"The" Honda Commercial

Posted by: tanstaafl.

"The" Honda Commercial - 24/12/2003 17:35

That fantastic "Isn't it nice when things Just Work" Honda commercial was supposedly available as a free DVD, but I was never able to obtain one.

Does anybody know where I could get one?

tanstaafl.
Posted by: ninti

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 24/12/2003 19:02

It was only officially available to UK residents.
Posted by: mlord

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 24/12/2003 19:14

There's still Quicktime copies of it floating around. Need one?
Posted by: tman

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 24/12/2003 19:19

I've put a 20MB MPEG2 copy of the advert up on my webpage here.
Posted by: tman

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 24/12/2003 21:57

It's a rip of the DVD so it's better quality than the one off the website. I may have actually gotten it off this BBS... I seem to remember somebody making it....

[edit]Ahh. I was right. PhilipOHare did it[/url]
Posted by: CrackersMcCheese

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 25/12/2003 04:51

I MAY have a DVD lying about. I sent several to the US. Tony Fabris never got his - I forgot to ask him again.

Let me have a look.
Posted by: tfabris

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 25/12/2003 23:51

Tony Fabris never got his - I forgot to ask him again.
Still never got it. From what I remember, you verified that you'd had the correct address to send it to, so it wasn't a problem there.

Not a big deal any more, I'm happy with the high-rez DVD-rip of the movie. Still got that file on my hard disk.
Posted by: tanstaafl.

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 27/12/2003 02:48

I've put a 20MB MPEG2 copy of the advert up on my webpage here.




Downloading now. Thanks!

But I'd really like something I could pop into my DVD player and play on my 27" TV set... I'd happily PayPal the postage and a bit extra for the trouble if somebody had one they'd part with.

db
Posted by: mlord

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 27/12/2003 08:37

So, make a VCD from the file!
Posted by: CrackersMcCheese

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 27/12/2003 10:16

I found one! Pm with address and I'll send it on.
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 27/12/2003 10:43

Greetings!

If you have any way of duplicating that DVD before you send it...
Posted by: CrackersMcCheese

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 27/12/2003 10:49

Sure thing Paul - I'll make up some copies if anyone is interested? Everyone who wants a copy please pm me with a mailing address.

Cheers
Posted by: CrackersMcCheese

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 27/12/2003 10:58

Just an extra thought....

the DVD is PAL. Can you guys in the US play PAL discs on standalone players? I know I can play NTSC discs on my Pioneer player, but just thought I'd check that one before copying.
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 27/12/2003 11:21

Valid point. I cannot play PAL here - my regular DVD cannot handle it. I think I better stick with the file... Sorry about that.
Posted by: tanstaafl.

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 29/12/2003 18:00

Just an extra thought....

the DVD is PAL



Ooops... can't deal with that. But thank you for the offer.

tanstaafl.
Posted by: ninti

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 29/12/2003 18:18

You could always convert it then reburn on another DVD (or SVCD). Changing PAL to NTSC is not too hard with the right software, just drop a couple of scan lines.
Posted by: tman

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 29/12/2003 19:06

Different refresh rate as well though. Just dropping scan lines as well gives you an odd picture and you'll end up with jagged lines. To do it properly you need to do interpolation over the whole frame.
Posted by: CrackersMcCheese

Re: "The" Honda Commercial - 30/12/2003 05:43

Yeah, thats possible. I have an 8000kbps mpg of the advert. I could convert to NTSC and make something. Wouldn't have all the content of the original DVD, but if anyone wants that I'll do it.