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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: PCB videos
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 20:04:54 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  6 20:04:54 1985
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Glad to hear PCB's "Intolerance" is not too bad.  I bought "The Seventh Seal"
by Bergman at $19.95, and also found it reasonably good quality.  I hesitate
to buy the great old films as I've been burnt a couple of times on these.
Outfits like "Reel Images" and Hollywood Home Theater for example.  I purchased
"M" and Metropolis, and thought the quality was atrocious.  On "M", there are
several scenes where the tops of peoples heads are clipped off the top of the
screen.  Metropolis was noisy and the contrast was lousy.

I'd love to hear from people that have had good luck with ordering old films
and have gotten decent quality (and particularly who you got them from.)
It's really disappointing when you know the films exist in good quality,
(seen them in theatres etc.) but are obviously getting an old worn out
16mm copy from some schlock joint using a quick and dirty film to video
converter.

On another subject, I once rented a tape from a local video store that was
a collection of old B&W T.V. commercials.  There were loads of them, arranged
approximately by subject (started with cigarette commercials, then to beer
commercials, then to food etc.).  Between each commercial, there was a
title frame that said something to the effect of "Boston University 
Television Archive" or something.  I'm not sure it was Boston, but
I seem to remember it started with a "B" and was somewhere east of the
Mississippi (though I could be wrong about that too).  I also can't remember
if it was "Television Archive" or "Film Archive" or "Commercial Archive" or
what (I know, lots of help aren't I).  I was wondering if there are any
more commercial collections from wherever this one came from.  The video
rental store owner couldn't remember where he got it.

Keith Doyle
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