What DVD version is the most watchable/best quality???????
someone please tell me what DVD version of this has the best sound/picture quality. I'd like to see a decent version of it. Any help is greatly appreciated.
sharesomeone please tell me what DVD version of this has the best sound/picture quality. I'd like to see a decent version of it. Any help is greatly appreciated.
shareI've got the Front Row release, and it's a pretty good print, altho with blown-out highlights (poor Nova Pilbeam is nearly unrecognizeable in her big opening scene). The audio is passable, but sometimes fuzzy. My guess is that the Alpha and Echo Bridge releases are about the same, made from whatever print was available. The Delta and Madacy releases are probably the best, since they've done box sets with extras.
I wish DVD makers would at least include subtitles for old films. With such poor audio (not to mention the variety of accents), it would be a great help to switch on closed captioning.
The version that I have from Vintage (in the 3-pack with Secret Agent and Lady Vanishes) is pretty much unwatchable - avoid at all costs.
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Check out the version by LaserLight. Good picture and sound. (In fact, all of their prints of Hitchcock's British films are pretty damn good. Their version of "Blackmail" looks like it was made yesterday.)
shareI have it from 2011 Creek Mill Entertainment. This is a 4 disc set with 20 Hitchcock films. Including "The Lady Vanishes", "The Thirty Nine Steps", "Secret Agent", "Young and Innocent", "Juno and the Paycock", "The Man Who Knew Too Much." These are films, including a few silent films, mostly from before 1940, produced in England, with the exception of two from the 1960s--from his TV program "The Cheney Vase" and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". It was well worth the price--the quality of the copies are tolerable and easily viewed.
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