Posted by Joshua Zyber on 10/11/05 03:28

"Bill Binder" <whbinder@whbinder.com> wrote in message
news:xNC2f.2502$MN6.1007@fed1read04...
> His family is the ones that claims the early VHS transfers were
> definative (which is why the current DVD releases are not only
> fullscreen, but twenty year old dirty transfers that can't be cleaned
> up by the family's request)

This is only partially correct. Kubrick's estate is holding firm to the
decision about aspect ratios that he made in the early 80s, but the most
recent DVDs have been substantially cleaned up otherwise. It was the
first DVD releases that featured dirty 20 year-old VHS transfers. The
newer DVD releases that say, "New digital transfer from restored
elements" are improvements in all areas except aspect ratio.

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