On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:49:24 -0700, Walter Traprock
<wetraprock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"Tom Carberry" <jtj0012@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> "AZnemesis" <az.nemesis.kadc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:BYSki.12191$Oz7.5647@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >I must be the only one who thinks the quality of the DVDs, in general,
is
>> >quite poor. I have a really hard time hearing the dialogue from the
movie
>> >unless I turn the volume way up. I can hear the guys just fine, but
that's
>> >only half the gag if you don't hear the original dialogue. Plus,
turning
>> >the volume up makes the guys way too loud, while I can still just
barely
>> >make out the movie dialogue. I honestly think my vastly degraded old
VHS
>> >copies that I taped off the air are superior in that area. At least I
can
>> >tell what's going on.
>> >
>> > And, topic? Space Mutiny is one of the all-time greats, regardless
of
>> > format.
>> >
>> > "Mike Coddington" <mofo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> > news:PBkei.262069$dg3.210952@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:01:35 -0700, dgates wrote:
>> >>> I'm wondering: How much better is the picture quality on the DVD
>> >>> versions.
>> >
>> >
>> I've noticed this on a number of the Rhino produced DVDs vs. my own VHS
>> tapes (which I've converted to DVD). I suspect when Rhino got the
originals
>> from BBI, the movie and comments dialog were recorded on different
channels,
>> and perhaps either Comedy Central or Sci Fi Channel adjusted the volume
on
>> both to be more equal, or Rhino boosted the volume on the comments
because
>> they thought that that was more important to hear Joel or Mike and the
bots
>> than the movie.
>
>I remember the sound as being sometimes a problem since the beginning.
>Of course, I haven't compared TV, VHS and DVD versions side by side.
>Nor do I even recall this particular episode, what is it about, some
>space mutiny?
(Really? I have to post to 4 groups to reply to this? Okay.)
My memory, from the very first VHS "Mitchell" that I bought, was that
there was something muffled about the sound, compared the the VHS
Mitchell I had previously recorded off TV.
I specifically remember noticing it in an early scene where Mitchell
is talking to his boss (I believe, the scene with "He sounds and
smells like William Conrad!").
A big, important part of the gag is all the extra breathing and
wheezing noises added by Joel or one of the bots; that sound just made
the whole scene hysterical.
But when I bought my VHS "Mitchell" and played it for a couple
friends, I realized that they weren't hearing the breathing and extra
noises at all!
That's my experience anyway.
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