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Thread started 04/12/06 11:34am

muirdo

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UK Sign o the Times DVD

I bought a copy a few weeks ago in Asda.
When i put it on it has a really crisp clear picture but the bloody dubbing is about half a second out.
Its terrible to watch.
Anyone else's copy does this? It was released by a company called Network.

Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
woot!
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Reply #1 posted 04/12/06 12:25pm

YODAHENDRIX

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I dunno I saw it in Virgin and was very happy until i saw the price £14:99 so, i didnt buy it....yet

Anyways how good was the picture was the sound really crappy?
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Luminous beings are we...not this crude matter.
Is this 2morrow or just the END of time?
The Funk will always b with u
"I've got a face, not just my race, Bang
Bang I've got you babe!"
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Reply #2 posted 04/12/06 12:48pm

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muirdo said:

I bought a copy a few weeks ago in Asda.
When i put it on it has a really crisp clear picture but the bloody dubbing is about half a second out.
Its terrible to watch.
Anyone else's copy does this? It was released by a company called Network.


Yeah its terrible in places (Gonna Be A beautiful Night Especially).

I think its because tehy've fiddled with it on the digital remaster and turned it to surround sound instead of stereo.

Set teh sound option to Stereo and its not as exciting to listen to but ever so slightly more in time.

Tell you one thing though the sound is crisp...listen to all the stuff in Slow Love and Play In The Sunshine that you've never heard before

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Reply #3 posted 04/12/06 12:54pm

Raajput

Id try and skip the (inferior)UK version and get the canadian version by alliance atlantis - its very good and with the £ to CAD conversion rates is a good buy, i got mine from amazon.ca

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Reply #4 posted 04/12/06 12:56pm

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YODAHENDRIX said:

I dunno I saw it in Virgin and was very happy until i saw the price £14:99 so, i didnt buy it....yet

Anyways how good was the picture was the sound really crappy?
[Edited 4/12/06 12:25pm]



Dude....ASDA - £5.99

Picture and sound as crisp as a...crisp

picture and sound sync...as out of time as a broken watch

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Reply #5 posted 04/12/06 4:23pm

YODAHENDRIX

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purpledoveuk said:

YODAHENDRIX said:

I dunno I saw it in Virgin and was very happy until i saw the price £14:99 so, i didnt buy it....yet

Anyways how good was the picture was the sound really crappy?
[Edited 4/12/06 12:25pm]



Dude....ASDA - £5.99

Picture and sound as crisp as a...crisp

picture and sound sync...as out of time as a broken watch
DUDE thank u upon thank u!

ASDA!!!

£5.99 fabulous that is me 2mor cor blimey matey!!!!

(picture and sound sync...as out of time as a broken watch)U had me falling off my chair with that line lol

so is the sound really that busted...?

u said if u fiddle with the settings?

Luminous beings are we...not this crude matter.
Is this 2morrow or just the END of time?
The Funk will always b with u
"I've got a face, not just my race, Bang
Bang I've got you babe!"
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Reply #6 posted 04/12/06 4:33pm

PurpleHippyUK

I got the Canadian version after advice from the org members....

...and you can't get better than that!

The pic and sound are the best your going to get for a twenty year old film...

...but saying that it looks better than most dvd conversions of films half it's age!

We can Funk!!!!
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Reply #7 posted 04/12/06 6:13pm

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The Canadian version is professional, there have been other bootleg quality ones... but you can tell by the packaging if its gonna be the real thing.

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Reply #8 posted 04/12/06 11:18pm

KrystleEyes

The Warehouse in NZ has heaps of copies and the price is only about $12 or $13 NZ (which is low, maybe $8-$9 US). Pity I can't find Rave 2000 here anywhere.


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Reply #9 posted 04/13/06 2:42am

YODAHENDRIX

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KrystleEyes said:

The Warehouse in NZ has heaps of copies and the price is only about $12 or $13 NZ (which is low, maybe $8-$9 US). Pity I can't find Rave 2000 here anywhere.


