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Thanks for this! I grabbed a few of my favorites when they were posted at Youtube a while ago, but I see a some here that also great. But now checking Youtube, the one with Ronny & the Daytonas ("Sandy") still missing.

Probably true, but it's strange that many of the Chrysler Theatre episodes are on Youtube, albeit in poor technical quality. And as with virtually any series, there’s always a few diamonds in the rough. “Slow Fade to Black” had to have been considered one of them as Universal added something...

From their FAQs, I clicked "Can I suggest a film?", but Kino replied ambiguously. https://kinolorber.com/faqs[/URL

Kino's not always so good with replying, and they never did when I submitted this request a few weeks ago. I'll give it another shot later month.

Strangely, the show was also called Universal Star Time Theatre of the Stars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope_Presents_the_Chrysler_Theatre BUT as I posted above, when this reviewer saw the episode he had to arrange to view it at the Paley Center in New York...

If Rod Steiger and/or Michael Pataki who played his character as a younger man, had been guilty of "overacting" in some scenes, it hardly detracts from this fine story by Rod Serling and Steven Bochco, which debuted on what was the Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater TV series. Playing older...

A shame he's not going be doing reviews anymore; loved reading them and VERY useful for deciding for/against a purchase.

Kino's BD Edition of Columbo series: Are ALL episodes the UNCUT versions? Are all the isolated score tracks in lossless DTS-MA format?

As there are too many Season DVD sets to purchase, and each with only ~ 7 or less liked episodes, I borrow them from local public libraries. None of the sets have episodes lists, thus no episode descriptions. Wikipedia was always my on the fly go-to source to quickly find the episodes that I'd...

Okay, I stand corrected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Digital_Audio_Disc_Corporation#Sony_DADC_Plants But neither Sony's nor Universal's optical discs are hardly just made in China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonopress https://www.sonopress.de/en/products/film/ And perhaps for some...

If that were true then what motivated Sony to do this? https://www.hometheaterforum.com/co...ver-disneys-physical-media-production.381885/ So, it looks like they're keeping their DADC facility going after all. And specialty vendors like Criterion, Kino, VCI, Warner Archives, Arrow, Eureka...

Perhaps, perhaps not. But consider that like all technologies, the time to author and press BDs have both dropped perhaps nearly as much as it was for DVDs a decade ago. Thus, the cost of issuing, even an obscure vintage TV series, is now much less-and because BD has > 7X the storage space as...

For collectors, the loss of the DVD format, at least regarding all important A/V quality, presents no great loss, compared to BD. I didn’t read the Variety report, but whenever the end comes for DVD with events like this it looks like collectors will continue to enjoy BD, and perhaps even new...

I only recall parts of a few scenes. I remember it as especially uncomfortable to watch because you could sort of feel the fear the mole people had being so different from terrestrials, even as Superman and Lois had their backs. But that first season was very special, wasn't it? But let's be...

Criterion, Kino, VCI, MPI/Dark Sky, ShoutFactory, Arrow, TwilightTime PowerHouse, Scorpion Releasing, Imprint, Eureka, Cult Films and at least a half dozen other boutique distributors who have released many of your favorite popular and not so popular titles, superbly restored on BD, and with...

Hello Bob, and thanks for all of those Capitol Legendary Masters and Collector series CDs, as many are still among the best sounding transfers of music from artists of the 60s. So, regarding the Superman TOS, not much chance of Warners commissioning you to do restorations for a BD edition? I'm...

At least the film negatives weren't trashed but they might as well have been since the DC Comics wing of Warners, like all the majors, are highly covetous of any of its properties, and unlikely to consent to any such restoration efforts unless it could be assured of fat profits. And maybe not...

WTF! What the hell happened to the original 35mm prints? Why would anyone do anything so lo-fi-if there's even proof that this happened? And what proof is there that the prints were trashed? Given that Warners continues to profit mostly from all of the far more modern Superman TV and movie...

Hard to believe considering that Warners issued the Batman TV series on BD years ago. Of course, the lossy audio was a big disappointment, no thanks to Fox's overly compressed original soundtrack.

So TOS Blu-Rays are OOP?

Shameful. It's content like this that continues dissuading me from expanding my high end 2.3 system to a 5.3 system.

While only the first half or so of this otherwise unique comedy romp remains flavorful-mostly due, of course, to everything about Natalie Wood-it's Neil Hefti's score that provides the real magic. His orchestral arrangements are superb; and those harpsichord & sax riffs still give me goosebumps...

Does anyone here own an Oppo and/or Pioneer BD player? If so, please see if your player's zoom control works with either the ShoutFactory and/or Imprint BD editions of IMAMFOS. Thanks.

Didn't Warner Archives issue this favorite of mine on BD? https://www.blu-ray.com/The-Sorcerers/359958/ If yes, but if there's no chance of finding one for sale even used and at a sane price, any chance that Amazon or another reputable vendor (Kino, Timeless, ShoutFactory, et al) would offer it...

A The display does weigh 106 lbs, though likely no more than my 32" CRT. AVLink said they don't as yet have a North American distributor, so I certainly wouldn't be consider buying one at least until then; and I've yet to get the price for one. But according to the specs and other details on...

Well, at least a ~ 42" 4:3 display would be my preference. Yes, lots of discussion about this solution at AVS and other forums years ago. We had hoped then that leading OLED panel maker LG and others would somehow partner to offer such user configurable panels. Conceivably, one could thereby...

From your explanation, I don't see how it makes black bars virtually, much less completely, vanish from view, though no expert on this. But I did very seriously consider pursuing a projector solution long ago: Merely, choose a model accepting interchangeable and good quality 1.85:1 and 4:3...

My goodness, how many times elsewhere have I heard that thoughtful but incredibly CLUNKY solution? In any case, like a super thick TV bezel, wouldn't I be too much noticing the curtains, unless the room were pitch black dark? Nice try, though.

I fully understand and appreciate this kind of criticism. Continued existence for all life on this planet will get more treacherous and expensive for all the reasons which the more informed, rational and fair minded of us are aware of, but can sadly do little about; too much time passed and too...

I've never had problems with monaural movie or TV soundtracks, at least not if that's how the thing was produced. But sound quality for me is everything-even more important than picture quality. Thus, as for playback hardware, for my "4:3" room, my 32" Toshiba CRT sits between a pair of large...