OK for those of you who are new and only hear a passing reference to "Frenchy", "General James", or "Kalmec" you are in for a surprising read.
James "General Kalmec" McClintock was a very important figure in the history of CPS, he claimed to be a very active trader and also admin'd and ran at one time versions of CPS (before LS and Phillip finally liberated us from N54.com)
What most people did not know, mainly because they never got the chance was that he was a 100% bonafied liar. He rarely actually completed a trade and then when he did the traders were often scared to say anything because he was the site owner/admin, thus they feared bans. When you were lucky enough to receive something from him (and it was good) it was either a laserdisc transfer, a copy of a retail tape, or someone elses work (Noozles, Little Prince, Defenders of the Earth all came from me). However what most people do not know is his incredible personal video collection that he speaks so highly about is anything but.
For those who never understood quite why we rip on him, here is a lesson in Crap Video 101
When I started actively trading in 2003 (private long before but never had the time, resources, or real desire to trade till DVD became a standard) I met James. We would often converse and I thought everything was on the up and up....till I saw his DIC GI Joe set
Now let me remind you of his criteria
http://members.aol.com/generalkalmec/RareCartoons.html
"Most of my collection has been Digitally Remastered in both Audio and Video with the highest quality of Studio-Grade equipment."
With that said feast your eyes on this atrocity, I apologize in advance for any headaches this may cause (the screenshots are less atrocious then the video)
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DIC GI Joe Episode 9 "Victory at Volcania Part I"
And just so you think I may have just spiffed the screenshots to prove a point here is the RAW video of that clip
RAW Video:
http://www.tvpast.org/images/dicjoe/...ideo/CRAP1.AVI
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DIC GI Joe Episode 15 "General Confusion"
RAW Video:
http://www.tvpast.org/images/dicjoe/...ideo/CRAP2.AVI
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Now to show you that with patience quality is obtainable here is the same clips and shot from the Markatisu DIC GI Joe 8 DVD Set. I say patience because it took me 1 year to gather the source and another year to complete the project, some traders here think a set should be done in weeks.
An interesting note is that my set was created with the 1st gen original masters, James atrocious video is a multigen SLP copy.
How do I know you ask? Well for starters they both came from WPIX Channel 11 in NY, they both have the same commercials, and he flat out told me it was a multigen of Allen Lane's master VHS set (the one I had in my posession since 2005).
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DIC GI Joe Episode 9 "Victory at Volcania Part I"
RAW Video:
http://www.tvpast.org/images/dicjoe/...o/QUALITY1.AVI
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DIC GI Joe Episode 15 "General Confusion"
RAW Video:
http://www.tvpast.org/images/dicjoe/...o/QUALITY2.AVI
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Now I can honestly say this was "Remastered", using the following:
-BVP-4
-Detailer IV
-AVT 8710 Time Base Corrector
-DVHS JVC 40000u
-SVHS 3xxx
-JVC DVD Recorder on SP Mode
-Matrox RtMac System with Apple G4 400mhz 1gb RAM
I guess the point of the story is that trust is a great part of what we do, there are members here who do quite well with just a good VCR a