{"id":1803,"date":"2003-08-31T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-31T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2021-05-25T13:23:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T17:23:16","slug":"warning-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/08\/31\/warning-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning of Life<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    I just received my “advance copy” of Universal’s new 2-disc special edition of Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life<\/i>. Although I enjoyed the commentary and the deleted scenes, I was shocked at the poor transfer. For those using progressive players or monitors, you will be experiencing annoying interlacing or combing problems<\/a>, every five frames of video!
    I’m not familiar enough with the technical specs of converting film to DVD to know why this video problem is there. It might be because Universal is using a PAL video master for their NTSC transfer. Regardless, it’s annoying and pretty much unwatchable.
    Compare this still-frame of Mr Creosote\u2026
<\/center>with this frame.
<\/center>And now imagine having to sit through that interlacing anomaly every five frames.
    But wait — you don’t have to imagine it. It can be yours in the new Monty Python Meaning of Life<\/i> special edition!
    After the stupid subtitling problem with Columbia\/Tri-Star’s Holy Grail<\/i> special edition (where the subtitles could not be turned off), you’d think Python Pictures might want to start employing a little quality control. But I guess not. And apparently Universal doesn’t care either.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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