Universal horror collection (DVD)

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #1 14-11-2009, 04:04 PM

Hi guys,

I'm not sure if anyone else enjoys the classics or not, but Universal horror has recently released a bunch of classics on DVD, titles available are:

Dracula
Frankenstein
The mummy
Werewolf of London
Bride of Frankenstein
The wolf man
Frankenstein meets the wolf man
Phantom of the opera
House of Frankenstein
Creature from the Black lagoon

I have 5 of the 10 DVDs, will pick the other 5 up on Thursday night. I've only seen them being available at JB Hi Fi. Bonus is that they're only $13 each! Bargain if you ask me!!!!

Dave

torana68 (Roger) · #2 14-11-2009, 05:41 PM

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I have 5 of the 10 DVDs, will pick the other 5 up on Thursday night. I've only seen them being available at JB Hi Fi. Bonus is that they're only $13 each! Bargain if you ask me!!!!

Dave[/QUOTE]

whats the qualty like?
Roger

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #3 14-11-2009, 09:11 PM

The quality is as good as can be expected. Remember these are 70 or so year old films and the original negatives have either been lost, or not very well kept. 4:3 aspect ratio (widescreen didn't exist back then obviously). Sound is as good as can be expected.

I've been happy with the quality, although some may prefer better image quality. Sadly, you can only do that if the negatives are of exceptional quality, and that's not very likely imho.

Dave

Inmykombi (Geoff) · #4 15-11-2009, 08:41 PM

A quick check reveales that the " Invisible Man " is missing from that list.

I better check out J&B Hi Fi for some of these before they go.

Well done thx for letting us know.

Geoffro.

Outbackmanyep · #5 16-11-2009, 07:25 PM

I thought that "The Fifth Element" was a bloody horror of a movie......i wanted my $6 rental fee back.....that movie was C-R-A-P, i wouldn't use it to stoke a fire!

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #6 16-11-2009, 08:54 PM

No problem Geoff! Sometimes the classics are the best! Apparently, the Invisible man is available on region 1 in the US, but like most things, us Aussies get screwed big time.

Dave

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #7 16-11-2009, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep

I thought that "The Fifth Element" was a bloody horror of a movie......i wanted my $6 rental fee back.....that movie was C-R-A-P, i wouldn't use it to stoke a fire!

le cinque elemente? That's one awesome movie. The visuals are first rate, the set design is damn cool, it's funny, the acting is quirky. It's one of my favourite sci fi movies. I like it that much that I bought it years ago when it was first released on DVD, and then bought the special edition version around Six months ago. A very underrated film. Oh, and the directing is tight, and pretty good cinematography to boot.

I also like Jean Moebius' designs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Giraud

That said, I'm a large Hans Rudi Geiger fan too.

wiki page for The 5th Element:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Element

Dave

daveg (Dave) · #8 16-11-2009, 09:24 PM

Big universal classic horror fan too. I got mine (for Ireland) from amazon.co.uk (dont know if ye have an equiv) and yes they do have Claude Raines Invisible Man.

theres also out there a box set of the Universal Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies. All of them digitally remastered with top sound and image quality.

David

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #9 16-11-2009, 09:34 PM

Maybe they'll release the invisible man in region 4 later on...

Connas Tá Tú?

Dave

edit: I only know a few words in Gaelige...

daveg (Dave) · #10 17-11-2009, 11:23 AM

Taim go maith go raibh mile maith agat (Im well thanks very much) and g'day to you too!

DG

daveg (Dave) · #11 17-11-2009, 11:26 AM

oh and btw apologies about Sunday, good 'ole "Dricco" saved the day for us at Croke Park. Thought a draw was the best result.

David

Davekyn (David) · #12 17-11-2009, 11:37 AM

Here's a TIP, if your into older Movies that appear to be lacking in quality, Hook up a DVD player to a Large 68 CRT telly & watch them as they were meant to be. ANY CRT for that matter-The picture looks a lot better and aspect ratio not a problem. I watch Mcgyver and a few other Old 70' & 80's show that way-Particularly useful for those cheap $2.00 DVDs & Old Docos.
I've got a Top Notch fully fledged Home theater with all the latest tech, but nothing beats watching the old stuff of a CRT through a descent 2 channel stereo system. Just go search your local Land Fill & set up a little area for watching your old favorites, that you can't get wide screen or simply look crap on you 50" LCD.

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #13 17-11-2009, 11:57 AM

Dave - I do all of my "viewing" from the computer's monitor - 24" widescreen. My DVD software crops the 4:3 views down nice enough for my eyes, no need for a larger CRT. My computer sound setup is 2.1 (2 speakers + sub), good enough for most purposes.

I'm not really into home theatre, but I am *into* high quality hi fi gear. I have around 30k worth of hi fi ;-) My speakers alone are probably worth more than your entire home theatre set up ;-)

Dave

Davekyn (David) · #14 17-11-2009, 01:46 PM

You win...

I bet my sound better though

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #15 17-11-2009, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daveg

Taim go maith go raibh mile maith agat (Im well thanks very much) and g'day to you too!

DG

I somehow missed your reply earlier Dave, my bad!

Cead Mile failte! (excuse my lack of accents, I'm being lazy)

Dave

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #16 17-11-2009, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davekyn

You win...

I bet my sound better though

Depends on what you value. hi fi stands for high fidelity, something which most home theatre sadly lacks (sorry if I'm sounding elitist, but high quality home theatre is VERY costly). I'm a 2 channel guy, and an analogue (not digital) guy at heart. My turntable and cassette deck will sound pretty close to most people's CD players from my experience. That's before I drag the DAC/transport combo out ;-)

Dave

toryglen-boy (Duncan) · #17 17-11-2009, 02:08 PM

i tend to only watch Blurays, or high quality MKV's, i use an Auzentech HTPC sound card that encodes all sources, PCM and digital, into DTS, even from a 2.0 source. That just runs through a sony amp, and then out.

I dont watch many DVD's, but when i do, i use FFDSHOW to upscale on the fly, to 1080p. the results can be exceptional.

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #18 17-11-2009, 04:09 PM

Blue ray is better, no doubt about it, I'm just not fussy enough with video to want it. There's no way I'm buying my entire DVD collection (or most of it) again in the Blue ray format...the movie companies make enough of a killing without it...

let's see...

8 track ==> compact cassette ==> dcc (digital compact cassette) ==> DAT (digital audio tape)

LPs ==> LPs (the only difference is higher quality LPs use virgin vinyl, heavier pressings and half speed mastering)

CD ==> SACD ==> DVD-A

VHS ==> BETAMAX ==> DVD ==> Blue-ray

Notice which format hasn't changed much? And still sounds great?

gee this thread has morphed lol...

Dave

Jen · #19 17-11-2009, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep

I thought that "The Fifth Element" was a bloody horror of a movie......i wanted my $6 rental fee back.....that movie was C-R-A-P, i wouldn't use it to stoke a fire!

yeah i didnt like that one either lol

Outbackmanyep · #20 17-11-2009, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jen

yeah i didnt like that one either lol

I put it on par with "Hey Dude, Wheres my car?".........and a string of other dud trashy movies i was unfortunate enough to view.....

Looking at the "2012" movie clips on TV i could only stand 10 nanoseconds of it as the balls of "solar flares" hitting the ground and exploding made me nearly cry

........what Roy and HG call a DOGS BREAKFAST.......

I don't think i'll waste my time seeing this one.....

:insert emoticon shooting ones self: