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 Posted 12/26/2004 9:46 PM |
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If anybody needs any help on this project I have $5000 in video restoration equipment (Time base corrector, SVHS, DVD Recorders, Proc Amp, Detailers) and would be happy to put the show on DVD and even run it through software to get it to look the best and provide the master tapes as well as a completed DVD set to the donar I have been searching for this show for so long and the 4 official releases seem long out of print I will email now about the DVD's you have made I am very interested  
markatisu, member since 12/04
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| Posted 12/29/2004 9:43 PM |
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Hey Dinosorceror, I just replied to your email. If you need any other specifics I would be more than happy to give them to you, more technical details even down the specs and steps I can also add your logos to the menus if you wanted to offer them on your site, make it a Lava Dome set or something of that nature
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I was curious as to the status of this project. I would be very interested in seeing how it comes out. I also hope you can use real DVDs instead of DVD-Rs. |
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I also am very interested. Please let me know as I will purchase the DVD's as soon as they are able to be bought! My email is jaykkey@aol.com Thanks! |
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| So what exactly do you mean by a "real" DVD? You mean a dual-layer one? -------------------------------
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| Quote: So what exactly do you mean by a "real" DVD? You mean a dual-layer one? |
A real DVD = the ones you buy in stores made by the film companies or whoever. Not a DVD - or + R. Real DVDs play in all players. Not all DVD-Rs do. I don't think they HAVE to be dual layered. |
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There is no way to make a REAL DVD in the sense of DVD-R unless you get it pressed and then pressings are not cheap at all (we are talking upwards of $200-300 per disc on a small scale), if menu and case artwork is what you mean I do that on a daily basis but pressing is a whole different beast
There is no difference in 2005 between a REAL DVD (pressed) and a DVD-R as far as most players go, all players around 2004 can read DVD-R, its DVD+R that has a compatibility issue because its a slightly different writing and disc type
You can go to videohelp.com and check your player model, there are plenty of misconceptions about dvd making and places like ebay dont help where people sling around the cheapest media and cheapeast product
Unless you want to pay a fortune you should probably never expect a fan project to be pressed unless the license holder is helping offset the cost, also unless we live in Hong Kong no US pressing plant or company that provides this service is going to deal with copyright issues, its the same reason a lot of people unless they do it under the table cannot walk into a reputable transfer company and hand them retail VHS to transfer to DVD or 16mm of shows (there is a lot of grey in this area but it costs me more than $125 an episode to get a reputable company to transfer 16mm episodes of a Filmation 1977 show to DVD). I ran into this very problem when I made my fan set of She-Ra princess of power over at he-man.org
Dual Layered has to do with the file size that is allowed on the DVD, DL Media is JUST now available but its usually $50 for a few discs, still not a viable option unless you want to fork out some serious cash. At the moment consumer DVD's clock in at 4.4GB, that is known as DVD-5, DL Media is 2x that (almost 9GB) and more akin to REAL pressed media hence the "dual" name, also Dual Layer in order to burn requires a newer DVD burner such as the Pioneer 109, mostly burners made after mid 2004, its still a in progress format as far as software and methods go, which is why the discs cost so much
nomorecoasters.com carries a list of high quality dvd media, most people complain they cant read a disc because they are using crap discs, lower cheap dvd-r or dvd+r which are prone to reflective errors or just bad burns. If you use expensive high quality dyed media like Maxell or Ty most players will never have a problem
Also I hope this does not sound rude, its not intended to be but sometimes explaining technical things comes across in a mean manner due to the nature of what we are discussing.
If you guys have any other questions about DVD let me know and I can try to answer them as best I can
markatisu, member since 12/04
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markatisu: I know what you're talking about now. I actually did some research myself about the matter and read about glass mastering and such. Anyway, I thought it would be neat to go the extra yard, but I saw it wasn't really worth it. One thing I hope to not see are the double-sided DVDs (not to be confused with dual layered). It's so easy to get prints on one side and make it all messed up. Thanks for your input. |
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Yeah double sided DVD's are actually being phased out in even professional levels, Warner Bros was the last company to really stick to that and they are tossing them out starting with all their new releases in August, mostly due to cost of replacements since a lot of their sets such as Dukes of Hazzard were needing replacements from being scratched during shipment, at least with the single sided there is protection for the side that has data (it was the side facing out that was getting scratched) I wish DL media were cheaper as I would have switched a long time ago, its compatible with pretty much all computer dvd drivers made after 2003 and works in most players since it is seen as a DVD-9/retail disc as far as the laser is concerned, I figured in the next year it will probably come down even more, I remember when 1 blank DVD-R was almost $5-9 in some places, now they are between $0.30-0.55 each for the highest quality of media, this of course makes projects like this one more affordable for all since it allows higher quality more professional hardware to be bought to give the clearast and chrispest images
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| Man I wish It was cheaper too for the offical dvd thing man if anybody does want help I say Mark is your best bet his work is awesome and I think this is an awesome idea to make this show a dvd set I have downloaded like 15 episodes from IRC and some are good quality and some were badly transfered taped airings from USA and I cant wait for this series to be released!Hobbies - Video and DVD's |
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