Will the Star Wars DVD releases kill this group?

Will constant niggling over these extremely over-hyped boxes finally
kill this group once and for all? I thought the questions about
recording and downloading were bad, but I can't bear the thought of
endless talk, especially from the "'original' orginal trilogy" crowd
(even though I'm a part of that crowd).

A much more important DVD release would be The Magnificent Ambersons, or
heck, even Flight of the Navigator.
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Grand Inquisitor wrote on [Sun, 04 Apr 2004 01:22:07 GMT]:
> Will constant niggling over these extremely over-hyped boxes finally
> kill this group once and for all? I thought the questions about
> recording and downloading were bad, but I can't bear the thought of
> endless talk, especially from the "'original' orginal trilogy" crowd
> (even though I'm a part of that crowd).
>
> A much more important DVD release would be The Magnificent Ambersons, or
> heck, even Flight of the Navigator.

the group is\already very close to dead

Justin

Forgive me for top-posting, but the group isn't getting choked by Star Wars
fanboy stuff. I'm actually surprised about how few post their are on the
upcoming release.

What is killing the group are the pirates and burners who haven't figured
out how their computers, programs etc. work and have decided to ask here
rather than on a more appropriate newsgroup.

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Jay

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I rock and roll one weekend a month and
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"Grand Inquisitor" <> wrote in message
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> Will constant niggling over these extremely over-hyped boxes finally
> kill this group once and for all? I thought the questions about
> recording and downloading were bad, but I can't bear the thought of
> endless talk, especially from the "'original' orginal trilogy" crowd
> (even though I'm a part of that crowd).
>
> A much more important DVD release would be The Magnificent Ambersons, or
> heck, even Flight of the Navigator.
> --
> "Doctor, one gremlinectomy, please!"
> --Michael Jackson
>
> Grand Inquisitor
> http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=Oost

Jay Stewart

Jay Stewart wrote on [Sun, 04 Apr 2004 02:00:04 GMT]:
>
> Forgive me for top-posting, but the group isn't getting choked by Star Wars
> fanboy stuff. I'm actually surprised about how few post their are on the
> upcoming release.
>
> What is killing the group are the pirates and burners who haven't figured
> out how their computers, programs etc. work and have decided to ask here
> rather than on a more appropriate newsgroup.

No, the problem is they ask here AND as many newsgroups as they can find
with the word DVD in the group name. At least 80% are crossposted to 3
or more groups.

Justin

In article <>, Justin
<> wrote:

> Grand Inquisitor wrote on [Sun, 04 Apr 2004 01:22:07 GMT]:
> > Will constant niggling over these extremely over-hyped boxes finally
> > kill this group once and for all? I thought the questions about
> > recording and downloading were bad, but I can't bear the thought of
> > endless talk, especially from the "'original' orginal trilogy" crowd
> > (even though I'm a part of that crowd).
> >
> > A much more important DVD release would be The Magnificent Ambersons, or
> > heck, even Flight of the Navigator.
>
> the group is\already very close to dead

And, really, that makes sense. When DVD was new and small, you needed a
place to go ask questions and get info on the subject. Now there's as
little need to read this group as there would be to read an alt.cd one.
It's done it's job.

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

Invid Fan

Invid Fan wrote on [Sat, 03 Apr 2004 21:36:00 -0500]:
> In article <>, Justin
> <> wrote:
>
>> Grand Inquisitor wrote on [Sun, 04 Apr 2004 01:22:07 GMT]:
>> > Will constant niggling over these extremely over-hyped boxes finally
>> > kill this group once and for all? I thought the questions about
>> > recording and downloading were bad, but I can't bear the thought of
>> > endless talk, especially from the "'original' orginal trilogy" crowd
>> > (even though I'm a part of that crowd).
>> >
>> > A much more important DVD release would be The Magnificent Ambersons, or
>> > heck, even Flight of the Navigator.
>>
>> the group is\already very close to dead
>
> And, really, that makes sense. When DVD was new and small, you needed a
> place to go ask questions and get info on the subject. Now there's as
> little need to read this group as there would be to read an alt.cd one.
> It's done it's job.

I dunno about that. alt.video.dvd was usually about different players
and different DVDs, and issues with the same. These discussions seem to
have moved to web discussion boards that are a lot more fragmented.
USENET as a whole is slowly fading away.

Justin

Invid Fan <> wrote in
news:030420042136000215%:

> In article <>, Justin
> <> wrote:
>
>> the group is\already very close to dead
>
> And, really, that makes sense. When DVD was new and small, you needed
> a place to go ask questions and get info on the subject. Now there's
> as little need to read this group as there would be to read an alt.cd
> one. It's done it's job.

I agree, at least in part. There's just so little left to be said
solely on the topic of DVD-- all the really good discussions are dealing
with HDTV, video games, video editing, etc. There are better places to
discuss that stuff than alt.video.dvd.



--

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http://www.Daily-Reviews.com

Aaron J. Bossig

On 2004-04-03 21:51:30 -0500, Justin <> said:

> Invid Fan wrote on [Sat, 03 Apr 2004 21:36:00 -0500]:
>> In article <>, Justin
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> Grand Inquisitor wrote on [Sun, 04 Apr 2004 01:22:07 GMT]:
>>>> Will constant niggling over these extremely over-hyped boxes finally
>>>> kill this group once and for all? I thought the questions about
>>>> recording and downloading were bad, but I can't bear the thought of
>>>> endless talk, especially from the "'original' orginal trilogy" crowd
>>>> (even though I'm a part of that crowd).
>>>>
>>>> A much more important DVD release would be The Magnificent Ambersons,
>>>> or heck, even Flight of the Navigator.
>>>
>>> the group is\already very close to dead
>>
>> And, really, that makes sense. When DVD was new and small, you needed a
>> place to go ask questions and get info on the subject. Now there's as
>> little need to read this group as there would be to read an alt.cd one.
>> It's done it's job.
>
> I dunno about that. alt.video.dvd was usually about different players
> and different DVDs, and issues with the same. These discussions seem to
> have moved to web discussion boards that are a lot more fragmented.
> USENET as a whole is slowly fading away.

I think it started to die when we lost Norm.
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"Grand Inquisitor" <> wrote in message
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> Will constant niggling over these extremely over-hyped boxes finally
> kill this group once and for all? I thought the questions about
> recording and downloading were bad, but I can't bear the thought of
> endless talk, especially from the "'original' orginal trilogy" crowd
> (even though I'm a part of that crowd).

The endless bickering about pan/scan versus widescreen has yet to kill the
group, so I think it will survive the Star Wars debate. : )

Filters are always an option though, I've used them to avoid the aspect
ratio debates.

Bill

nomis wrote:
>> I dunno about that. alt.video.dvd was usually about different players
>> and different DVDs, and issues with the same. These discussions seem to
>> have moved to web discussion boards that are a lot more fragmented.
>> USENET as a whole is slowly fading away.
>
>
> I think it started to die when we lost Norm.

Or did Norm leave because it started to die? :-O

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