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Iron Crowned posted:Label side up indicated which side was being played. For example if it you put it in the tray and it said "Widescreeen" it would be the widescreen version that would play My old rear end Goodfellas DVD (cardboard and plastic case era) is two-sided (A and B) due to length and they did the opposite Every loving time I play that I forget and put it in Side A up and instead of the menu coming up its Lorraine Bracco at Henry’s girlfriend’s apartment building yelling that she’s a whore
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Bargearse posted:I've got a double-sided Memphis Belle DVD, it's the only double-sided disc I've ever owned, and the only time the 4:3 side was played it was entirely by mistake. My wife bought some '90s TV series on DVD not as one huge boxed set but different seasons at different times. Some boxes have double sided discs, some boxes are twice as big because they have only single sided discs, and some have double sided discs but are still twice as big because they use one side of each disc for the normal version of the episodes and the other side for extended versions (director's cuts??).
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Keith Atherton posted:My old rear end Goodfellas DVD (cardboard and plastic case era) is two-sided (A and B) due to length and they did the opposite Haha my Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is double sided but labeled incorrectly. So EVERY time I end up with the 4:3 side being played because I forget which side to have up and then self doubt.
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Negrostrike posted:It's hella funny when TV shows that were supposed to be 4:3 are now shown in widescreen: I thought video was going to be a fanboi-whine, but it's a really justified rant that includes this issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZWNGq70Oyo aspect is addressed from 8:30 onwards Shut up Meg has a new favorite as of 11:35 on Apr 26, 2019 |
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Apr 26, 2019 11:33
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Platystemon posted:
I don't care what show it is, the idea that anyone in the industry would do this to someone else's work is a disgrace.
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The colour grading, or rather the complete lack thereof, is almost as bad. I went in to the video thinking the worst that would happen is seeing crew and equipment that shouldn’t be visible. I was so wrong.
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Platystemon posted:The colour grading (or complete lack thereof) is almost as bad. Yeah, it was obviously a rush job done by unsupervised computers by the lowest bidder. Capitalism works!~
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The World At War series, incredible because it was filmed using interviews with dozens of people who were actually alive and involved in WW2, got a bluray remaster a few years ago. It was looked forward to because they had the original film stock, something quite surprising for a BBC show since the beeb was notorious for discarding such things. Then the company involved decided it was very important to throw out the old lame 4:3 ratio and simply cropped the top and bottom with predictable results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E&t=110s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E&t=787s A lot of bluray remaster releases were and are quite poo poo, like using the original film stock with no post-production color editing like the original theatrical release and other such abominations. ryonguy has a new favorite as of 13:39 on Apr 26, 2019 |
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:Last time I saw one was in EB Games on Queen West and I cant remember if I went there last year or three years ago. I'm thinking the latter. Ah I only ever go to the Eb in the Eaton Center. They're tiny and mostly pops now. I don't even think the one in Yonge has a demo station. I remember having Conan on a double sided DVD, one side was barbarian the other destroyer, but it had no labels so it was a 50-50 chance of which one I got.
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Apr 26, 2019 13:59
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Last Chance posted:Stand in? It's common on TV shows for big name actors to be replaced by stand-ins for shots where only a tiny portion of them (like their arm) will be seen. It's even more common with children, as there's labor laws that restrict how long they can work but a long day on set can go up to 12 hours.
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Flinger posted:
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ryonguy posted:What is even the point of cropping like this in this scene? So they can eventually sell you the ReRe-release of the HD Redux Directors Vintage 8k upressed version with slightly worse cropping.
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ryonguy posted:What is even the point of cropping like this in this scene? The video suggests that they simply ran the whole episode through some aspect-changing software and left the box marked 'auto' checked. Which if it is true, is like the laziest job ever. Heck, you could get an intern to simply move the crop box around and they'd probabl enjoy the break from unwanted sexual advances for a few hours.
