I have the SD of this movie and looks great on my A1. I have this on preorder from Amazon. Anyone actually get this yet and can comment?

No but I will be first in line at BB come Tuesday morning to buy it.

I'm really curious myself, especially to see how the Looney Tunes made out.

No but I will be first in line at BB come Tuesday morning to buy it.

Robert, buy it, watch it, and comment on it. Thanks.

I received The Adventures of Robin Hood yesterday and tested the first five minutes of it this afternoon. It's just incredible. Great, great transfer, that borders on the unbelievable. I could not imagine this movie could look that detailled and with such warm colours. Naturally, it does show that the movie was not shot yesterday. But it does not show it was shot nearly 70 years ago! I cannot recommend this HD DVD too warmly.

I don't know how you guys get titles before release dates. The guys at Best Buy say they have The Dirty Dozen and Robin Hood but won't sell it to me. :(

Art

I live in Paris, France and ordered Robin Hood and Dirty Dozen from dvdpacific quite a while ago.
My experience is that, ordering from this site, you get some titles real early (even before their release dates, as you see) and others real late! And you never know in advance, which adds to the fun...

Just a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

Really looking forward to this. Will the 1.33:1 image be pillar boxed within a 16:9 frame? I've a CRT projector and I'm used to watching the very nice SD version unscaled to 960p on a 4:3 screen.

Really looking forward to this. Will the 1.33:1 image be pillar boxed within a 16:9 frame?

Yes.

I don't know how you guys get titles before release dates. The guys at Best Buy say they have The Dirty Dozen and Robin Hood but won't sell it to me. :(

Art

If you have a couple BBs close to you, try them all.

Here in the dfw area, I have about 5 or 6 within a 20 minute drive or so. The weekend before Troy came out, I drove to 2 of them.

The first one said the same thing you are hearing, it comes out Tuesday and we cant sell it. A few minutes later, I tried one a little further away and voila, they had them all out. I think since they arent new releases (like Superman Returns will be or MI3) they dont realize there is a release date on them.

We need a thread dedicated to posting which stores have them out early (maybe there already is one). ;)

I don't know how you guys get titles before release dates. The guys at Best Buy say they have The Dirty Dozen and Robin Hood but won't sell it to me. :(

Art

Art,

you might try and send one of your daughters to pick up the new titles. A smile from them might impress the nerdy sales guy more than one of yours ;)

Oliver

Hot damn! I'm pleased I'm not the only one who loves these old movies. RH is in the wonderful three-strip Technicolor process--never been bettered or even matched since.

Art,

you might try and send one of your daughters to pick up the new titles. A smile from them might impress the nerdy sales guy more than one of yours ;)

Oliver

Ain't that the truth ! :D This concept has been tested since the older one has had a dozen warning tickets for speeding, never has gotten a ticket. I've never had a warning ticket in my 36 years of driving. :(

Art

Just flipped through Adv. of Rh and it is a very, very nice release. For its age, it's a f*cking revalation. it 's obviously got some grain, and quite a few instances of debris on the print , but it really is marvelous. The richness of the color is magnificant , and trust me you can't even begin to believe the depth of color when thinking of the DVD. A real treat for fans of this one, it's right up there with The Searchers, although the scenes I scanned did seem to suffer more from print defects more so than Searchers.

Oh, and for those who were wondering, watching some L. Tunes in real HD is amazing. Both shorts look fantastic and show great things for the future if WB decides to give us future Golden Collections in HD in the future.

Just a small heads-up.

I can't believe how nice this disc looked.

Bravo, Warners! :)

It really is awesome, isn't it? I was prepared, but it surpassed my expectations.

Oh, and for those who were wondering, watching some L. Tunes in real HD is amazing. Both shorts look fantastic and show great things for the future if WB decides to give us future Golden Collections in HD in the future.

So the Looney Tunes shorts are in HD? The back of the box did not specify witch extras were in HD. If they are in HD, there's no question I'll be picking this title up today.

Yes, the back cover says Special features are partailly in HD, these two shorts seem to be the on HD features, and they kick ass.

What about detail? is it noticeably better than the SD version? Only colors have been mentioned so far...

Of course the detail is better, I just didn't mention because it's a given that that's the case. Depth, color reproduction, blacks, and yes, detail is vastly superior to the DVD. Again though, i haven't had time to watch the whole thing, just flipped through.

trust me, fans of this film will have a milky cream running down their leg, it's that good.

