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| David Lord Member  236 Posts 9/00 |  Posted - Jun 12 2001 : 11:29PMMetro did do the first Double Disc, Double feature with Nothing to Hide part 3: Justine's Daughter and Nothing to Hide Part 4: Carnal Purgatory. The first themed double disc i.e. feature, game, double feature, black, bondage, gonzo etc. A real Double disc, not a movie with a sampler or a completely non-related “Bonus disc”. So hats off to them and I hope they do more. The more companies that push the envelope the better it is for the end users, and Adult DVD as a whole. David Crawford  [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 12 2001 : 11:34PM How is Metro's double-double significant? I thought they simply released two older titles at the same time and sold them in the same package for 1 price. You get 2 movies on 2 DVDs with the Metro offering. Am I reading that right? BTW, I haven't read everything about the AVN gaffe today. I suppose I should do so right now....  [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 12 2001 : 11:36PM [Link] |
| HoustonDon Member Houston 561 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 1:09AM The important thing is how good the release is. Personally, I don't count NTH3&4 since each volume was released individually. I consider the MY:J as the first. I haven't seen The Gate (fingers crossed) but hopefully it'll be great. I'm researching the cast orgy's of Appassionata for a review later this week (maybe my old pal Astro will post a review and I can double check my educated guesses against his). Just keep on making great dvd's and consider yourself fortunate that you have a good bunch of people working at Wicked. [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 1:25AM Can I get an amen? I agree. ATTENTION ALL PORNO MAKING STUDIOS The question is...we currently have for porn dvd..hundreds of garbage ass crappy looking single discs...now..we await the same fate for 2 discs as well. Porn studios lack brain activity when making a good porno dvd with clean menus and crystal clear picture. I'm shocked Metro did a 2 disc set considering they made lots of their single titles without a navigating menu selection. Heck, they got balls. But..before making a 2 disc set..will you please for god's sake re-release those crappy looking single titles first! After you fixed your single dvd library, then you work on stuff that you have experience with. Otherwise, you ain't proving shit by making a 2 disc set when you can't even make a good single disc set. [Link] |
| HoustonDon Member Houston 561 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 1:36AM Seriously though, Metro has made some good releases. NTH 3&4 was very good-it got a 4.5 from me (and you all know how cheap I am with the higher ratings) Nothing To Hide 3&4 I also liked Zazel: Zazel and Stop My Ass Is On Fire 2: But yes, they generally make low budget, bargain basement releases. I wonder if Jeff and David are poking fun at one another over "who was first with a double dvd porn feature" though... [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 1:42AM Anyway, I don't think Metro's set counts because that's two movies. VCA could get together the Sorority Sex Kittens movies and call it a 4-disc set? And My Plaything isn't a feature, it's a virtual sex game. Appassionata? Somehow that escaped my radar. So when did the VHS of that come out? [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 1:46AM [Link] |
| HoustonDon Member Houston 561 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 1:49AM VHS? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 1:54AM [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 1:56AM Two 9's are not much more expensive at all, the bigger case for 2 discs is a little more, but all in all, I'd rather spend a little more money. I have a 5-DVD changer in my bedroom so that when I'm "in the moment", I don't have to get out of bed to change a DVD, so why would I want to get up to turn a DVD over? Also, technically a DVD-18 is MUCH harder to replicate. 4 layers on one disc is asking a lot of a replicator. Don- too funny. I only meant that I hadn't heard of it, and was wondering if it came out during my break from work a couple of months ago. I feel like I'm losing touch! [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 2:06AM [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 2:09AM Smart move guys smart move. [Link] |
| Janitor Retired Porno movies, sexy videos, xxx. Adult DVD Talk at your service. 6409 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 10:48AM I don't think it really matters who did it first. What's significant is which studios are really trying to give the consumer more value for their dollar. There are studios claiming to push digital technology = all marketing talk and little to support their claims. And there are studios making real efforts to do more with DVD. We all know who these studios are. I only pointed out AVN's article to show that all news sources need to depend on more than company press releases for their information. [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 11:03AM [Link] |
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| Saki At-Large 2087 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 11:20AM - Saki [Link] |
| David Lord Member 236 Posts 9/00 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 1:49PM
The bottom line is most of us are striving to put out the best possible product. I think that all of our hard work is really paying off and Adult DVD is better for it. We have some great ideas for some up coming projects and with the way people are turning out quality stuff I better get back to work. David Crawford [Link] |
