TVGuide Article, CDDA Logo on DVD's, Picture Qual....
Posted: Nov 16th 2002, 6:33 pm
Hello,
This is my first post. I have been a long-time-lurker but haven't felt the need to post until now. All in all, I am completely satisfied that finally, we all got(are getting) the DVD's. I ordered way back in March and never canceled, never was double billed, and was never sent any e-mails from AU, but I still receieved my set from them this week. I didn't cancel because I really wanted the lunchbox and the bonus disc and I also felt there was little chance I would easily be able to get a refund.
I also wonder if ones credit score goes down if one disputes a charge. Just like how in some states if you get into an accident and even if it wasn't your fault, your car insurance can go up because you might be flagged as a high-risk/accident driver.
Next off, on the actual DVD's, it says Compact Disc Digital Audio - don't know if it has been mentioned before or what.
On P. 5 of the Nov. 16-22 TVGuide there is a MSCL article below I will try to type it out.
Lastly, BMG could have done a better job in almost every aspect of the production of the DVD's, but I can't really complain, I got them and all in all, these probably will never be released or mastered again. However, while Brian is in the Principals office in Ep 3, Guns and Gossip, you can clearly see the lines that everyone is talking about. It is a shame that the artifacting wasn't corrected and it could have been, yes, I know about how they were mastered from tape and not re-mastered from the orginal negitive/film, but they still could have done some smoothing and noise reduction on the image. The issues with quality seem to get better, but on all the discs I can see major macro-blocking on background shades of color(like wallpaper or walls). One good way to see it is at every point when they show a black(green) board. Also, the intro for the show is all scenes from the pilot and in the pilot towards the end, it is nighttime and the scenes int he street with Angela and Brian after the cop drops them off has major macroblocking with the blacks, but in the intro which also shows this scene the blocking is absent. I wonder if they had a high quality source for the intro or if they just worked on the intro more. I seriously want to buy the original DVD Ep. 1-3 to compare the quality, since someone said it was slightly better.
There was a post in the Picture Quality thread with someone saying they might as well pop in their tapes cause it is about the same quality. Um, don't think so, but ok...
And please don't respond saying you don't see the quality issues if you have the brightness way down or if you aren't using a big-screen tv. I have a 27in.
Lastly, if anyone got this far, your a lifer, and I must know... Am I a freak and the only one who likes to watch the intro before every episode?
Cheers...
Were are finally getting them... Yey!
From TVGuide:
Title: LIFE GOES ON
Want an antidote to the teen complaint "No one understands me"? Pop in the newly released DVD of the ABC drama My So-Called Life. Almost everyone can relate to 15-year-old Angela Chase(Claire Danes, above) muddling though angst-ridden high school. And online store anotheruniverse.com is offering a limited-edition MSCL lunch box with an order of the DVD set-plus an exclusive interview with the series creators, who marvel of fans' passion for the program, which lasted just one season(1994-1995). Says creator Winnie Holzman: "It was our little show that could." And it still can. -Amy Kover
This is my first post. I have been a long-time-lurker but haven't felt the need to post until now. All in all, I am completely satisfied that finally, we all got(are getting) the DVD's. I ordered way back in March and never canceled, never was double billed, and was never sent any e-mails from AU, but I still receieved my set from them this week. I didn't cancel because I really wanted the lunchbox and the bonus disc and I also felt there was little chance I would easily be able to get a refund.
I also wonder if ones credit score goes down if one disputes a charge. Just like how in some states if you get into an accident and even if it wasn't your fault, your car insurance can go up because you might be flagged as a high-risk/accident driver.
Next off, on the actual DVD's, it says Compact Disc Digital Audio - don't know if it has been mentioned before or what.
On P. 5 of the Nov. 16-22 TVGuide there is a MSCL article below I will try to type it out.
Lastly, BMG could have done a better job in almost every aspect of the production of the DVD's, but I can't really complain, I got them and all in all, these probably will never be released or mastered again. However, while Brian is in the Principals office in Ep 3, Guns and Gossip, you can clearly see the lines that everyone is talking about. It is a shame that the artifacting wasn't corrected and it could have been, yes, I know about how they were mastered from tape and not re-mastered from the orginal negitive/film, but they still could have done some smoothing and noise reduction on the image. The issues with quality seem to get better, but on all the discs I can see major macro-blocking on background shades of color(like wallpaper or walls). One good way to see it is at every point when they show a black(green) board. Also, the intro for the show is all scenes from the pilot and in the pilot towards the end, it is nighttime and the scenes int he street with Angela and Brian after the cop drops them off has major macroblocking with the blacks, but in the intro which also shows this scene the blocking is absent. I wonder if they had a high quality source for the intro or if they just worked on the intro more. I seriously want to buy the original DVD Ep. 1-3 to compare the quality, since someone said it was slightly better.
There was a post in the Picture Quality thread with someone saying they might as well pop in their tapes cause it is about the same quality. Um, don't think so, but ok...
And please don't respond saying you don't see the quality issues if you have the brightness way down or if you aren't using a big-screen tv. I have a 27in.
Lastly, if anyone got this far, your a lifer, and I must know... Am I a freak and the only one who likes to watch the intro before every episode?
Cheers...
Were are finally getting them... Yey!
From TVGuide:
Title: LIFE GOES ON
Want an antidote to the teen complaint "No one understands me"? Pop in the newly released DVD of the ABC drama My So-Called Life. Almost everyone can relate to 15-year-old Angela Chase(Claire Danes, above) muddling though angst-ridden high school. And online store anotheruniverse.com is offering a limited-edition MSCL lunch box with an order of the DVD set-plus an exclusive interview with the series creators, who marvel of fans' passion for the program, which lasted just one season(1994-1995). Says creator Winnie Holzman: "It was our little show that could." And it still can. -Amy Kover
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