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Sure. You should see some of the stuff done back in the 70s! Mind you, I've seen some appalling ones done in the last couple of years too... Depends on how it was done. For a cheap'n'nasty conversion, you can simply drop every 6th line and repeat every 5th frame. You'll get vertical...

I have insomnia :-(

Given what would be involved, it's pretty much an impossibility to do that with DVD. It's not simply a question of cutting away to the alternative scene; there are normally dissolves and soundtrack problems in there too. Even if it could be done, it would be extremely time-consuming and hence...

Desite the title on the actual discs, the first two are usually listed as "The Best Of The Muppets" as well.

Yeah, that's the bit that's ticking me off. However, it's always possible that I'll be going back there for more meetings some time in the next year or so :-)

Have now ordered a better camera :-) Just in time to take down for my Gran's surprise 80th b'day party this weekend!

I periodically suffer from Foot-In-Mouth Disease...

Yes, they will. All DVDs are flagged to work in one or more geographical regions. Region 1 is the US and Canada, region 2 is Europe and Japan, region 4 is Australia, and so on. DVDs can be set to work in just one region, or in several. An off-the-shelf DVD player will normally only play...

A few years ago, following an extended overseas trip on which I had neglected to pack the charge lead for my razor, I returned home sporting the "mountain goat" look instead of my usual "Beard Of Evil (tm)". Tidying this hirsute mess up was out of the question, so I went clean-shaven. Back to...

I'd lay odds they're both talking through their backsides. I don't know about DVDBrand, but Amazon are not noted for their attention to accuracy. Quite the opposite, in fact. I remember reading on here about a year back that the special was shot in 16:9 widescreen, although I've yet to see...

At least I'll be able to get a better camera on the insurance :-)

:-O "Miracle on 34th Street", of course! I highly recommend this (the original version, not the recent remake).

I'd say "spot the quote" but it was a little obvious ;-)

2.35:1 is full cinema widescreen, the format that movies such as "Star Wars" were shot in. It's a film format, not a video format, and as such IAVMMCM will most definitely not have been shot in that aspect ratio :-) 1.85:1 is normal widescreen. Where have you seen it listed like this...

Region coding exists for a number of reasons, one of which is that it gives the studios a legal crutch to enforce the rather lame encryption used on most commercial DVDs. But the main reason is simply that the majority of Hollywood films do not get a simultaneous world-wide release, and a...

I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth...

This is one of those times where you wish you could swear on here. I just unpacked and found that my camera was lifted from my bags somewhere in transit. Including all my bloody photos.

...back...tired...very tired...been awake for 25+ hours now... Zzzzzzz

Yeah, it's a real childrens' song. There are several variants on the lyrics; this is the mose complete set I've seen: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/littlecb.htm

Yup, my current spate of globe-trotting saw me arrive in Osaka a couple of hours ago. Spending one night here, then off to Kyoto for a week of meetings...