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Post by gator on Feb 20, 2013 11:34:00 GMT -6
Is it just me or does anyone else perfer the vhs over the dvd
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Post by Tweek on Feb 20, 2013 17:15:05 GMT -6
I think it's just you. My dvd looks much better than a vhs.
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Post by gator on Feb 20, 2013 18:16:11 GMT -6
But there isn't anything likw a vhs man
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Post by twana on Feb 21, 2013 18:36:02 GMT -6
Only know the DVD is better than the Blu-ray.
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Post by Tweek on Feb 21, 2013 20:13:02 GMT -6
But there isn't anything likw a vhs man Is that nostalgia talking? Or are you saying vhs looks better than dvd? 'Cause it doesn't. Not on an hdtv anyway. |
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Post by gator on Feb 22, 2013 8:23:03 GMT -6
Its nostalgia talking
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Post by Woll on Feb 23, 2013 16:12:48 GMT -6
There are very few movies that are more enjoyable on VHS. The Blair Witch Project is one of them, because of the source materials. It looks exactly as it should because a majority of the movie was shot on 8mm tape. The Bluray edition of Blair was poor to me. The original framing is cut out because someone upscaled and cropped the image. The alternate endings, however, have the original look of the 8mm before being transferred to film and the rounded frame.
To get what I'm talking about, compare the footage from the official VHS or DVD release to the footage used in Curse of the Blair Witch.
Night of the Living Dead is perfect for me on a grimy VHS copy. One with poor tracking quality.
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Post by twana on Feb 23, 2013 20:48:15 GMT -6
yeah, the DVD picture is square, the way me likes it to be.  hey, he just turned 20, how nostalgic about VHS could he really be? after all, DVDs came out when he was 4. I remember being so happy when DVDs came out in '97. |
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Post by voke on Mar 1, 2013 13:04:50 GMT -6
I understand why people would prefer the VHS over the DVD, for nostalgic reasons and whatnot, but surely the DVD version is superior content/quality wise? |
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Post by ralphtidy on Mar 1, 2013 17:18:54 GMT -6
VHS is becoming retro and is creeping back on us..
Just watch the prices (especially of 80s horror) start to rocket in the next couple of years..
I still like to watch the odd tape or two...
Have never seen Blair Witch on VHS though..
Maybe I should invest??
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Post by twana on Mar 1, 2013 18:29:27 GMT -6
Soon you'll be rolling cassette tapes again too.
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Post by voke on Mar 2, 2013 6:29:45 GMT -6
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Post by ralphtidy on Mar 2, 2013 8:55:49 GMT -6
There was (or is) a BW special collector's edition on ebay for about £9.. Going off the details on the photo, it apparently comes with a book.. Anyone familiar with this VHS edition? |
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Post by voke on Mar 2, 2013 10:38:58 GMT -6
It sounds like it might come with the Dossier, which can be bought for about £3/4 off eBay aswell. A really interesting read if you haven't got it already. |
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Post by ralphtidy on Mar 2, 2013 11:59:02 GMT -6
I already have the Dossier...
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Post by twana on Mar 2, 2013 12:36:42 GMT -6
I have it too, still haven't read the whole thing.  |
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Post by voke on Mar 3, 2013 6:54:51 GMT -6
It does take a while to get through, but it's pretty darn interesting!
The timelines in there are great.
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Post by Woll on Mar 5, 2013 19:07:50 GMT -6
I understand why people would prefer the VHS over the DVD, for nostalgic reasons and whatnot, but surely the DVD version is superior content/quality wise? Yeah, but not by much. Most of it is 8mm cassette tape, the rest is 16mm black & white film stock, all transferred to 35mm film. To get the closest to what the film should and would look like, VHS is the way to go. After all, the footage was supposedly found in a duffel bag in the dirt. Nostalgia has nothing to do with it. It's simply not supposed to look polished. |
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Post by voke on Mar 6, 2013 13:39:41 GMT -6
You're totally right Woll. It all adds to the experience I guess!
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Post by twana on Mar 6, 2013 15:31:11 GMT -6
No, it must be projected onto a dirty white sheet hung on a wall
from an old fashioned projector to be viewed in its truest form.
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Post by voke on Mar 7, 2013 13:11:34 GMT -6
What if we don't have an old fashioned projector? ...  |
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Post by fakk2 on Apr 1, 2013 2:30:40 GMT -6
Nothing beats the LaserDisc version of The Blair Witch Project. It looks and feels the most true to the original that I saw in the theatre back in 1999. The VHS tape is too blurred and not high enough in resolution and the DVD/BluRay versions are too compressed to look like the real deal.
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Post by twana on Apr 1, 2013 19:15:16 GMT -6
hmm .. found my pewter stick figure!
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