[Videolib] blob

2010-02-19 Thread ghandman
Assuming we're talking about the 1958 Blob (and not the gooey remake), looks like Paramount had the theatrical distribution in the US... gary handman Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] Contact info needed

2010-02-19 Thread Filmakers Library
Hi, We do not have that film, but do distribute a film on Philippine maids working in foreign countries. It is called Modern Heroes, Modern Slaves and a full description can be found on our web site www.filmakers.com Sue E. Oscar Filmakers Library 124 East 40th St New York, NY 10016 Tel:

[Videolib] dvd-r

2010-02-19 Thread Rosen, Rhonda J.
We often have problems viewing dvd-r titles. Does anyone else have this problem, and if so, what is the solution? We have players in the library as well as in all the classrooms and we get this problem too oftenis it old dvd players vs new ones? Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access

Re: [Videolib] dvd-r

2010-02-19 Thread ghandman
We've found it's generally older machine that choke on DVD-Rs. Also, depending on who you got the DVD from, the original mastering/reproduction could be sucky. gary handman We often have problems viewing dvd-r titles. Does anyone else have this problem, and if so, what is the solution? We

Re: [Videolib] dvd-r

2010-02-19 Thread jwoo
I've heard that duplication errors are pretty common occurrences with DVD-R, such that one disk from a batch will be fine, while the next one doesn't work. This has occurred even with professional D5 replication in a batch of 1,000, where a few of the disks just won't read. Unless no

Re: [Videolib] dvd-r

2010-02-19 Thread cmark...@gmail.com
Older DVD players can cause trouble as Gary mentioned but also watch out for self-adhesive [paper?] labels on DVD-R's. A big no-no. Chris Markman Resource Library Coordinator Visual Performing Arts Clark University 508.793.7481 cmark...@clarku.edu On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Rosen, Rhonda

Re: [Videolib] dvd-r

2010-02-19 Thread Meghann Matwichuk
We've had problems, too. It is incredibly frustrating, but I've found very few patterns although I can offer a few observations after 5+ years of trying to sort it out. * Not all DVD-R's are created equally. Some distributor's films seem to have more problems than others. If the DVD-R's

Re: [Videolib] The Blob

2010-02-19 Thread Steffen, James M
The Blob is released on DVD by the Criterion Collection. You could start by contacting them. On the back of the cover it says Under exclusive license from Worldwide Entertainment Corp. Copyright MCMLVIII by Tonylyn Productions, Inc. So if Criterion can't help you, I think the next step would

Re: [Videolib] dvd-r

2010-02-19 Thread Meghann Matwichuk
Informal observation -- some computer drives work better than stand-alone players, some work much, much worse. Even more variation. Unfortunately, it's a crapshoot :( . -- Meghann Rosen, Rhonda J. wrote: Actually, one more question on this topic...I belive most of my faculty are using the

[Videolib] Fwd: [ARL-ANNOUNCE] LCA Releases Issue Brief on Streaming of Films for Educational Purposes

2010-02-19 Thread Jeanne Little
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