Hello All,
Just a note to see if anyone might have had a shared experience with a
Films Media Group title that we purchased recently. Our student
attendants work with us to preview all educational media that we
purchase before adding them to our collection, so we can address any
playability concerns before they occur in the classrooms. The title in
question is called The Dark Side of Chocolate, and would be a great
addition for our labor studies / agriculture courses. However, any time
an interviewee is subtitled, the second line of text is half-masked off
the screen (e.g. after the second chapter stop, if anyone has the DVD on
hand). We have tested the disk on multiple different monitors to the
same effect. We were just sent our third copy with a note from FMG
staff saying the disc was watched and is fine. No go -- same problems
on our end. We did test on a computer dvd drive, to better effect --
the second line of text is clipped somewhat, but readable. Of course we
can't guarantee or expect that our instructors will all play the disc
via PC; it's much more probable that they'll run into the same problems
we have. Anyone else running into this problem, or are we stuck under a
bad star sign here?
Thanks in advance,
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Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Instructional Media Collection Department
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/instructionalmedia/
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