Posts from DakotaSurfer in thread „John Wayne's Tribute to America“

Quote from dukefan1

Yup, you gotta put it on your "to order" list for sure. I enjoyed the DVD very much. I did think the part where Duke rides through an old ghost town was a bit sad, but it was fun seeing all those stars from my youth together again. I don't think they could do something like that now. With current Stars and what they make today, there just ain't that much money to get them all together.

Mark

If it was a tribute, political or charitable thing I doubt they would charge. Look what Jerry Lewis puts together every year and they don't get money for performing. As long as they get SAG's approval and the person donates their time. They have tons of actors on for that 21 hour event.

40 years old would make the person 3 years old when the TV show was on. So I guess it's possible. If your into old TV shows that would help too. There are places where you can find old TV shows available. I only remember because I was shoved in front of the TV set every night.

40 years old would make the person 3 years old when the TV show was on. So I guess it's possible. If your into old TV shows that would help too. There are places where you can find old TV shows available. I only remember because I was shoved in front of the TV set every night.

You really have to be old to recognize most of the people in the show. All the way from Red Skelton to Jack Benny and Rowan & Martin. One of the best parts is the last chapter. I'll bet over 75% of them are gone already.

You really have to be old to recognize most of the people in the show. All the way from Red Skelton to Jack Benny and Rowan & Martin. One of the best parts is the last chapter. I'll bet over 75% of them are gone already.

Just about anywhere... I got mine from Amazon but I would imagine even Walmart has it. It was just released this week. I pre-ordered in May and it was shipped on May 28th. Just shop around for : John Wayne's Tribute to America

The only thing wrong about it is the company that released it. MPIHomeVideo is not the best. I put them on the same level as GoodTimes or PassPort. I wish Warner Bros. or someone would have taken it, digitally enhanced the video and audio to make a great release. But they just went from film to DVD without any enhancements. They even messed up the What's My Line segment.

I had forgotten Anheuser-Busch sponsored it. I remember seeing the Clydesdale's a couple months ago here for our Heritage Days parade. Beautiful animals...

Just about anywhere... I got mine from Amazon but I would imagine even Walmart has it. It was just released this week. I pre-ordered in May and it was shipped on May 28th. Just shop around for : John Wayne's Tribute to America

The only thing wrong about it is the company that released it. MPIHomeVideo is not the best. I put them on the same level as GoodTimes or PassPort. I wish Warner Bros. or someone would have taken it, digitally enhanced the video and audio to make a great release. But they just went from film to DVD without any enhancements. They even messed up the What's My Line segment.

I had forgotten Anheuser-Busch sponsored it. I remember seeing the Clydesdale's a couple months ago here for our Heritage Days parade. Beautiful animals...

You all do know this isn't new... it was a TV show from 1970. The original title was Swing Out, Sweet Land. It was on NBC and originally done as his response to the war in Vietnam to show his support. We watched this on TV when I was in 9th Grade, Back then that was still Junior High School what I guess they call Middle School now. But I remember we were all glued to our TV sets watching Duke and all the other famous actors.

You all do know this isn't new... it was a TV show from 1970. The original title was Swing Out, Sweet Land. It was on NBC and originally done as his response to the war in Vietnam to show his support. We watched this on TV when I was in 9th Grade, Back then that was still Junior High School what I guess they call Middle School now. But I remember we were all glued to our TV sets watching Duke and all the other famous actors.

Quote from Hondo Duke Lane

Thanks DakotaSurfer for the information.

I find this very fascinating and do understand the technology. I wish I could spend the time to learn more of this. I have no time and it changes so fast that I can't keep up not to mention afford all that is offered.

Back to the subject, I don't know the reputation of MPI Video but when McLintock! was released back in the early 90's on VHS, it was distributed by MPI and was much better than the other release from Goodtimes Video at the same time. I haven't been able to get the audio setup on this product that is coming out in 8 days. Where did you see this?

Cheers Hondo

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• Actors:John Wayne
• Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• DVD Release Date: July 31, 2007
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• DVD Features:
  
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Original sponsor commercials with John Wayne and Ed McMahon
  • John Wayne on "What's My Line?"

Quote from Hondo Duke Lane

Thanks DakotaSurfer for the information.

I find this very fascinating and do understand the technology. I wish I could spend the time to learn more of this. I have no time and it changes so fast that I can't keep up not to mention afford all that is offered.

