Got my copy of The Abyss (Extreme Associates) a couple of days ago, and I have to say it is the worst dvd transfer I have ever seen. All of the actors have squares in their face (is this what they call pixelation?) Every time there is the slightest movement you see a bunch of small squares everywhere. This disc is pure garbage, too bad it is a decent movie that got trashed by it's transfer. Ass Clowns #1 is a bit better, but not much. But if you want Abyss get the tape. The disc belongs in the garbage where I'm putting it now, what a waste of money.
Abyss truly sucks on the technical side of things. Ass Clowns #1 is better picture wise but can still notice when the is an image in motion you get some fuziness where the motion is ocurring. The Attic is the best dvd technically speaking that I got from them, no fuziness to speak of. Makes me wonder now about whether I sould get Ass Clowns #2, but I may reconsider now that I wasted good dough on Abyss. Anabolic, Diabolic, or Evil Angel would never release a transfer as bad as Abyss, makes you wonder if those fuckers at Extreme give a shit about what they put out. Fuck 'em, I just won't buy their discs anymore.
Altho I haven't seen the DVD of The Abyss, I have seen the video and liked it very much - prolly cuz it has the sweet little Gauge in some incredibly nasty action. But this really is shitty if the transfer or mastering wasn't done right on this title and hopefully EXTREME ASSOCIATES will address this problem. On another note, have you ever seen any of the Whack Attack or Extreme Teen series, M.B.? I have practically all of them on DVD and they all look and play just great and the sex scenes are among my very faves. In particular, check out Whack Attack 12 with Jenna Haze, Aurora Snow & Gina Ryder among others - these scenes will blow you away! Highly recommeded if you wanna to see hardcore anal and gaping action at its finest...
I would like the Whack Attack series much better if Tom Byron stopped putting himself in the videos. I just don't like the way he fucks the girls, too slow, and not hard enough. I like the way he shoots the movies, but I just hate watching him. Same with Cristoph Clark, when he stops putting his warped little dick and wrinkly old hands in his movies, I'll start buying them again.
LOL! Well I know that Tom is definitely no Rocco, but I don't mind his scenes at all and will continue to buy his series on a regular basis. Anyway, I really don't watch porn to see the guys as it is. But if you can M.B., at least give Whack Attack 12 a look - I'm sure you will like it regardless of what you think of Tom...hehe
A porn scene to me is much better when it is intense, and that usually depends on the dude porkin' the girl. Anyway, maybe I'll check out some Whack Attack stuff (I stopped watching it after #7). By the way, I scanned through the whole disc of Abyss and found that of the five scenes, the first 3 had heavy pixelation, more than any other disc I have ever seen. The last two scenes (the two jail scenes) the picture improved greatly and the pixelation is not present, but that still leaves 3 scenes that are to me totally unwatchable. Whoever it is that mastered this dvd truly fucked up and furthermore, whoverer gave this dvd release the go ahead at Extreme should be ashamed of themselves, letting their customers purchase below average product (as far as the picture quality goes). I will no longer buy an Extreme disc just because I saw it on tape and think it's good enough to get the disc. I will either wait for a review or see if I can find it for rent before purchasing. They screwed this one up royally.
MB - sorry to hear you got burned. As far as Ass Clowns #2, admittedly I'm not very knowledgable as far as the technical qualities. I'm usually happy if it plays at all in my Toshiba ;-) But I do remember the screen going black at one point, and some pixelation problems, so it's probably another shitty transfer.