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09-01-2023, 07:06 AM | #162 |
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I've been watching the Paramount+ box set for the past week binge watching the episodes. I'm starting the Back to the Sewer season today. I don't seem to find anything wrong with the picture but the black bars at the sides are a bit distracting The bumpers can be a bit annoying at times too. Pity about the close up of Tengu Shredder's face being cut in half as well being cut from the final episode of Season 5 as well. Still nice to have a complete series box set though. I bought myself a copy of the Turtles Forever region 2 DVD as well. I'm starting to buy the older DVD's for the 2003 show. Any Australian members on here have a spare Season 4 Part 1 or a Season 3 Part 1 I could buy?
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09-01-2023, 07:46 AM | #163 |
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I'm not sure I understand. What's the alternative to black bars on the sides? Either stretching, cropping, or some kind of distracting graphic? The show was created in 4x3.
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09-01-2023, 09:03 AM | #164 | |
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If you have material that is natively 4:3 like TMNT 2k3 then the smart way to make the best use of that fixed 720x480 space is to fill that entire 720x480 area with your video. The player will squish it to 4:3 and then (if viewing on a 16:9 screen) add the black bars to the sides. The video will be displayed correctly on both a 4:3 and 16:9 display. The stupid way to do things is to encode the DVD as though it's only ever going to be displayed on a 16:9 screen. You then have only 540x480 of area being used for video with the remaining 180 horizontal pixels dedicated to black bars. You lose a quarter of your available resolution. That's what they did here. If people think these DVDs look good enough, then good on them. I'm glad they're happy. I'm not going to buy it. |
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09-01-2023, 12:46 PM | #165 |
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266353627....c101506.m1851
I take it these are bootlegs? I managed to get Season 1 Parts 1 and 2, Season 2 Parts 1 and 2, Season 3 Part 2 (Region 4), Season 4 Part 2 (Region 4), Ninja Tribunal, Fast Forward Future Shellshock, Fast Forward Day of Awakening, Back to the Sewer Vol.1 Something Wicked, Back to the Sewer Vol.2 City Under Siege all from ebay. Surprised I could even still get them. |
09-01-2023, 02:26 PM | #166 | |
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09-02-2023, 02:23 PM | #167 |
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Nice to have the first three shows together in complete series box sets I need to get a phone with a better camera on it.
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09-08-2023, 03:10 PM | #168 | |
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One question…on the Season 2 episode “Turtles In Space: The Big House”, does anyone else’s sound briefly cut out when Leonardo announces that he grabbed spoons from the cafeteria to use as weapons? On mine, the audio goes silent as soon as he starts saying “spoons”. Is that on all the versions or was my disc messed up? |
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09-08-2023, 03:56 PM | #169 |
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I am getting this set for my birthday later this month and I can't wait to watch it. I have never owned any of the TMNT Cartoons on home media before.
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09-09-2023, 07:34 AM | #170 | |
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09-26-2023, 11:59 AM | #171 |
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Got my Copy for my birthday can't wait to start watching it
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10-14-2023, 08:20 AM | #172 |
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Awesome, didn't know they released a box set.
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10-29-2023, 07:53 AM | #173 |
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The box for the Ultimate Collection is a bit dodgy, I can't seem to get the box fully closed and feels like the thing is going to fall apart. I treat the box like a it's a bomb because I'm afraid of breaking the box I actually managed to get all the older 4kids DVD's off eBay again thankfully. Is there a difference between the special features of the Australian and Americans releases of the old Season 1 volumes? I had the Australian Season 1 volumes but the last four volumes didn't have any video bios like the first 4 volumes which had the short video bios for the turtles. I've noticed on Youtube there's a short Shredder bio video and a few others like the Sewer Slider, Razor Jet and Baxter's Exo-Suit are these on the American releases?
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10-29-2023, 11:41 AM | #174 | |
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10-29-2023, 04:35 PM | #175 | |
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Be sure to avoid the season 2 DVD releases from Australia too, as one episode (Return to the Underground) was missing 1 minute in the middle. |
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11-16-2023, 06:27 AM | #176 | |
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11-16-2023, 10:06 AM | #177 |
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I doubt "Mayhem from Mutant Island" was included so it's not really a complete set sadly.
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11-17-2023, 07:10 AM | #178 |
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11-17-2023, 11:37 AM | #179 |
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At least the missing extras are still on YouTube for people to watch along with all the other shorts.
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11-20-2023, 08:14 AM | #180 |
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Do many people even buy DVD's anymore? With the streaming and that new box set, I'm not sure if many people would be willing to pay extra for the older ones. Was going to put Seasons 1-7 and Turtles Forever up for sale on eBay but not sure what would be the best price to charge for them. How much would the older 4kids DVD's be worth now?
I was watching the extras on the Season 1 volumes the other day, the final part of Totally Made-up News Team was really random Mikey phoning the news reporter and Splinter getting annoyed at him slapping his head telling him to hang up |
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