Dark Shadows DVDs: Help! (Attn: anyone)

[VictoriaWintersFan]

I have been thinking about this for a long time now. As I watch my DVD's I seem to notice several small horizontal, parallel lines at the left side of the screen when it switches to a certain camera angle. Does anyone else see this as well?

Also are the original episodes like this or is it because or they are on DVD's. The quality is high on the DVDs but I would like to know if what I am seeing is also on the original episodes they show on television and the ones on VHS.

Thanks

Shane

[Darren Gross]

It's a technical problem with one particular camera during taping, which is why it only appears in those shots.

If it was a problem with the master it would run through several shot changes.

This visual anomaly was present during original taping and is present on all editions of the episode, from VHS to DVD. The only way to correct it would be to artificially zoom-in the shot during the original mastering, but that would crop the original shot on three sides, and be another example of fixing famous goofs...and we don't want that.