Well, detail has the potential to be better, but it's source dependant as we've seen with many HD DVDs, so it's not a given.

As for color, the SD was great in that respect and I wouldn't expect the HD to be any different - so that would be more a given than the detail I would think.

You are seeing the digital version of the original negatives on this disc so it should look great indeed.

I thought I had read that this release would be pillarboxed. Is that the case?

Yes it is, as are the special features I checked out L. Tunes and trailers). When I stated that detail was a given, of course it's source dependant, but who thought RH would be out any other way.

But in all honesty has there been an HD DVD release that has not improved on the detail of the DVD. This is not BR after all, LOL.

It really is awesome, isn't it? I was prepared, but it surpassed my expectations.
Wow! Now I'm all excited! I bought this and a couple others, but like a dummy, when I got home I popped in a rental (Backdraft), and turned my projector off after I finished the movie, totally forgetting to demo the movies I had bought!! :eek: :(

Now I gotta wait a couple hours for my PJ to cool down before firing her up again, and I hate waiting. I'm such a goof! LOL

Wow! Now I'm all excited! I bought this and a couple others, but like a dummy, when I got home I popped in a rental (Backdraft), and turned my projector off after I finished the movie, totally forgetting to demo the movies I had bought!! :eek: :(

Now I gotta wait a couple hours for my PJ to cool down before firing her up again, and I hate waiting. I'm such a goof! LOL



I can only agree with what has been said so far.
Just amazing.
I never thought i would get to see this movie in this quality.
For a movie from the 30s the quality on this is just out of this world.
INFACT to my eyes it beats the hell out of THE ITALIAN JOB.
Then again that is not hard is it ?

Now I gotta wait a couple hours for my PJ to cool down before firing her up again, and I hate waiting. I'm such a goof! LOLI know this is somewhat off topic, but most projectors should be fine within half an hour from what I've read. What projector do you have?

--Darin

I know this is somewhat off topic, but most projectors should be fine within half an hour from what I've read. What projector do you have?

--Darin
No, you're right. Most of it has passed, but there's still a bit of lingering paranoia about shorting the life span of lamp by turning it on twice in the span of a few hours. The guys in the <$3500 projector forum are good at scaring the sh*t out of you about such things. LOL

Mainly I was just annoyed at myself for forgetting to check out my newly bought movies while I still had my projector running, since I'm still pretty frugal about only turning on my projector when I'm actually gonna watch a full movie. Now I'm just gonna wait until tomorrow afternoon so that I can turn the sound all the way up too without my neighbors calling the cops on me.

Picking mine up tomorrow along with Dirty Dozen and Grand Prix. I'm excited that we are getting high quality HD of these older films. This bodes well for years and years of enjoyment in the format for me.

Art

To quote my wife, "wow"
The colors were amazingly vibrant.
It does look like it was shot last week, not almost 60 years ago.

This is my favorite movie, I can't wait to watch it. I usually watch ROBIN HOOD around Thanksgiving(sort of a tradition), but I may break that precedent this year. Hell, I'll at least spot check it!

Well, neither Best Buy nor CC had many new releases. Best Buy only had Fear & Loathing, Dazed & Confused, and Land of the Dead. CC had no new releases whatsoever. I have all the discs I want pre-ordered on Amazon, but I just couldn't wait so I pick up Fear and Dazed. I am really pissed they didn't have Robin Hood, though. It's one of my favorite films and I also adore Looney Tunes, so this one was a no brainer for me.

Amazon said their delivery estimate for this disc was tomorrow, but it hasn't even shipped yet. Consider me ticked off.

How do the Looney Tunes look? Has anyone done an A/B test between the HD ones and the SD ones?

I did, and it's what you would expect: amazing. As I wrote somewhere above in this post, LT, if WB ever brings the Golden Collections over will be great.

So there's a noticeable difference between Looney Tunes in HD vs. SD? Good. Some people I talked to were saying animation would hardly look better in HD.

Picking mine up tomorrow along with Dirty Dozen and Grand Prix. I'm excited that we are getting high quality HD of these older films. This bodes well for years and years of enjoyment in the format for me.

