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Nigel LAM <nigellam@hkstar.com> ���g�J��D�D
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> William Lau wrote:
> 
> > I totally agree with you!!
> >
> > TV Fan <hkcd@hotmail.com> ���g�J��D�D
> > <01bc926c$5025a960$35768bd0@supervisor>...
> > > Do you know that.... The two free-to-air English TV stations in Hong
> > Kong
> > > put on great movies every night!!!!
> > > Many of these moives are still only available on Laser Disc / Video
> > tape
> > /
> > > Pay-TV in other countries, that means, you have to PAY!!!!
> > > After cinema showing, then a movie will go to free-to-air TV 4
> > months (at
> > > least) till 3 years (at most) later.
> > >
> > > "Madonna - the girlie show", first run in Nov, 1993 on TVB Pearl
> > while
> > she
> > > was still in Australia. LD/Video was released in June, 1994. VideoCD
> > was
> > > released in June, 1997.
> > >
> > > "From Dusk Till Dawn", first run in June 1997 on ATV World. The
> > video is
> > > still on the "new release" counter in vidoe rental shops in UK &
> > Australia.
> > > (No Laser Disc in UK & Australia). It is also avialable on Cable TV
> > in
> > > US... but not free-to-air TV.
> > >
> > > "Strictly Ballroom", first run in June 1993 on ATV World, Hong Kong
> > > official LD release date: August, 1993... is it ridiculous???
> > >
> > > "Hellraiser 3", first run in Aug, 1993 on TVB Pearl, released on
> > Video in
> > > Australia in May, 1994.
> > >
> > > "Heavenly Creature", first run in Apirl 1996 on ATV World, UK video
> > release
> > > date: March, 1997
> > >
> > > "Murial's Wedding", first run in Nov, 1996 on ATV World.
> > >
> > > "The Usual Suspect", "Murder on the first", "Jurassic Park", "The
> > Piano",
> > > "The Man without a face", "Foever Young", "Far & Away", "Damage",
> > "Die
> > Hard
> > > 3", "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Ace Ventuna - Pet Detective",
> > "Stargate",
> > > "Star Trek 6"....
> > >
> > > God, you have to pay if you are not in Hong Kong!!!!
> > >
> > > So, if you are one of the typical Hong Kong citizens, only watching
> > > Cantonese dramas on the two free-to-air Cantonese Stations...
> > > Poor boys, you miss a lot!!!
> > >
> > > Don't miss "Batman - Forever" coming Saturday on TVB Pearl..
> > > "the x-files" now re-run after mid-night, from Monday - Friday...
> > >
> > > In other countries, only dated movies on Sunday night & terrible TV
> > soap
> > > available on free-to-air TV
> > >
> > >
> 
>   I was shock to learn that we are so lucky to have so many new movies
> on air free.
> But I still have some opinions on the movies on air,  I love to see the
> movies, but I hate the bilingual translations, it just waste the digital
> stereo channel. As most movies have chinese captions already, the
> chinese sound translation can be avoided, and I don't think much of us
> will like to listen to such chinese translations.
> 
> Without such chinese translation, we have a sound channel spare and we
> can broastcast in original stereo sound, and in most cases, with Dolby
> surround encoded.  This is absolutely possible because I have already
> tried it (the Willow and the Emperor of the sun), It gives much more
> pleasure to watch movies with surround sound than mono sound.
> 
> Also, I hope the movies can be broastcasted in letter box format than
> the pan and scan format.
> 
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> 
> --
> Nigel LAM
> [nigellam@hkstar.com]
> 
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