Gabrielle Drake comes to our little tiny town !

http://www.festivaldraytoncentre.com/eventsdetail.php?Robert-Powell-Gabrielle-Drake---100-Years-of-the-Silver-Screen-27
 
 


     

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And even more important you've got Jesus Christ coming to visit :-)


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Very cool, Paul!  I noticed in Gabrielle's little bio that she played Captain Gay Ellis on UFO.  Wasn't she a lieutenant?

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Subject: [SHADO] Gabrielle Drake comes to our little tiny town !
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Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 4:29 PM


 



http://www.festival draytoncentre. com/eventsdetail .php?Robert- Powell-Gabrielle -Drake--- 100-Years- of-the-Silver- Screen-27
 
 

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Hi All,
Anyone who still needs to update to DVD, ASDA (UK) are selling UFO boxed sets (volumes 1-4 and volumes 5-8) at £15.43 each post free. see website www.asda-entertainment.co.uk

Regards
Howard

Thanks Howard,
I still want to know how the hell Carlton can still get away with this? Whyare they still messing about with two separate boxes, and still at stupidly high prices?

No wonder piracy is rife when they can't get their acts together. Now if they did something like the Australian complete box, with all the goodies, I might pay £25- £30 for it, but I sure as hell not going to pay the samefor that old bit of tat, no matter how much Asda discounts it.

Rob

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>
>
> Hi All,
> Anyone who still needs to update to DVD, ASDA (UK) are selling UFO boxed sets (volumes 1-4 and volumes 5-8) at £15.43 each post free. see website www.asda-entertainment.co.uk
>
> Regards
> Howard
>

The compression on Carlton DVD's is better then on Umbrella's (I have both), resulting in episodes looking better. On the other side, not everyone is ready to appreciate this fact.

All the best,
Branko

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Thanks Howard,

I still want to know how the hell Carlton can still get away with this? Whyare they still messing about with two separate boxes, and still at stupidly high prices?



No wonder piracy is rife when they can't get their acts together. Now if they did something like the Australian complete box, with all the goodies, I might pay £25- £30 for it, but I sure as hell not going to pay the samefor that old bit of tat, no matter how much Asda discounts it.



Rob



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>

> Hi All,

> Anyone who still needs to update to DVD, ASDA (UK) are selling UFO boxed sets (volumes 1-4 and volumes 5-8) at £15.43 each post free. see website www.asda-entertainment.co.uk

>

> Regards

> Howard

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> The compression on Carlton DVD's is better then on Umbrella's (I have
> both), resulting in episodes looking better.

Ahh, so I'm not the only one who thinks the Carlton versions
look better than the Umbrella versions? Odd, as you'd think
that Umbrella would have benefited from more modern/sophisticated
encoding methods, as the Umbrella discs were released many
years after the Carlton discs.

Marc

Everything is a trade off,

The Umbrella releases had more extras I think so it takes up more space on
the DVD thereby taking it away from the main feature. So it needs to be
compressed more. Even though there are better compression methods codecs
available you still have conform to standards to ensure maximum
compatibility across all players or else you would have too many returns
from the DVD's not working.


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Subject: RE: [SHADO] Re: ASDA (UK) dvd's



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Perfect reason to put them on Blu-Ray, wondering why it hasnt been done yet.

8.5Gb(DVD) vs 50Gb(Blu Ray)



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Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 5:26 AM






 




   
Everything is a trade off,



The Umbrella releases had more extras I think so it takes up more space on

the DVD thereby taking it away from the main feature. So it needs to be

compressed more. Even though there are better compression methods codecs

available you still have conform to standards to ensure maximum

compatibility across all players or else you would have too many returns

from the DVD's not working.



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From: "Marc Martin" <marc@ufoseries. com>

To: <SHADO@yahoogroups. com>

Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:09 AM

Subject: RE: [SHADO] Re: ASDA (UK) dvd's



>> The compression on Carlton DVD's is better then on Umbrella's (I have

>> both), resulting in episodes looking better.

>

> Ahh, so I'm not the only one who thinks the Carlton versions

> look better than the Umbrella versions? Odd, as you'd think

> that Umbrella would have benefited from more modern/sophisticate d

> encoding methods, as the Umbrella discs were released many

> years after the Carlton discs.

