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All Forums > The Porn Pool > The Porn Pool Forum Page 857 > Vivid's editing of and multiple angles on their DVDs
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Diesel
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Posted - May 9 2000 : 1:39AM
I apologize if this topic has been discussed before, but I want to know if anyone else is pissed as hell that Vivid edits their video releases for DVD (as well as for after-market VHS). Yes, I know the reason for it (cost of saving tape for VHS), but I really can't stand the fact that for a complete copy of BAD WIVES, I have to look to my original VHS tape as opposed to the DVD.
Also, does anyone else find the multiple angles icons on the bottom right of the screen for Vivid (and now VCA) distracting as hell? I don't see why they can't have some sort of option to turn that damn graphic off! It's bad enough commercial and cable TV put those station logos on their shows (thank you, VH-1 for starting this evil trend), but I hate it on my porno movies.
Finally, will someone tell Elegant Angel to get their act together and quit systematically makind DVDs in which the audio is out of sync? This is absolutely correctable yet they keep pressing disc after disc with this same problem.
Saki
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2087 Posts
11/99
Posted - May 9 2000 : 10:29AM
Diesel: Yes, the fact that Vivid edited many of its releases is one of the biggest pet peeves people have about Vivid. Here are some recent threads on this topic:
[url=467341]https://www.adultdvdtalk.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=420&forum_id=1&cat_id=1</A [url=467342]https://www.adultdvdtalk.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=511&forum_id=1&cat_id=1</A [url=467343]https://www.adultdvdtalk.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=213&forum_id=1&cat_id=1</A [url=467344]https://www.adultdvdtalk.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=556&forum_id=1&cat_id=1</A
At any rate, I've heard from a reliable source that Vivid has decided to stop editing down movies for DVD due to complaints from customers. That doesn't help what's already been released, but at least it's a start...
The multiple angle on-screen icons are another thing that people bitch about. My take on the subject is 1.) it distracts you from the "fantasy" that you're watching, and 2.) just about every home DVD player has an alternate angle LED on the front face. I think that the studios fear that people will somehow "miss" the alternate angles and therefore the expense will be wasted. Vivid's logo is extremely distracting... VCA's is at least watermarked so that it's not in your face. Still, it would be nice to be able to toggle that indicator, perhaps by using the same technique that was used on the Ghostbusters mainstream disc for the visual commentary: use the captioning track to show an image rather than just text. But of course, that would be expensive, and it's a whole lot cheaper just to superimpose a static graphic on the footage.
I don't know about Elegant Angel and the audio synch problem. Obviously, it's the biggest complaint that people have about that studio, and if they want to continue to play in the DVD arena, they have to get it fixed ASAP.
Saki

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Posted - May 9 2000 : 11:09AM
i don't have a problem with the multiple angel icon except when there aren't really multiple angles. as i just wrote in my review of easy i see it as a constant reminder that the studio thinks lying to me is ok.
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