MCA DiscoVision - The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Catalog Number 11-008

Format Standard Play CAV

MPAA Rating

Mono

Running Time 113 minutes

Pressing Location	DiscoVision Carson
Label Color	Blue
Issued	January 1979

Side	Frames	Running Time
1	32,273	22min 25sec
2	31,766	22min 04sec
3	33,984	23min 36sec
4	31,761	22min 03sec
5	34,204	23min 45sec
	163,988	113min 53sec
Dead Side	Various

Ratings
Video Transfer
Audio Transfer
Replication

Packaging
Large Open-Top
Open-Top
Side-Open Sticker
Printed

Price History
Silver Catalog	$15.95
November 1979	$24.95
May 1980	$24.95
August 1980	$24.95
October 1980	$24.95

Pressing Notes

The video transfer is only average on The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. The contrast is not the issue with this release, as it was was with so many DiscoVision titles. This release appears washed out to the point of appearing dull. Further, the dark scenes are so overly bright, they appear blue. The audio transfer is clear and dialog is understandable, provided you can get over the very bad accents of all the actors. The audio level of the recording changes oddly between sides, an indication that all sides were not mastered by the same person, or at the same time.

Replication is relatively clean throughout the entire title. However, some copies of side 4 have been known to exhibit 10,000 Frame Shift. Some copies also have a mastering error on side 5. For the full duration, the left and right channels are recorded out of phase, which causes Dolby Surround decoders to incorrectly process the audio, sending it into the rear channels instead of the center channel. Since there are at least two known masterings of the title, only the initial "huge box" copies may be affected by this trouble. The title was last listed in the DiscoVision catalog in the October 1980 update.