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simon33333 All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 10 2015 : 5:42PM
Hi folks
Pardon me if I make a mistake on what I am trying to say here, iam tired, but busy and wanted to find out what others have experienced.
I purchased Taboo Part one and the clearness of the dvd was excellent. They must have had a real good master to pull a dvd from it.
Three faces of Angel: Ok, not as clear, but I left good feedback with seller in light of the fact that they sell and do not make the dvds. I want to be fair.
Debbie does em all: ok, average quality.
My gripe I guess is this: Can the companies transferring these oldies to dvd use better equipment to enhance the quality or is it just not cost effective.
Taboo was near perfect. I did not buy it for the theme but because of Kay Parker. I like her work.
I just ordered A movie with Taija Rae, lovely sexy woman I adore. I saw that is was digitalized, but I don't know how well.
Reflecting on movies like "Dirt Harry" " Robocop" which came out about the same time, these copies are just clearer!

One actress starred in a movie that is xxx rated that has the incest theme in it. I don't even look to much at the theme just the sex. Knowing it's all fake, are companies pushing the envelope a bit too much on that theme.
It's a fine line I will say. Is this "incest" movie stuff getting bigger? On video box they had Sibling or something like that, I did not watch or dL. Another I did bit just out of curiosity sake and the actors say we are not related.
I mean if I like an actress enough and she does this, I will buy it, but if it gets out of hand, as in the companies push out more on the same actress I will stop buying and move to another actress. Just want to find out what is going on.

I did combine two subjects in on thread, sorry about that. Not feeling to great. thanks for all input ahead of time and I wish u all well.
Edited by - simon33333 on Mar 10 2015
Edited by - simon33333 on Mar 10 2015
jayo All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 10 2015 : 8:14PM
I think it depends on who's doing it and how much of a rats ass they give. You see this everywhere in the porn industry. Some studios really work to put out a high quality product and give you the most for your $. Some put out just enough effort to get results and give you the least for your $.
Ideally people would buy from the former and shun the latter, but it doesn't happen that way. Hopefully the quality studios make enough money to keep going, and use pride in their product as part of their mission (along with profit).
simon33333 All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 10 2015 : 8:22PM
I guess that sums it up. Thanks.
Flash All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 10 2015 : 9:36PM
It seems to depend on the company, the masters easily available, and cost. In all fairness, the original release of Taboo was nothing like the most recent one that I know of. "Digitized" means essentially nothing as far as the quality. Anything that was analog has to be digitized to go on a DVD or Blu-ray, it is the act of taking something analog and making it digital. It can still be horrible quality. A decent key is to look at reviews of classic releases from various companies and see how they fare overall, or see if one that was great has comments in the review of being unlike others from that company, or as expected from this company.
Some rundowns from companies that hit my head at the moment:
Vinegar Syndrome puts out amazing classic releases. Standard Digital usually does decent ones. Caballero is very hit or miss. VCX/Cal Vista/Collector's has more misses than hits same with Arrow. Alpha Blue Archives has the rare decent one, most are horrible. Video-X-Pix/Distribpix many of their old releases were horrible, their newer ones are around Vinegar Syndrome quality. After Hours Cinema is hit or miss, usually better than Alpha Blue Archives. Synapse/Impulse has some good and bad ones. TVX were awful. VCA was okay/decent. Gourmet is awful. Mitchell Brothers is decent/better.
These are just one ones that come to mind immediately. If you have overall questions on other companies, I and I am sure others here, can give a general feel for their releases.
jayo All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 10 2015 : 9:39PM
Agreed. My only comment in their defence is that they often release things nobody else would bother with. So even though the quality is marginal, sometimes a crappy edition of something is better than no edition at all.
 
Flash All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 11 2015 : 7:42AM
Alpha Blue Archives doesn't seem to put any care into their elements. While yes, I appreciate that they release titles that no one else is likely to ever release, they also have included (without stating) that they have incomplete prints, have released many that I consider to be in such poor shape that they are unwatchable, and have released several where although the print was in good shape they didn't bother to do simple color fixes. I am sure that it would cut down on sales, but I probably would have more respect for them if they put a quality of the prints notice on the packaging (0 - 5), so you know going in what the print quality is.
Jacco All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 11 2015 : 2:02PM
Since Alpha Blue does not put any care in establishing who owns the rights to certain movies I am not surprised they also don't care about the technical quality.
Jacco
Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 11 2015 : 2:08PM
^ Yeah, I was going to add that they are primarily a bootleg company. Why would they bother restoring anything? That's not their line of business anyway.
Regarding restored 80s films, Vinegar Syndrome as someone else noted, and also Wildside. Tabu is another company that I haven't had a chance to check out yet. I am hoping that Distribpix will start putting out their 80s content some time soon also.
Jacco All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 11 2015 : 8:43PM
Tabu did some really nice ones, both on DVD and Bluray. They were going to do one a month, but I haven't seen a new one after the first four.
They did Internat D'Amour, Paris ... telefon 666, Die Mädchen von St. Tropez and Happening.
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simon33333 All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 15 2015 : 8:27PM
I agree, however, I don't want it so bad I am straining to see it, I have seen bad quality stuff.
simon33333 All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 15 2015 : 8:30PM
I will use your info to pick wisely, thanks.
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