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Rave is selling in the UK 4 5 pounds

Luminous beings are we...not this crude matter.
Is this 2morrow or just the END of time?
The Funk will always b with u
"I've got a face, not just my race, Bang
Bang I've got you babe!"
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Reply #10 posted 04/14/06 2:06am

muirdo

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YODAHENDRIX said:

KrystleEyes said:

The Warehouse in NZ has heaps of copies and the price is only about $12 or $13 NZ (which is low, maybe $8-$9 US). Pity I can't find Rave 2000 here anywhere.


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Rave is selling in the UK 4 5 pounds



I bought Rave yesterday in Asda.Its funny seeing Prince's name on a prince release.

Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
woot!
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Reply #11 posted 04/14/06 2:09am

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Raajput said:

Id try and skip the (inferior)UK version and get the canadian version by alliance atlantis - its very good and with the £ to CAD conversion rates is a good buy, i got mine from amazon.ca


yeah i have the Canadian version aswell (thank u M) but i havent been able to watch it yet. mad bloody regional settings. mad

Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
woot!
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Reply #12 posted 04/14/06 7:15am

IBSTROLLIN

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muirdo said:

Raajput said:

Id try and skip the (inferior)UK version and get the canadian version by alliance atlantis - its very good and with the £ to CAD conversion rates is a good buy, i got mine from amazon.ca


yeah i have the Canadian version aswell (thank u M) but i havent been able to watch it yet. mad bloody regional settings. mad


Yeh, I have the Canadian version also and it doesnt play on any of my Dvd players mad Is there a specific brand of player that plays it ?confused

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Reply #13 posted 04/14/06 9:22am

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IBSTROLLIN said:

muirdo said:



yeah i have the Canadian version aswell (thank u M) but i havent been able to watch it yet. mad bloody regional settings. mad


Yeh, I have the Canadian version also and it doesnt play on any of my Dvd players mad Is there a specific brand of player that plays it ?confused



cheap, non brandname dvd players are sometimes region free.

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Reply #14 posted 04/14/06 9:46am

gsh

The Alliance Atlantis version is great - I have the Canadian version (Region 1 NTSC) and it is an exceptionally crisp picture. Theoretically the Atlantis PAL version would have a better picture due to having more lines of horizintal resolution, but weighing that against the 4% speed up of the audio and the equipment I watch it on I'll stick with the Canadian version.
Synch issues - Prince is perhaps one of the worst lip-synchers ever - all his videos look to be out of synch. As the vast majority of SOTT is re-shot on the soundstage at PP, this suffers from the same problem. It is most noticable on U Got the Look. Without seeing the version you are referring to I can't tell if you are just noticing the bad lip synching by Prince or you have a badly syched transfer, but either way it is very noticable in this movie that the music is over0dubbed, even on the best version.

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Reply #15 posted 04/14/06 9:47am

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ufoclub said:

IBSTROLLIN said:



Yeh, I have the Canadian version also and it doesnt play on any of my Dvd players mad Is there a specific brand of player that plays it ?confused



cheap, non brandname dvd players are sometimes region free.




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For Muirdo and others who cant play there region locked dvd,s.

try this website where you can unlock 1000,s of dvd players by using the remote control biggrin

just click on hacks in green near top then find your brand of dvd player - follow instructions, this is how i unlocked my players for all regions,

its free and not illegal wink


http://www.dvd365.net/

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Reply #16 posted 04/14/06 9:59am

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muirdo said:

I bought a copy a few weeks ago in Asda.
When i put it on it has a really crisp clear picture but the bloody dubbing is about half a second out.
Its terrible to watch.
Anyone else's copy does this? It was released by a company called Network.


My copy is very good the only thing wrong with it is that it does not have a playback feature, so I can only play it in my comuter.

hav u had ur + sign 2 day.
eye wish u heaven
worship GOD
prince
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Reply #17 posted 04/14/06 10:02am

IBSTROLLIN

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Thanks 4 the info Youngyosh thumbs up! I will definitly try this.

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Reply #18 posted 04/24/06 4:24am

Raajput

Mine plays on a cheapo multiregion player - these are easy to get in the UK at Richer Sounds and supermarkets. I can imagine that more expensive brand name players are set to multi region off (try the legal hacks on the pre-mentioned website).

My player jolts around esp during the little red corvette/housequake scene, so i think thats my old player not being able to keep up with the disc!

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