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Post by elviegreg on Aug 30, 2004 13:10:57 GMT -5
I just sent Mon a note thanking him for the great material on RFOS. and I wanted to introduce myself to you too, Titania! I'm looking forward to the DVD - will it be "All Regions Playable" - I'm in the USA, Region 1. No one is selling car lifting videos (WSW is too "rigged" with that extended lifting bar). You would have a product no one else is offering right now! I will add more feats suggestions in your designated area. Best Wishes!  |
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Post by Titania on Aug 30, 2004 22:49:37 GMT -5
Hiya, elviegreg and welcome. ;D
I'm doing the video editing and DVD authoring in my studio. It will be PAL format (shot on DVCam) with a Dolby Digital soundtrack and will be playable in all regions.
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Post by elviegreg on Sept 6, 2004 9:40:46 GMT -5
Thanks Titania!
"All regions playable" is good news, but since you mentioned PAL format, I have to ask if you'll be burning NTSC copies as well? My player's manual says it conforms to NTSC only, not PAL. Please don't leave me out in the cold! ;D
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Post by Titania on Sept 6, 2004 23:43:43 GMT -5
Hmmm...that's rather odd. Almost all players and TV's on the market these days will play either PAL or NTSC format. I'm not doubting you but I've never actually seen one that doesn't (I'm a qualified technician).
To print NTSC DVD's would require a conversion of the master tape to NTSC format which is quite expensive. However, if enough people request NTSC DVD's then I'll look into doing some NTSC copies.
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Post by elviegreg on Sept 7, 2004 9:22:08 GMT -5
Thanks for such a quick reply - I'm impressed at how closely you monitor your discussion board! While my (expensive) Marantz DV6400 manual says "you cannot play discs recorded in other color systems such as PAL", I also checked my (cheap) Apex AD-2500 and it seems that the Apex has PAL/NTSC conversion! I think it's safe for me to buy it on PAL and I'll post my findings to benefit other customers in the US. I happen to be in the business as well... many years working with beta SP, SX, D2 and Digi-Beta, but all of it is NTSC here, so I can't claim any expertise with PAL. Thanks for exploring this with me! |
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Post by Titania on Sept 7, 2004 23:31:10 GMT -5
I know what you mean about expensive players. My Toshiba SDK320 cost me quite a bit when I bought it. It does play all formats and regions but wont play DVD recordables or CDR's  It still has much better pic and sound quality than any of the cheaper players around now and even some of the more expensive ones so it's still the core of our home theatre system. We have a cheaper Philips one which plays almost anything (including recordable media). This lives in my studio and is great for testing authoring and master copies. I guess the Aus market is much more open to USA DVD titles hence the ability of all of them to play NTSC and PAL. I guess too that there is nowhere near the same demand on manufacturers to make US models PAL compatible. All of this is of course changing (or has already) with the availability of cost effective generic components. Players are now mostly single models for the entire globe, all multi-standard and play anything. |
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Post by elviegreg on Sept 8, 2004 8:40:41 GMT -5
Yes, I don't think very many Americans have the need to play a PAL DVD. For anyone who wants to check a list of North American players with PAL conversion, here's a link: www.musicbymailcanada.com/DVDPALPRINT.htmlI won't vouch for it's accuracy, but it looks comprehensive to me. Hey Titania, thanks for the poll on aspect ratio!  I have a 34" widescreen tube and a 123" widescreen theatre (not a typo - it's front projection). Guess how I voted?  I can't wait to see you on either screen! |
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Post by Titania on Sept 20, 2004 5:52:18 GMT -5
Hey Titania, thanks for the poll on aspect ratio! I have a 34" widescreen tube and a 123" widescreen theatre (not a typo - it's front projection). Guess how I voted? I can't wait to see you on either screen! That's quite an impressive home theatre screen. What sort of projector do you have? CRT, LCD, DLP? Our image comes from a 42" Sony Widescreen rear project CRT. |
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Post by elviegreg on Sept 24, 2004 0:28:27 GMT -5
Hi Titania,
Sorry for the slow reply - I was on holiday for two weeks.
I have a Marantz DLP projector and a Stewart 123" Firehawk screen. Both are designed for HDTV. The projector is 720P native resolution and the screen is 16:9 aspect ratio. I just bought a HD receiver and I will set it up in the next week. Right now I can only watch DVDs and laserdiscs on it. Can't wait to see High Definition!