>

> Marc

>

>

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> Yahoo! Groups Links

>

>

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What percentage of folks own a Blu-Ray player, and what percentage of that relatively small number are UFO fans?  I'm guessing that the powers that be don't see enough money to be made yet in such an endeavour.  Perhaps afew more years down the road, though.  : )
 
Jeff

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Perfect reason to put them on Blu-Ray, wondering why it hasnt been done yet.

8.5Gb(DVD) vs 50Gb(Blu Ray)

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From: Andrew Stampalia <bugcatcher@bigpond. com>
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: ASDA (UK) dvd's
To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 5:26 AM

 

Everything is a trade off,

The Umbrella releases had more extras I think so it takes up more space on

the DVD thereby taking it away from the main feature. So it needs to be

compressed more. Even though there are better compression methods codecs

available you still have conform to standards to ensure maximum

compatibility across all players or else you would have too many returns

from the DVD's not working.

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From: "Marc Martin" <marc@ufoseries. com>

To: <SHADO@yahoogroups. com>

Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:09 AM

Subject: RE: [SHADO] Re: ASDA (UK) dvd's

>> The compression on Carlton DVD's is better then on Umbrella's (I have

>> both), resulting in episodes looking better.

>

> Ahh, so I'm not the only one who thinks the Carlton versions

> look better than the Umbrella versions? Odd, as you'd think

> that Umbrella would have benefited from more modern/sophisticate d

> encoding methods, as the Umbrella discs were released many

> years after the Carlton discs.

>

> Marc

>

>

> ------------ --------- --------- ------

>

> Yahoo! Groups Links

>

>

>

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> What percentage of folks own a Blu-Ray player, and what percentage of
> that relatively small number are UFO fans?  I'm guessing that the powers
> that be don't see enough money to be made yet in such an endeavour. 
> Perhaps a few more years down the road, though.  : )

Well, THUNDERBIRDS has been released on Blu-Ray in the UK, and
THE PRISONER has been released on Blu-Ray in both the UK and US,
so it seems like UFO should be released one of these days...

Marc

The better question is, I own the dvd set already. I have a PS3 which plays blu-ray, why would I purchase the blu-ray, what advantage would get me? I have a dvd player that upconverts to 1080p (so does the ps3)

Bruce
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Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: ASDA (UK) dvd's


What percentage of folks own a Blu-Ray player, and what percentage of that relatively small number are UFO fans? I'm guessing that the powers that be don't see enough money to be made yet in such an endeavour. Perhaps a few more years down the road, though. : )

Jeff

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Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 9:02 AM



Perfect reason to put them on Blu-Ray, wondering why it hasnt been done yet.

8.5Gb(DVD) vs 50Gb(Blu Ray)

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From: Andrew Stampalia <bugcatcher@bigpond. com>
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: ASDA (UK) dvd's
To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 5:26 AM



Everything is a trade off,

The Umbrella releases had more extras I think so it takes up more space on

the DVD thereby taking it away from the main feature. So it needs to be

compressed more. Even though there are better compression methods codecs

available you still have conform to standards to ensure maximum

compatibility across all players or else you would have too many returns

from the DVD's not working.

----- Original Message -----

From: "Marc Martin" <marc@ufoseries. com>

To: <SHADO@yahoogroups. com>

Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:09 AM

Subject: RE: [SHADO] Re: ASDA (UK) dvd's

>> The compression on Carlton DVD's is better then on Umbrella's (I have

>> both), resulting in episodes looking better.

>

> Ahh, so I'm not the only one who thinks the Carlton versions

> look better than the Umbrella versions? Odd, as you'd think

> that Umbrella would have benefited from more modern/sophisticate d

> encoding methods, as the Umbrella discs were released many

> years after the Carlton discs.

>

> Marc

>

>

> ------------ --------- --------- ------

>

> Yahoo! Groups Links

>

>

>

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> The better question is, I own the dvd set already. I have a PS3 which
> plays blu-ray, why would I purchase the blu-ray, what advantage would get
> me? I have a dvd player that upconverts to 1080p (so does the ps3)

Yeah, UFO in Blu-Ray is going to be a bit harder to sell than most, because
the DVDs have such great picture quality. Real 1080p does look better than
unconverted DVD (especially on larger screens), but only if they do a
competent job on the video/audio transfer.

