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Posted by Netmask on 11/23/06 04:09
"Netmask" <netmask@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:TT89h.70420$rP1.10673@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
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> "Babaganoosh" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:yG69h.3076$hz3.1870@newsfe21.lga...
>> In article <Fz69h.3070$hz3.21@newsfe21.lga>,
>> Babaganoosh <no@spam.invalid> wrote:
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>>> In article <Ov69h.70372$rP1.5559@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>>> "Netmask" <netmask@geemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare/brazil.htm
>>>
>>> That site must be wrong, since there are no anamorphic versions of
>>> Brazil on DVD (not in Region 1, anyway). I know, I used to *own* the
>>> Criterion release, and after getting my widescreen TV I found out it
>>> wasn't 16x9.
>>
>> Addendum: That dvdbeaver.com site is rather poorly laid out, but the
>> implication seems to be that Brazil *has* been reissued in 16x9 enhanced
>> format. This is certainly good news. I checked on BestBuy.com and it
>> confirms this.
>>
>> Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way (by looking at the box) to
>> confirm whether or not it's the original or reissued set. Anybody know
>> how to tell?
>>
>> --
>> "Drop the One Ring! Drop it NOW!"
>> - Jack Bauer in 'Lord of the Rings'
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> I'm in Oz (we are PAL standard) and my copy is 16:9 and plays very nicely
> on my 107cm LCD. It was in the remainders bin at Target for $6.95.
Follow up mine upon inspection is actually this (Universal - Region 1 -
NTSC LEFT - ) and is not PAL, not that matters with DVD players and TV's
down here. So Target must have bought a bin out of ? South America? who
knows..
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