Well, I just felt like counterbalancing a bit the often less than essential gripes from our side, also from me, about release dates, subtitles, aspect ratios, frame rates, extras and the like, and show how much the series means to a lot of less than zealous, but no less enthusiastic fans and viewers in general, and what a great job Fabulous have done releasing all seasons!Thanks for posting all those Rich!
This intrigued me, so I checked the technical specs of another American TV series release by Fabulous Films that I have, the Eerie, Indiana box. I thought it would be NTSC, but this time it's really PAL (as the back cover indicates) at a resolution of 720x576 and frame rate of 25 (interlaced 50)! Of course, this could be a straight film source transfer, rather than a video transfer.Well, PAL resolution is 720x576 and can only be projected at 25 fps.
mass5160, What you describe is not stock footage? What you have are TV Rips, which can be found for free on the internet. I were really excited to hear "from this site" that MITM were being put to dvd. Shows put to dvd have no rating logo nor station logo. Hopefully one day a proper reproduction will take place. So sad...
And someone asked earlier so I might as well confirm that there are unfortunately no subtitles.
I quickly noticed a problem with a juddering effect on panning scenes, where the motion appears to be rather jerky. On investigation, this looks to be due to the source material having been de-interlaced and then re-interlaced. This results in a bigger, so less fluid movement between each frame, as well as every fourth frame being shown twice in a five-frame set; all causing the juddering effect, which personally, I find quite distracting. The R1 Release does not suffer this problem. It also suggests this R2 transfer is from another video source rather than from the original film.
Sorry, I'm describing the official Season 2 DVD Set from Fabulous Films that I bought from amazon -- I wouldn't pay anything for pirated materials no matter what it is.
I believe I've heard somewhere that the Netflix versions have TV PG logos on some episodes? Perhaps these DVDs are from the same source?
mass5160, I hear you, unfortunately that is the only source for MITM besides the first season, which is a dvd rip. All else is recorded from a televised source. I'm surprised to learn that Amazon would be involved with pirated media. Anything for a buck I guess...
You are confused. They are not pirate DVDs. They are simply sourced from broadcast masters. They are licensed by Fox.