There already are HDTV versions of UFO, seen on an HD channel in the USA
(and floating around on the Internet via BitTorrent), but these versions
have some significant differences with the DVDs:

1) they are cropped for widescreen TV (image missing)
2) they have "fake" 5.1 surround sound audio (annoying)
3) they have inconsistent picture quality (some good, some not)

Also, there is simply less attention to detail on the HDTV transfers
compared to the DVDs, in that for the DVDs, the stock footage was
all digitally replaced with the original footage to improve image
quality, while the HDTV versions have degraded image quality whenever
stock footage appears.

I think some people may look at the above list and decide that they're
going to stick with the DVDs. Although some people may prefer to have
their widescreen TV filled (no black bars on the sides).

Marc

> Real 1080p does look better than unconverted DVD (especially on larger screens)

Oh, and if you want to see how good an old TV series can look on Blu-Ray,
look at this review of THE PRISONER on Blu-Ray. Click on the images to
get the full 1920 x 1080 image -- wow!

Marc

> Oh, and if you want to see how good an old TV series can look on Blu-Ray,
> look at this review of THE PRISONER on Blu-Ray. Click on the images to
> get the full 1920 x 1080 image -- wow!

sorry, forgot the link!

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews47/the_prisoner_blu-ray.htm

Marc

How many times did he re-master Star Wars?? Perhaps he just said... oh no.. not again :)

Bruce
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Agreed. I've been waiting for Star Wars before buying
a Blu-Ray player. Looks like it'll be a long time before
I get one, as still no release date (rumours are Lucas
isn't happy with the technology, and/or Lucasfilms are
re-re-(re?)mastering.) If UFO came out on Blu-Ray, I
might just bite the bullet.

R.





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Marc, thanks. in terms of digital media, I have things on laserdisc, which I never bought on DVD. I don't think I would buy things on Blu-ray that I already own on DVD.

Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Martin
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Blu-Ray


> The better question is, I own the dvd set already. I have a PS3 which
> plays blu-ray, why would I purchase the blu-ray, what advantage would get
> me? I have a dvd player that upconverts to 1080p (so does the ps3)

Yeah, UFO in Blu-Ray is going to be a bit harder to sell than most, because
the DVDs have such great picture quality. Real 1080p does look better than
unconverted DVD (especially on larger screens), but only if they do a
competent job on the video/audio transfer.

There already are HDTV versions of UFO, seen on an HD channel in the USA
(and floating around on the Internet via BitTorrent), but these versions
have some significant differences with the DVDs:

1) they are cropped for widescreen TV (image missing)
2) they have "fake" 5.1 surround sound audio (annoying)
3) they have inconsistent picture quality (some good, some not)

Also, there is simply less attention to detail on the HDTV transfers
compared to the DVDs, in that for the DVDs, the stock footage was
all digitally replaced with the original footage to improve image
quality, while the HDTV versions have degraded image quality whenever
stock footage appears.

I think some people may look at the above list and decide that they're
going to stick with the DVDs. Although some people may prefer to have
their widescreen TV filled (no black bars on the sides).

Marc




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"Bruce Sherman" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> The better question is, I own the dvd set already. I have a
> PS3 which plays blu-ray, why would I purchase the blu-ray,
> what advantage would get me? I have a dvd player that upconverts
> to 1080p (so does the ps3)
>

The same advantage as any Blu-Ray release over the equivalent DVD,
providing the source material is good enough - better picture
quality. I think there's a strong possibility that a UFO Blu-Ray
release would be cropped though, simply because every TV that's
capable of viewing HD material is a widescreen TV - so that is
potentially a disadvantage.

James

Well, THUNDERBIRDS has been released on Blu-Ray in the UK, and

THE PRISONER has been released on Blu-Ray in both the UK and US,

so it seems like UFO should be released one of these days...



Marc




THE PRISONER looks and sounds stunning on Blu-ray. It is great to see the UFO actors lit and shot by UFO cameraman, along with the work of many people that worked on UFO in such a high quality Hi-Def! I am reffering to Network's UK edition, can't say anything about US AE release, though...


All the best,
Branko




















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