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Wozza

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Just read that Titanic was released on TWO x VHS tapes, as the movie was so long.

(And others too, inc Schindler's List and Gettysburg.)

Was this the case in the UK? Anyone remember this?
 




seagullsovergrimsby

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Some early DVD releases were known as "flippers" because the movie was split onto both sides so you had to take the DVD out of the machine and turn it over to watch the second half.
 


-gully-

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Nov 7, 2009
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Some blank tapes were 4hrs. Titanic is only 2 and a bit hours long. I'm sure titanic and schindlers list were single tapes.
 






-gully-

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Some early DVD releases were known as "flippers" because the movie was split onto both sides so you had to take the DVD out of the machine and turn it over to watch the second half.

I had goodfellas like this. Never heard of the flip thing at the time and watched the second half of the film first. Confused the hell out of me.
 


Wozza

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Some blank tapes were 4hrs. Titanic is only 2 and a bit hours long. I'm sure titanic and schindlers list were single tapes.

240min tapes were/are very thin.

Titanic is 3.5 hours long.
 








Frampler

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Aug 25, 2011
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Titanic was on one VHS cassette, at least in the UK.

A lot of long films were released on two cassettes in the US. I think this may have been down to the NTSC picture standard they used, which meant that not as much could be fit on a single tape. It runs at 30 frames per second, whereas the PAL standard we used in the UK had 25 frames a second.
 


Wozza

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Indeed - thanks.

Answering my own question:

PAL and NSTC recordings run at different speeds.

A 180 tape would record 180min PAL but just 129min in NTSC (US etc)

So Titanic etc was split over two tapes in US, but one here.

Stand down, all. Thanks.
 




seagullsovergrimsby

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Some early DVD releases were known as "flippers" because the movie was split onto both sides so you had to take the DVD out of the machine and turn it over to watch the second half.

My eldest son watched his Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon DVD all the way through in Mandarin Chinese with subtitles and then I pointed out there was a English dubbed option in the audio sub menu :lol:
 


bhafc99

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Oct 14, 2003
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Apocalypse Now: Redux @ 3hrs 23mins (?) was on one tape (included 43 mins. extra footage over the orig.)

Is that where they go and eat a meal with some French colonial family or something? Remember seeing that version once. Didn't add much for me.
 






8ace

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Jul 21, 2003
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Titanic was on one VHS cassette, at least in the UK.

A lot of long films were released on two cassettes in the US. I think this may have been down to the NTSC picture standard they used, which meant that not as much could be fit on a single tape. It runs at 30 frames per second, whereas the PAL standard we used in the UK had 25 frames a second.



What about the extra lines on PAL ???
 
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seagullsovergrimsby

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That's the one. And there was more footage of their stop at the supplies depot on the river, and an extra bit at the end IIRC...

And the Playboy bunnies getting their **** out in the chopper :drool:
 








brakespear

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Feb 24, 2009
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My eldest son watched his Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon DVD all the way through in Mandarin Chinese with subtitles and then I pointed out there was a English dubbed option in the audio sub menu :lol:
But then a lot of people (myself included) would prefer the subbed instead of dubbed I guess.
 


Mowgli37

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Jan 13, 2013
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I once rented Schindler's List on DVD out of the college library and that was spread over two discs. With the capacity of DVDs I can't think why? :shrug:
 



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