Public Domain DVD`s

Hiya Larry.

A couple of things about those 99 Cent DVDs you've been posting about.

The Kimba dub on those discs was done in the late 80s or early 90s for syndication. I don't know why they did it, but I do remember it airing in the wee small hours of the morning. For the longest time it was the only version available on VHS.

Nitpick dept: The format on DVDs is MPEG-2, not MP3, and I'm willing to bet my donut hole collection that those "crappy transfers" weren't even taken from prints at all. Although I don't have that particular disc, I do know that a good percentage of those cheapo DVDs are just transferred directly from the public domain VHS tapes that they used to sell for $3.99 in the same venues. This means that not only are the transfers crappy (and old as dirt), but you have the additional quality hit of an EP speed dub onto the cheapest tape they could get their hands on in 1993 -- the worst of both worlds, except that you can't get a head clog from a DVD. Some of those VHS's were in turn lifted from other companies' VHS's, so you have generation loss in addition to everything else.

In short, it's a miracle that they actually do a good job on some of them. Which they do.

BTW . . . any plans to finish the ASIFA office move? I'd like to help, but I need to know a few days in advance to have any hope of clearing my schedule.

Eric

Thanks for the corrections. And FYI the move, which proved to be a major pain and was called off again and again, finally got made last weekend. I had come to the conclusion that the move was jinxed and if I talked about it, it would never happen. I might be right because I shut up about it and it finally came off with out a hitch.  ¶ 8:06 PM