Doctor M said:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/the-rumor-mill/true-lies-abyss-2014-x-files-twin-peaks

Just sayin'...

That is the third time over 7 years they have posted that fud 

Matt_Stevens said:

I still have my DVHS recorded Cable broadcast. 1.78:1 open matted and more detail vs the 2.35:1 DTheater DVHS release, which was DNR'd/filtered. Moron studios.

Unfortunately, the 5.1 on the DTheater is far better than the 5.1 on the Cable broadcast. 

I'm just hoping for a Blu-Ray thatgets it right. But it'll probably be turned teal.

I would say no to DNR, but it is not well encoded and definitely filtered 

Just to confirm, the DTS-MA 5.1 will be sourced from what?  The LD AC3 track?  The LD DTS track?  The cinema DTS mix from Jetrell?

Jetrell, if you need me to rip/upload the DTS cinema files, I can do that.  I can't splice them together, but I can upload like a beast.

Keep in touch.

Kudos to all for helping on this project.  Very exciting indeed.

I've watched the open matte version and it felt a bit less theatrical. (I've got it in 720p with the DTheater DTS track.)

OAR is still important even where 16x9 TVs are involved.  Cinematography is an art.

I'd argue an open matte, non-OAR ratio is nothing more than a side show and not acceptable for a preservation project, unless it is re-matted to the proper theatrical ratio.  Most likely, visual effect shots would be cropped unless they did the effects open matte as well.

One place this could come in handy is if a 2.20:1 70mm ratio wanted to be used, and again, we re-create the mattes. That of course assumes that nothing is ever cropped.

Will grab the non OAR and compare some effects shots and some standard shots over the next few days if no one has both

dark_jedi said:

You have to love when people drop bombs like this and then do not return to explain or share, or to tell us he is not going to share, either way I say we just work on what we have You_Too and not try and pursue this pipe dream lol, because as you said you already asked and there was no response, so I am good with what we have.

dark_jedi said:

dvdmike said:

Will grab the non OAR and compare some effects shots and some standard shots over the next few days if no one has both

So where are you grabbing it from? maybe this will be our only chance to see this ourselves as well.

Thanks dvdmike

I found it once before and deleted as it was not OAR, one of the UK channels either MGM HD/TCM HD or Channel 4 HD are showing the non OAR also.

I think I have found it I will keep you updated 

borisanddoris said:

Just to confirm, the DTS-MA 5.1 will be sourced from what?  The LD AC3 track?  The LD DTS track?  The cinema DTS mix from Jetrell?

Jetrell, if you need me to rip/upload the DTS cinema files, I can do that.  I can't splice them together, but I can upload like a beast.

Keep in touch.

Kudos to all for helping on this project.  Very exciting indeed.

boris,

Huge thanks for the offer.  It IS appreciated greatly.  I'm sending stuff off to D_J tonite or tomorrow morning.

We are on our way .......

:)

Funny thing is, I predict any BD release to be open matte since Cameron has a tradition of reformatting to fill TV screens.

HDBits has several versions.  I see they have a 1080i DVB/mpg2 version from some newsgroup (not many details, not even AR) @ 15gb and a 1080p x264 version (possibly DTheater sourced with a downmixed audio track).

They also have a standalone rip of the original full bitrate DTS/DTheater audio track.

The rest are 720p (including an open matte one).  Funny thing is I don't see the version that I originally got there which was the open matte 720p with the DTheater 1510kbps track.

The point being, I'm not sure there is a 1080i/p version that's open matte.

Since HDBits no longer accepts new members it makes it difficult to check out unless someone from here who has a membership downloads it.

Doctor M said:

Funny thing is, I predict any BD release to be open matte since Cameron has a tradition of reformatting to fill TV screens.

HDBits has several versions.  I see they have a 1080i DVB/mpg2 version from some newsgroup (not many details, not even AR) @ 15gb and a 1080p x264 version (possibly DTheater sourced with a downmixed audio track).

They also have a standalone rip of the original full bitrate DTS/DTheater audio track.

The rest are 720p (including an open matte one).  Funny thing is I don't see the version that I originally got there which was the open matte 720p with the DTheater 1510kbps track.

The point being, I'm not sure there is a 1080i/p version that's open matte.

If true lies was being released in 3d I would agree it would not be oar but all Cameron 2d releases have been in oar 

The one I found had a password, still looking