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Post by diane on Feb 2, 2008 3:40:36 GMT -6
I just bought this DVD. "The Very Best of One Step Beyond" - there are 50 episodes for $5.95. I read an article several years ago and have been fascinated by this show ever since. It preceded "The Twilight Zone" but unlike TZ , the stories were based on factual events. I have only seen one so far but it was about a woman that had a premonition that she was going on a dangerous journey - then her fiance booked honeymoon tickets on the "Titanic". Patrick Macnee was in it. Apparently the episodes have been digitally remastered. I am not sure what that means but the picture is very clear - not murky, the way you would think a television show from the 50s would be like. I am going to enjoy this set I think.
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Post by Midge on Feb 2, 2008 4:03:30 GMT -6
That sounds like an interesting set, Diane! I remember that show from back in the day. The reason the video is so sharp is probably because the series was filmed.
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Feb 2, 2008 5:34:09 GMT -6
The reason the video is so sharp is probably because the series was filmed. Compared to what? Being "live", that is? Diane, this sounds like something of quite a bit of interest to me too! Perhaps I'll search Amazon to see if it's available here in the U.S. :thumbsup:
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Post by diane on Feb 2, 2008 14:12:01 GMT -6
I ordered it from Caiman which is an American company that I saw on Amazon that specialises in new and used DVDs and CDs. They are very efficent. When I first ordered some CDs of Amazon, I also wanted a Lee Morse CD but at over $30 - I found that too expensive. So I ordered it through Caiman at just under $20. It was the first of my order to arrive and it was new (all sealed up).
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Post by Midge on Feb 2, 2008 17:08:53 GMT -6
Larry, I was referring to film as opposed to kinescopes or videotape. Kinescopes were filmed TV screens. Literally, a camera would point at a TV screen and photograph it. In the days before videotape was invented, this was the only way to preserve a television program that was broadcast live rather than filmed. You may notice in kinescopes that the image seems to be distorted around the margins. That's because of the shape of the picture tube. They weren't as flat in those days as they are now.
Videotape was invented in 1956 but didn't come into common usage until the 1960's. Tape produces sharp images like film, but unlike film, it deteriorates over time. Also, the more tape is duplicated, the fuzzier the image gets because there is no such thing as a negative to strike pristine copies from.
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Feb 2, 2008 21:33:25 GMT -6
Larry, I was referring to film as opposed to kinescopes or videotape. I was a bit unclear of your reference; thank you for clearing that up. I used to use old Polaroid cameras to snap still shots of images on the screen many years ago, but I never realized that people took video footage, aiming a camera at the TV screen (or that there was a name for it). Videotape was invented in 1956 but didn't come into common usage until the 1960's. Tape produces sharp images like film, but unlike film, it deteriorates over time. Also, the more tape is duplicated, the fuzzier the image gets because there is no such thing as a negative to strike pristine copies from. I didn't realize that video tape had been invented at that time; I had actually thought it came around in the 1970s. And yes, reprint after reprint definitely gets fuzzier, much as photo-copying a photo-copy.
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Post by Midge on Feb 2, 2008 22:40:23 GMT -6
Tape was invented in the 50's, but its use wasn't that widespread until the late '60s - early '70s. When new technology comes out, it's usually a while before it can be perfected so that it's feasible for widespread commercial use. When I went to work at a TV station in 1975, all our news stories were filmed. The film had to be brought in to the station by reporters, developed in a lab, printed and then edited before a story could get on the air. By 1980, all our stories were done on tape, which is much faster to turn around. So film stuck around for a long time even after tape was invented.
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Post by tclion on Feb 4, 2008 12:26:27 GMT -6
Who knew our little diner could hold so so much knowledge. Thanks for the film lesson Midge very interesting.
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