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If setting your time-shifting device for any or all of these three films be sure to use the times shown on the TCM website schedule, not the too tight schedule found in Now Playing.
This goes for . . . "YOU, and YOU, and YOU!"
I'm bulking the recording from 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. (Pacific) at LP in order to get the period shorts as well.
For a modern day variant see the Carrie Fisher/Paul Bartel "Reckless Youth" segment from Amazon Women on the Moon.
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I was pleased to find this performance was not spoiled by overdoing the artificial echo added to many commercial recordings of the period.
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"What network broadcast this special in 1965?"
According to an editorial review found on Amazon this was shown on NBC.
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Jroden,
Since you think this is around an hour in length this is not a short but a movie. You might have more luck posting your inquiry in the Information, Please! Forum.
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The all-night diner scene shows Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters from Pennies From Heaven.
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Occasional problem on Comcast Portland Oregon.
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Sandy,
Time-shifting devices such as your DVD recorder should continue to function in the same way as they do now.
The situation might change if TCM or cable or satellite services implement copyright protection that may restrict or prevent home-recording. This is a very real concern.
Due to future uncertainties my suggestion is to record now all that you may want to have in your personal archive.
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Ken,
Recent advances in technology have brought forth legislation resulting in substantial change.
Two Acts signed into law by Bill Clinton, The "No Electronic Theft" Act (1997) and The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998), and the Regulations and Agency decisions that implement these Acts (under the Bush Administration) have and continue to bring forth many changes in the marketplace.
In earlier posts you have pointed out the realities of DRM. This has arisen due to technology that might allow reproduction of copyrighted material in the same quality as the original.
It doesn't matter if we like it or not. To quote Walter Cronkite "that's the way it is."
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Fred,
In earlier Information Please! posts in the "Gremlin" thread there are some discussions of this government boondoggle.
In our household we have two older analog tuner TVs that are connected to antennas so we need government-approved converter boxes for OTA reception.
Older analog tuner TVs connected to digital cable boxes do not require government converter boxes for continued functionality. Government-approved converter boxes employ a different tuning technology than do cable services. The government-approved converter boxes may not be substituted for converter boxes provided by cable companies.
There are a variety of ways to obtain coupons for government-approved converter boxes. The NTIA website provides complete information:
On 1 January 2008 this website was so jammed that I tried the phone method. I knew that the phone method was doomed to failure as I was asked to say, not spell, my name and street address. Both may be spelled several ways so I knew this would prove problematic. Late in the morning I was able to submit my application online. The Coupons, actually similar to credit cards, arrived 4 March 2008.
Here is some information found on the website:
How do I get a coupon? Apply online or by phone. You may also mail in or fax a Coupon
Application. You may request one coupon now and one later, but no more than two coupons per
household are allowed. Coupon supplies are limited. Coupons expire 90 days after they are mailed.
Requests must be received by March 31, 2009. Contact information is listed below.
ONLINE
www.DTV2009.gov
BY PHONE
1-888-DTV-2009 (1-888-388-2009)
TTY: 1-877-530-2634 (English)
1-866-495-1161 (Spanish)
BY MAIL
PO Box 2000
Portland, OR 97208
BY FAX
1-877-DTV-4ME2
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No later than 18 February 2009 all full-power U.S. broadcast stations will cease analog broadcasting. Most analog broadcast stations already have one or more digital channels and digital sub-channels in operation. The shutdown of analog broadcasting (for those receiving TV signals with an antenna) is the reason behind the taxpayer subsidized coupon program for government-approved converter boxes. Low power analog CA and LP broadcast stations may continue to broadcast analog signals after 18 February 2009 but they are also expected to transition to digital broadcasting within specific time frames that have been individually determined.
Cable will maintain some analog services, mainly passing-through local broadcast stations for customers through the end of 2012. The broadcast stations being passed through after 18 February 2009 are non-encoded digital and HD stations. ("Encoded" services are those that are "scrambled.") Much of cable service will be transitioning to digital in the near future but that will not have as severe an impact on viewers with digital cable boxes that convert digital signals to analog for those with analog TVs. Digital and High Definition cable boxes and Cable Cards remap and unscramble digital channels allowing one to watch HD programming on HD TVs. HD DVRs provided by a Cable service allow time-shifting to an internal hard drive but may prevent copying to DVD media.
Satellite is already a digital-only medium. Digital satellite receivers convert digital signals to analog for those with analog TVs. High Definition satellite receivers allow one to watch HD programming on HD TVs. HD DVRs provided by a Satellite service allow time-shifting to an internal hard drive but may prevent copying to DVD media.
