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Differences in VHS versions
Differences in VHS versions
captainsolo
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Tauntaun herder-Damn Fool Idealistic CrusaderI'm trying to determine which Widescreen or letterbox version of the trilogy is best on VHS and what the differences are in various releases. As far as I know there are these versions:
1990 Special Collector's edition Letterbox set
1993 set
1995 "Faces" THX remastered set
1997 special edition set
2001 Widescreen set (of 97 SE)
I am mainly concerned with finding the best quality release, as I remember these being superior to the new GOUT DVDs.
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Knightmessenger
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I am ready for the trials!The 1995 THX set is identical to the gout dvd's.
Some spots on the 97 SE tapes might look better than the same spot on the Gout due to better compositing and a cleaned up source.
But even with a good vcr, it's going to be hard to get as clean a capture as the gout, without all the fuzzy lines and noise.
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Mielr
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Jedi KnightYeah, there's no contest. Don't bother with the VHS.
BTW- the 1993 set is the set with the Hologram on the box, correct?
That one has a different sound mix than the 'faces' tapes (it has the extra C-3P0 line, etc.), and it's a different video transfer, too, AFAIK.
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captainsolo
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Tauntaun herder-Damn Fool Idealistic CrusaderMielr said:Yeah, there's no contest. Don't bother with the VHS.
BTW- the 1993 set is the set with the Hologram on the box, correct?
That one has a different sound mix than the 'faces' tapes (it has the extra C-3P0 line, etc.), and it's a different video transfer, too, AFAIK.
Yes it's the first letterbox release and is supposedly from the first widescreen laserdiscs.
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Differences in VHS versions