It is a beast for reasons mentioned above and thanks for the comments.

What I would like to see is a reference for the different laserdisc releases of the trilogy that exist.

There is already some good information at LDDB, blam1 and davisdvd, but it would be useful to have information specifically related to the suitabilty as a capture source - list of flaws/defects, overall picture quality, etc. Also what sort of price you could expect to pay on eBay!

Maybe something I might take on myself one day.

A quick update on the Galactic Trade Federation website...............

Due to technical issues, I have been unable to update the site for quite a while now and it is a bit out of date.

I have got around this by temporarily uploading all the files to my ISP webspace at this temporary address.

The first phase is to add all the latest releases from all the talented folk out there and once all titles are covered, I will be going back and getting rid of all the missing info currently shown as ??????????

Titles to add include work by Dark Jedi, Rikter, ADigitalMan, OCP, Daveytod, JD, Starkiller and countless others. I will also be listing a handfull of ***NUKED*** and pre-release titles simply as an aid to people who may have the earlier versions.

You will also spot links to pages of basic details of the Laser/VHS source of the transfers. This is very much a Work In Progress at this time but will soon list all the UK and US retail releases in all formats and possibly a TV broadcast section too.

Also check out The Starkiller's Guide to the Star Wars Mono Sound Mix which is also currently on my ISP webspace. If anyone knows of anything missing from there, please let me know.

Just a suggestion, it might be cool if you could make some sort of chart or table for newcomers to figure out which version is best for them.

Something like this:




I dont know...I'm not good at planning all of this type of stuff out....but it could be cool to get like a quick overview of all of the available sets.


I dunno...just a random idea

This sounds like the same thing Jay is planning somewhere else.

Thanks again for hosting this! And, yes, if anyone spots something that I have missed, let one of us know.

Prillaman already has a chart that compares several of the features of the SW films on DVD.

Here's the LINK

Go check it out if you need to compare versions.

Dan, I highly recommend you alter your email to "DDStokes at aol.com" or some such. You don't want a spam-bot to add your address to a spam list.

Thanks for the plug for my site none.

In time, I hope to have as much detailed information on my site as russs has on GTF. GTF is partly the reason I was inspired to create my comparison site in the first place.

Thanks for noticing that. I have included it in the latest update.

After over a year of messing around and more setbacks than I wish to talk about, I am pleased to finally tell the world that the Galactic Trade Federation website is officially launched.

I still have a lot of gaps to fill in and a lot of projects still to add but I finally have it looking half decent.

I have a lot of troubles to see the site on my Mac:
With Safari, I only see the top menu. When I click on an option, there's a loading, but nothing is watchable.
With FireFox, it's pretty much the same thing, but I can't even see the options... Here how it looks:


But I'm not complaining, it's just for help. And thanks a lot for your work, your website has always been very helpful for me!

For mac users, GTF seems to only be viewable using IE (hadn't fired that thing up in literally years). No luck using Firefox, Safari, Camino, or Mozilla on my mac. I sure would like to view this on a modern browser . This is a great site. Thanks for the hard work, Russ.

Thanks for all the feedback on this..................

Many thanks too to none who re-coded that page and mailed it to me overnight. His version has now been uploaded so hopefully all the problems are now resolved.

If people find any other problems, have any idea's, thoughts or comments, please let me know.

Thanks again

Russssss

Now it works fine for me on Safari. Thanks for the work!

Could you elaborate further. I am always looking for constructive comments..................

ie, Why is it soooo painful and what is the problem with the frames?????????

The point of the site is to list and simply reference all the available transfers and not to show how good/bad the transfers were. Therefore, the screenshot images are there only as a reference to help show people what versions they had or had seen for sale. There are people out there doing fantastic jobs with sites comparing high quality screenshots far better than I could ever do.

Experience has shown that 9 out of 10 people have either got or are looking to buy (from ebay) and the info on my site quickly tells them it is the Dr Gonzo set. They then go away never to be seen again!!!