OK...so I've been lurking on this thread for several months now, waiting for the V3 DVD's to be ready for download. Can't stand the SE in any form, so back in '05 I bought a LaserDisc player and a set of the "faces" edition discs so I would have the best (or nearly the best) OT widescreen presentation available at the time. Had a friend borrow the player and discs for awhile so he could work up a mediocre DVD transfer for himself (and a copy for me, of course!) and I've also downloaded one of the TR-47 editions as well. Nobody seemed to be able to overcome the limitations of the LD's S-Video or Composite output, though, and I always thought the playback straight from my LaserDisc player was a better choice. I had high hopes for the X0 Project but we all know what's happened there, so I was excited when I heard about dark_jedi's V3.
Boy was it worth the wait. I watched a bit on from a mounted .iso on my PC at work and thought it was just OK but definitely better than anything I'd seen before. However, when I burned it to disc and watched a few minutes on my upscaling Sony DVD Home Theatre at home I was blown away by the picture quality. I've not had the chance to watch the whole thing yet because we moved into a new house this weekend, but I am looking forward to sitting down with this latest addition to the wonderful heritage of Star Wars fan preservations. The Rebel Alliance of OT preservationists has A New Hope in the battle against Darth Lucas and the Evil Empire (and let's keep that hope off the title crawl).
I've been seeding the torrents from a VM on my work PC all weekend. So far I've uploaded over 100GB and I'll keep it up as long as it's needed.
Thanks again, dark_jedi for your dedication to the project despite the occasional slings and missile from various lurkers, and to everyone else who had a hand in bringing this incredible project to fruition!