| Duke Dasterly Member Beautyful Downtown Chatsworth 21 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 1:57PM Duke D. says,Spruce and Jagermeister Rule!! [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 5:55PM [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 6:09PM Edited by - Planet Sex on Jun 13 2001 [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 6:11PM [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 6:32PM Yes. But rarely used. Used on some mainstream DvD supplements. P.S: You are in Brazil? Man..I will die over there watching gorgeous tanned big butt young teens! Oh fuck! :p [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 6:43PM I had the opportunity to be the guide of Al Borda, Max Hardcore and, later, Hustler's Evan Wright when they came to Rio, and showed 'em all the bootiest places around. Edited by - Planet Sex on Jun 13 2001 [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 6:50PM Evil Dead 2 & Seven & Manhattan Baby from Anchor Bay P.S: I will be going to Brazil sometime in my life! I just have too! [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 7:02PM [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 7:09PM My way of thinking is different. I hate the tins..I don't own one. I don't like em because they look horrible near my DVD library and..the DVD inside the tin is not held, it's in a jewel case floating around. ? I assume because it's a stunning piece of scenery right? So they faint? Damn..you're killing me Planet Sex. I am not thinking about anal sex..but doggystyle and those bodacious cheeks making waves and I am surfing from behind!Do the chicks go crazy over Americans? I know that in some countries the girls go nuts over different types of male races. Hence Santo Domingo..my friend told me that if I head over there..I immediately can get laid. [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 7:23PM Edited by - Planet Sex on Jun 13 2001 [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 7:28PM $100?!!! With $100 I can get 5 new DVDS man! I want free sex man! -Chris Tucker [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 7:34PM [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 7:37PM [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 7:58PM When in Rio, use a condom. Or else.... [Link] |
Bill  All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 8:44PM When the DVD player is properly set up of a 4:3 TV, it will build the essentially squeeze the picture vertically to put it back into the proper aspect ratio, and builds the black bars on top & bottom. In order to do an anamorphic version of a fullscreen title, they would have to actually put black bars on the right & left of the 4:3 image to build a 16:9 image, and then squeeze it back to 4:3 to put it onto the DVD. When Decoding it, a widescreen TV would handle it properly, but wouldn't produce a better picture than if the image hadn't squeezed anamorphically in the first place. Where the problem would exist is that a DVD player set to 4:3 would see that this was an anamorphic disc, and actually build black bars on top & bottom. Anyone watching this on a 4:3 TV would end up seeing a small picture in the middle of the screen, surrounded by black bars on all 4 sides (right & left stored on the DVD, and top & bottom built by the DVD player. On top of that, it is more expensive to make an anamorphic DVD than an non-anamorphic (at least it was when DVD was introduced, that may have changed). [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 8:50PM I think this works like some menus work, where the 4x3 material is recorded at full resolution but there's actually a wider resolution file being played. The stuff that's wider than the 4x3 on 4x3 tv is not seen, whereas on a 16x9 tv it is all seen. Wasn't this how dvd's were originally concepted. I've never seen one actually do it. the idea was to encode a 16x9 image at the resolution height of 4x3, this way a 4x3 image could be pan-n-scanned in real-time from the 16x9 image, or you could watch it letterboxed of course. I guess this tech hasn't really worked out all that well, but it would give people the most options and only encode the movie once on the disc. Edited by - Planet Sex on Jun 13 2001 [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 8:59PM [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 9:08PM Edited by - Planet Sex on Jun 13 2001 [Link] |
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| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 9:33PM This methodology is actually interesting. But, other than the fact that someone who was watching the movie on a 16:9 TV doesn't have to change the TV mode when going from the movie to the extras, I still don't see the advantage to doing this. If the DVD player were set to 4:3 letterbox instead of 4:3 full screen, the postage stamp picture that I described would occur. I would think that this would be very confusing to a 4:3 viewer than a switch from an anamorphic movie to non-anamorphic extras would be to a 16:9 viewer. However, it the Pan & Scan on the fly process worked better and was used more often, I could see how this process might work well. [Link] |
| The Wanderer All-Star Member 192 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 9:33PM I watched American Beauty on DVD a few months back and part of the supplementary section looked weird on my 4:3 television. The movie itself was o.k. in a letterboxed image but when I got to the full-screen 'making of' featurette, the picture appeared to be squeezed inwards at the sides. This was particularly noticeable whenever Steven Spielberg appeared on screen and yet other clips appeared perfectly normal. All of the menu settings were correct on my Pioneer DVD player, so I can only guess that it was related to the anamorphic encoding. Any suggestions as to the possible cause of this problem? This was the Region 2 version by the way, but the content should be identical to the Region 1 disc. [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 9:48PM My other guess is that maybe the interview portion was filmed in 16:9 in anticipation of a widscreen 'making-of' that never took place. I haven't seen American Beauty on DVD, so I can't tell you what was on the Region 1 version. [Link] |
| The Wanderer All-Star Member 192 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 10:19PM The image did fill the screen and the level of distortion varied from one shot to the next. It was a rental disc so I don't have a copy anymore to try out. My DVD player is currently set to 4:3(letterbox) and I believe that I did test American Beauty at 4:3(pan & scan) without any obvious difference. Changing the setting to 16:9 only produced an even greater vertical stretching of the picture, as expected.I think your theory about it being shot in 16:9 is the most likely. I understand what Planet Sex was referring to regarding the menu screens on certain titles. All the Anchor Bay DVDs I own have 16:9 menus which appear cropped with picture missing from the sides on a 4:3 set. If I view the same discs on my laptop, I can see the entire image. Deep Red and Let Sleeping Corpses Lie are two examples which spring to mind. [Link] |
| sonic Deactivated User 1178 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 10:27PM Is that creepy whore place legal? Sounds...sounds like if I get a view..no matter how hard I try to get a hard on..it will stay limped for weeks! Edited by - sonic on Jun 13 2001 [Link] |
| Planet Sex Deactivated User 1951 Posts 6/01 | Posted - Jun 13 2001 : 10:35PM [Link] |
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