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Current Talk '15 I / Re: DS episodes scheduled for Decades network broadcast
« on: April 22, 2015, 11:53:49 PM »
Based on information I've seen, they are airing the whole first syndication cycle, from 210-340.
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Current Talk '12 I / Book Listing Tape Dates
« on: January 14, 2012, 09:16:51 AM »
I remember there being a book that listed taping dates and air dates for all of the episodes. I thought it was the DS Companion, but I bought the version that is available on iTunes and to my shock the info wasn't there.
Is that info in the actual print version of that book, or am I looking for another book entirely?
Is that info in the actual print version of that book, or am I looking for another book entirely?
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Current Talk '07 II / Re: Question -- DVD Set Opinions
« on: August 17, 2007, 07:22:25 AM »
Well, I don't have many of the VHS releases of the series, but I have thought about bidding on EBay for the whole thing. But, alas, I am a college student, funds are limited, and I'm glad Netflix is around to give me a DS fix.
But, again, I'm just glad to have them on DVD at all.
But, again, I'm just glad to have them on DVD at all.
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Current Talk '07 II / Re: Question -- DVD Set Opinions
« on: August 16, 2007, 04:50:59 AM »
No, being in television myself and dealing with old tapes and such, I can assure you this is not bleedthrough. It is intentionally done. Here is my best explanation...
When MPI did the VHS masters back in the 1980s and 1990s, they had to cut the episodes very tight in order for them to fit on the tape. Sometimes, the music at the end of the act would be cut off early and it would go on to the next act quickly.
The mastering company probably used the same sources that MPI did for the VHS releases. But, in their need to make it sound "polished" and "neat", they put this strange effect on the ends of some acts to make it "sound better"... to the effect that you would keep hearing that echo even after the picture has faded back in for the next act!
And the echo effect would not have been there on the original tapes, there were commercials in between on the original 2" tapes, at least a minute, sometimes two minutes, so I don't think that's the answer.
When MPI did the VHS masters back in the 1980s and 1990s, they had to cut the episodes very tight in order for them to fit on the tape. Sometimes, the music at the end of the act would be cut off early and it would go on to the next act quickly.
The mastering company probably used the same sources that MPI did for the VHS releases. But, in their need to make it sound "polished" and "neat", they put this strange effect on the ends of some acts to make it "sound better"... to the effect that you would keep hearing that echo even after the picture has faded back in for the next act!
And the echo effect would not have been there on the original tapes, there were commercials in between on the original 2" tapes, at least a minute, sometimes two minutes, so I don't think that's the answer.
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Current Talk '07 II / Question -- DVD Set Opinions
« on: August 14, 2007, 06:18:36 AM »
Don't get me wrong in the course of this message, I love having DS on DVD, but one thing has bothered me as I have been watching the show. Has anyone else noticed that whenever most episodes on the DVD sets get to a commercial or especially at the end of a show where they were behind on time and just used the copyright, they put a very annoying echo on the end of it and it sounds AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL.
I wonder what the DVD mastering company that MPI was using was thinking. At first, they were cutting the episodes (which MPI stopped), but they're still making it sound very bad in this way.
Again, I'm glad to have DS on DVD, but they could have just left the sound alone, couldn't they?
Sorry for the rant... btw, I'm currently in the 1897 plot
I wonder what the DVD mastering company that MPI was using was thinking. At first, they were cutting the episodes (which MPI stopped), but they're still making it sound very bad in this way.
Again, I'm glad to have DS on DVD, but they could have just left the sound alone, couldn't they?
Sorry for the rant... btw, I'm currently in the 1897 plot
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Calendar Events / Announcements '07 II / Dark Shadows Episode Guide
« on: August 09, 2007, 12:06:49 AM »
Hey guys, I just wanted to pass along a link of interest...
I have been holding on to Tony Lew's old summaries from the alt.fan.dark_shadows newsgroup, and I have organized them and put them up at this address. There are still one or two here and there to be written, and I intend to get around to that just as soon as I can.
Enjoy!
I have been holding on to Tony Lew's old summaries from the alt.fan.dark_shadows newsgroup, and I have organized them and put them up at this address. There are still one or two here and there to be written, and I intend to get around to that just as soon as I can.
Enjoy!
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