High Definition is a sub-set of digital service. All High Definition is "digital," but not all "digital" is High Definition. There are no requirements for any broadcasters to provide High Definition service. Many broadcast stations are now offering one sub-channel in High Definition. Providing HD service is a market-based decision for broadcasters.
Cable and satellite services are offering various networks in High Definition. There are no requirements for any Cable or Satellite network to provide High Definition service. Providing HD is a market-based decision for Cable or Satellite service providers.
High Definition DVRs are designed to prevent the copying of HD programming, in that original quality, to external media (such as a DVD) to protect the rights of copyright holders. DVD recorders downconvert High Definition to Standard Definition for the same reason, preventing copyright infringement. Many wrongly assume that they have a "right" to copy the property of another. In certain circumstances the law provides for a "fair use" exemption from prosecution for those that copy the property of another for personal use.
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Vallo13,
"Starting February 2009 "All" TV/Cable/ Satellite will be broadcasted in High Def."
Your observation needs some clarification.
No later than 18 February 2009 all full-power U.S. broadcast stations will cease analog broadcasting. Most analog broadcast stations already have one or more digital channels and digital sub-channels in operation. The shutdown of analog broadcasting (for those receiving TV signals with an antenna) is the reason behind the taxpayer subsidized coupon program for government-approved converter boxes. Low power analog CA and LP broadcast stations may continue to broadcast analog signals after 18 February 2009 but they are also expected to transition to digital broadcasting within specific time frames that have been individually determined.
Cable will maintain some analog services, mainly passing-through local broadcast stations for customers through the end of 2012. The broadcast stations being passed through after 18 February 2009 are non-encoded digital and HD stations. ("Encoded" services are those that are "scrambled.") Much of cable service will be transitioning to digital in the near future but that will not have as severe an impact on viewers with digital cable boxes that convert digital signals to analog for those with analog TVs. Digital and High Definition cable boxes and Cable Cards remap and unscramble digital channels allowing one to watch HD programming on HD TVs. HD DVRs provided by a Cable service allow time-shifting to an internal hard drive but prevent copying to DVD media.
Satellite is already a digital-only medium. Digital satellite receivers convert digital signals to analog for those with analog TVs. High Definition satellite receivers allow one to watch HD programming on HD TVs. HD DVRs provided by a Satellite service allow time-shifting to an internal hard drive but prevent copying to DVD media.
High Definition is a sub-set of digital service. All High Definition is "digital," but not all "digital" is High Definition. There are no requirements for any broadcasters to provide High Definition service. Many broadcast stations are now offering one sub-channel in High Definition. Providing HD service is a market-based decision for broadcasters.
Cable and satellite services are offering various networks in High Definition. There are no requirements for any Cable or Satellite network to provide High Definition service. Providing HD is a market-based decision for Cable or Satellite service providers.
High Definition DVRs are designed to prevent the copying of HD programming, in that original quality, to external media (such as a DVD) to protect the rights of copyright holders. DVD recorders downconvert High Definition to Standard Definition for the same reason, preventing copyright infringement. Many wrongly assume that they have a "right" to copy the property of another. In certain circumstances the law provides for a "fair use" exemption from prosecution for those that copy the property of another for personal use.
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Our local Comcast service assigns channels up to the 950 range; analog up through 71 plus 98 and 99; generally digital above 71; premium channels in the 500 channel range; HD in the 700 channel range; and music channels in the 900 channel range. Locally Comcast maps TCM to channel 501. Comcast Motorola digital converter boxes (three in our household) find hundreds of those channels based on the tier of service we have. (We also have one Comcast Motorola HD converter box. We have four HD TVs, two of which have HD tuners and two of which are "HD-(UN)Ready.") In reality, those hundreds of cable channels are actually transmitted, scrambled or unscrambled, only up through channel 134 and its subchannels. That means that an analog/digital tuner TV or DVD recorder that receives up to the 135 channel range actually tunes all the channels that a cable system may provide, but since most of these digital channels are encoded (scrambled) they may not be viewed without the proprietary Comcast cable box that unscrambles the channels and reassigns them ("maps" them) to their "channel" location in the Comcast system.
The government-approved converter boxes are for those that receive broadcast TV with an antenna. These converters are designed to receive digital broadcast signals up to the 69 channel (and subchannel) range and use different (and incompatible) tuner technology than that employed by cable and satellite services. In our household two of our older analog TVs are connected to antennas. I expect to use government-approved converter boxes to keep these TVs functional in the future.
