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Hi I hope this is the right Forum!
In Germany the 26 March 2006 EPISODE I is in TV IN HD!
This is a World Premiere has somebody from this Forum the Hardware to Record this ?
On the 2 April Ep 2 will also be in TV In HD!
The Film Source is directly from Lucas Arts so theres no resized DVD Source etc.

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Ooh! Jar Jar in HD! I can hardly wait!

Ep 2 has been shown in HD before; I have it. However, it was on HBO, which means it wasn't OAR. If this is on Pro7 or Premiere (same thing?), then the chances are good it'll be OAR. I think.

I have the equipment, but I live in Canada. Sorry!
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Dont worry to much it will hit newsgroups for sure! I will keep a sharp eye out for it!
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Could the Holiday Special be far behind?

Yes.
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Originally posted by: Karyudo
Ooh! Jar Jar in HD! I can hardly wait!

Ep 2 has been shown in HD before; I have it. However, it was on HBO, which means it wasn't OAR. If this is on Pro7 or Premiere (same thing?), then the chances are good it'll be OAR. I think.

I have the equipment, but I live in Canada. Sorry!

Its on Pro7 so its FREE TV!
Its on ASTRA!
A Special Pro7 HD Channel! On this weekend thers also HERO showing on this Channel!
HOLIDAY SPECIAL IN HD!
That would make my Day


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I hope someone in Germany gets on this. If Episode I has been remastered in HD-quality, I want it! Because the DVD print sucks.

--ID

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Hope it is kept at it's original resolution as well instead of degrading it to mpeg2 (blade runner)
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Time will tell. I wonder if it will be in English or German?
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I thought of this too, but it makes little difference. If it's in German, we can easily redub it back into English.

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Originally posted by: eros
Hope it is kept at its original resolution as well instead of degrading it to mpeg2 (blade runner)


Of course it will be in MPEG-2 -- probably MP@HL, 1080i50. With luck, it will be kept as .ts, too.

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Sadly I don't have the equipment to do this. But I'd be happy to watch this too .
And I think it will be in German. Pro7 always shows films in German.
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Originally posted by: eros
Hope it is kept at it's original resolution as well instead of degrading it to mpeg2 (blade runner)


You better look into you video formats, .ts is a mpeg2 format at 1920x1080, just not at a 720x480

anyways....

This will hit newgroups and from there it will go to torrent so people should not worry to much about this.
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Yes, please capture this and post it.

The DVD is really lacking....
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The bladerunner hint was put in there to make it obvious I was talking about dvd compatible mpeg OK!
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the cool thing is that in this version the pupet yoda is in this version! on the "new" dvd there will be a yoda lik in ep 2 an 3!
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Why is that the cool thing? Give us the CG Yoda! Now! I've got fan-edits to make!

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Originally posted by: Karyudo

Ep 2 has been shown in HD before; I have it. However, it was on HBO, which means it wasn't OAR. If this is on Pro7 or Premiere (same thing?), then the chances are good it'll be OAR. I think.


I'm not picking, just asking- are you sure it was non-OAR? The reason I ask is that every HD movie I've watched on HBO over the last year *has* been OAR and I'm trying to imagine the circumstances that would stop them from HD mastering or playing EP 2 differently.
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HBO is notorious for non-OAR presentations, although it appears that the studios provide them the films that way. All the presentations of AOTC I've seen on HBO have been 1.78:1, not 2.35:1. Showtime, however, is consistently OAR.
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Originally posted by: ZombieFlanders
HBO is notorious for non-OAR presentations, although it appears that the studios provide them the films that way. All the presentations of AOTC I've seen on HBO have been 1.78:1, not 2.35:1. Showtime, however, is consistently OAR.


But in HD? I know every other film that HBO ever shows on all 50 (or however many) channels they have are shown pan and scan but the single HBO HD channel has shown every film I've watched on it in OAR. Can anyone confirm either way?
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Greencapt, when I used to subscribe to HBO-HD (about four years ago), almost none of their HD was OAR. So much so that I nicknamed it (in my Usenet posts on the topic) "IBC" -- you know, how the letters "HBO" would look with the left and right sides cut off.

I don't think anything has changed. Recent caps I've seen from HBO are still not typically OAR.

You do know that "OAR" stands for "Original Aspect Ratio," and that because many films -- including our favourite six (or three, depending) -- are wider than 16:9, that means there should be black bars top and bottom on an OAR broadcast, right? If there are no black bars on IBC's Ep II, then it's not OAR.

Cropping to 16:9 isn't quite as heinous as cropping to 4:3, but it still ain't right!!
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Originally posted by: eros
The bladerunner hint was put in there to make it obvious I was talking about dvd compatible mpeg OK!


Uhh... OK.

At least one copy of BR that I have is HD and MPEG-2 (IIRC). Another one is HD and Xvid. Yet another one or two are DVD MPEG-2. But of course you'd know that from my writing "MPEG-2" and "Blade Runner" as hints somewhere in the same sentence.
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Fuck off you sarcastic twat!! How's that?
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Originally posted by: Karyudo
Originally posted by: eros
The bladerunner hint was put in there to make it obvious I was talking about dvd compatible mpeg OK!


Uhh... OK.

At least one copy of BR that I have is HD and MPEG-2 (IIRC). Another one is HD and Xvid. Yet another one or two are DVD MPEG-2. But of course you'd know that from my writing "MPEG-2" and "Blade Runner" as hints somewhere in the same sentence.


I was thinking the same thing just did not want to say anything!
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you two blowing each other or something?