Art

Art,

Seems we have similar tastes. I am waiting on RH and DD from Amazon. Things are looking good for RH.

That's ridiculous. If it's shot on film, it can always benefit from a higher resolution. There is obviously limited depth as the beckgrounds sometimes consist of almost solid colors, but fine details and fine grain shine through as they should. LT in HD is a cleaner, clearer presentation that, like RH, take on renewed life if you have realistic expectations. Any Lt nut will treasure these but also hope to see every one get a release in HD!

Agreed. Now if only Amazon would frickin' SEND ME MY DISC!

Agreed. Now if only Amazon would frickin' SEND ME MY DISC!

Just checked my Amazon account. RH and DD have not shipped yet. I ordered these over a month ago as a preorder. :mad:

What's weird, though, is that my copy of Robin Hood still has tomorrow as the estimated delivery date (I did next-day air with Amazon prime). I wonder if they sent it but it's taking time for their system to show it (and email me). At least that's what I hope. I may send Amazon an angry email and see if they'll refund my shipping charge.

WB needs to get their s*it together in respect to getting the product out there, and on time. BB is the ONLY place that seems to get all the WB discs by street date. Amazon, DVD Empire, and countless others are always behind, and it is just WB. I had my Uni stuff by the weekend and monday at the latest.

I don't know what the problem is, but it is very annoying to pre-order this stuff, to then need to cancel and run out to BB every tues. morning Wb puts discs out.

What's weird, though, is that my copy of Robin Hood still has tomorrow as the estimated delivery date (I did next-day air with Amazon prime). I wonder if they sent it but it's taking time for their system to show it (and email me). At least that's what I hope. I may send Amazon an angry email and see if they'll refund my shipping charge.

Same here. 1 day shipping for me. I had the same thought about the lag factor. We should compare notes tomorrow.

WB needs to get their s*it together in respect to getting the product out there, and on time. BB is the ONLY place that seems to get all the WB discs by street date. Amazon, DVD Empire, and countless others are always behind, and it is just WB. I had my Uni stuff by the weekend and monday at the latest.

I don't know what the problem is, but it is very annoying to pre-order this stuff, to then need to cancel and run out to BB every tues. morning Wb puts discs out.

But you do have to give WB credit where credit is due. They have been putting out "acceptable" HD DVDs. :D

Same here. 1 day shipping for me. I had the same thought about the lag factor. We should compare notes tomorrow.


Will do.

An AMAZING DISC with some tremendous extras - some in HD!

The WB cartoons looked FANTASTIC as well.

An AMAZING DISC with some tremendous extras - some in HD!

The WB cartoons looked FANTASTIC as well.

Peter,

Just viewed your HT. Can I come over and watch The Adventures of Robin Hood?

WB needs to get their s*it together in respect to getting the product out there, and on time. BB is the ONLY place that seems to get all the WB discs by street date.

Here, in Knocksville, BB is usually on time with Universal titles but not Warner, consistently. Accross the street at CC, they always have all the latest Warner titles. CC is occasionally late on Universal's....go figur... :confused: The two joints are only a few hundred yards apart. I had to hit 'em both today for the usual reason to get everything I wanted.

Hot dam, did Robin look this good in a theatre back in '37? I wonder! :) x :) = Sherwood Forest Squared! The toons were eye poppin' too.... Time for Terminator 3 before a late bedtime....

Yep I picked up Robin, Grand Prix, Dirty Dozen, Terminator 2 FF Tokyo today. I'm doing just what I told myself I wouldn't do. Buy a ton of HD-DVD's, it's addicting isn't it?

I figured to just buy premo and new movies, here I go again. :) Hell I almost bought Dukes of Hazard again. I'm over 20 now. With 1500 or more DVD's, hopeless :)

I really want Lord of the Rings and the Matrix.

Dirty Dozen looked nice and clean, haven't viewed the others yet.

I cancelled my Amazon order and picked up Robin Hood and T3 at Worst Buy. It was worth the extra cash.

I love Adventures of Robin Hood and I thought the SD-DVD transfer was impressive enough, but the HD-DVD is plain sick. There's a lot of grain and a few specs here and there, but I think that adds to the charm. It really does look like it was shot yesterday. And WB managed to port over all the extras(even the bonus Errol Flynn trailers) and they squeezed it all onto one disc.

