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Posted by Keith Peticolas (Member # 971) on 12-06-2001, 07:51 PM:
Well I got my Dec. movie tunes disc on the 6th of the month(late again) and it doesn't play. Guess what? This is the second month in a row that I have received bad discs. Since I'm still running Oct.'s disc, I'm pretty sure my player works fine. So I call the phone number on the disc and it's disconnected. Figures. Call the number on the poop sheet and get voice mail. Think I'll get a call back? Doubt it. I played phone tag with these people all last month trying to get a Nov. disc that actually worked. No help there. Only thing this company seems to be good at is making coasters. I'm going to mail all their crappy products back to them, along with a nice dead Alaskan salmon. Rant over.
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 12-07-2001, 02:29 AM:
Has Movie Tunes resorted to using CD-Rs? If so, then they are probably using the cheapest, worst kind they can get. I've seen many brands of CD-Rs (like PNY--they suck ASS) that only play in a few different CD players.
Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 12-07-2001, 08:57 AM:
I've never had problems with the disc; just with the stupid crap they put on them!Scott N. did an good review awhile ago, (see the review section) and do a search for "Movie Tunes" in the regular Film Handlers forum.
Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 12-07-2001, 02:02 PM:
They have been using CD-Rs for quite a while now, and I have had no problems with the disks, but as John said, just with what is on them.
Posted by Joe Beres (Member # 678) on 12-07-2001, 03:26 PM:
Keith,
I have no experience with Movie Tunes, but based on the replies to your post, It sounds like it might be an issue with your cd player. (see recent posts about cdrs in the Film-Yak section)Are you using an older CD Player? A DVD player? Your hardware might be the root of your problems.
Posted by Keith Peticolas (Member # 971) on 12-07-2001, 03:57 PM:
No, my player works fine. Use it everynight to listen to my music while cleaning the booth. Works like a champ. Oct. Movie Tunes plays fine it also. Both Nov. and Dec. discs won't play in it at all. Gotta be the discs. Thanks for the input anyway, every little bit helps.
kp
Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 04-05-2002, 07:02 PM:
Maybe those MovieTunes CDs are "copy protected". In other words, the CDs are encoded so you can't rip 'em. Some CD players will not play a "copy protected" CD no matter what.
Posted by Paul Harnden (Member # 1034) on 04-05-2002, 08:33 PM:
Yeah Charles, but like Keith said only the November and December discs haven't been working. I'm pretty sure it's bad discs.
Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 04-05-2002, 09:19 PM:
Note that copy-protected "CDs" are not technically "CDs" because they do not follow the Red Book specifications. Thankfully, Phillips (the owners of the CD trademark) has been making some attempts to prevent manufacturers of non-CDs from calling them CDs.Essentially, the copy protection schemes currently in use rely upon introducing errors into the mastering process, which results in a disk which will play in most "forgiving" standalone players but which is sufficiently out-of-spec to generate errors when played on a computer CD-ROM drive or in some higher-end CD players.
This is yet another horrible idea which won't do anything to reduce piracy, but which will annoy legitimate users of the product. Hopefully the RIAA will soon learn what major software companies learned over a decade ago and dump the ineffective copy-protection schemes.
Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 04-06-2002, 12:51 AM:
I doubt Movie Tunes are copy protected. Hell, they're too cheap to even change their unnecessary theme music!
Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 04-06-2002, 04:26 PM:
I have never heard Movie Tunes but I am starting to wonder what is so great about this prerecorded nonsync music! Century Theaters has Century Radio that gets pretty damned annoying! What ever happened to just turning on the local radio station and using a station that would be approperiate for that particular flic in a particular auditorium to suit the taste of that particular audience....Problem Solved!
Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 04-06-2002, 05:33 PM:
You may not re-broadcast any radio program for public consumption for any reason without the explicit permission of the radio station. If you have their permission, go for it.
Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 04-06-2002, 11:08 PM:
I know this is probably not allowed, but why can't theatres just take those movie soundtrack CDs that studios send and play them on the non-sync?If we HAD to play advertisements, there could be one disk full of nothing but ads and PSAs, or whatever. The theatre could load up a multi-disk player with soundtracks and this ad disk and put it on "shuffle-repeat" mode.
Best of both worlds... Non-lame music that changes frequently... Advertisements... Not a lot of money spent on the theatre's part, except for the player (which a lot of places may already have.)
AND... the current movies get promoted.
Even if it's not allowed I don't see why, with the proper agreements/contracts, it couldn't be put into effect on short order.
Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 04-07-2002, 11:37 PM:
I always thought it would be cool to use a seperate nonsync system for each theatre, and play the currently playing film's soundtrack.BTW - due to al of the mergers, many theatres are going to be switching to MovieTunes soon 
A least it's better than the "contemperary 70s romance" station piped through many theatres over a cable radio provider. One thing that concerns me about movie tunes:
Does it only send one cd a month? Thats only 70-80 min. of programing? Would they allow you to use a disc changer and keep cds playing from the last 3 months?
Posted by Steven Gorsky (Member # 603) on 04-08-2002, 12:15 AM:
As far as I know, you only get one CD a month, and you're not suppose to play a previous months CD ever. The last theatre I worked at played MovieTunes everywhere, in the lobby, auditorium, and the restroom. I nearly went insane. 
Steven Gorsky
Posted by Brian Hogan (Member # 940) on 04-08-2002, 07:06 PM:
yep... only the current month's disk is to be played. and just when you thought you had escaped that really annoying song from last month's disk, they end up putting the same damn song on the next disk. i dont know why they have to carry over songs... thats just the worst.my theatre also pipes the stuff everywhere.. even outside. im surprised noone around us has filed a noise pollution report against us. HA!
Posted by Christopher Finn (Member # 938) on 04-10-2002, 02:01 AM:
Brian,You couldn't possibly mean "My Future Ex-Boyfriend" by the multi-talented Holly Wynette. I ever meet that (expletive deleted) and I am gonna .......
Chris
Posted by Matthew Bailey (Member # 601) on 04-10-2002, 01:56 PM:
Why don't you just get a coin operated jukebox set for free plays
like a Seeburg for example & connect it to the booth racks?