 2 discs of bonus features for Shawshank Redemption as well.

Post: #203416
Topic: Idea: a Shawshank Redemption Bonus Disc (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203416/action/topic#203416
Time: 22-Apr-2006 2:27 PM — Edited 15-Jul-2020 10:55 AM

Hey all,

I’m thinking of putting together a bonus disc for Shawshank Redemption. There was a bonus disc in the UK but not the US so I’m going to use that one. Does anyone else have any rare stuff I could use? I’m told there was a Showtime special with deleted scenes. Anyone have that?

Let’s hear your thoughts!!

Post: #203414
Topic: Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203414/action/topic#203414
Time: 22-Apr-2006 2:24 PM

Static,

If you could make some alternate artwork, could I use it for the 1 disc version maybe? That would be sweet. Please let me know!

Post: #203213
Topic: Idea & Info: a Preservation of Alien Evolution doco?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203213/action/topic#203213
Time: 21-Apr-2006 12:03 PM

triffid,

no offense but you should never use dvdshrink. it sucks and brings down the quality.

Post: #203053
Topic: US Market Set-top DVD players that can play both PAL & NTSC DVD's
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203053/action/topic#203053
Time: 20-Apr-2006 6:24 PM

I did. Didn't you read?

DVDrhelp.com

otherwise, good references are dvdtalk.com, hometheaterforum.com and of course avsforum.com.

Anything else you want to be condescending about?

Post: #202947
Topic: US Market Set-top DVD players that can play both PAL & NTSC DVD's
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202947/action/topic#202947
Time: 20-Apr-2006 10:59 AM

Originally posted by: Rikter

Originally posted by: Arnie.d
I had a demo disc that had both PAL and NTSC clips. I've played that disc in a lot of different dvd players (from ultra cheap to expensive) and I have never seen a dvd player that could not play both the PAL and NTSC clips. Maybe in europe all (or most) PAL players can also play NTSC but maybe in the US NTSC players can rarely play PAL.

EDIT: The disc was region free, I made it myself.

I've had about 20 DVD players (I have 5 now and they ALL play PAL - 3 are region free) and out of all of them the only ones I had that could NOT play PAL were my Sony, Denon and a Pioneer. SO for the most part MOST DVD players DO play PAL - the problem is that here in the USA the players are lock at REGION 1 (Thanks MPAA!) and MOST PAL DVD's are not Region 1 but if the DVD's were region free I bet you'd see and hear about more players that do play PAL.

Arnie.d - In Europe are all the players locked for your region or are they mostly region free (can you play US retail DVD without a hitch)?

Saying you have 20 that will play PAL doesn't help if you don't tell us which you have. If you have all Cyberhomes and crap machines, of course they'll play it. Amusing that the ones you mentioned that WON'T play are higher-end players.

As for Rikters "most" claim, you can see the truth at dvdrhelp. They list all the ones that will be region free. There are very VERY few that will do the translation properly, regardless of what he tells you. I could provide a list of the ones recommended. The Oppo is definitely near the top of that list.

Post: #202814
Topic: *** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202814/action/topic#202814
Time: 19-Apr-2006 9:23 PM

Originally posted by: tb1971
Digitalfreaknyc have you read my PM?

Yeah. What about it?

Post: #202715
Topic: US Market Set-top DVD players that can play both PAL & NTSC DVD's
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202715/action/topic#202715
Time: 19-Apr-2006 1:38 PM

Originally posted by: Arnie.d
But doesn't every dvd player nowadays play both formats? I think it's cheaper for manufacturers to build one model that can play both instead of two models (one for PAL and one for NTSC).

Nope. Very few do. And it has more to do with Region coding as well.

Post: #202694
Topic: US Market Set-top DVD players that can play both PAL & NTSC DVD's
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202694/action/topic#202694
Time: 19-Apr-2006 11:43 AM

Originally posted by: dark_jedi
Digital,
that is exactly why I took Jay's advice and got the OPPO digital DVD player,i friggin love it,and when there are updates for it,all you do is go to the website,download the firmware,and burn the image to CD,throw it in your player and boom,all is updated to the current stuff,very nice multi-region player.
thanks again Jay for the advice
DJ

As a member of the DVD community, the Oppo is pretty much the one to beat for region-free capabilities. The rest of the ones that Rikter suggested are crap.

Post: #202594
Topic: The Shadow (NTSC Widescreen Preservation) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202594/action/topic#202594
Time: 19-Apr-2006 12:25 AM

Originally posted by: OgOggilby

Originally posted by: mgaribaldi83

Originally posted by: bigrob
why not get the R2 UK DVD? That's widescreen and anamorphic

Thank you for the suggestion, but I'm interested in an NTSC widescreen verison of the film, not a PAL version.

Cheers!

mgaribaldi83

You can use some programs to interpolate PAL into NTSC with progressive 24fps video. You'll get excellent quality without ghosting or interlacing (or speedup, even) while keeping it 24fps. Not to mention it would be 16x9 enhanced.

Any suggestions on which programs are best to do this? I'm assuming TMPGenc?

Post: #202277
Topic: US Market Set-top DVD players that can play both PAL & NTSC DVD's
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202277/action/topic#202277
Time: 18-Apr-2006 12:04 AM

And the Oppo is the only quality player listed here.

The rest are shit. You get what you pay for with a $39 player and only a moron would watch it connected to an HDTV.

But hey...since you care all about quality and think you know what you're talking about...

Post: #202276
Topic: ***//BUILDING EMPIRE\\: PAL & NTSC DVD - NEW EDITION NOW ONLINE! ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202276/action/topic#202276
Time: 18-Apr-2006 12:02 AM

Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc

No, Rik is right, this stupid bickering is getting really really old.

Then don't read it.

:: How about you just stop shitting up this thread?

- M

How about you just read what I wrote?

It was actually related to the topic at hand and a very GOOD reason to do it in NTSC now. PAL will be pointless later.

Post: #202091
Topic: ***//BUILDING EMPIRE\\: PAL & NTSC DVD - NEW EDITION NOW ONLINE! ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202091/action/topic#202091
Time: 17-Apr-2006 11:13 AM

No, Rik is right, this stupid bickering is getting really really old.

Then don't read it.

:: How about you just stop shitting up this thread?

- M

Post: #202089
Topic: Help Wanted: 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' Laserdisc Footage - censored scene
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202089/action/topic#202089
Time: 17-Apr-2006 11:11 AM

Originally posted by: Number20
Not sure if your interested,DFNYC, but if you are doing a Dick Tracy disc, I have some general Dick Tracy stuff if you are interested, like the early 50's TV series, there are 5 surviving episodes, IIRC, and the unaired pilot episode of a proposed series in the 60's. That one was produced by the same group that did Batman and the Green Hornet at the same time. The villian of the episode, in fact, was the same actor that played another villian, King Tut in the Batman tv show. Eve Plumb, of the Brady Bunch, was cast as Dick Tracy's daughter, but doesn't appear anywere but in the opening credits. I also have what I think are all surviving episodes of the Dick Tracy radio show as MP3's.

Thanks a lot. I wasn't planning on doing it. My interest lies solely with the movie.

Post: #202023
Topic: ***//BUILDING EMPIRE\\: PAL & NTSC DVD - NEW EDITION NOW ONLINE! ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202023/action/topic#202023
Time: 17-Apr-2006 2:29 AM

:: Off-topic post removed.

- M