[78-L] A word of warning concerning playback of Warner "BigBand" set Re: They are practically Giving away the Vitaphone DVD set!

[Michael Biel]

From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> I'm still finding DVDs that begin with commercials and promos
> that can't be stopped or skipped through..drives me crazy. 

Especially when it is five years after the "coming attractions" are
moot.

> (I'm also mad at the DVD industry for constantly rereleasing the same 
> material with slight revisions or "ultimate" versions

However, you have said that you wish you could re-do some of your
earlier CDs with the newer technology.  My gripe is repackaging the SAME
material that has NOT be re-reprocessed or improved.  

> Anyone remember the early issue of "Lawrence of Arabia" where one disc would 
> play and the other wouldn't, if you had a first generation DVD player? I had
> to take that set to a store and try it, and 3 of the store's players wouldn't
> run it either.  dl

Anybody remember those thick Edison discs that couldn't be played on our
Victrolas and those thin Edison discs that could?

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com