Posted by ThePunisher on 05/23/07 22:12

kim wrote:
> "ThePunisher" <thepunisher@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:pOn4i.56$rQ4.33@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>> POD {ҿ�} wrote:
>>> "ThePunisher" <thepunisher@ntlworld.com> once tried to test me. I
>>> ate their liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti
>>>
>>>>> Most of them did. Remember 16:9 didn't happen in the US until
>>>>> HDTV came about.
>>>>
>>>> And? here, in the UK widescreen TVs were on sale before dvds were.
>>>
>>> And? Criterion is a US company, why should they care about UK TVs?
>>
>> What region were Criterion dvds?
>
> The early titles were recycled from NTSC laserdisc masters which were
> only ever distributed in North America. That is why there was no
> anamorphic enhancement. Even that fails to explain the lack of 5.1
> audio on RoboCop as it was already standard on laserdisc at the time.
>
> (kim)

Warner were putting out better dvds than Criterion ten years ago, Contact
being one.

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ThePunisher

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