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| National Lampoon | 
 enlarge | From: GIT Corp
Category: Software
List Price: $44.99
Buy New: $24.99
You Save: $20.00 (44%)
New (21) Used (2) from $24.24
Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 507
Format: Dvd-video
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Nt, Macintosh, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 90012
Model: 90012
UPC: 791149900121
EAN: 0791149900121
ASIN: B000VPNSJY
Release Date: September 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Very Disappointing November 15, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Buyer Beware!!! I was only able to access 1970-1979 on this DVD. I received a note from the support line (noted on the Disc) who replied as follows:
"We've seen some conflicts with some third-part cd-burning software. Some third party cd-burning software( Roxio, Nero, Sonic, etc...) contain their own default pdf viewer which conflicts with viewing the comics in Adobe Reader. Uninstall this component or the entire cd-burning suite from your system and try the disk again. If you have access, attempt to use the disk on another computer."
I tried it on 3 computers and the result was the same.
From what I was able to access, the program is very counter-intuitive, and consisted largely of going through each and every issue to find what I was looking for. After locating it, I did a search and according to the results, what I had just found did not exist?!
Bad Design.
I really want to keep this but couldn't for the above reasons. I hope the producers will repair the problems and reissue it.
 MUCH BETTER THAN NOTHING November 6, 2007
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Having had great difficulty finding reasonably-priced original National Lampoon Magazines, I was looking forward to this product which claimed to have EVERY ISSUE scanned. The deluxe glossy packaging is better than expected, including the famous "We'll Kill This Dog" dog on the cover.
As for the DVD-ROM itself, it initially WOULD NOT stay in my disc drive (I use an Apple iMac - OS 10.4) - there was obviously something wrong with the disc...however, after several tries the DVD-ROM stayed in my computer...though the disc continues to resist staying in my drive...in other words, it dosn't seem to like Macs
It seems best to use the Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer supplied on the disc...when using Apple's PREVIEW program to view the PDFs I got ugly "National Lampoon" watermarks on all of the scans. However, when using Adobe Acrobat everything was fine and the watermarks are now gone.
As for the scans, they're decent but definitely look like they were taken from actual old magazines and not the original magazine lay-out "boards" - sometimes words are cut-off and the general coloration of the scans is brown-ish and a little dark
But ultimately the important thing is the comedy material of the magazine and that holds up very well. It's especially nice to see the many cartoons, satirical ads (and the real ads, too which are included)
Overall, it's a package worth buying and a good value.
Several other Nat Lamp projects are NOT included (High School Yearbook, Newspaper parody) - but it looks like these side projects are all being released separately in book form.
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