In other news
In the current news climate we see that some figures and events tend to dominate the front-pages heavily. Still, there are important, interesting or just plain weird things happening out there and a group of people can find these better than one.
I thought I would test with a thread for linking general news articles about "other news" and discussion. Perhaps it goes into the abyss that is page 2 and beyond, but it is worth a try.
Some guidelines:
- Try to find the "clean link", so that links to the news site directly and not a social media site. Avoid "amp-links" (google).
- Write some cliff notes on what it is about, especially if it is a video.
- It's not an excuse to make outlandish claims via proxy or link extremist content.
- If it's an editorial or opinion piece, it is polite to mark it as such.
- Note the language if it is not in English.
- There is no demand that such things be posted here, if you think a piece merits its own thread, then make one.
Yes, but spending just 10 secs scanning each dvd equals to 60 hours of work just to do that. I was curious of any off chance that they could increase in value, because the world is changing fast and i wont pretend to know what these things will do. If i thought that was reasonably possible, id consider.
no they will not increase in value unless they are of a collectible variety - ie a special directors cut and commentary of Akira with - those variety will assuredly not be found within such a lot
stuff like this, which assuredly is not found within such a lot
I told this tale in another Physical Media Film Group to which I belong...
This was my first 'Optical' purchase ever... more than 35 years ago (even though Laser Disc is an Analog, not digital, format).
I bought this Japanese import Laser Disc of 'Akira' (+150$ in 1990 dollars) from a underground comic book store even before I had a way to display it on my crappy cathode-ray TV...
Later. I bought a 32" Sony Trinitron and a Pioneer Laser Disc player just to be able to watch this movie... and thusly,
I was watching the new 4k uhd release of Paris, Texas again last night and I decided to put together all the versions I have of it... four total.
the new remastered release is absolutely mind blowing in how good it looks. Superb color saturation and de-noise without any hint of over-processing unlike the stuff that James Cameron puts out... which is horrific.
also, mschu is one of maybe 50 people in the world who buy these things, so if he already has a copy then goodluck finding a buyer
So ill end this convo after answering this since its gone now.
The price is what it is because the price is very close the amount that you would get after fees and ship if you were to lot up a random 100 on a 7 day ebay auction This i have confirmed. Im also being a little conservative with my esrimates. Also, most of those bulk auction buys, the buyer is buying the shipping and tax, nearly doubling the cost, to mostly just resell them in their antique shop or online or FB or wherever. They
Not an answer to what you was asking, but one advantage to physical media is that it preserves the actual release.
In the streaming world you can sometimes see versions that have cut lines, cut scenes and even cut episodes. Reasons range from adapting to a modern audience, modernizing the work or simply cutting themes that are presently seen as problematic and controversial. This can change from one day to the next. What you saw or listened to last year might no longer be accessible in the streaming sphere.
There are also other changes that can happen due to technical or legal reasons. Lost masters can lead to modern copies being inferior, licensing issues can lead to different soundtracks, bad re-masters is a thing etc. In some cases licensing issues have even lead to entire films becoming unavailable.
This is not "old man yelling at cloud" btw. I have seen this happen to TV shows, movies and songs.
So while streaming is a great format for ease of use and ease of access to the present catalogue, it is a shitty format for preservation
Not an answer to what you was asking, but one advantage to physical media is that it preserves the actual release.
In the streaming world you can sometimes see versions that have cut lines, cut scenes and even cut episodes. Reasons range from adapting to a modern audience, modernizing the work or simply cutting themes that are presently seen as problematic and controversial. This can change from one day to the next. What you saw or listened to last year might no longer be accessible in the stre
I used to work in film restoration. It was hand over fist money when all the old movies had yet to be given a proper restoration and released on DVD. I forget the studio but we were doing a restoration of "The Last Waltz", for a shot or two one of the band members has some visible cocaine remnants around his nostril that the studio project manager ordered to have digitally removed for the new master to create the DVD. Never sat well with me, seemed like changing history or something. The studios had to go and remaster everything eventually for 4k so hopefully these shots are now back to their original state.
Another car ramming in Germany, two killed, 40 year old suspect in custody
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/car...
Another car ramming in Germany, two killed, 40 year old suspect in custody
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/car...
A car drove into a crowd in the western German city of Mannheim on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring 11 others,
Cars don't kill people, people kill people.
Not an answer to what you was asking, but one advantage to physical media is that it preserves the actual release.
In the streaming world you can sometimes see versions that have cut lines, cut scenes and even cut episodes. Reasons range from adapting to a modern audience, modernizing the work or simply cutting themes that are presently seen as problematic and controversial. This can change from one day to the next. What you saw or listened to last year might no longer be accessible in the stre
I agree with this and I do believe that there will be some degree of a nostalgic value going forward and I think that I am already seeing this with things like music cds and old school playstation games that play off the grid. I think there will be some demand for obtaining content away from a controlled server but how much that demand would increase price for something that is heavily saturated is certainly a question mark - but I assume some people are still throwing them in the garbage.