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Shut up Meg posted:The video suggests that they simply ran the whole episode through some aspect-changing software and left the box marked 'auto' checked. Bouncing DVD logo meme but for scan and pan cropping
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ryonguy posted:The World At War series, incredible because it was filmed using interviews with dozens of people who were actually alive and involved in WW2, got a bluray remaster a few years ago. It was looked forward to because they had the original film stock, something quite surprising for a BBC show since the beeb was notorious for discarding such things. Then the company involved decided it was very important to throw out the old lame 4:3 ratio and simply cropped the top and bottom with predictable results. At least with that one they fixed it (after six years). http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/16/09/160907.html
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Found something similar to those HD remaster fuckups a little while ago, probably should have posted it here instead of the CineD streaming thread in the first place: Apparently Netflix just dropped an episodic re-cut of The Hateful Eight. Okay. But what's this at 38:45 in episode 3?  Yeah, there's a split-second of "No data" right in the middle of it.
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uvar posted:At least with that one they fixed it (after six years). http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/16/09/160907.html Is it available in US region format? Amazon only has UK.
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Another failed video format that is shockingly NOT presented by Techmoan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkP4ZJnMVOs
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Mister Kingdom posted:Another failed video format that is shockingly NOT presented by Techmoan: Instead it's just by a kind of douch-y guy who made a video calling out Techmoan for 'copying him'  Techmoan even brought it up in the Pocket Rockers video iirc in the most British fashion
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ishikabibble posted:Instead it's just by a kind of douch-y guy who made a video calling out Techmoan for 'copying him' When did he do that?
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oh man that makes me think of my first vacuum as an adult, an old steel Kirby upright it was: -really amazing at its job IF you spent the requisite half hour or so cleaning it out every time -a beautiful piece of machinery with that clean midcentury line thing goin on -extremely simple to repair, esp because vacuum repair shops that sold old parts were still a thing until 2010 or so -heavy as all hell, like had to be about 50 or 60 lbs replaced it years ago with an early model from the new generation of ultralight plastic swiffer-lookin vacuums and never looked back, but sometimes I miss how the old Kirby just worked right every time, only ever needed one pass over a spot of carpet but mostly I forget how much of a hassle it was to roll around tight spaces and how it made my upper back ache, lol
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Mister Kingdom posted:When did he do that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb6DOjZkvQc&t=333s He absolutely has taken the video down at this point and I can't find any archived directly to it in a brief search, but several of the comments reference it. Chris James posted:Yeah, surprised you gave Databits a shoutout after he accused you of stealing from him. AudioCultSG Official posted:lmao DataBits accusing TechMoan of stealing his video is like saying that if you did a review of that item, you own the "rights" of reviewing that item and no one can make a video related to it anymore... And that line about 'He seems to have covered a lot of the same things I have before I got around to doing them' was a very passive aggressively British way of calling him out, since that was the exact complaint about stealing databits had. He'd upload videos on stuff and then a little while after Techmoan would pop up with a video on the same thing. ishikabibble has a new favorite as of 20:15 on May 11, 2019 |
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Platystemon posted:
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Here's a tube radio from the late 40s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L42mLCQQPk It's an All-American 5 radio made by Philco. The thing about the AA5 is that it was basically the cheapest design you could possibly make. The manufacturer would select the five vacuum tubes such that the total voltage drop across all 5 summed up to 120 volts, then they'd basically connect the power cord to either end. Because the chassis inside was usually made of metal, they'd frequently use the chassis as a convenient "ground"... but because old electrical plugs were non-polarized, there was a 50% chance the chassis would be hot! The solution back then was just "don't stick your fingers inside the radio, dummy", but when I wired in a new cord I made sure to do the basic modification to make sure the hot wire was switched (https://antiqueradio.org/safety.htm) making it... safer. I still don't touch the screw on the bottom of the case that holds the chassis to the case. These old radios generally need more than a new power cord. The original capacitors used were primarily paper-and-wax, which is another obsolete technology that's been replaced by ceramic caps. Both paper-and-wax and electrolytic capacitors are prone to failure after a few decades, so I replaced them all.
