[Videolib] Pass It On: Personal Archiving Day at the Library of Congress May 10

2010-04-20 Thread Rubin, Nan
From the NDIIPP Program, ALA, IMLS, and others. Please share widely. Nan Rubin Nan Rubin, Project Director Preserving Digital Public Television Thirteen 450 W. 33rd St. New York, NY 10001 212-560-2925 (direct line) 212-560-2833 fax rub...@thirteen.org www.ptvdigitalarchive.org * * * * * *

Re: [Videolib] Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

2010-04-20 Thread CROWLEY, CHRISTINE
I figured. The comments were kind of picky on Amazon and who knows the credentials of the whinee? :) Christine Crowley Dean of Learning Resources Northwest Vista College 3535 N. Ellison Dr. San Antonio, TX 78251 210.486.4572 voice 210.486.4504 fax NEW NAME AND email--ccrowl...@alamo.edu

Re: [Videolib] Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

2010-04-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
Kino did make a major upgrade. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Dennis Doros milefi...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Christine, A comparative site, DVD Beaver, has this info: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/ They suggest Kino's and I agree. The frameline through the top of most of the Image dvd is a

[Videolib] Sell Through Vendors on Amazon

2010-04-20 Thread Deg Farrelly
I've been meaning to put this question out to the list for some time, but now I have a particular need for the information. Assuming you purchase videos through Amazon, when a title is * not * available from Amazon, but * is * available from several sell-through vendors: How do you select the

Re: [Videolib] Sell Through Vendors on Amazon

2010-04-20 Thread Brigid Duffy
Note the vendor rating on Amazon, too. It can be a trade-off between price and vendor reliability, as reported by customers. In 2006 we tried to replace our laserdisc of Fantasia with a DVD, through an Amazon reseller. The DVD sent was a counterfeit - a good one, but bootleg nonetheless.

Re: [Videolib] Sell Through Vendors on Amazon

2010-04-20 Thread Randal Baier
Never heard the term sell through til today. Luckily I've got a guy named Joe who lives back where the mushrooms grow --on the garden level, in acquisitions -- who takes care of these details for me. It almost feels like cheating sometimes because HE gets the answer for me. He loves films and

Re: [Videolib] Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

2010-04-20 Thread Randal Baier
Christine I'm glad you brought this up. We have the script and not the movie!! Oh, God, -- jazz hands waving in front of face -- I'm so EMBARRASSED!!! - Original Message - From: Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Re: [Videolib] Amazon and Eddy Cantor Story

2010-04-20 Thread Deg Farrelly
WOW! I love this list! Thanx Jessica! I had completely forgotten about the Warner Brothers Archive! MUCH appreciated. Tho this answers my immediate need, I still look forward to others' responses about Amazon sell-through vendors. Thanx again! -deg -- deg farrelly, Associate Librarian

Re: [Videolib] Sell Through Vendors on Amazon

2010-04-20 Thread Randal Baier
I think Buffy deserves the I'm gonna use this $%^# technology 'until peach blossoms bloom in Nome' Award!! http://lilyhonglei.wordpress.com/stories-of-hermit-scholar/peach_blossom_shangri_la/ - Original Message - From: Brigid Duffy bdu...@sfsu.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

2010-04-20 Thread CROWLEY, CHRISTINE
HHmm. Now I will have to find the script! Christine Crowley Dean of Learning Resources Northwest Vista College 3535 N. Ellison Dr. San Antonio, TX 78251 210.486.4572 office 210.486.4504 fax ccrowl...@alamo.edu Northwest Vista College is one of the Alamo Colleges www.alamo.edu/nvc/lrc

Re: [Videolib] One more title - Desert Song

2010-04-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
I hate to break the news to you Deg, but the 1929 version was never legally released . Warner Bros which owns it, does not have any material of its own but there is material at LOC. There is also some rights issues. Very curious to know what kind of label your VHS has. Jessica On Tue, Apr 20,