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Hey everyone. I am a fan of the Original Star Wars Trilogy. I have recently gotten my hands on the 2 LaserDisc Sets: Star Wars Trilogy The Definitive Collection (SWTDC) and the Star Wars Trilogy THX Face versions (SWTTHX). Now, I love the extras on the SWTDC. This is the first time I have seen quality trailers for the OT. The interviews are also great. Now, my questions are this, which of these Box Sets have the better quality? And I need a hard core DVD Menu Creator. I am going to transfer the films from LD to DVD by my friends DVD Recorder. Iw as going to use my ATI TV WONDER VE to transfer, but the quality is just not good enough in my taste. I have already transfered (From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga) from VHS to mpg. I like the quality, but then again, it was from a VHS tape which is close to 15 years old. So what I need is someone who can create professional DVD Menu's and such. This is my basic layout: 4 DVDs for the Boxset. 1. Star Wars 2. The Empire Strikes Back 3. Return of the Jedi 4. All the LD extras. PLEASE HELP

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I would be interested in seeing the THX edition. Please email me at classicswtrilogy@hotmail.com
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First of all, I'm jealous you have both LD sets (I only have the original OT on VHS!), but from my understanding, the Faces set uses the same THX transfer as the DC. However the DC LDs are CAV encoded and should be slightly better than the Faces extended play. You will have to switch discs more for the DC set so convience may be a factor.

I'm not familiar with DVD-recorders or what format of DVD they use, DVD-/+r etc. or whether they can be played in regular DVD players. Let us know how it all turns out and if you might be willing to provide versions for your fellow less fortunate fans (like me!).

The original Star Wars trilogy: Our cultural history deserves to be preserved and should be available to the public like all great works of art!
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I use DVD-Lab for menus. Check out www.DVDRHelp.com They have plenty of reviews for software that does what you are looking for. There is also a 25 page thread that talks about the process of transferring the Star Wars LD's to DVD.

Patrick
"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." - Tuco from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
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Are the laserdiscs anamorphic. If there not there are anamorphic bootlegs.
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Very few Laserdiscs were Anamorphic, but unfortunately none of them were the Star Wars LD's.

I converted my LD's to 16:9 when I made my DVD's. It's pretty easy to do with an encoder like TMPNGEnc Plus. The bootleggers probably used a similar process.

Patrick
"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." - Tuco from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
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I wonder if anamorphic transfers are that easy why the hell did stuidos ever release non anamorphic DVDs.
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Well, it is a little tricky. I described how I did a 16:9 conversion. I don't want to call what I did Anamorphic because I'm sure the studio uses a different method when they do it. From what I understand, it is an expensive process involving the creation of a new digital master. I would really need to go back and read how they do it. They get the advantage of added resolution because they are using the film source when they are doing the telecine process (film to video conversion).
I'm sorry if my answer before was misleading.

Another reason is that some studios thought it would be cheaper to use the same LD master when they made their DVD and that no one would notice. They were wrong.

Mine simply plays in the correct aspect ratio no matter what type of TV you have. If you have a 16:9 TV and have your DVD Player setup correctly to the 16:9 mode, you will have an image that is not squished out of proportion and one that will not have black bars on the sides (it will only have smaller black bars on the top and bottom). If you play it on a 4:3 TV, it will appear correctly if your DVD Player is set to 4:3 mode and the image won't be too tall and skinny.


Patrick
"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." - Tuco from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
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I know what anamorphic is. I have a widescreen TV. Anamorphic transfered laserdisc image would definutly be the best bootleg. If somebody is buying a bootleg go anamorphic.
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Yes and no. It depends on how good your authoring software is, because it has to create extra pixels to come up to DVDs full 720 x 480 resolution (LDs are, @ best, 640 x 480). If the authoring software doesn't do this properly, you'll wind up with image artifacts.

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Also, many software capturing programs only capture at 720x480. I use WinDV and that is one that only captures at that resolution as far as I know.


It's not hard to convert to anamorphic especially if you already have the discs like the ones TR47 has. One way is to use DVD2AVI to convert back to AVI and use an encoder like TMPENGEnc Plus to convert to 16:9. The only thing is that you can't get any additional because the files have previously been captured and encoded previously. If there is no problems with the source, you shouldn't have any quality problems anyway.

Patrick
"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." - Tuco from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly