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- 2 months ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: 2 missing episodes of 1963 series found
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2848
Re: 2 missing episodes of 1963 series found
Great news! But ... I didn't even know there were missing episodes.
- 2 months ago
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New members, please introduce yourselves here
- Replies: 1036
- Views: 550375
- 2 months ago
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New members, please introduce yourselves here
- Replies: 1036
- Views: 550375
Re: New members, please introduce yourselves here
Welcome, Astrolina!
- 4 months ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: World's first Astro Boy Convention
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6504
Re: World's first Astro Boy Convention
I've love to go to this but it'd be $500+ just for my airfare and accommodation.
- 6 months ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: Official releases/videos
- Replies: 23
- Views: 69480
Re: Official releases/videos
Right Stuf released the 1963 series on VHS a long time ago, but I don't know much about them. You can find them pretty easily on eBay. The Right Stuf tapes came out in 1991 on NTSC VHS. Initially there were 12 tapes, each with 2 episodes in random order. Then they released 6 more tapes, one called ...
- 7 months ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: Questions about the SIREN ENTERTAINMENT VHS's
- Replies: 10
- Views: 40721
Re: Questions about the SIREN ENTERTAINMENT VHS's
The Siren version looks pretty bad, but the Manga VHS version has ghosting too. Here's an untouched frame from the Siren version (25fps 720x576). SirenVHS.jpg Here's the Manga VHS version (29fps 720x480). MangaVHS.jpg And here's the Japanese version (23fps 640x464 but might be resized/cropped). Not ...
- 7 months ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: Questions about the SIREN ENTERTAINMENT VHS's
- Replies: 10
- Views: 40721
Re: Questions about the SIREN ENTERTAINMENT VHS's
No, they're different. Another interesting thing they did was reconstruct the opening and closing credits. The font is slightly different, most noticeably the letter W. The Astroboy title no longer "zooms" onto the screen. I think I got this bit wrong. I've checked the Siren version and th...
- 7 months ago
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New members, please introduce yourselves here
- Replies: 1036
- Views: 550375
Re: New members, please introduce yourselves here
I'm here every day, but maybe not much in the next two weeks as I've just boarded a plane to Japan.
- 8 months ago
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WINDOWS 10 problems-- why I hate W10! (so far)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10798
Re: WINDOWS 10 problems-- why I hate W10! (so far)
I'm in the same struggle right now. My 11-year-old desktop PC has been getting a lot of bluescreens lately, all different error codes so maybe a RAM fault. Sometimes the graphics on one side glitches out, and just a few minutes ago it froze up with a screen full of grey patterns, so maybe a video ca...
- 8 months ago
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WINDOWS 10 problems-- why I hate W10! (so far)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10798
Re: WINDOWS 10 problems-- why I hate W10! (so far)
Are you still getting screen blackout problems?
I would try to isolate the problem first. Maybe borrow a screen and cable if you can, because a bad screen won't be fixed by replacing the rest of the PC or video card.
I would try to isolate the problem first. Maybe borrow a screen and cable if you can, because a bad screen won't be fixed by replacing the rest of the PC or video card.