UFO to be released on DVD in America!

Now that I've gotten your attention... :-)

Here is an e-mail I just received... now, before we get too excited
about this, we should find out where this information came from...

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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:58:06 -0500
From: "scott"
To: [hidden email]
Subject: UFO and Space 1999 coming to DVD in states...!

hey marc,

thought you would like to know that the A&E Network here in the
states will be releasing all episodes of Space: 1999 on DVD in jan
2001. they have also announced that UFO, Thunderbirds, and Stingray
will also be coming to DVD as well!

scott in chicago.
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Marc Martin wrote:
>
> Now that I've gotten your attention... :-)
>
> Here is an e-mail I just received... now, before we get too excited
> about this, we should find out where this information came from...
>
I found the following that seems to confirm Space 1999 will be
definitely released. This source says A&E plans on doing UFO as well.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html

I didn't see anything at the A&E website about this yet. The info from
the DigitalBits websitie is usually accurate. Hopefully this is true.


Ron

At 12:17 AM 2000-08-17, you wrote:



I got confirmation some time ago from a contact at A&E that the Prisoner
(another ITC show) is definitely coming out this year (oct) with
Thunderbirds to follow on very soon after. (December?)

Just my luck. I get a multi-standard DVD player and the stuff comes out on
NTSC anyway!



Simon

Simon Wickes Burlington, NJ, USA
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--- In [hidden email], Simon Wickes <tv21@e...> wrote:

> Just my luck. I get a multi-standard DVD player and the stuff comes
> out on NTSC anyway!

Not to rub anyone's noses in it, but the PAL discs will probably be a
better bet anyway, providing you're willing to wait. Firstly, the
extra 100 lines of resolution make a difference, and the 24 (film) to
25 (TV) transfer frame rate is smoother than the 24 to 30 of NTSC.

Having said that, I've splashed out on all of A&E's discs of The
Avengers and they are gorgeous (apart from the annoying placing of
the
layer transition on all of the '67 discs).

There's also the question of what extras A&E will have available to
them. We (Fanderson) are working with Carlton to get the extras count
up on the Thunderbirds and other ITC discs up, and some goodies
within the packaging too, but whether these will be available with
the
US releases I don't know.

By the way, fellow DVD-equipped SHADOers may be interested to know
that the Space Precinct DVDs just released appear to be code-free
(ie,
region 0). I only noticed the other day after playing an R1 disc,
then
popping Precinct in the player and it started OK (I have to tell my
player what region disc I'm playing). Of course, I cannot be held
responsible if you buy the discs only to find they don't work in your
machine, which is why I say they "appear" to be code-free!!

So, providing your player/TV is PAL compatible, some lovely uncut and
clear Space Precinct can be yours.

Nick Williams:

>By the way, fellow DVD-equipped SHADOers may be interested to know that the
Space Precinct DVDs just released appear to be code-free (ie, region 0). I
only noticed the other day after playing an R1 disc,
then popping Precinct in the player and it started OK (I have to tell my
player what region disc I'm playing). Of course, I cannot be held
responsible if you buy the discs only to find they don't work in your
machine, which is why I say they "appear" to be code-free!!


You know, you could be right. Looking at the back of the case it doesn't
tell you whether it's region 1 or 2, so it must be 0.

I like the idea of having the spine build up into a wide picture. My only
disappointment with the Space Precinct DVD is that there are no subtitles
for hard of hearing people like myself. I only hope Carlton will continue to
have subtitles on all their forth coming releases as they have been doing
with the ITC series.

Gary.

Nick writes:
>Not to rub anyone's noses in it, but the PAL discs will probably be a
>better bet anyway, providing you're willing to wait. Firstly, the
>extra 100 lines of resolution make a difference, and the 24 (film) to
>25 (TV) transfer frame rate is smoother than the 24 to 30 of NTSC.

Although some of us (namely myself) are annoyed by the 4% speedup of
PAL, especially when applied to Ed Bishop's voice!

>There's also the question of what extras A&E will have available to
>them. We (Fanderson) are working with Carlton to get the extras count
>up on the Thunderbirds and other ITC discs up, and some goodies
>within the packaging too, but whether these will be available with
>the US releases I don't know.

Hmmm... looks like we'll have to purchase both sets... :-)

--
Marc Martin, [hidden email]

----- Message d'origine -----
De : "Marc Martin" <[hidden email]>

> Nick writes:
> >Not to rub anyone's noses in it, but the PAL discs will probably be a
> >better bet anyway, providing you're willing to wait. Firstly, the
> >extra 100 lines of resolution make a difference, and the 24 (film) to
> >25 (TV) transfer frame rate is smoother than the 24 to 30 of NTSC.
>
> Although some of us (namely myself) are annoyed by the 4% speedup of
> PAL, especially when applied to Ed Bishop's voice!

You can add me in the 'us'!
I think that his Bishopness' voice deserves to be heard in all it's
splendour!
(As he deserves to be seen in all his splendour, too, but that's another
story! ;-)
Please notice that I didn't not even mention the Chipmunks...
Oups! I did!
;-)


BTW, I got Shadofile #15 from Helen Weber...

(The cover on that one sure will/would please some of the guys on this list:
*Straker's beauties take a vacation from Moonbase to the Tropics in their
futuristic swimwear*, by a Dave McCoy. LOL, it's cute!)

Anyway, there's a story in that one by Rick Baker (Rick? You over here?)
Anyway, it's good stuff, but the spooky part is that there are 2 Russians
Subs lost in the Barents sea in it!
8-0
Aliens got those...

--Anny
<sad over the fate of those people aboard the Koursk>