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Bend-err
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No Super 8 mm or 16 mm Film?
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Svip
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Where is Video 2000? This poll sucks!
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coldangel
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« Reply #8 on: 09-16-2010 16:43 »
« Last Edit on: 09-16-2010 16:48 by coldangel_1 »
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What about shadow-puppets? We used to watch shadow-puppets on the cave wall all the time when I was a kid. I think all the modern formats have lost the original organic feel of shadow-puppets. They're just a pale emulation. Also: tapes are kinda scary.
Hah! Compared to an optical disc that you can ruin just by holding it wrong? Tapes you could toss about the room like it was nothing. If they got chewed up, you just wound the tape back in. They were encased. Virtually shock-proof, virtually heat-proof. DVDs? Horrifying. All you need to do to see why is to rent one from the shop. Even if it's relatively new, it will still skip and freeze. You basically can't rent movies anymore because they're on DVD. The only ones you can trust not to be unwatchable are ones you buy yourself. Nice trick that. Same went for CDs. What a stupid thing to do - expose the encoded data to grubby fingers and dust and everything. Smart move.
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Oh la-de-da Mr. Fancy "I had a cave as a kid"... don't make me laugh, bitterly!
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Tedward
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I agree with coldy about the smudging and skipping issue of discs...I mean, I like DVDs and the more consistently clear video quality they provide as well as things like scene selection and the extra space for special features and commentaries (although a few VHS tapes of films that I have do have a featurette at the end), but you never know if the disc will cooperate even if it appears to be clean. Dealing with and navigating the sometimes-skippable, sometimes-not opening messages and those menus can be frustrating sometimes too, especially if you had to stop, try to clean the disc yet again, and then try to get back to where you were. At least with tapes things are linear and you can resume where you stopped.
While I do like DVDs and they are the format I use most regularly now, I'll pick VHS for nostalgia and ease of use, and also because I think there's something cool about tape formats of any variety.
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Bend-err
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But USB drives aren't as beautiful and won't have nice covers or packing...
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Bend-err
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yeah, like we still get the nice big video games boxes and not just a thin case without anything... unless you pay more.
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Bend-err
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nope, you mostly get more than what you got with vhs.
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Bend-err
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Yes you can burn blus... why else would der be writeable discs?
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Bend-err
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I was more replying to books
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Tweek
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I too fail at piracy; the only film I downloaded was Ocean Waves, I was sure there was no way a made for TV Japanese film would get a DVD release but it did so I had to get it... If I hadn't bought it I'd have been missing #16 in the Studio Ghibli Collection
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Bend-err
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I really dislike that British numbering system of the Ghibli movies.
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Tweek
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The numbering system is a little illogical. At least we get them all though, I think the US is still waiting for Only Yesterday and Ocean Waves on DVD.
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David: The English DVDs got numbered, but rather randomly. 1 Nausicaa 2 Cat Returns 3 Porco Rosso 4 Pom Poko 5 Kiki 6 Laputa 7 Howl 8 Mononoke 9 Totoro 10 Fireflies 11 Whisper of the Heart 12 Yamadas 13 Spirited Away 14 Only Yesterday 15 Earthsea 16 Ocean Waves 17 Ponyo Tweek: Germany has really lovely Digipacks, but only German subs
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I think it's the order they were released as... randomly.
Should have just not numbered them at all.
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Bigboysdontcry
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I hate blue ray, with all i have. They could just make dvd players that play the video in high definition. I know they have up-convert players and my understanding is, its still not as good as blue ray. I am sure they could make it as good. Will they no, because they want to screw everybody some more, so we go out and buy more shit. Thats all its about, so i say screw Blue Ray.
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Bigboysdontcry
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Someone could make one that is just as good as blue ray, but then all the movie corporations would pissed. They would start sucking on their thumbs and praying to satan. All because there poor baby Blue Rays are not selling. Boo frickedy hooo.
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