I'd call it more greed than simple economics... If companies like KINO can bring out obscure materials on DVD which cater to a small but very dedicated clientele, then the major companies should be able to do the same thing. I recall a story of their reissure of " Love Me Tonight" and how much a fight it was to get the rights to legally reissue it. Whoever holds the rights simply didn't want to be bothered to give KINO a license to issue it. The copyright holder finally relented, but Kino probably won't go after another Paramount title again because of the effort involved. Sound Familiar??? BH >>> [log in to unmask] 12/29/2006 11:07:04 AM >>> Hi Bob: I think it's simple economics. Not enough market to justify production. Some of that stuff might turn up online one day. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hodge" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] laserdisc > Hi Tom, > > Titles which come to mind immediately are: > > ( Some of these may have slipped through my radar, but not many) > > Golden Dawn > Whoopee !! > Employees Entrance > Skyscraper Souls > Madam X > Baby Face > > If I had my modest holdings available here in front of me, I could > lenghten the list. I couldn't afford the technonogy when it was new, and > the prices commanded on Ebay now mean I can't afford it now > ( with some exemptions) otherwise I'd have much more as I would have > bought it when it was easily available . > > Many,many many significant( At least to me) early sound Warner > Brothers, Paramount and MGM 1 and 2 reelers. > > Yes , all are very vintage late 1920's mid 1930's subjects . The > transfers were done with first generation 35 mm materials,and not from 4 > th and 5th generation 16mm dupes and reduction prints, in most cases. > > > I don't consider VHS to be an acceptable medium when the infrastucture > exists to have a superior one.Many if not all of these titles were once > available on VHS. Unfortunately , many people think that all early film > sounds and looks bad. This is usually because the quality of the print > they were watching was many generations removed from the orignal . > Sure, the sound quality isn't Dolby SR, but it isn't the tubby, muddy > sound that exists on poor qualty 16 mm copies. > > Most of this material isn't for the masses of this day and age. The era > of laserdisc technonogy was during a period when people didn't find such > material boaring and inane, and why so much great early film found its' > way to laserdisc. > > My 2 Bits... > > Bob > > > > > >>>> [log in to unmask] 12/28/2006 4:41 PM >>> > Hi Bob: > > I'm curious, what are some films that were out on LD but not on DVD? Is > it all just Really Old Stuff > or Really Obscure Stuff or are there more recent or famous gaps in the > DVD catalog? > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Hodge" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 2:47 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] laserdisc > > >> Darned right you should !! Or sell it to me...In that order. >> Especially since MANY motion picture titles which were originally >> transferred to laserdisc haven't been transferred to DVD. >> And probably never will be. >> >> No, you should hold on to it. I wouldn't sell mine either. >> >> Bob Hodge >> >> Robert Hodge, >> Senior Engineer >> Belfer Audio Archive >> Syracuse University >> 222 Waverly Ave . >> Syracuse N.Y. 13244-2010 >> >> 315-443- 7971 >> FAX-315-443-4866 >> >>>>> [log in to unmask] 12/28/2006 2:15 PM >>> >> Should I save my Pioneer LD player? >> >> -- >> Frank B Strauss, DMD >> >