Now bring on 2001 and Ben-Hur.

Now bring on 2001 and Ben-Hur.

Agreed! I was hugely impressed with The Searchers and RH was just as good if not better. I'm looking forward to more of these classics in HD! :D

I watched it tonight, absolutely incredible plus a flipin ton of extras. :D

Of course the detail is better, I just didn't mention because it's a given that that's the case. Depth, color reproduction, blacks, and yes, detail is vastly superior to the DVD. Again though, i haven't had time to watch the whole thing, just flipped through.

trust me, fans of this film will have a milky cream running down their leg, it's that good.

Are you saying we should have an ample supply of tissues nearby? :D

That or have a spare condom ready!

You guys are funny regarding this premature ejaculation thing or is that even the proper expression. :D

This is an exciting time for folks who have looked for years to be able to rival good film presentations in our homes.

Art

I watched a few minutes of this last night, friggin' amazing! Olivia DeHaviland has never looked more beautiful. Also watched "Rabbit Hood". Looney Tunes in HD...:eek:

There are so many great movies I'd like to see released on HD DVD with such amazing qualities.
But the one title I am dying for is Scaramouche!

After reading the reviews here, I cancelled my Amazon "Robin Hood" order and picked it up at Best Buy. Wow! Fantastic presentation, Looney Tunes also in HD, and of course, the fantastic group of extras from the SD DVD edition. All for less than $22!

Anyone else here remember plunking down $100 for the Criterion laserdisc edition?

Great times to be a movie collector...

I did.

Sold it at E-Bay for $30.00

Anyone else here remember plunking down $100 for the Criterion laserdisc edition?

Yikes. Yes, sure do. Still have it too, since it has some exclusive extras.

I'd sure like to see Shane and Casablanca in HD....bring on the classics...

I can't wait for Amazon to ship my order. If I am not mistaken, this is the first Academy Ratio film to be released on hd dvd. Now we need a first black and white film from Hollywood's Golden Age.

Remember all those people who were saying that old films don't need to be high def? I think this release proves them wrong once and for all!

Stan

Found the disc at Best Buy today. Picture looks awesome and the Looney Tunes look spectacular. Bring on the golden collections on HD DVD, Warner!

Looks great and the Warner night at the movies is awesome.

I don't remember picking up the Criterion Laserdisc, but I remember owning it! In fact, I still do and don't plan on selling it; I just love the (exterior) look of my old (well, actually not so old!)
Laserdiscs. But I love the picture and sound of my very new HD DVDs!!!

Anyone else here remember plunking down $100 for the Criterion laserdisc edition?

Great times to be a movie collector...


I've only got the single-disc Criterion release, and I got it off of eBay, so I didn't have to pay much for it.

The only extra I can recall on that version was the commentary that was ported over to the DVD and HD-DVD. And the print they used actually had the cigarette burns on it.

I don't remember picking up the Criterion Laserdisc, but I remember owning it! In fact, I still do and don't plan on selling it; I just love the (exterior) look of my old (well, actually not so old!)
Laserdiscs. But I love the picture and sound of my very new HD DVDs!!!

Whilst reading this thread, I decided I'd put my LD of Robin Hood in one of those album art frames and hang it. I have the Robin DVD from a few years ago, do they make an album art frame for them yet? ;) ...or I could sell it!

The only LD I've hung so far is the first Superman WS edition. Robin and my defective copy of First Family are going up soon. I'm gonna choose a few more for the wall's vainity....

Sounds like you ought'a hang your's??? :)

Am I the only one who is a bit disapointed that there aren't any major reviews of this out yet?

Am I the only one who is a bit disapointed that there aren't any major reviews of this out yet?Warner distributed review copies of this a good bit after they sent out the rest of that week's titles. That, coupled with the extremely large number of extras, is why they're so slow in coming.

Am I the only one who is a bit disapointed that there aren't any major reviews of this out yet?

My minor review is that it's fab! ;)

I don't know if anyone has noticed but the HD DVD version of this movie has an AR of about 7% more than the OAR (1.47:1 on my screen).

What is interesting is that it appears that there has been no cropping done, only stretching. So that the image you see has about a 7% horizontal distortion: not hardly noticable, but it is there.

The SD version is slightly cropped at about a 1.42 AR. There appears to have been no stretching done, because the HD version actually reveals more head room than the SD version.