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That's fascinating. Can't remember which version I had of Pilotwings, but I do remember borrowing a friend's Megadrive (Genesis) and one of the Sonic demos in Scrap Brain zone would occasionally have him fly off one of those spinny things wrong causing him to just run into a wall and jump randomly. From watching this happen a couple of times my young self figured that the demos must have been controlled by a series of in game button inputs and something about the timing of the in game mechanic was what was screwing it up.
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Wrath of Mordark posted:That's fascinating. Can't remember which version I had of Pilotwings, but I do remember borrowing a friend's Megadrive (Genesis) and one of the Sonic demos in Scrap Brain zone would occasionally have him fly off one of those spinny things wrong causing him to just run into a wall and jump randomly. From watching this happen a couple of times my young self figured that the demos must have been controlled by a series of in game button inputs and something about the timing of the in game mechanic was what was screwing it up. Nah, you could gently caress with the demo in the original Sonic the Hedgehog by mashing the A+B+C buttons while the demo was running!
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Peanut Butler posted:oh man that makes me think of my first vacuum as an adult, an old steel Kirby upright I still have an old Kirby. I’ve had it for 15 years, and although in that time my house has gone from half-carpeted to just a few rugs, I have no reason to replace it because it does what I need it to do, and it does it well. It is heavy as hell tho.
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My parents had an Electro-Lux like the one pictured there, except it had wheels instead of sliders. They bought it as a refurb in the 80's and it ran fine for another 30 years, and they still use it. Works great on tile or carpet, it doesn't care. Now I have an older Rainbow model someone gave me, and while it is a bit of pain to set up sometimes, it'll still kick the rear end of more modern vacuums.
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XkyRauh posted:Nah, you could gently caress with the demo in the original Sonic the Hedgehog by mashing the A+B+C buttons while the demo was running! You can break out of the Galaga demo by shooting the boss when it deploys the tractor beam.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Here's a tube radio from the late 40s: Oh, it can be worse. I have a clock radio from the early 50s. It's beautiful, but there's no tuner and no dial. Instead you get a knob to choose between four presets. To tune those presets, you simply poke a screwdriver through these holes. You know, into where the live chassis is. As you can see, the adjustment screws are quite small and also really deep in there and there's no shield or anything to keep your probing tool away from danger.  They do remind you to use an insulated screwdriver at least. 
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Horace posted:Oh, it can be worse. I have a clock radio from the early 50s. It's beautiful, but there's no tuner and no dial. Instead you get a knob to choose between four presets. To tune those presets, you simply poke a screwdriver through these holes. You know, into where the live chassis is. As you can see, the adjustment screws are quite small and also really deep in there and there's no shield or anything to keep your probing tool away from danger. That's really awful! You should post more pics.
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Absolutely, I find live chassis equipment to be fascinating in an "I'll be on the other side of the room." kind of way. It's so different from the principles I'm used to.
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Meanwhile over here in IT (the wiring style, not computing) land, I get two live phases, no neutral, bring your own ground. (My parent's house has a copper stake in a flowerbed). I wonder if they did the same chassis-as-wiring thing here? Most likely, but I can't find any clear answers.
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A long of early radios didn't have tuners. They were sold at a discounted rate by the station, and were set to only tune in to the station that sold it.
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Pham Nuwen posted:That's really awful! You should post more pics. Here are the technical specs, and here's a better picture of the tuning arrangement which shows that your screwdriver has plenty of freedom to roam around in there. It clearly wouldn't have taken much effort to do this with plastic knobs protruding through the back plate, but, hey, it's 1954 and we don't have to.  But you can't hold that against it. It's lovely. It can wake you up with a buzzer or the radio. The knob with the coloured dots is the radio station selector. 
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