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The pre 2004 cut of THX 1138 is on HBO Max in the UK

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The pre 2004 cut of THX 1138 is on HBO Max in the UK! It’s the cut that was re-released in the late 70s after Star Wars became a hit.

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SpacemanDoug said:

What master is it using?

It’s standard definition and cropped to 16:9. I’m assuming it’s an old broadcast master from before 2004. Appears to have PAL speed up. Looks decent enough to my eyes though. Nice colours and much better looking all round than the laserdisc.

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Cedric T Sealion said:

SpacemanDoug said:

What master is it using?

It’s standard definition and cropped to 16:9. I’m assuming it’s an old broadcast master from before 2004. Appears to have PAL speed up. Looks decent enough to my eyes though. Nice colours and much better looking all round than the laserdisc.

are you able to rip it?

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SpacemanDoug said:

Cedric T Sealion said:

SpacemanDoug said:

What master is it using?

It’s standard definition and cropped to 16:9. I’m assuming it’s an old broadcast master from before 2004. Appears to have PAL speed up. Looks decent enough to my eyes though. Nice colours and much better looking all round than the laserdisc.

are you able to rip it?

Tried and failed.

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Cedric T Sealion said:

SpacemanDoug said:

Cedric T Sealion said:

SpacemanDoug said:

What master is it using?

It’s standard definition and cropped to 16:9. I’m assuming it’s an old broadcast master from before 2004. Appears to have PAL speed up. Looks decent enough to my eyes though. Nice colours and much better looking all round than the laserdisc.

are you able to rip it?

Tried and failed.

All this excitement over something we’ll never have.

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I ripped the HBO Max version. I’ll share it on the Spleen.

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I wonder why it’s not OAR. Definitely would be nice.

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This is far from perfect but better than I expected.
Much better quality than VHS or laserdisc.
I corrected the framerate to make it run at the proper speed
and I am very happy.
The original aspect ratio would have been nice but beggars
can’t be choosers.

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Greg Z said:

This is far from perfect but better than I expected.
Much better quality than VHS or laserdisc.
I corrected the framerate to make it run at the proper speed
and I am very happy.
The original aspect ratio would have been nice but beggars
can’t be choosers.

The incorrect aspect ratio makes it unwatchable. It’s not slightly incorrect it’s butchered.

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Do we know any more about the provenance of this master? Was it made especially for HBO sometime before 2004?

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rudolf said:

Do we know any more about the provenance of this master? Was it made especially for HBO sometime before 2004?

That’s very likely

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