Category Archives: DVD

Must Have DVD: Master and Commander

Posted on March 27, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

I watched the new DVD of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World last night. For some reason I didn’t catch it at the cinema. It’s a fine movie, giving a real sense of the times (early 19th … Continue reading →

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Samsung DVD-HD937 DVD player availability

Posted on March 27, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

A number of people have contacted me about the Samsung DVD-HD937 about which I’ve previously written. Well, I made some calls — or rather attempted to make some calls — to the powers that be at Samsung here in Australia. … Continue reading →

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Twentieth Century Fox sets date for release of Star Wars trilogy

Posted on March 26, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

The 22nd of September 2004 will see the release in Australia of the Star Wars trilogy which, thanks to the peculiar mind of George Lucas, filmed twenty years before their chronologically earlier (and rather poorer) prequels. All three of these … Continue reading →

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Denon’s DVD-2200 Universal Disc Player does nearly everything

Posted on March 26, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

Denon has released its latest Universal Disc Player, the DVD-200, with an Australian RRP of $1,299. Naturally it supports both DVD Audio and SACD in addition to the more common disc formats. It also does bass management for both of … Continue reading →

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DVD Recording goes Double Layer

Posted on March 26, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

Some months ago Philips announced that it had developed a double layer DVD recording enhancement for the ‘+’ variety of recording technology. This bumps up the capacity from around 4.7GB to 8.5GB. (Actually, since recordable DVDs reserve some of their … Continue reading →

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Euro-NTSC

Posted on March 18, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

The other day my brother, who is somewhat of an Austria-phile, was pondering his collection of DVDs of the annual Vienna New Years Day concerts. As he says: Each year it is released on a different label although the content … Continue reading →

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Universal also stuffs up on ‘anamorphic’ label

Posted on March 11, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

I was whinging earlier (and here as well) about MGM releasing low cost Region 4 DVDs in non-anamorphic widescreen, while claiming on their boxes that they are actually ’16:9′ (ie. anamorphic) transfers. Now, it seems, Universal is up to the … Continue reading →

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Yet another mislabelled DVD

Posted on February 17, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

A nice chap from MGM Home Entertainment returned my call this evening regarding my previous post. He seemed quite upset about the error and is looking into it. Excellent response. Following my discussion with him, I checked out another MGM … Continue reading →

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False Advertising on DVD covers, or I want my money back!

Posted on February 15, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

While many hate pan and scan presentations of widescreen movies on DVD, I am convinced that the worst possible way of presenting a widescreen movie is in non-anamorphic letterboxed format. The best way — and the way the great majority … Continue reading →

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Star Wars finally to come to DVD

Posted on February 11, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

It has taken forever, seemingly, but the release of the first three (in chronologically filmed-time terms) Star Wars movies onto DVD has been announced. The date is set for September this year. Here’s part of what the press release has … Continue reading →

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