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Author Topic: Carmike Movietunes Problems Jarryd Beard Expert Film Handler Posts: 229 From: Hellertown, PA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 09-20-2005 08:22 PM                     Hello all. I was just wondering if anybody employed by everyone's favorite theatre chain had any Movietunes problems. I have a feeling we (the chain) recently started receiving the CD-R format instead of the standard silver CD. (A couple months ago I looked at one that appeared normal.) Just last month our CD player displayed "No Disc" about half way through the program. This month, we're lucky if it plays for 10 minutes. These past two disks were definitely the CD-R format. Does anybody our there know when Carmike's version switched to CD-R? Was it last month?  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-20-2005 10:43 PM                     I've been recieving normal CD's for as long as I can remember.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 09-21-2005 09:52 AM                     Sounds like they're duping them in-house. Cute.  |  IP: Logged Jarryd Beard Expert Film Handler Posts: 229 From: Hellertown, PA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 09-21-2005 05:39 PM                     No, these are sent directly from Movie Tunes. In fact, the label side has the normal logo/text and even looks like a normal silver CD. Only when you look at the data side is it evident the disk is a CD-R. I find it strange that Dustin is receiving normal CDs while we're receiving the CD-Rs.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-22-2005 07:22 AM                        Maybe your disk has ads which are specific to your market? If so, I could imagine that it wouldn't be cost-effective to press a handful of disks. On the other hand, I wouldn't be complaining about a defective Movietunes disk. I would expect that to be a cause for celebration, not concern.  |  IP: Logged David Yauch Expert Film Handler Posts: 206 From: Mesa, AZ, USA Registered: Oct 2004 posted 09-23-2005 02:30 AM                     quote: Scott Norwood Maybe your disk has ads which are specific to your market? If so, I could imagine that it wouldn't be cost-effective to press a handful of disks. On the other hand, I wouldn't be complaining about a defective Movietunes disk. I would expect that to be a cause for celebration, not concern. I agree. "Oh damn it broke, no movie tunes today, shucks"  |  IP: Logged Jarryd Beard Expert Film Handler Posts: 229 From: Hellertown, PA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 09-23-2005 06:46 PM                     Well, today the CD player stopped playing standard CDs as well. I guess it wasn't the CD-Rs that were the problem. On the other topic, though, you're probably right about the ad-specific versions. Thanks for your help.  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-26-2005 08:50 PM                     The Movietunes discs we received during my time at Marcus Theaters were CD-R format as well. Jarryd, many older (and even some newer, cheaper) CD players will not play these discs. My Philips DVD circa 1998 will not read CD-R's, for example. What type of CD player are you using?  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-28-2005 03:22 AM                     It's probably a courousel type changer as moth booths have. I've noticed that those types of players are sensitive and collect dust very quickly. I recently drug out our old one and fixed it simply by cleaning the laser head with alchohol and a swab. Give that a shot if all else fails.  |  IP: Logged Jarryd Beard Expert Film Handler Posts: 229 From: Hellertown, PA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 10-01-2005 02:14 PM                     We have the Sony CDP-261 CD player here. It's just a simple one-disc deck. We haven't tried opening it up to clean the lens. With the Union in the booth, it's always a question as to who's duty it may fall under. Our District Manager suggested the possibility of putting a DVD player in place. I'd like to avoid the confusion that may be caused by having no on-screen display. But, the truth is, a DVD player can be bought at a fraction of the price of a CD deck. As a side note, I've relocated to the Asst. Manager position at Cinema 5 in downtown State College. Once a twin built in the late 60's, it's gone through several ownerships such as Associated, Cinemette, Cinema World, and finally Carmike. We've been trying to make improvements around here since early July. (The entire previous staff was canned.) The place was a dump, but three months and over 100 compact florescent bulbs later, we've really cleaned the place up. Soon, I hope to get some pictures made available. Right now, most of you would shit yourselves if you saw the booth; what a mess! Maybe in weeks or months to come.  |  IP: Logged

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