tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149225169982691021.post7093424593446909651..comments2023-06-01T05:44:10.979-07:00Comments on COUNTERpoint: StenkaJohn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12634073135998771712noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149225169982691021.post-7693398751426201862008-04-15T03:29:00.000-07:002008-04-15T03:29:00.000-07:00Stenka used to be available on a BFI VHS and still...<I>Stenka used to be available on a BFI VHS and still is from Milestone in the USA. It's a better transfer than Bach's but for reasons understood only by those who understand, the BFI VHS has a burnt-in time code throughout. Not a huge one, but annoying nonetheless. I don't know if it's on the Milestone release as well, but I wouldn't be surprised as, PAL/NTSC apart, in every other regard they look identical.</I><BR/><BR/>They are indeed identical, and from exactly the same (BFI) source, so there's no getting round the timecode. I originally thought I'd accidentally been given a pre-release version, but sadly not! Still, as you say, it's about as unobtrusive as timecode gets.<BR/><BR/>But I understand that Milestone is transferring the films to DVD-R later this year as part of a video-on-demand initiative - they can't justify the expense of a full release, but the DVD-Rs will be sourced from their Digibeta masters, so they should certainly look considerably better than the VHSes (albeit still with timecode).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com