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Notice that two Dogville shorts, Hot Dog (1930) and College Hounds (1930) are included in Festival Of Shorts #7 scheduled to be shown twice in the coming days. The first showing is in the early morning hours of 3/8 between Rat Pfink and Only Angels Have Wings. The second showing is in the early morning hours of 3/11 between King Lear and Keep 'Em Rolling.
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Movieman1957,
For color recording the LP or better speed is best.
Another possibility is that your DMR-ES35V is not set with a compatible setting for your TV. To check this go to FUNCTIONS, OTHER FUNCTIONS, SETUP, TV SCREEN. For detailed information see the Operating Instructions, page 18 (Selecting television type), page 21 (Removing Interference), page 37 (Video menu-Change picture quality, and page 68 (Progressive/Interlace).
To reset the clock go to FUNCTIONS, OTHER FUNCTIONS, SETUP, CLOCK SETTINGS. From there you may set up your clock automatically or manually.
If you no longer have the Operating Instructions these may be viewed/downloaded as a PDF file from the Panasonic Support website. This PDF file may be saved to your computer hard drive.
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If you remember the TCM Happy Holidays promo a couple of months back that used a video clip from the Gold Diggers of 1933 "Pettin in the Park" sequence.
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I keep my burned DVDs in large book-type albums. The most recently purchased albums each contain 320 DVDs. I bought five of these albums last spring at CompUsa for $9.99 each. The last one of these is now a little over half full so I'll be looking for more of these soon.
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Laramie66,
Again, the Blue-Ray situation has nothing to do with the marketplace supply of home-recording media.
The link is to the right kind but that price is way too high. You will do better to purchase these discs at just about any of your local stores. If you want to order discs online you should get Taiyo Yuden DVD-R discs (not found in retail stores). This brand is generally considered to be the best. (Unless you will be burning DVD copies on a computer's DVD burner you need not be concerned with "X" speed ratings. Currently available DVD-R discs from good brands are fine for use on a DMR-ES35V.)
Watch the Sunday newspaper ads at local chain stores and office supply stores (Office Depot, Staples, Office Max). Usually you will find spindles of 100 TDK or Maxell DVD-R discs on sale for under $25.00. Of course, spindles of 50 will be priced about half that price. Last week Office Max had Verbatim spindles of 100 DVD-R discs priced at $19.99. Don't purchase "store brands" or Memorex.
Recently Costco had TWO spindles of 100 TDK DVD-R discs for the price of one $31.99, under $16.00 per spindle!
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Laramie66,
You should occasionally monitor the process on your TV to determine that the DMR-ES35V is satisfactorily tracking the videotape.
If you use the front panel copying control the videotape will play and the Panasonic will record until a videotape index mark or other "program break" is encountered. At that point the DVD will stop recording; the videotape will stop and then rewind briefly; the videotape will start playing and the DVD will restart recording as a new "title." This annoying process is characteristic of front panel copying.
The menu-initiated copying process (or external VCR method of copying) provides for seamless DVD recordings, much to be prefered.
My "selective" dubbing project copied material from around 1,900 home-recorded videotapes I had recorded over a twenty-year period. That dubbing project took about ten months, concluding in September 2007. From March 2007 onward there were usually at least four Panasonics running up to sixteen hours per day. Occasionally there were up to seven Panasonics running up to eighteen hours per day. My six most freqently used Panasonics average more than 3,000 recording hours per machine. To provide additional air circulation/cooling during the warm summer months I set up external cooling fans.
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Laramie66,
Thank you for you kind words.
To set or reset the default recording speed for EP press FUNCTIONS, OTHER FUNCTIONS, SETUP, DISC, SETTINGS FOR RECORDING, RECORDING TIME IN EP MODE, ENTER, then choose 6H or 8H, ENTER, then press RETURN two or three times to escape the Functions process. That information is found on pages 56-57 of the DMR-ES35V Operating Instructions.
I have found that the most useful method to transfer videotaped recordings to DVD is through the menu initiated process. Press FUNCTIONS, COPY, and then customize the settings for Time Limited and/or Flexible Recording. That information is found on pages 46-49 of the Operating Instructions.
