New Releases - 06/25

[SlamMaster]

Sorry to hear Kiwi. Take some time if you need to.

[gobbins]

On a personal note there's been a death in the immediate family so updates will likely be sparse over the next few days.

Sorry to hear that, big man. Take all the time you need.

[bigkev]

On a personal note there's been a death in the immediate family so updates will likely be sparse over the next few days.

Sorry to hear this and sincere condolences. Take care Kiwi.

[JohnS414]

gladiator's scans of CVG issues 111 - 116 have been converted to cbz and added to the site ...

   
   

Hi. For clarity do you mean the PDFs have been converted, hence there is no improvement in quality, or these have been produced from the original source scans, hence have better image quality?

[Gregorick]

On a personal note there's been a death in the immediate family so updates will likely be sparse over the next few days.

Sending all my love and support. Look after yourself and those around you.

[larare]

My condolences, chief. :(

[rygel]

My condolences Kiwi, sorry to hear.

[Kiwi]

gladiator's scans of CVG issues 111 - 116 have been converted to cbz and added to the site ...

   
   

Hi. For clarity do you mean the PDFs have been converted, hence there is no improvement in quality, or these have been produced from the original source scans, hence have better image quality?

No improvement in quality other than I've adjusted brightness/contrast on the covers. No denying these need work but I don't have time to edit these cover to cover on top of everything else I have to do unfortunately.

If I see any issues on the local auction site I will try and acquire them for rescanning but I haven't seen any in years.

[JohnS414]

Thanks for the clarification Kiwi

[IloveCats100]

I'm so sorry kiwi, my condolences! I wish you and yours the best.

[Kiwi]

I can't believe the shipping prices to ship a single CVG issue from the UK to New Zealand. There are a lot of issues I'd dearly love to acquire, especially earlier issues we don't have, but the shipping price is triple the price to buy the mag itself. Ouch!!

[Kiwi]

Family members staying for the funeral service have headed back to the UK and Oz so things will be back to a sort of normal in the next couple of days or so. Thanks for your patience, everyone!!

Cheers ... Kiwi

[theassassin]

Thanks Kiwi and hope happy memories can bring you and your family some comfort during this difficult time

[SlamMaster]

No stress Kiwi! Take all the time you need mate.

[matrixman1013]

Okay, getting a little tired of "my version is better than your version" talk so what I will say is, to quote from Disney's Aladdin movie, "You know the Golden Rule? He who has the Gold makes the rules!!"

In this case I own this website so what is hosted on the site is entirely of my own choosing.

I'd leave it at that but in this particular case slider1983 has said, and I quote, "I'm pretty certain there was no blurriness so not sure what you're smoking" so I would kindly direct anyone to view the differences between his flatbed scanned version and my one put through the ix1600 document scanner in the Gallery I added to the site. Take page 03 for example ....

I'm not pooh-poohing scans made on a flatbed. When nothing else exists they are better than nothing for sure BUT a flatbed scan will, all things being equal, never compete compared to a scan from a document scanner where the magazine has been taken apart to get the best possible scan. I know my scan is not the best it could be either as it was slightly over A4 in size but I am happy with it and ultimately that's what counts.

These both look great to me.  Maybe the 2nd the text is clearer, but nothing world changing. 

On some scans, I do notice black levels are sometimes left as is on some scans and that makes game screenshots black crushed where all the detail is hidden.  Granted processing, adjusting and reviewing every page is cumbersome unless you have an photoshop action to apply in batch.  On these one you posted, the levels are perfect and one can see details even in the small game screenshots.

I wish I could contribute more than donating to Gregorick the UK mags I bought and then shipped, but having UK stuff shipped to US makes it cost prohibitive for me to help and scan these.  Just help where I can.  Thanks Gregorick for the mass of scans you have been putting out for UK mags!