Originally posted by: electrictroy

Originally posted by: RikterThere are aome XVID versions of the OT on the torrent network - BUt why use such a low rez format for these films?

I don't know about XVID, but I do know that MPEG4 will exceed the quality of DVD (mpeg2), given the same amount of space. I've seen HDTV-quality vids encoded in MPEG4 standard that are absolutely gorgeous.

I'm going to check out the BSplayer. Thanks!

troy

You do realise that the DVDs the guys here create are normally based on Laserdiscs, and as such are normally a 'lower' quality than the official DVDs (No offense to DrGonzo, EditDroid and the rest, but you guys know what I mean).

I'm not sure exactly what you believe you are getting hold of.

If you want the best (visual) quality version of the original Star Wars trilogy, I would suggest buying the official DVDs.

If you want to watch MPEG-4 versions of the films: Convert a DVD with the likes of Nero Digital.

Yes, MPEG-4 can offer higher quality than MPEG-2, but I'm assuming until there is an HD broadcast of the trilogy (and even then, it will be the SE / 2004 edition), there will be no better version of the films to download than those discussed here / available at myspleen.

Kindest Regards

DVD-Boy