msycamore said:

Asaki, thanks for helping out, I can provide Moth3r with the missing frames if you have problems with it and from the original upload of V8 (DVD9).

 Sure, go for it.

 Darth Mallwalker also offered to cap the V8 DVD9.

^Yes , I can . . . (but I didn't last night ;)


While it shouldn't diminish this great project in any way, I'll point out
the LD cover in the original post linked from Fritz's site appear to be a Mitsubishi pressing
"Discs Manufactured in Japan"
Busted!
Here's my Technidisc cover, proudly made in USA

Not to worry - msycamore already sent me grabs from V8.

Darth Mallwalker said:

Thanks a lot for preserving this one msycamore, and thanks for sharing it.
Props to your mate who did the captures as well.

 You're welcome, and I'm glad I did, I will thank him. :)

Darth Mallwalker said:
The GOUT-sync is pure awesomeness.
Guess that means you've inserted black frames at the 2nd reel change?
I love that sort of attention to detail. Bravo!

Yes that's the way I did it, just 16 black frames inserted at the 2nd reel change and one deleted at the rebel hangar (last reel change) which was absent on the NTSC GOUT. So it was pretty easy doing this, and I figured it would be nice and convenient to just have it synced with the NTSC GOUT due to all the nice audiotracks that have been preserved and synced to that already. So, no problem. I don't think anyone will miss that one single frame anyway.

Darth Mallwalker said:

While it shouldn't diminish this great project in any way, I'll point out
the LD cover in the original post linked from Fritz's site appear to be a Mitsubishi pressing
"Discs Manufactured in Japan"
Busted!
Here's my Technidisc cover, proudly made in USA

Good eye. ;)

Like Moth3r said, thank you for uploading this to the newsgroup whoever you are. :)

Hi milo, then you have come to the right place, I sent you a PM. Be sure to check out other preservations on this site as well.

I think this will be my preferred way of watching the original, I LOVE the color on the Tatooine sunset, it's exactly how I remember it as a kid.

Thank you very much :)

Nice cover, ROFLRICK. :)

DonnieDarko said:

I think this will be my preferred way of watching the original, I LOVE the color on the Tatooine sunset, it's exactly how I remember it as a kid.

Thank you very much :)

You're welcome. :)

I am actually a little surprised that people do seem to enjoy this crude old transfer, I may revisit this LD for a second attempt at a later time as there are things I would like to improve.

DonnieDarko said:

I think this will be my preferred way of watching the original, I LOVE the color on the Tatooine sunset, it's exactly how I remember it as a kid.

Thank you very much :)

You're welcome. :)

I am actually a little surprised that people do seem to enjoy this crude old transfer, I may revisit this LD for a second attempt at a later time as there are things I would like to improve.

I have to agree that this my preferred version at the moment too! Please do revisit (when time permits).

Screenshots now up here.

The first thing I noticed was the contrast (white level); the DVD recorder seems to have captured this very low and I'd recommend upping the white level if you go for a second attempt.

Moth3r said:

Screenshots now up here.

The first thing I noticed was the contrast (white level); the DVD recorder seems to have captured this very low and I'd recommend upping the white level if you go for a second attempt.

Yes, I also noticed that when comparing with the actual LD after I was done, I've read about certain DVD recorders having that problem, or the other way around with to high white level.

The main reason for me wanting to do a second attempt at some point is the ugly chroma noise and aliasing. If I did, I would also restore the original opening and do some color correction, tweak the colors/contrast in certain scenes. So it wouldn't be a straight preservation of this LD that way.

This does look funky. :) Colors look nice. So what's the verdict? Is this closer how SW should look like colorwise? It's interesting that this seems to be only(?) release with colors like this.

msycamore said:

Moth3r said:

Screenshots now up here.

The first thing I noticed was the contrast (white level); the DVD recorder seems to have captured this very low and I'd recommend upping the white level if you go for a second attempt.

Yes, I also noticed that when comparing with the actual LD after I was done, I've read about certain DVD recorders having that problem, or the other way around with to high white level.

On a second look it's not as low as I thought. A subtle tweak is all that's required:

tweaked:

tweaked:

Thanks for all the feedback guys.

It surely would be nice to cap it on a high end player, maybe use mine and Mallwalker's copy for even better results. But I'm not sure if I would go through the trouble and send my copy to someone who suddenly turns up on these boards and saying that he owns a XO-player and then disappear. ;)

LexX said:

This does look funky. :) Colors look nice. So what's the verdict? Is this closer how SW should look like colorwise? It's interesting that this seems to be only(?) release with colors like this.

If you mean compared to GOUT, sometimes it is closer, sometimes it is not. There is a green/yellow tint on it, and I would say that the original film was more saturated in certain parts, contrast and colors are also less consistent compared to GOUT, it also have the Jawa canyon in bright day-light but with a little color correction you could make something nice with this LD. 

Why not check it out, there aren't that many DVNR-free transfers of Star Wars out there. Just lower your expectations, as it is only a LD-transfer. But for now, that is the resolution we're stuck in.