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DVD problems

posted 21 years ago by John_Gehrken
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For all of you other fans who might have a copy of the DVD, have you noticed that there are some sound problems on there? Seems to me that the voice of the book was cut out in some scenes and just the text on the book is shown.

[–] unwantedaddress 21 years ago

Yes. I found it does do this. You can fix it by going into sound options and putting it on mono sound. That, for some reason puts the voice of the book back in.

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[–] Uberhamster 20 years ago

How can we tell the difference? Is this about the error where the narrator comes from the wrong speaker location?

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[–] Uberhamster 21 years ago

Sadly, the dvd is unavailable where I live... that too is a dvd problem.

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[–] zanshin_kyo 20 years ago

I'm rather suprised to hear you cannot get the DVD in your area. The the miracle that is the internet, there are a lot of possible ways to get this series.

[–] Uberhamster 20 years ago

It is almost unheard of here, the TVseries that is, but luckily and by extraordinary coincidence the 2 dvd set was just delivered not more then an hour ago, I found it on ebay from someone who got it from the UK.

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[–] HellBoy13 20 years ago

Some are selling on eBay, although I can't find the special edition re-release I was looking for...

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[–] Uberhamster 20 years ago

A re-release? Don't tell me there's more material on that than on the first DVD release?

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[–] twell76 20 years ago

It is at Walmart now.

[–] jmc102 20 years ago

Yeah...the sound levels of the book seem to be messed up. Even in surround sound, the voice of the book is far too quiet. So it's not just your copy!

[–] BritCanuck 20 years ago

I don't think it's the DVD. Some DVD players come with just the one audio plug-in socket, so if you have one of those stereo cords with two plugs on each end, you have to choose one or the other. Selecting the "Mono" soundtrack instead of the "Remixed Stereo" soundtrack will bring Peter Jones' voice back.

On the plus side, you get to hear the background music without the narration.
I must admit I rather like the music which opens the first episode.

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