Sure, if you want it right away.

I'm waiting for DDD November sale: $11.00 with free shipping.

The Republic DVD isn't awful, but it has a huge amount of DVNR and some really bad compression in spots.

OK, might get it from them, never used DDD before but Pacific have excellent service

Many around here swear by DDD. I've had great results with them for the past 5 years. Shipping is a little slow at times, but at these prices who can complain? Not sure what the shipping is like to U.K., but you should be able to get some info over on the store forum. Cheers!

Anyone picking this up today?

Would appreciate any thoughts/observations.

Happy Halloween!

What do Pacific mean by calling the Paramount DVD of IAWL the "Checkpoint"?

http://www.dvdpacific.com/search.asp...Wonderful+Life

That just means there's a security sticker somewhere within the packaging...usually one of those 'lil tabs you can pop off if accessible.

I picked it up. It looks really nice, but I've yet to open it or watch it. I just watched it recently, or else I probably would open it and watch it this weekend. I'll probably just end up saving it until Christmas.

I think I'll just end up making it a tradition to watch this movie every Christmas.

And some badly muffled audio, which (according to the Digital Bits) the Paramount release fixes.

Thanks

I bought It's A Wonderful Life for the first time a couple days ago. I started watching it last night. It looks great so far. I heard a popping sound as young George goes to the back of the store to see Mr. Gower early in the movie. That's the only negative I have seen or heard so far.

I ordered it from Pacific a couple of days ago.

Any more reports on the improved quality? Those of you that had the previous release, are you happy with buying it again?

It's not an amazing revelation or anything... but the audio and video are both a noticable improvement over the previous edition.

If you're a casual fan, I'd say sticking with the Republic makes sense. If you're a major fan and/or anal about having the 'best' editions, Paramount is the way to go...

Thanks, bboisvert. I've made up my mind to get it, especially when it's part of the 2 for $20 deal at Best Buy this week.

I recently saw Miracle on 34th Street in color and prefer it over the B&W version. Any plans or chance of a colorized It's A Wonderful Life?

Heretic.

hahahahahaha

Let It Ensue

Why Must They Release Colorized Versions?

black and white movies in color on dvd?

It has already been colorized by Turner, years ago. It's available on VHS and you can probably find that and some versions converted to DVD on eBay.

Blasphemy!

NO! I strongly opposed the colorization of black and white movies, especially the classics. I want to remain seeing the black and white films the way they were originally meant to be seen, not colorized, which ruins the entire movie.

Growing up, I saw The Wizard of Oz multiple times on TV - a black and white TV.

I've been waiting for a b&w release of that movie on DVD forever.

To the original poster, what you do is while your black and white Wonderful Life is playing, you turn the tint on your TV all the way to green. Then put on a pair of those red and blue 3-D glasses. The next part takes practice: blink your left eye, then your right eye, then lift off the glasses, and repeat. Get the rate up to 30 changes per second, and voila! The movie is in color. Or you're in a coma. One or the other, I forget. Either way, you'll hear bells.

RichC

As I pointed out, the answer is Yes.

Meant to be seen? If they had the technology and the money, they would've been in color. They were "meant to be seen" in color. Sorry, that's a lame argument.

Should we not convert old, filmed TV shows to HD because they were "meant to be seen" in 480i? B.S.

I admit the original colorizing processes weren't all that great, but as technology progresses, colorizing will be indeterminable from movies made with color film.

Colorize them all at some point, and see them the way they were REALLY "meant to be seen." If you don't like it, turn off the color on your own set. One DVD works for all tastes.