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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Yet Another New Slideshow
« on: January 30, 2011, 05:22:32 PM »
I think everyone has understood your points, mscbryk, so far as the Sony DVD version of the '91 Series goes - and especially with regard to the sun as it appears on the DVDs, your points are spot on! But the point that people have tried to get across - and Midnite stresses in her post here - is that with the correct color and with the intended filters (the ones that Sony insanely removed during its DVD transfer process) in place, the sun that is indeed a factor on the DVD set is not anywhere near the issue it is on the DVDs. Sony's DVD transfer is nowhere near an accurate depiction of how the series appeared on NBC or was ever intended to appear. The look of the series shouldn't be judged by the DVDs or any of the Web sites that feature the DVD version rather than the original masters which, thankfully, are preserved beautifully by the MPI tapes. The only way to really judge the '91 Series is to watch the MPI tapes. (Or maybe the showings on Chiller? I don't have the channel so I don't know what version they're showing. Hopefully not the DVD version!)
And I certainly agree with Midnite suggestion that fans of the '91 Series should definitely skip the Sony DVD entirely and burn their MPI tapes to DVD. I know that's definitely what I'm in the process of doing as I've begun work on this project. (Thank heavens I was able to get the Sony DVD set for free in a Buy One/Gert One sale. That set isn't worth ANY amount of money. Actually, it isn't even worth getting it for free!)
And I certainly agree with Midnite suggestion that fans of the '91 Series should definitely skip the Sony DVD entirely and burn their MPI tapes to DVD. I know that's definitely what I'm in the process of doing as I've begun work on this project. (Thank heavens I was able to get the Sony DVD set for free in a Buy One/Gert One sale. That set isn't worth ANY amount of money. Actually, it isn't even worth getting it for free!)