Personally I really really love Extreme products. They're just nasty and raw. But that aside. It seems that DVD's are POLITICALLY CORRECT. DVD's are like watered down versions of the VHS. Take away the features and clips and still shots (blurry screen shots usually) and they are all just VHS movies minus the hard stuff (for the edited versions)

But my question is - how exactly do they go from VHS to DVD? What is the master version of the movie recorded on? Or do they just play the VHS and record straight to DVD from that? I know that modern movies are usually shot with digital cameras. But what's the deal with stuff from the late 90's?

HoutonDON, if you read this - Have you ever found a DVD that has still pictures that are actually CLEAR? lol. Every DVD I watch that has still shots is just screen shots from the movie. And they're all 1/3 the screen size. Why dont they save the files as full screen and use REAL photo's?

Posted by John D.

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As to the "edited" nature of the dvd's: This is not the norm. Most dvd's have at least as much footage as their current release counterparts. Companies that routinely edit, like Vivid and apparently Extreme, are employing it as a marketing scheme. The format isn't to blame, the handful of crap companies are the ones at fault.

Source material: While the source material may be on tape, it's usually not on VHS tape and the dvd mastering, done properly, can make a huge difference in end result quality. The idea is to take good source material and make it better-not worse. Granted, Leisure Time, Sunshine, Vivid and some others seem to get this backwards but most companies are finding out the hard way what we consumers want.

Photgalleries: I've seen many that were high gloss magazine perfect. Look at many of the Wicked, Private, Adam & Eve, stills and you'll often see great shots. Why they don't always use full screen pic's is unknown though.

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