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Diesel
Member


516 Posts
3/00
Posted - Sep 18 2000 : 6:37PM
Although there has been some criticism against Adam & Eve regarding the original DINNER PARTY release, at least the company cares enough to address the issue and to remaster the DVD. Despite the fact that there are still problems with Evil Angel DVDs like BUTTMAN'S EUROPEAN VACATION, at least it has been acknowledged by Ms. Devereaux on this forum.
However, there are too many DVDs which have all kinds of problems which should have been corrected before they were released to the consumers. I just reviewed (in part, for Adult DVD Empire, and in part for myself) GIRLS ON FIRE, 30 MEN FOR SANDY and UP AND CUMMERS 52, and of course, ALL of them have some sort of defect. The SANDY disc has chapter stop problems (similar to the BUTTMAN disc) where you cannot backwards search past a chapter stop (all Caballero discs have this problem). UP AND CUMMERS 52 loses its time tracking after the layer change, and GIRLS ON FIRE looks like complete shit...and I say that sincerely! The DVD looks like it was mastered from an edited VHS rental tape and the packaging looks like it was xeroxed off an old boxcover.
I know that DVD technology is still new, but most of these problems are absolutely avoidable with just a little more care and better quality control. Again, I praise those companies which are trying to correct their mistakes; I doubt that GenXXX would ever correct the wrong version of THE ADVENTURES OF SUZY SUPERSLUT, or the Snatch Productions would remaster SISTER SNATCH, or that VCX will give us a new, more faithful version of GIRLS ON FIRE.
I encourage all consumers who are tired of their defective DVDs to bitch and bitch loudly at the companies which foist their shoddy products on us.
Bill All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

5334 Posts
6/00
Posted - Sep 18 2000 : 7:10PM
For some reason, it appears that Caballero is using different "titles" rather than different "chapters". This would explain why the search functions don't work correctly (I don't believe that the forward scan across chapters (titles) works correctly.
I have no idea why they are doing this. I know of no advantages to this methodology.
Diesel
Member

516 Posts
3/00
Posted - Sep 18 2000 : 7:25PM
What I wonder is, if Caballero even knows that their discs have problems? I have e-mailed them once with no response, after I got my copy of NIGHT TRIPS 2. This chapter stop/titles problems is a systematic and continuous "defect" afflicting all their DVDs, and it's getting tiresome.
By the way, all Ginger Lynn fans should avoid GIRLS ON FIRE. Even though her scene is kept intact (unedited) this disc is a joke.
Janitor
Retired

Porno movies, sexy videos, xxx. Adult DVD Talk at your service.
6409 Posts
11/99
Posted - Sep 18 2000 : 7:31PM
I will contact Caballero - a friend of mine just started working there.
All the studios that I am in contact with read the forum and definitely appreciate your constructive feedback.
KINGOFDVD
VCA DVD

chatsworth, ca, u.s.
13 Posts
7/00
Posted - Sep 19 2000 : 11:14AM
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH V.C.A. DVD'S ?
WE HAVE A GREAT QUALITY CONTROL DEPT.
 
greybeard
Member

181 Posts
8/00
Posted - Sep 19 2000 : 1:20PM
Now if we could only get V.C.A. to refrain from needlessly editing the _content_!
[This message has been edited by greybeard (edited September 19, 2000).]
Darkmage
Member

State of Denial
328 Posts
11/99
Posted - Sep 19 2000 : 8:08PM
This is just a theory, but it may be that the DVDs that are using title stops instead of chapter stops may be direct conversions from laserdisk. Video Essentials has this problem for that reason. Again, it's just a theory.
Oh, and I love VCA DVDs. Picture quality is always excellent. I can't speak about editing the content, as I rarely see these movies on VHS before seeing the DVD. I don't know what I'm missing, I guess.
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Diesel
Member

516 Posts
3/00
Posted - Sep 20 2000 : 12:51AM
VCA quality control is excellent. Sure, I wish they would not edit the content, but I have almost no complaints on their actual DVDs...except ----
The only time where I was upset over the transfer of a title was with CENTERFOLD. There is horizontal line (like a dropout from a tape) which runs throughout Francesca Le's incredibly hot girl-guy scene.
Needless to say, it is annoying as hell. Clearly, this defect was from the original master source for DVD, but it does NOT appear on my laserdisc version. I would re-purchase the title if the defects were corrected.
torris
Senior Member

Deep within Mila's anus
1827 Posts
1/00
Posted - Sep 20 2000 : 5:39PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bill Broderick:
For some reason, it appears that Caballero is using different "titles" rather than different "chapters
This is extremely annoying!!!
The Wanderer All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

192 Posts
6/00
Posted - Sep 20 2000 : 5:59PM
Steph- Could you ask your friend at Caballero if they plan to *start* a quality control department any time in the near future? Preferably BEFORE they release Nightdreams on DVD.
Diesel- It's interesting that you say there's a problem with Sister Snatch on DVD because I remember there were some major flaws in the picture when it was released on LaserDisc a few years ago. I wonder if the original footage was defective but Snatch Productions decided to release it anyway because the content was so hot and they needed to recoup the cost? I suppose director David Christopher would be the best person to ask about this...
Diesel
Member

516 Posts
3/00
Posted - Sep 20 2000 : 8:02PM
My gripe about SISTER SNATCH was the damn video just abruptly ends before the ending scene is finished. And this is during a scene where Leena is masturbating as the credits roll...Damn, annoying!
I understand when a new company tries to put out a first DVD release and makes mistakes. However, Caballero has continuous and systematic errors. And VCX videos on DVD look like someone puked on them! This is unacceptable.
reader1
Member

Vancuver, BC, Canada
18 Posts
8/00
Posted - Sep 20 2000 : 10:19PM
I just got Anabolic's Oral Consumption #1, and the DVD won't play on my Sony DVPS500D. All I get on the TV is the message "C:13:00". The flip side with the trailers are OK.
I have ordered 5 Anabolic DVDs, and this is the only one that has outright problems.
tricia_devereaux
Evil Angel DVD

Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous?
4283 Posts
4/00
Posted - Sep 30 2000 : 6:18PM
Sorry again about the chapter stop problems on European Vaction and Buttman's Anal Show.
I was doing my full proofing on my authorer's hard drive and letting them do the final proof of the DVD check disc. (Big mistake, definitely haven't done that since.)
As another example of something that I didn't even know was wrong, they were putting regional coding on the first several DVDs they did, and therefore I had them redo them for me for free.
The titles which have the chapter stop problems will all have new versions by Christmas. This freeze-frame at the transition was seen in Buttman's European Vacation, Buttman's Anal Show, and Voyeur 2. Voyeur 2 was recalled and will be reissued beginning of October. We didn't recall the other two titles, but when the current inventory of those titles runs out, it will be replaced with the corrected version.
Again, sorry, and keep posting so I can keep trying to improve.
Tricia - Evil Angel DVD
torris
Senior Member

Deep within Mila's anus
1827 Posts
1/00
Posted - Oct 1 2000 : 12:12PM
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