DIE HARD TRILOGY BOX SET

This might seem a stupid question....

when I purchased the DIE HARD Trilogy box set and looked at the running
times, I noticed that DIE HARD 1 & 2 have longer running times than their
VHS version, however this is not true for DIE HARD : With a Vengence, it
seems to have 1-2 mins missing.

Any ideas? thought that most DVD`s wouldn`t be restricted in their content.

IQ

When dealing with running times posted on hime video packaging, be aware
that mistakes do happen.

While I don't know them like the back of my hand, I have noticed no cuts
on any of the three movies on the trilogy set.

Just assume they are uncut until you find something is cut, because
usually the films are not cut and when they are, it's usually in error.

Mike

IQ wrote:
>
> This might seem a stupid question....
>
> when I purchased the DIE HARD Trilogy box set and looked at the running
> times, I noticed that DIE HARD 1 & 2 have longer running times than their
> VHS version, however this is not true for DIE HARD : With a Vengence, it
> seems to have 1-2 mins missing.
>
> Any ideas? thought that most DVD`s wouldn`t be restricted in their content.

Michael Rogers

Seems that DIE HARD 3 is cut here and there, ran the 2 films together, the
VHS and DVD. Right enough ran the DVD through my computer.

Might not be a valid test but when watching them together sometimes the DVD
would be ahead by a few secs.

"IQ" <> wrote in message
news:Gfd9d.96$0%....
> This might seem a stupid question....
>
> when I purchased the DIE HARD Trilogy box set and looked at the running
> times, I noticed that DIE HARD 1 & 2 have longer running times than their
> VHS version, however this is not true for DIE HARD : With a Vengence, it
> seems to have 1-2 mins missing.
>
> Any ideas? thought that most DVD`s wouldn`t be restricted in their
> content.
>

IQ

I'm even less familar with 3 than I am the other 2. But unless you
actually see a cut scene on one or the other comparing 2 video transfers
of the same film will almost always be out of sync be a few seconds
after time since there are micro differences in the film speed.

Also, I think that DVD has a very rigid time base correction compared to
VHS. So, if you sync up a VHS and DVD of the same movie (but a different
transfer) you can't expect the sync to remain.

Mike

IQ wrote:
>
> Seems that DIE HARD 3 is cut here and there, ran the 2 films together, the
> VHS and DVD. Right enough ran the DVD through my computer.
>
> Might not be a valid test but when watching them together sometimes the DVD
> would be ahead by a few secs.
>
> "IQ" <> wrote in message
> news:Gfd9d.96$0%....
> > This might seem a stupid question....
> >
> > when I purchased the DIE HARD Trilogy box set and looked at the running
> > times, I noticed that DIE HARD 1 & 2 have longer running times than their
> > VHS version, however this is not true for DIE HARD : With a Vengence, it
> > seems to have 1-2 mins missing.
> >
> > Any ideas? thought that most DVD`s wouldn`t be restricted in their
> > content.
> >

Michael Rogers