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Posted by Tarkus on 10/09/07 04:57
David E. Bath wrote:
> In article <0glig3lr8a4pgcsa8pv4ot21n1q64c3d5k@4ax.com>,
> ChairmanOfTheBored <RUBored@crackasmile.org> writes:
>> On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:49:20 GMT, davidbath1@bigfoot.com (David E. Bath)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <46feb52a$0$19643$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
>>> "T.B." <partyslammer@socal.rr.com> writes:
>>>> I noticed advance copies of the new Fantastic Four movie single disc version
>>>> on a few store racks this weekend ahead to Tuesday's street date and they
>>>> appear to be single layer flippers with a full screen version on one side
>>>> and a widescreen version on the other. Add to that the few extras included
>>>> and this dvd has to look pretty mediocre with a significantly compressed
>>>> transfar to fit it on a single layer disc. I though the major studios
>>>> stopped doing this years ago.
>>> I have the DVD and it's only 1:31 long. It looks just fine.
>>> I was surprised to see a flipper, 1st one I've seen since dual layer
>>> DVDs stared showing up.
>>
>> Nonsense. Dual layer was around from nearly the beginning. Even your
>> "flipper" is dual layer per side.
>
> I bought quite a few DVDs before the first dual layer ones came out,
> something like 30-40. And what difference does it make when dual layer
> came out since that was when the double sided DVDs with single layers
> quit being made which was my point.
>
> I still have several actual flipper DVDs that
> have to be flipped to watch the entire movie, that's why I bought a
> Sony 300 CD changer that can play both sides.
>
> And this DVD is not dual layer as I checked it and it only has 4.7G on
> each side.
Not surprising, since despite the "nonsense" comment, there are very few
DVD-18s out there. They use two DVD-9s instead, if necessary. Most
flippers (including the ws/fs variety) are indeed single layer on each side.
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