Does anyone know if a widescreen version of Insurrection is going to be released?
And I don't intend paying �100 for a smegging boxed set!
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
Yes it is! I have it for a few weeks now It is released in a single weird reflecting (oil-like) box (no other videos in there ).
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Posted by Dax (Member # 191) on :
Just what does smeg mean anyway?
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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :
1) AGH! That must mean my local stores all refuse to stock it! AGH! Suumon the knights, we leave on a quest IMMEDIATELY!
2)Look it up in the dictionary, that's all I'm saying.
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
Try the Virgin Megastore, that's where I got it.
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Posted by nx001a (Member # 291) on :
Smeg is referenced to the british sci-fi series called red dwarf. The main character lister says SMEG a lot. What i want to know is when the star trek movies will be released in the UK on DVD and when the equinox part 2 episode is released as well.
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Actually, they all say "smeg" a lot. As for what it means... Well, in the show, it's just an all-purpose euphemism (e.g. "What the smeg?", "Smegging hell", "Smeg off", etc.). It's not a real word, but there is an English word that's similar. Erm... I'll leave you to look it up yourself...
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
I live in The Netherlands, I have to buy UK import to get the tapes before the subtitled versions are here. So, yes, the Insurrection video (widescreen and normal) is released in the UK.
As for the Voyager tapes, I have heard 2 versions: 1: The first tape (with Equinox, part 2) will hit the stores in the last week of Februari. 2: The 3 first tapes will be released April 3rd/4th. The same day Star Wars 1 is supposed to be released.
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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
WOW! what a first - Australia has got equinox Part II and Survival Instinct (6.1) before the UK - about bloody time. I'm waiting for when we get it before the states
Andrew
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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :
Ah.... I have it now!
Now all I need is a VCR and a TV
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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :
There's Reading for you. I've known of the existence of the widescreen format for a while, but since I'm still a VERY poor student, can't afford a widescreen TV set. I'm therefore stuck with my little 14 inch TV set and antiquated VCR.
All donations would be welcome.
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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Just after we'd got our loan, me and my mate went out to buy a TV. Now, we could have got a 20" widescreen for about �250. But thhen we deceided to get a �28 inch normal for about �220.
That's the great thing about WS TV's, they've really dropped the price of normal ones. All you ave to do is drape some curtains along the top and bottom, and you're watching a widescreen. Bonza.
Isn't the WS Insurrection in one of thosefunky hard cardboard boxes, like the STVI tape?
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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
ummmmmm, you do know you don't need a WIDESCREEN tv to play WIDESCREEN videos don't you... they play normally on a normal tv set!
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
In fac: You also see the black 'bands' on a widescreen TV, because a WSTV is 16:9 and the movie is 23.5:10 (or 21.5:10 I don't exactly know).
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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :
I've seen in shops this week a version in a shiny box that does her head in if you look at it too much. It carried no mention of being Widescreen.
In HMV, however, I spied a video in a simple cae, with a pic on the front on its side and the legend "Widesceen". And sure enough, inside is a no-frills widescreen version.
Or so it says...I haven't been able to watch it yet!!!
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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :
My 14" TV set is bad enough, but imagine watching a film on it with black lines across the top and bottom of the screen. I don't want to sit through that.
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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Yeah, I know what you mean. I've got the WS Star Wars box-set. It's great on a big TV, but watching it on a little 14 incher, forget it. I'd say that WS videos are only worth it on TV's that are 22" and above.
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Posted by nx001a (Member # 291) on :
I just like to say to anyone interested the new voyager video came out this week in the UK. What a great episode.
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So 6.2 is already out there? It doesn't seem to be out over here yet
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
Nope, just 6.1
Maybe next month.
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Posted by Dax (Member # 191) on :
Only 6.1? That's been out over here for some time already. I'm expecting 6.2 to show up here some time this week. It's strange that Australia is now ahead of the UK. What's CIC playing at?
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
I don't know, but I had a little chat with someone from the Virgin Megastore in The Hague, and he said that they had some negotiations (sp?) with CIC, and until that was finished there will be NO videos...
I am still waiting for 6.1 ...
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Posted by Dax (Member # 191) on :
I'm sorry to hear it, Altair. I rely on the videos so I know how annoying it is when there's a delay.
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Posted by Dax (Member # 191) on :
My fellow Oz Trek fans may be interested in knowing that I got the Voyager 6.2 video today. I had a feeling it would come out this week.
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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
I was told once, what Smeg meant. I'm glad, cause it aint in my dictionary.
I saw a sign on a wall, at a college, that said "Smegma Capa Phi" , or something to that effect, meant as a slam on a frat. Sis told me what it meant.
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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :
Weirdly enough we in Australia have been getting the CIC tapes before the UK for the last 2 years. Something about that in relation to the geography is just wrong.
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Posted by Dax (Member # 191) on :
We haven't been consistently getting the videos before the UK - it seems to fluctuate for no good reason. For instance, I'm pretty sure they got the last season finals before we did.
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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Remember its RELEASES we are talking about here guys - the Australian and UK videos are NOT the same - there are differences in the pakaging ours are made in Australia... well copied and printed in Australia... I think CIC get the master disc not too long after it airs in the US - same with Channel Nein I think - although they are 3 years behind.
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Posted by nx001a (Member # 291) on :
In the UK videos we get a little profile of something about one of the episodes. In the Equinox part two there is a profile on Capt.John Ransom. Do you get the same thing in Australia?
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Yep, we get those "datalog" things on the inside of the sleave too. Our cover art is mostly very similar to the UK covers. One obvious difference in telling the releases apart is with the appearance of the ratings symbol. The Australian tapes even have a little warning that they're not to be sold in the UK or Ireland.
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