I have found that some T-160 videotapes recorded at the EP speed may not track well on some DMR-ES35V VHS sections. If tracking adjustments (Channel UP/DOWN) do not overcome this problem it may be necessary to attach an older VCR to one of the DMR-ES35V Inputs and transfer your videotapes in that manner. That information is found on page 50 of the Operating Instructions. Keep in mind that most videotapes may record somewhat more than their capacity designation, say, an 8 hour tape may contain as much as 8:10 of recorded material. With the DMR-ES35V the absolute upper limit for recording to DVD is 8:00, even with Flexible Recording.
For archival recording I regularly use TDK and Maxell DVD-R discs as reliable, inexpensive, and most compatible with other players/recorders.
The move to Blu-Ray as the standard for high-end commercially recorded DVDs is not related to home recording of DVDs. While Blu-Ray DVD players may play home-recorded DVDs there are no recorders that home-record Blu-Ray discs.
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LoTek,
My reference to proofreading is the historic understanding of finding and correcting errors before printing, i.e., the Now Playing magazine. Perhaps I should have written "proofreading oversights" instead of "proofreading errors."
Since you are a new poster to this Message Board I make this observation:
The agenda you seem to espouse in your last paragraph and in the footer of your posting does nothing to enhance the discussion of classic movies, and, if anything, may dissuade some posters from interacting with you.
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Kenneth,
Here is a little piece of information that I just found in Wikipedia:
"Since the DVDR format is a competing format to the DVD-R format, which is developed by the DVD Forum, it had not been approved by the DVD Forum, which claimed that the DVDR format was not an official DVD format until Jan 25, 2008."
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In the old days AMC would sometimes run widescreen movies and the narrowscreen pan and scan version in the same evening.
The first instance of an AMC widescreen showing that I still have is Spartacus (1960) shown on 3/20/92; the last was The Big Trail (1930) shown on 4/27/2001. Of course by 2001 AMC was well on its way into the abyss.
One wonders if the average AMC viewer is discerning enough to know that when viewing a narrowscreen pan and scan job that they're just seeing a portion of the movie. With all the editing and commercials AMC viewers tolerate perhaps they've been dumbed down so much that they don't even care.
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DVD-R disc specifications were developed to be backward compatible with earlier generations of DVD players. This is the reason that the DVD-R format is the most widely compatible. Once in a while one may still encounter an older DVD player that may balk at DVD-R discs. DVD-RW discs are somewhat less compatible with some equipment than DVD-R discs.
DVDR is a more recent format appearing in the marketplace in 2004. Some manufacturers have been slow to support this format; Toshiba comes to mind. DVDRW discs are somewhat less compatible with some equipment than DVD+R discs.
With my Panasonics I use TDK or Maxell DVD-R discs for archival purposes. If it's worth recording it's worth keeping.
I do not use DVDR, DVDRW or DVD-RW discs.
While I don't number my burned DVDs in a way that will indicate a total, I estimate that I've burned more than 3,000 disks. I assign a date/finalizing order to each DVD, i.e., 080211B is the second DVD finalized today, 2/11/2008. These are kept in book-type albums, the most recent each hold 320 discs, with the whole archive occupying around five linear feet of shelf space.
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Now Playing's advantages far outweigh its defects. At a little more than one dollar per month it is well worth it.
Occasionally TCM will change its programming. For that one may check the online schdule (click "Schedule" under the TCM banner at the upper left of this page).
In recent months I have noticed more frequent proofreading errors. The correct information may usually be figured out by careful scrutiny of surrounding listings or accessing the online schedule.
VHS or DVR?
in Information, Please!
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I transferred around 5,200 home-recorded titles from VHS to DVD, selected portions of my twenty years of time-shifting (mostly early talkies through the film noir era originally shown on The Nostalgia Channel in the 1980s and AMC and TCM in the 1990s). My ten month dubbing project concluded in September 2007. During the the final months of the project I had from four to seven Panasonic DVD combo recorders or DVD recorders and two Toshiba VCRs each running up to eighteen hours per day.
In the "Gremlin" thread (started around thirteen months ago) there was discussion of recording from TCM, transferring videotape recordings to DVD and related topics. Since that time current hardware has changed. Many DVD recorders no longer come with tuners. Some DVD recorders come with digital/analog tuners. Some methods of setting up newer equipment has changed. Most current combo recorders have little advantage over a DVD recorder connected to an external VCR for copying VHS recordings to DVD. Much of the discussion in the "Gremlin" thread is still relevant today. The "Gremlin" thread was very active (9,000 views) for around eleven months; find it here:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=101421&start=225&tstart=105
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