Re: AMC on DVD

How do I pay you?
;)
Mark Holmes
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Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 10:28 PM
Subject: AMC on DVD


> For all interested-
> 
> I mentioned this on the AMCforum.net last weekend 
> and have had a lot of good response, and figured I'd 
> make it widely available now to all that might be 
> interested.
> 
> I've just started playing with a new video  
> capture toy and DVD authoring software, and 
> the first project was an all-AMC DVD. After 
> several defective tests burns, I've finally  
> reached a finished, working version. 
> 
> It includes my home video of 2004's 'All-AMC  
> Day' at Cecil County Dragway, Rising Sun,  
> Maryland featuring numerous dragstrip passes and  
> races by various AMCs. This is home video shot  
> by me with minimal editing and no commentary or  
> music. It's intent is to give a feel of what it  
> was like to actually be there...no gloss added.) 
> 
> Other included items are things collected on VHS  
> from various TV shows, commercials and Music  
> Videos, all AMC related. 
> 
> I figured I'd ask $5 a copy shipped, to cover the 
> blank DVD, the shipping, and some handling for the  
> time spent running them to the post office. This 
> doesn't address the hours of editting out commercials, 
> transfering the video from VHS to PC to DVD, and the 
> costs of the gear to do it all. 
> 
> But then, it ain't my content, so I won't be giving a 
> contents list out publicly. Anyone that wants some  
> great AMC video will have to trust me that it's worth  
> the $5.  
> 
> NOTE: I played with the idea of putting a printed label 
> on the discs, but after reading up on it, it seems that 
> DVD-Rs don't react well to having an adhesive label 
> applied....they fail to play quite often. And even if they 
> didn't, the labels are prone to slowing peeling off...and 
> jamming one in the DVD player would NOT be good! 
> So, you'll receive a DVD-R disc in a paper sleeve, with 
> all the programming burned in, but with no markings of 
> any kind. I'll leave it to you to decide how you'd like it 
> marked. 
> 
> DISCLAIMER: I've also read that most home DVD 
> players will play DVD-R discs, but most won't play 
> DVD-RWs. I'm using the DVD-Rs, but there may still 
> be a few 'low-end' players out there that it won't play on. 
> The risk is yours, as I can't check each player myself. 
> Here's what I've found, tho: My Panasonic DVD player 
> (single disc) and my 5-disc changer both played it 
> perfectly. My single-disc and three-disc Apex units both 
> play it fine, too, but scanning forward or backward at any 
> speed over 1x causes these players to get confused, and 
> they freeze up. Hitting the menu/title button gets you back 
> to the title screen. You can chapter-skip fine...it's the 
> scanning that gets goofy. My Playstation 2 had no troubles. 
> 
> Take all that info for what it is- my own experience. But it 
> seems 'good' DVD players run DVD-Rs fine. It's those 
> $35 Wal-Mart specials that have an issue or two.
> 
> Questions...ask me via direct Email, please...but don't 
> ask for the contents list. You'll see it when it arrives. :)
> 
> John W Rosa
> 
> www.JavelinAMX.com
> 
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