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Post by Titania on Sept 24, 2004 4:25:53 GMT -5
That's an awesome setup, elviegreg Big fan of Stewart screens here too. We've used them in a number of our installations. Their rear project screens are really efficient and very even too. Here's a little trivial thing to try with your DLP. While you are watching something, roll your tounge (so you are making a buzzing sound and your head is vibrating). You should see the picture go all psychodelic as the color filter switches between R,G and B. Most DLP's use a single panel with a rotating color wheel. This won't work if yours is a 3 panel model. What does the audio side of your theatre consist of? |
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Post by elviegreg on Sept 24, 2004 15:11:36 GMT -5
Hi Titania, I just wanted to say to anyone else that I apologize for this thread migrating off topic, but I hope it's okay since this is the general chat area. The projector is indeed a one panel/one chip design with colour wheel. You're referring to what many people call the "rainbow effect" - I can see it if I move my eyes back and forth very rapidly. This projector seems a lot better than most, IMHO. It has a redesigned 7 segment colour wheel that addresses this problem. I'll try your trick, but I hope it doesn't work! The audio side is a Marantz 7.l receiver, Dolby Digital EX and DTS ES. The speakers are Definitive Technology - I am very happy with both. |
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Post by Titania on Sept 25, 2004 1:43:32 GMT -5
Hey, no problems about being off topic here. This is indeed the general chat section. Besides, in case you hadn't already guessed, I have a passion for high end A/V gear and could talk about it for days. 7.1 is cool. I actually have facilities for recording, mixing and mastering 7.1 channel audio in my studio. I hardly get the chance to do anything with it though at present. Most of my clients are thrilled with 5.1 I'd love to see and hear your setup one day. I've always had a bit of a soft spot (hard to believe?? lol) for Marantz audio. The main monitors in my studio are custom made. I designed and built them, fine tuning the design over a number of years. They are based on 12" Rola bass / mid drivers and horns with Amcron (American Crown) ES 212 bass / sub boxes with 2 x 10" in each cabinet (they are the bass boxes from a pair of Crown Electrostatics). This setup is biamped with a Yamaha 5.1 amp for mains and surround and my own design sub amp for the Crowns. I also designed an active crossover which sends the .1 channel info and all sub info from the L,C,R and S channels to the sub amp (which runs in stereo). The crossover point is set at 90 Hz. The centre channel is also custom made with a Tannoy co-axial driver which matches the mains very well. I also have a set of Auratones as an alternate reference. Great for checking a mix on small speakers. Our home theatre audio system is also quite complex with a Marantz decoder feeding a Rotel amp for the L & R channels, a Yamaha 4 channel amp (in 3 channel mode) for the centre (2 channels in bridge mode) and surrounds and a Proton amp (in bridge mode) for the sub. The speakers are Cerwin Vega L & R, Tannoy for centre (in a custom enclosure my boyfriend designed and built), Sony surrounds and Rockford Fosgate sub (my design). We are looking into purchasing a SACD player soon too (and a copy of Dark Side of the Moon to go with it ). |
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Post by elviegreg on Sept 26, 2004 0:08:56 GMT -5
Wow, I bow to your technological superiority! You're definitely serious about your audio, and it sounds like you enjoy working on it as much as listening to it.
I ended up with 3 Marantz components because I bought all my home theatre gear at the same time from one dealer. Also, Marantz has a full 3 year warranty on all of their products, and that helped me commit to the purchase. Receiver: SR7400, DVD player: DV6400 and projector: VP-12S3. The DVD player is also SACD and DVD-audio... both are 5.1. It sends full bandwidth analog audio to the receiver's 5.1 inputs with 6 interconnect cables, one dedicated to each channel. My favorite source material so far is Steely Dan/Donald f*gen, but I would like to run some Pink Floyd through it as well!
Speakers are Definitive Technology StudioCinema 450 for L/R, CLR 2000 for center and four BPX bipolar surrounds. The sub is a 1500 watt Def Tech SuperCube I. Def Tech uses a lot of pressure driven sealed enclosures, and I prefer that sound over the ported designs.
I am actually more picky about video quality, so most of my budget went into the projector/screen. Overall, the setup seems balanced to me, even though the video end is about 75% of the budget. With home theatre, I've always noticed that great audio will make the video seem better, and the opposite is true as well.
If you're ever in the states, you're welcome to check it out, I am still thrilled with it and I love giving demonstrations! ;D
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It still has much better pic and sound quality than any of the cheaper players around now and even some of the more expensive ones so it's still the core of our home theatre system.
I have a 34" widescreen tube and a 123" widescreen theatre (not a typo - it's front projection). Guess how I voted? 
I can't wait to see you on either screen!