of course, no one should have to upload for several weeks, and 60+gb per movie is too much. however, as an example, about a month ago a 'release' was posted to a usenet group where the total size with 10% par2s (recovery files) was a little over 30gb. normally the releases in that group are 10-20gb, but the high bitrate and run time made it huge, but it went thru 100% complete for the people that did d/l it. btw, i am not directing this to you citizen, but to your method and similar ones.
karyudo, that is exactly the response i was looking for. i am sure you, and others, have paid immense sums for the collections you have, and would be concerned about rendering that investment moot. but i see it this way:
this sub-forum is about the preservation of the original trilogy. good. imho, that translates to 'those that have the time, money, knowledge, and experience to preserve the original trilogy'. not very many people fit into that category. now, many ppl can satisfy one of those requirements, and some might even fit two. obvious reality is that money and time are the hardest to obtain. the point is that true fans, who indeed want to ensure ppl from this generation and beyond can enjoy the o-ot, should be able to work together with others in the community to find solutions to make great preservations come about. as it stands, there are a few children who say 'i have everything to enjoy o-ot best way possible and you dont, so there'. however, as adults they could say 'well i have some sets, joe has the others, bill has a great player, bob knows alot about conversions with much experience, and jill has too much time on her hands. if we establish trust and work together, we can make an excellent offering to the community.' btw, this is not directed just to you karyudo, but to all who have been blessed with the money to afford such collections.
so if the community is blessed with something like this, would those with expensive collections suddenly have worthless junk? i dont think so. someone could show their collection of all the best transfers made and it wouldnt be/feel the same as someone who had the actual lds, or a top-knotch ld player, etc. however, both of those ppl would be able to enjoy the o-ot in a great way, not simply as one with a much superior experience versus a respectable but less superior experience.
so in essence we could succumb to the dark side and be greedy, or be with the force and share for the cause. i might get flamed for this, but hopefully some of you will understand what i am talking about.