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Posted by One-Shot Scot on 10/31/05 08:09
"Lookingglass" <Shemakhan@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:3fSdnRitiJ3QXvjeRVn-vA@comcast.com...
> Anyone thinking about getting this new (restored for the Nth time) DVD...
> GET IT!
>
> I have picked up each new "restored" video version, as it's one of my
> favorite films. Somehow the technicians, this time, have managed to
> re-align the 3 color strips so that they match up perfectly... at least
this
> is what I imagined to have happened... the picture quality and clarity
> are BRILLIANT. I picked up on details I hadn't noticed before. I don't
> know how they missed this in other releases. There is a lot of "air"
> (breathing) in the sepia segment... but then there was a lot of air
> around in those days...
> :^)
>
> The original mono sound is terrific! (there is 5.1) The color is... well,
> it's TECHNICOLOR.
>
>
> ...and then of course there is THE WIZARD OF OZ (50+years)
.................
> It also has lots of extras.
The main difference that I noticed is that the flesh tones in the color
sequences don't drift between purple and green anymore. The flesh tones are
rock solid on the latest OZ. And of course, the picture looks better than it
has ever looked in the previous versions.
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