I hope that they stick with the OAR in future 4:3 films. I'd much rather see wider side bars than any kind of distorted image!

Am I the only one who is a bit disapointed that there aren't any major reviews of this out yet?

Both DVDtown.com and Highdefdigest.com posted reviews several days ago. ;)

I watched this last weekend with 2 of my daughters, age 9 and 13, and they both really enjoyed it. As did I, of course. They kept trying to match up the characters to the Disney cartoon. :D I thought the transfer was very well done. Those cartoons looked amazing. This on a pany 900.

We are planning to watch it this weekend. Can't wait! :)

Both DVDtown.com and Highdefdigest.com posted reviews several days ago. ;)
Not that I could find. I looked high and low on highdefdigest. http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/reviews.html
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/adventuresofrobinhood1938.html

My review with David Krauss (written a week ago) finally got posted today:

http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=8974

My review with David Krauss (written a week ago) finally got posted today:

http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=8974

"This splendid disc by itself should urge you to make the jump to HD DVD."

Nice. :cool:

"The Merrie Melodie Katnip Kollege, as well as the Looney Tunes Rabbit Hood and Robin Hood Daffy are compressed with VC1 and presented in HD that looks nearly as good as the feature. The HD allows a crispness of line and a brilliance of color, while still keeping the delicate watercolor backgrounds intact. It's a real pleasure to see these cartoons looking so gorgeous. It makes one hungry for an HD release of the Looney Tunes Golden Collections."

That's what I wanted to know :D

How good is the movie itself? When I get my 360 add-on, I'd like to eventually (in the next few months) pick up The Searchers and this (Robin Hood) to show off to my friends how a movie from the 60s and one from the 30s can look on HD-DVD, maybe then they'll believe that HD is truly superior. :p

How good is the movie itself? When I get my 360 add-on, I'd like to eventually (in the next few months) pick up The Searchers and this (Robin Hood) to show off to my friends how a movie from the 60s and one from the 30s can look on HD-DVD, maybe then they'll believe that HD is truly superior. :p

One of the best movies I've ever seen. It reminds me a lot of The Princess Bride, not just in terms of plot, but just how everyone in it seems to relish playing their character. Plus it appeals to pretty much every age group and gender(or at least it should if they have any taste :)).

The movie is an absolute treasure and a triumph of filmmaking. It should be required viewing for any fan of film.

Just watched Robin Hood movie on a Mits HC300 on a 96 inch screen and a HD XA1. Not my own, I was helping a friend calibrate his setup.

I am in heaven. :)

Amazing colors, richness of detail, expressions of the actors, the richness of the detail of the costumes.

Any time I have ever seen this film before it was a pitiful washed out ghost of the movie I just watched.

I'm not saying it was perfect, some grain and inconsistencies, but this was miles beyond how it ever looked before.

I am glad I am living at a time that these great films can be shown in a manor that they deserve to be seen. Seeing the cast members in high definition gives you an appreciation of why they were the superstars of their time.

The colors were magnificant.

How good is the movie itself?

I personally think it is one of the best movies ever made -- a real joy to watch. It reallly holds up very well today and is loads of fun. I was honestly a bit surprised that it wasn't included in the AFI 100 list. I suppose there were just so many great flims that were released in 1938-39, that they wanted to spread it around a bit.

I am glad I am living at a time that these great films can be shown in a manor that they deserve to be seen.

Boy, do I agree with that one ! :)

Art

I personally think it is one of the best movies ever made -- a real joy to watch. It reallly holds up very well today and is loads of fun. I was honestly a bit surprised that it wasn't included in the AFI 100 list. I suppose there were just so many great flims that were released in 1938-39, that they wanted to spread it around a bit.

Yeah, it's a joy of a film. In fact, I think I'll go watch it again right now. :)

Yeah, it's a joy of a film. In fact, I think I'll go watch it again right now. :)

I have already watched it four times.

Hot dam, did Robin look this good in a theatre back in '37? I wonder!

Well, I don't know about 1938 but about 25 years ago I saw a PRISTINE three-strip Technicolor print of this film that absolutely seared my eyeballs with the intensity of the image and the color.

The HD DVD of "Robin Hood" matches the color saturation that I saw in that print, but it FAR SURPASSES the print in terms of sharpness and detail. On HD DVD, "Robin Hood" is a stunning movie-viewing experience that I can't recommend highly enough.

