Not yet at any rate.

I have to agree there... that is something I recently found out... I used to not watch anything made before 1980... but thanks to same good friends here on the net I learned the enjoyment of the classics. And I am now playing catch up.

Actually, now that I think about it, Pixar's upcoming Wall-E might just qualify as a silent movie.

As everything Pixar touches turns to win, I am very excited about this.

An excellent movie, of which I have a poor print.

I have the Der Golem and Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, which are both dated to either 1919 or 1920, depending on who you ask.

The 20's were a good decade for German cinema.

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Not yet at any rate.

Wow, you're missing out on some of the greatest films ever made! 

I agree!  If I gave away everything I have from before the 70's, it would be like cutting off my own legs. 

Everyone has a reason for having full screen movies... if they have any in their collection that is.

For me... Mine was because of gifts... I have several that was given to me out of my friend's collection. She always bought movies used and took whatever they had... if it was full screen so be it... some people just don't care. While cleaning out her collection I ended up with a few from her.

Then there is people like my mother... getting on in age... eye sight not what it used to be... so she prefers to "not have the black bars" as she puts it... because she can see the picture better with full screen.

As for in the edition field... I prefer it to be there. for one... if I look for a movie by title... I can see which is which at a glance.... also when looking at my collection list to the left side of the program... I can see which I have at a glance so I know what I eventually want to replace or what have you.

it is all for ease of use... so we can tell just by a glance at the list what we have... or what we want to download from the list. That is my opinion at least.

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Can I just ask why we ever need to distinguish between DVDs when they are on the list of adding by title?

When ordering a DVD you either know the EAN code - in which case use it - or don't - in which case just take one at random that has the correct title.

When the DVd arrives, turn it over, update the EAN code with what you have, refresh profile. Is that too much to ask?

Good question. The discussion here has - as far as I'm concerned - been mostly about what the rules say. The very first part of the rules concerning edition is "The Edition field is for distinguishing between DVDs" and then it goes on to talk about special versions and collections.

Most users don't seem interested in using this field for distinguishing between DVDs, but only for keeping track of special versions and collections. If that was indeed the intent, then the rule is seriously flawed, and the field name is, in my opinion, misleading.

I have no problem with limiting the field to that use - if the rules are changed to reflect that.

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Can I just ask why we ever need to distinguish between DVDs when they are on the list of adding by title?

When ordering a DVD you either know the EAN code - in which case use it - or don't - in which case just take one at random that has the correct title.

When the DVd arrives, turn it over, update the EAN code with what you have, refresh profile. Is that too much to ask?

Good question. The discussion here has - as far as I'm concerned - been mostly about what the rules say. The very first part of the rules concerning edition is "The Edition field is for distinguishing between DVDs" and then it goes on to talk about special versions and collections.

Most users don't seem interested in using this field for distinguishing between DVDs, but only for keeping track of special versions and collections. If that was indeed the intent, then the rule is seriously flawed, and the field name is, in my opinion, misleading.

I have no problem with limiting the field to that use - if the rules are changed to reflect that.

Gunnar:

Dead Wrong. But as noted the Full Screen Edition is so marked and also uses a banner. So exactly what are you trying to distinguish the WS FROM, that distinction ALREADY exists. Which is probably why Lucasfimm didn't deem it necessary to do it on the WS packaging themselves..

There is absolutely nothing to distinguish from. Since Lucasfilm did not  a banner with Widescreen Edition was necessary since they released it on that way on FF version, why do you feel it is necessary to create a fictional Edition that the Distributor did not? This is a simple concept and has been stated several times by myself and others...I don't understand what you aren't understanding. I mean if you really feel you need this then do it locally, but don't invent non-existent data.<shrugs>

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