DVDizzy Forum

like while it's DVD releases were still outside of the vault and then brought them in a little later than the DVD releases, would you double dip? They most likely already have HD transfers, and they could easily transfer the DVD special features plus an exclusive. What do you think?


P.S. If you are completely against Blu-ray in any form whatsoever, please just ignore this topic.

of course I'd double dip ;p

me too, see really no problem here for me

I wouldn't.

I only plan on getting my fav's on Blu anyway. Mainly the Fab 4 and a few others from the 90's.

I would, if they added a ton of features that the DVDs should have.

I probably wouldn't. I'm only planning to double dip on a few Blu-rays.

As long as there is a decent level of improvement, I'm always willing to upgrade my Disney animated features.

I wish they'd release the live-action 101 Dal. on Blu though. I haven't got it on DVD at all yet, but I feel like if I go buy it now, it'll turn up on blu right after....

At least the newer live action Dalmations DVD has pretty decent picture. I'm amazed they didn't change the menus, though.

Only if they were both 4:3.

Ew, tilt-and-scanning.

Only if the picture were vastly improved over the DVD released and if there were more decent features, otherwise, no.

drfsupercenter wrote:Only if they were both 4:3.

Ew, tilt-and-scanning.

Nice try, but they were intended to be shown at 1.75:1. Even the reel leaders (which show at what aspect ratio the film should be projected) showed that.

KubrickFan wrote:

drfsupercenter wrote:Only if they were both 4:3.

Ew, tilt-and-scanning.

Nice try, but they were intended to be shown at 1.75:1. Even the reel leaders (which show at what aspect ratio the film should be projected) showed that.

*bows down to KubrickFan*



albert

To be honest...I'm not too sure. I know that they would add something super-duper which would be an incentive, but to be honest, I don't think I'd be racing down to the shops to get them again. Maybe if they showed The Jungle Book in 1:37:1 (I know it technically is supposed to be matted down, but ya know... ), then I would go for it. But even then, I don't feel like I need to source down the old Limited Issue DVD to get that version of the film in some digital format.

Mind you, the fact that I still don't have a Blu-Ray player is a bit of a problem anyway.

By the way, Scapster, where have your WTF and WIST quotes gone, pray tell?

id for sure buy 101 dalmations. not sure about jungle book.

Whether or not it was "meant to be shown" in 1.75:1, it was released in standard Academy ratio for years, on all home video formats... until that Platinum Edition release of The Jungle Book came along.

I obviously wasn't the only one who complained - as they released 101 Dalmatians in open matte.

To solve everybody's problems, how about I change my statement to this then:

I won't double-dip unless they provide the 4:3 ratio version, and preferably as well as the 1.75:1 version. Just not if they ONLY have the cropped one.

drfsupercenter wrote:Whether or not it was "meant to be shown" in 1.75:1, it was released in standard Academy ratio for years, on all home video formats... until that Platinum Edition release of The Jungle Book came along.

That doesn't matter. The films of Stanley Kubrick were released open matted for years, and they were clearly intended for widescreen showing as well.

drfsupercenter wrote: I obviously wasn't the only one who complained - as they released 101 Dalmatians in open matte.

And they released The Aristocats in the correct aspect ratio after that, so what does that tell you?

drfsupercenter wrote: To solve everybody's problems, how about I change my statement to this then:

I won't double-dip unless they provide the 4:3 ratio version, and preferably as well as the 1.75:1 version. Just not if they ONLY have the cropped one.

Again, it's not cropped, it's matted. Different thing.

And they released The Aristocats in the correct aspect ratio after that, so what does that tell you?

Maybe that Disney would try to see how consumers would react to a "different" aspect ratio? To me it just says "Stay far away from this version and get the Gold Classics Collection that as just as good quality-wise but not cropped"

Not to mention I don't even care for singing cats... so I don't own anything but the VHS...

Again, it's not cropped, it's matted. Different thing.

Cropping and matting are the same thing. Whether you call it "matted" or not, the process is the same: They take the open-matte film, and crop the top and bottom off of it to conform to a certain ratio.
Using the term "matte" may make it sound more acceptable, but when it all comes down to it, they're still cropping the original negatives so that's the term I choose to use.

You know even though I'm very pro Blu Ray the DVD editions that we have of these two films are actually very good.

I'd buy still because I'm a consumer whore.

Oh, you're just a whore period.