Chimes at Midnight - New Issue

[the scotsman]

This new issue from Cornerstone Media International / Palladium Entertainment is not reccomended - DO NOT BUY IT:
It is not even as good as the spanish issue. It seems to be from the spanish issue however. They have degraded the picture quality with too much noise reduction - giving it the look of an old VHS transfer with the picture sharpner turned down;Thus removing all the natural grain of the original. The sound is OK. I can´t tell you all how disappointed I am that the first english language DVD issue of this movie is such a dud.There are no extras on the disc whatsoever. I don´t suppose one can expect much for the price - 7 pounds 87 pence,but I had expected more than this.
So fellow suffering Wellsians - keep the faith - get the spanish version or steal the french one - if you can find anyone with it - and let´s hope that the 3 DVD issue of OTHELLO will see the light of day - Ha! "Pigs might fly" as they say.

[atcolomb]

That's too bad...and how about a region 1 release? At DVDBEAVER Gary's video segment he talks about a possible French release of Chimes which holds some promise..we shall see. I guess i will keep my Spanish version for now.

[atcolomb]

..by the way someone on Ebay is selling a laserdisc copy of Chimes for.. $499. I have a copy of that that was burned on to a dvd for me for $20. The print used was ok but not as good as the Spanish version.

[Michael O'Hara]

Has anyone tried this "burn on demand" job from AMazon?

http://www.amazon.com/Chimes-at-Midnigh ... 103&sr=1-2

[Michael O'Hara]

Has anyone tried this "burn on demand" job from AMazon?

http://www.amazon.com/Chimes-at-Midnigh ... 103&sr=1-2

Aww, hell, I went ahead and ordered it. Can't be any worse than my "Korean import".

[Michael O'Hara]

Okay, got it today. Definitely an upgrade in picture in sound compared to my former copy. Not state-of-the-art, but very watchable! Worth the $17.99, even for a DVD-R. It will do until a truly restored DVD/Blu-ray is released.