Australian company, Matched Image Camera Hire, will be among the first to be able to offer Australia the ARRI ALEXA digital cinema camera. Building on the technical expertise of the ARRIFLEX D-21, ARRI has released the new ARRI camera the ALEXA part of a new generation of digital motion picture cameras. Like the D-21, ALEXA creates rich, organic images, with the look and feel of 35 mm film.

The ARRI ALEXA is planned to be used with 35 mm accessories and lenses, so will fit into established working practices and minimise production delays. Matched Image are offering the new digital cinema ARRI ALEXA camera with and without lenses, in lightweight and complete production packages. Now taking bookings for this exciting and much anticipated digital camera, Matched Image have a complete suite of products on offer to support your ALEXA hire including audio equipment hire, lighting rental, grip equipment rental, edit suite hire, crew hire, production van rental and all camera accessories.

The essence of the ARRI ALEXA camera system is ARRIs own 3.5K Super 35mm format ALEV-III CMOS Bayer sensor. Through extended research and experimentation with sensor and pixel technologies ARRI made some important discoveries and applied these to the production of the ALEXA. Top-quality image quality is achieved through a fine balance between detail, colour reproduction and sensitivity. While some competitors strive to improve camera statistics on paper by jamming more and more pixels into a 35mm frame, ARRI used a proof is in the pudding approach with the ALEXA digital camera maintaining that optimum image quality is attained through slightly fewer, yet larger, pixels filling the available space on a 35mm sensor.

Not too long ago Digital Video Recorders or DVRs were the hottest thing on the block. With companies like TiVo leading the way DVRs were soon in half of the homes around the country. Being able to record your television shows and movies with ease became very attractive to many. Being able to pause live television, rewind live television, and watch live television is slow motion attracted the others. The best thing about the whole deal was that it was very affordable for everyone. Not to mention how simple it was to control and use. Even a child can control a DVR. Then out of nowhere came the HDTV and then the HDTV DVR.

The high definition television, also know as HDTV, was just as popular as the DVR perhaps it would have been even more popular when it first came out if it wasn’t for the enormous price tag. The HDTV was just as spectacular and mind blowing as the DVR. People begin saving immediately after seeing a high definition television at work in their general stores. Everyone just had to get one. The race was on to see who could get an HDTV first. The beautiful picture quality had minds all over the country setting goals to get a high definition television no matter what it took. So what happen when the HDTV DVR are combined?

The preeminent show of the 1990’s decade, Seinfeld grew from an idea of “a show about nothing” into a sacred pop culture icon, not that there’s anything wrong with that… The show follows the life of comedian Jerry Seinfeld and the exploits of his “short, quirky, bald guy” best friend, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), Jerry’s neurotic neighbor Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards), and Jerry’s ex-girlfriend Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Through the years, they’re joined by a loveable cast of characters that includes Newman, Uncle Leo, the Soup Nazi, Frank and Estelle Costanza, the Bubble Boy, and countless others…

The Seinfeld (Season 4) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere in which Jerry asks George to accompany him on a trip to Los Angeles where he’ll be appearing on The Tonight Show. While in Hollywood, the two attempt to track down Kramer who recently moved there to become a star. But the trip goes awry when hotel maid Lupe can’t grasp the concept of George’s preferred bed tuck, Jerry loses his Tonight Show material, and Kramer is fingered by local police as the prime suspect in the “smog strangler” killings… Other notable episodes from Season 4 include “The Bubble Boy” in which George incurs the wrath of an entire township following his argument over a Trivial Pursuit question with a local handicapped icon who (for medical reasons) lives in a bubble, and “The Contest” (based on a real life Larry David experience) in which Jerry, George, Kramer, and Elaine place a wager on who can practice self-denial the longest… “The Junior Mint” and “The Handicap Spot” round out a year that is arguably the best season in Seinfeld’s hilarious nine-year run…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Seinfeld (Season 4) DVD:

Episode 41 (The Trip: Part 1) Air Date: 08-12-1992
Episode 42 (The Trip: Part 2) Air Date: 08-19-1992
Episode 43 (The Pitch) Air Date: 09-16-1992
Episode 44 (The Ticket) Air Date: 09-16-1992
Episode 45 (The Wallet) Air Date: 09-23-1992
Episode 46 (The Watch) Air Date: 09-30-1992
Episode 47 (The Bubble Boy) Air Date: 10-07-1992
Episode 48 (The Cheever Letters) Air Date: 10-28-1992
Episode 49 (The Opera) Air Date: 11-04-1992
Episode 50 (The Virgin) Air Date: 11-11-1992
Episode 51 (The Contest) Air Date: 11-18-1992
Episode 52 (The Airport) Air Date: 11-25-1992
Episode 53 (The Pick) Air Date: 12-16-1992
Episode 54 (The Movie) Air Date: 01-06-1993
Episode 55 (The Visa) Air Date: 01-27-1993
Episode 56 (The Shoes) Air Date: 02-04-1993
Episode 57 (The Outing) Air Date: 02-11-1993
Episode 58 (The Old Man) Air Date: 02-18-1993
Episode 59 (The Implant) Air Date: 02-25-1993
Episode 60 (The Junior Mint) Air Date: 03-18-1993
Episode 61 (The Smelly Car) Air Date: 04-15-1993
Episode 62 (The Handicap Spot) Air Date: 05-13-1993
Episode 63 (The Pilot: Part 1) Air Date: 05-20-1993
Episode 64 (The Pilot: Part 2) Air Date: 05-20-1993

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Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Seinfeld (Season 4) DVD.