Episode 86:
That Fellow In The Coat: A Look Back at Home Video Technology That Fellow In The Coat takes a look at four different home video formats: the Laserdisc, VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray. Note: The DVD and Blu-Ray footage might be a tad bright, but hopefully the points still come across.
Date And Time: 2011-08-15 23:46:28
Comment: I have a problem with my DVD copy of "Titanic". It's a widescreen DVD, but the image doesn't fill the whole screen. It just shows black squares on all four sides. I use the zoom in my TV, but it doesn't completely fill the screen. Maybe I should buy the movie on Blu-Ray. Maybe the picture will be much improved. Mr. Coat: Yeah, some early DVDs weren't produced with widescreen sets in mind, for some reason. The Blu-Ray will likely fix that problem.
Name: William
Date And Time: 2011-03-03 18:45:20
Comment: I have an honest question for you That Fellow. I have Toy Story 1&2 on DVD, and with PIXAR being PIXAR, the video quality is absolutely phenomenal, even when watched on my new TV. My question is, should I really go through the trouble of finding the Blu rays of both movies?
Name: Sara
Date And Time: 2011-02-04 17:58:04
Comment: i just bought a LG blu ray player and it was awesome!
Name: 411314
Date And Time: 2011-01-28 16:22:07
Comment: I'd forgotten about that "home video" opening with Mickey Mouse, but now I remember it! That is somewhat nostalgic!
Name: Aaron Weyl
Date And Time: 2011-01-16 05:01:06
Comment: can you do look back at AVGN?
Name: Ebalance
Date And Time: 2010-10-16 17:26:28
Comment: I do miss my nostalgia from those VHS tapes... I've still got a whole lot of them... the problem w/VHS is you could only watch them so many times before they died... especially for little kids who watch their same favorite movies once or twice a day this is not a good thing... I remember 2 or 3 tapes my brother and I watched "to extinction" Well... I'm a DVD person... and the problem is... NOT ENOUGH TITLES... plus I'm already up to my armpits in DVD's... so... yeah... And... maybe this is weird to say... but I actually don't like HD that much...
Name: Jordan
Date And Time: 2010-10-09 21:11:43
Comment: Did you finally get a copy of Beauty and The Beast on Blu-ray?
Name: gabe snyder
Date And Time: 2010-09-24 21:04:49
Comment: you know i'm saving up for a player and tv any thoughts on which brands i should buy and do you think its okay to rebuy some of my dvds on blu ray because of lack of bonus features
Name: Jordan
Date And Time: 2010-09-01 16:22:41
Comment: How hyped are you for the Fantasia Blu-ray release and which version out of 10 of Fantasia are looking forward to see in HD?
Name: jconifer7
Date And Time: 2010-07-11 23:01:07
Comment: Another thing about Laserdisc was that it also did not have the ability to record programs whereas VHS did, that alone was seen as not worth the expensive price for it. Betamax had only a 1hr Standard Play recording time, 2hrs Extended Play. VHS was double that and that's what killed Beta. Panscan was a bummer, especially for the future viewers of the films but at least they kept the focus on what was important in the scene when they did it. It will also have to be accepted for a number of movies from the 1950's-70's as the original filmstrips of those decades have mostly deteriorated and become unusuable, meaning that their theatrical screen versions have been lost. Blu-ray gives me mixed feelings, I mean I can see the fact that it gives a great picture, virtually realistic from what I have seen, but I'm thinking about how it will really hold up in the long run. I know as a collector of music that the concept of collecting Blu-ray discs is there, but for the consumer the next question is reason. These days, downloading and VOD has proved to be such a convenient option that I see more likely that people will prefer to get a hard drive and download movies with the same quality level, if possible. And bonus features can be fun to look at, but like you said, multi-disc collector's editions detract from the sole point of buying a DVD/Blu-ray in the first place, what more do most of us want other than to just watch the movie? Well then again, deleted scenes can be useful in AMVs.
Name: Count Chocula
Date And Time: 2010-06-27 16:26:45
Comment: who wouldn't wanna pay 120 bucks for a laser disk? verses the 30 bucks for vhs? seems smart to me... liked your chat of this. your thoughts on james rofle knocking on blu-ray? saying its no real difference and a money scam. you would think a film buff such as james would appreciate it. oh well, more blu-rays for us! it would be great if someday they made some type of format with high picture quality, sound quality, etc., but also the feature of no mess-ups. such as, if you touch the bottom of dvds or blu-rays, higher chances it will freeze up eventually. or, over the years, vhs picture quality lowers as more people watch there copy of the vhs tape. would be great to have an invincible... or, not as sensitive media-playing disk or whatever. maybe something where we only have to take the discs out of there cases once, load them up on the player (special features and all) and there there until you delete them. so then less of a risk in freezing them up. which means many more happy years with them. maybe once the disk is loaded up onto the player, theres a way we can insert some sort of flashdrive to the player, to store the copies of the movies (special features and all), so then we would rarely even have to bother with our original discs. maybe only bringing out the original disks out a couple times every 10 or so years.
Name: Jordan
Date And Time: 2010-04-12 19:56:56
Comment: I have a sony. Also, what do you think of star trek or the disney diamond editon blu-rays? That Fellow: I thought they were both pretty fantastic, both image and bonus feature-wise.
Name: Jordan
Date And Time: 2010-04-11 17:07:12
Comment: To That Fellow: What kind of tv you have? That Fellow: It's a Toshiba widescreen HD-TV.
Name: -----------
Date And Time: 2010-03-30 00:50:05
Comment: I'm most likely in the minority for this, but I'm still satisfied with VHS and still willing go through the trouble of rewinding, but DVD is pretty much perfect for me. I'm not willing to spend extra money on the blu-rays and the players (then again I'm pretty cheap), but I don't know what will happen 10 or 20 years from now. I wonder if the blu-ray player is better or the PS3
Name: Andrew
Date And Time: 2010-03-29 18:06:08
Comment: True, we will never top the Blu-Ray technology. Cause the Nuclear Armageddon will top us all. :|
Name: Msky
Date And Time: 2010-03-28 18:59:28
Comment: Quite informative. Interesting the thought that you can watch DVD in the blu-ray players and the inroamtion about the do8uble Dvds offer (the Normal and the Blu-ray: are they a better price?)
Name: Jordan
Date And Time: 2010-03-28 15:14:24
Comment: I am gald you praise blu-ray as much as I do.
Name: Graham
Date And Time: 2010-03-27 20:49:45
Comment: Did James Rolfe's home video retrospective inspire this video? That Fellow: I plan for a video months in advance and that video where he showed off his collection just so happened to come out about a month prior to this one. Aside from the bit about the Jurassic Park laser-disc, no, it didn't inspire this video. It was a very interesting series, though.
Name: EHH
Date And Time: 2010-03-27 19:59:17
Comment: I only have two problems with Blu-Rays. First, when you first start it, it takes a while for the menu to load. Second, I haven't found any thing that makes you watch the movie frame by frame. Other than that, I'm satisfied with it.