One issue that made me back out, other than the price being just a little too high, is the shelf life of a dvd. I deal with comic books which work in my favor here but I am seeing the suggested shelf life of a dvd to be as low as 15-25 years? There is apparently some argument that if they are well maintained can far surpass those figures and I don't know how resurfacing really works for something like this but a timeline of anything close to that is certainly going to hurt them in longrun.
Tell me thats better than memecoins Pal
Lol
DVDs are a failed Medium Pal.
Same with the minidisc.
I agree with this and I do believe that there will be some degree of a nostalgic value going forward and I think that I am already seeing this with things like music cds and old school playstation games that play off the grid. I think there will be some demand for obtaining content away from a controlled server but how much that demand would increase price for something that is heavily saturated is certainly a question mark - but I assume some people are still throwing them in the garbage.
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Yes, burned optical media can have fairly low shelf life. It depends on the quality of the disc and burn as well.
So preservation in this sense would not mean just getting the discs and storing them. You would have to copy them. That is where you get the advantage of a digital media format, in that you can make perfect copies.
But it is a burdensome process, and unless you want to be dependent on the cloud (which comes with its own issues), you need to repeat it or back it up every so often.
That also leads to an interesting tangent on the staggering amount of information we lose which only exists on optical discs, diskettes, tapes and hard drives. In the past you went through some dead composer's stuff in a forgotten attic, you find his notes, voila... forgotten symphony discovered. On digital media, it all goes poof after only a decade or so.
Most pre 1954 movies that were on nitrate film have been lost forever. They were a fire hazard and literally burned. Today so many independent films without the budget to maintain digital storage will also be lost. Since everything is captured on digital, it's a corrupt HDD away from being lost without proper management (money). This is where streamers like Netflix are acting as a kind of quasi archive.
TD,
If you don't know, there is a company in your neck of the woods doing cool stuff storing all kinds of information on film and vaulting in the Artic World Archive. Properly stored film can hold information for at least 100's of years. Company name is PIQL.
The attorney general of Florida has opened a criminal investigation of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan after the pair were able to fly into the state last week despite facing trial in Romania on charges of rape, sex with a minor, people trafficking and money laundering.
James Uthmeier, appointed to be the state attorney general by Florida governor Ron DeSantis, said on Tuesday he had begun an “active criminal investigation” of the brothers and was prepared to use the “full force of law” in his examination of their conduct.
“These guys have themselves publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women around the world,” Uthmeier said. He added: “Many of these victims are coming forward, some of them minors. People can spin or defend however they want, but in Florida, this type of behavior is viewed as atrocious. We’re not going to accept it.”
Self-styled “misogynist influencer” Andrew Tate and his brother arrived in Fort Lauderdale last week after flying from Bucharest to the US in a private jet, as prosecutors suspended their travel ban and a court lifted a precautionary seizure on some of their assets.
Most pre 1954 movies that were on nitrate film have been lost forever. They were a fire hazard and literally burned. Today so many independent films without the budget to maintain digital storage will also be lost. Since everything is captured on digital, it's a corrupt HDD away from being lost without proper management (money). This is where streamers like Netflix are acting as a kind of quasi archive.
TD,
If you don't know, there is a company in your neck of the woods doing cool stuff storing al
I didn't know that about nitrate film, thanks for the information. Same for the company mention, I like business ideas that go against the grain.
Most pre 1954 movies that were on nitrate film have been lost forever. They were a fire hazard and literally burned. Today so many independent films without the budget to maintain digital storage will also be lost. Since everything is captured on digital, it's a corrupt HDD away from being lost without proper management (money). This is where streamers like Netflix are acting as a kind of quasi archive.
TD,
If you don't know, there is a company in your neck of the woods doing cool stuff storing al
Library of Congress and many other state and national libraries do similar things. They have extensive budgets for digital archiving. LoC has a vault in West Virginia they use to house originals. (not sure if Doge will take the funding away or not)
In other news the supreme court barely upheld the word of law 5-4
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2...
The constitution is literally hanging on by a thread right now
That is your constitution
It's not the interpretation you think is correct or has been in force for a while. it's what the current group of 'wise men' claim a very old bit of paper means
Florida AG opens up a criminal investigation into the affairs of that most manliest man who ever manly'd and influencer of mongdig, Andrew Tate, who claims he's "super disappointed" in the USofA.
~6,000 USDA workers ordered to be reinstated for 45 days pending further investigation
In other news, if any of this at all is true then holy ****ing ****
cochran makes p&s!
Haven't heard about this here and no idea if real of shopped , even though I think I got it for a fox news site.
If true wtf is this.
Haven't heard about this here and no idea if real of shopped , even though I think I got it for a fox news site.
If true wtf is this.
I'm confused. Which part of this were you speculating might be shopped?
"Secretary Of State Rubio". nfw that **** can be real.
Maybe he meant to post this