How does it compare to the excellent Warners DVD?

Well, I don't know about 1938 but about 25 years ago I saw a PRISTINE three-strip Technicolor print of this film that absolutely seared my eyeballs with the intensity of the image and the color.

The HD DVD of "Robin Hood" matches the color saturation that I saw in that print, but it FAR SURPASSES the print in terms of sharpness and detail. On HD DVD, "Robin Hood" is a stunning movie-viewing experience that I can't recommend highly enough.

I too saw a Technicolor print of it just about three years ago, and so began my love affair with the film. Same with Singing In The Rain. I would say if anything could approximate the look of this film the way it was on the Technicolor strips, HD would be it.

At age 57, I've probably seen Robin Hood several hundred times. Every time I watch it, I still thoroughly enjoy it.
I've been holding off on HD to see how things shake out, but films like this one and The Searchers (which I've also seen numerous times) have me about to take the plunge.

Jack

i agree too. it simply looks amazing. just amazes me this movies is from 1938. now i just hope captain blood will be released as well. both those movies are my most favourite errel flyn movies.

How does it compare to the excellent Warners DVD?Superior in every way. Saw it on a 96 inch screen. It was wonderful. Worth the price of the HD DVD player to see it like this.

Watching it like this you could really see the screen presence of Errol Flynn and the beauty of Olivia de Havilland. This was really the first time you see the sparkle and twinkle in their eyes and their emotions came through.

I really is quite a different, more entertaining movie in HD DVD. Little things like the smoke rising from the torches in the castle scenes or the sunlight gleaming off the guards steel helmets along with the vibrant colors were a joy.

This is what I wanted HD to be.

I personally think it is one of the best movies ever made -- a real joy to watch. It reallly holds up very well today and is loads of fun. I was honestly a bit surprised that it wasn't included in the AFI 100 list. I suppose there were just so many great flims that were released in 1938-39, that they wanted to spread it around a bit.

I believe it was #101.

Is the sound on this title bad? I saw it and immediately saw T3 and the sound was pretty bad compared with T3. I know that it's only one channel, but another one channel title, The Searchers, sounded MUCH better. What do you think?

ROBIN HOOD has always had a brittle soundtrack. Most films from the thirties sound like this(or worse!). By the time THE SEARCHERS was released, great strides had been made in film soundtracks.

This film has just blown me away. It's a joy in its purest form. As Kosty says, this is indeed what I wanted HD to be.

How good is the movie itself? When I get my 360 add-on, I'd like to eventually (in the next few months) pick up The Searchers and this (Robin Hood) to show off to my friends how a movie from the 60s and one from the 30s can look on HD-DVD, maybe then they'll believe that HD is truly superior. :p

The Searchers is one of the great movies of all time, and quite possibly the greatest western. (It was released in 1956, BTW, not in the '60s.)

I just saw this film for the first time ever, hard to believe I've never seen it before. It blew me away. Great film, fabulous picture, and the best extras I've ever seen on any type of disc. Usually extras bore me to tears, but these were fascinating. Great job on this one!

Warner hit this one out of the ballpark. I saw the first ten minutes of it and I could not be more pleased. I grew up in the TV era of old movie repeats that seems way too blurry to remember this movie fondly. Now, I can see that Errol has gaps between his upper front left teeth. Wow...just wow. I will watch this complete soon.

I wanna see Universal get on the Classic bandwagon w/ Psycho and Rear Window and some titles from their legacy collection like To Kill a Mockingbird.

a big chunk of my HD-DVD collection consists of classic Warner remasters. Universal have got some great films too

I just watched Robin Hood, and while the picture was terrific, the audio seemed slightly late on my HD-A1. Anyone else have this problem?

I watched Robin Hood early last week. I was simply amazed at the colors and the textures of the costumes. The audio sounded a bit dated, but that what is expected from a film this old. I really enjoyed it.

I wanna see Universal get on the Classic bandwagon w/ Psycho and Rear Window and some titles from their legacy collection like To Kill a Mockingbird.

a big chunk of my HD-DVD collection consists of classic Warner remasters. Universal have got some great films too

They're releasing The Sting and The Deer Hunter soon. Both of those were Legacy Collection DVDs. I wouldn't be surprised if To Kill a Mockingbird followed shortly thereafter.