Back to the subject, I don't know the reputation of MPI Video but when McLintock! was released back in the early 90's on VHS, it was distributed by MPI and was much better than the other release from Goodtimes Video at the same time. I haven't been able to get the audio setup on this product that is coming out in 8 days. Where did you see this?

Cheers Hondo

Display More

• Actors:John Wayne
• Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• DVD Release Date: July 31, 2007
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• DVD Features:
  
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Original sponsor commercials with John Wayne and Ed McMahon
  • John Wayne on "What's My Line?"

Quote from Hondo Duke Lane

DS that's a good point, but maybe you can answer this. This special was originally shown in 1970 or 71. The program and the show was in mono format because television was not into that capacity at that time. So, what difference would it make if a show that was done mono back then could benefit today in Dolby 5.1 Stereo? I am just wondering because it seems to me that it would sound the same.

Cheers Hondo

These days they can digitally enhance the audio. Bring out sounds that before would sound flat or mono and enhance them to have the appearance of stereo output. Some use a stereo synthesizer to enhance the sound quality. Or to convert a mono recording to a stereo recording you need two copies of the mono audio. You then select which channels or frequencies will come out of which speaker. It all has to do with frequencies and by using the two mono copies you select those different frequencies to come out of the left or right speaker instead of everything being jammed into one speaker output. Confused yet?

Here's another example... take the movie The High and The Mighty. It was done in 1954, before stereo of course. Dolby Digital never came out until 1992 in theaters. If you look at the two disc set of The High and The Mighty you will see that they digitally enhanced the movie to not only play in 5.1 Surround but they also have the widescreen enhanced version for 16:9 TV's. It's a simple matter of technology. If you remember many many years ago when we went to the movies the screen was always wider than it was high. But when movies came out for home viewing they had to shrink to fit your TV screen. All they did was go back to the original film and use the entire width of the film instead of chopping it down to fit a 4:3 TV screen. In other words the filming industry was way ahead of the home viewing industry, once it caught up they can re-do movies for our new home technology. That's why the faster you switch over to HDTV widescreen you'll be able to enjoy the original filming of a movie that we were meant to see.

Babble, babble, babble... :teeth_smile:

Quote from Hondo Duke Lane

DS that's a good point, but maybe you can answer this. This special was originally shown in 1970 or 71. The program and the show was in mono format because television was not into that capacity at that time. So, what difference would it make if a show that was done mono back then could benefit today in Dolby 5.1 Stereo? I am just wondering because it seems to me that it would sound the same.

Cheers Hondo

These days they can digitally enhance the audio. Bring out sounds that before would sound flat or mono and enhance them to have the appearance of stereo output. Some use a stereo synthesizer to enhance the sound quality. Or to convert a mono recording to a stereo recording you need two copies of the mono audio. You then select which channels or frequencies will come out of which speaker. It all has to do with frequencies and by using the two mono copies you select those different frequencies to come out of the left or right speaker instead of everything being jammed into one speaker output. Confused yet?

Here's another example... take the movie The High and The Mighty. It was done in 1954, before stereo of course. Dolby Digital never came out until 1992 in theaters. If you look at the two disc set of The High and The Mighty you will see that they digitally enhanced the movie to not only play in 5.1 Surround but they also have the widescreen enhanced version for 16:9 TV's. It's a simple matter of technology. If you remember many many years ago when we went to the movies the screen was always wider than it was high. But when movies came out for home viewing they had to shrink to fit your TV screen. All they did was go back to the original film and use the entire width of the film instead of chopping it down to fit a 4:3 TV screen. In other words the filming industry was way ahead of the home viewing industry, once it caught up they can re-do movies for our new home technology. That's why the faster you switch over to HDTV widescreen you'll be able to enjoy the original filming of a movie that we were meant to see.

Babble, babble, babble... :teeth_smile:

It's been on Amazon as a Pre-Release order item for some time now. My price is $17.99 with free 2nd day shipping. It should be a great DVD release. The only problem I have with it is it's being released by MPI Video. They don't always do a good job at re-releasing things. Plus the fact they didn't do anything to enhance the audio, it's still Dolby Digital 2.0 (Mono) instead of the better Dolby 5.1 Stereo.

It's been on Amazon as a Pre-Release order item for some time now. My price is $17.99 with free 2nd day shipping. It should be a great DVD release. The only problem I have with it is it's being released by MPI Video. They don't always do a good job at re-releasing things. Plus the fact they didn't do anything to enhance the audio, it's still Dolby Digital 2.0 (Mono) instead of the better Dolby 5.1 Stereo.