I watched Robin Hood early last week. I was simply amazed at the colors and the textures of the costumes. The audio sounded a bit dated, but that what is expected from a film this old. I really enjoyed it.

Sorry, I mean to say the audio seemed a little out-of-sync, a few frames later than the video to be exact. Not dated, which I could understand

there's been enough praise of the film lol(spectacular) -- but the extras, what a great presentation from Warner!

Sorry, I mean to say the audio seemed a little out-of-sync, a few frames later than the video to be exact. Not dated, which I could understand

I agree. It was ever so slightly off from the person speaking. At first I thought my A1 was acting up, but pausing it or restating the machine didnt fix it.

I finally watched Robin last night on my new A2.
I’ll echo what’s been posted dozens of times here now.. WOW! Warners really out-did themselves with the restoration on this classic. The colors seemed deeper and more brilliant than on some current films. Unbelievable that it’s almost 70 years old!
Olivia de Havilland stole every scene she was in. She’s got to be one of the most beautiful (and classy) women ever on film!
Thank you Warner Bros….:D

When I try to access the still image galleries of historical art, costumes, etc. the disc goes to the gallery for only ten seconds. I can press the right arrow key on the A2 and it goes to the next picture, but after ten seconds it goes back to the main menu. Has anyone else had this problem and is there a fix?

The Adventures of Robin Hood - Screenshots (includes animated extra features):

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WOW - I know this is an old thread.. but I have to say 'WOW' again for a movie that was released 69 years ago...
I purchased this when Amazon had their 'Buy 2 get 1 free' promotion a few weeks ago.. and already owned all but two of the moives that I wanted from that promotions listing.. so I choose the oldest movie from the list just to see why Warner was releasing such an old movie..
I had the movie and tried to get my wife to sit down and watch it with me and could not get her to sit down for this moive for what seemed like the longest time... After the movie got started she got mad at me for not pausing the moive when she had to leave the room.... which never happens with most moives we watch!! Had to reverse to the point when she left the room. With the new TV season starting I just hope to have time to watch all the features over the next few weeks... Everybody talks about the 'P's & 'Q's this is now one of my top three moives...
Batman: Begins
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Adventures of Robin Hood
But it seems that many here don't like it and only give it a 3.1 rating??
And I own over 50 HD-DVD's, all of the top five 'PQ' (whith two of the top five I have to go '"HU?"'! why are they on the list?) 12 of the 4.6 group, 12 of the 4.0 group.. then the rest fall else where in the listing!

I feel that 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' needs to be looked at again!

--David

I bought this some time ago. It is my favorite Errol Flynn movie. I remember being floored by how the film looked on the original videotape years ago. After years of seeing badly faded prints on tv I was astounded by the color. The HD DVD is miles ahead of that experience. This is a movie that can be watched repeatedly. Bring on The Sea Hawk, The Adventures of Don Juan, Virginia City and the rest of the Flynn films.

Gary

I am not sure if somebody will read this, on a thread from a couple of years ago, but I've just got this movie, and there seemsa to be a glitch in the Technicolor featurette. Just 15 seconds into it (0:00:15), the image gets pixelated for a split second, accompanied by a rasping sound.

It is just my copy, or the whole press run? Should I get another copy, or it's no use bothering?

I am not sure if somebody will read this, on a thread from a couple of years ago, but I've just got this movie, and there seemsa to be a glitch in the Technicolor featurette. Just 15 seconds into it (0:00:15), the image gets pixelated for a split second, accompanied by a rasping sound.

It is just my copy, or the whole press run? Should I get another copy, or it's no use bothering?


Does the featurette stop playing entirely or just for a second or two? If it stops playing entirely did you try washing the disc? That fixes a lot of problems.

If it just breaks up for a second or so and continues playing, I think you should calm down and enjoy the show! :D

Does the featurette stop playing entirely or just for a second or two? If it stops playing entirely did you try washing the disc? That fixes a lot of problems.

If it just breaks up for a second or so and continues playing, I think you should calm down and enjoy the show! :D

No, it does not stop, it keeps playng, just with that annoyng but certainly minor glitch.

Apparently, it traces back to the DVD edition, so it comes from the master and affects the whole run.