Originally posted by: Zion
The cleanup involved in the 1993 release actually did remove a lot of dirt and scratches. The immense amount of dirt in the pre-THX LDs is evidence enough. But the cleanup didn't remove everything and the ghosting it left behind is almost unbearable for me to watch anymore. You'd be surprised how many burn marks were still in the video after their extensive cleanup job. All of these will be absent from the X0 release, as will the shots horribly affected by the DVNR.
I don't doubt that, all I was trying to say is that if you started with the digital SD tapes that Lucasfilm started with in 1993 before any cleanup was done, I don't believe your version would be anywhere near as cleaned up as theirs.The cleanup involved in the 1993 release actually did remove a lot of dirt and scratches. The immense amount of dirt in the pre-THX LDs is evidence enough. But the cleanup didn't remove everything and the ghosting it left behind is almost unbearable for me to watch anymore. You'd be surprised how many burn marks were still in the video after their extensive cleanup job. All of these will be absent from the X0 release, as will the shots horribly affected by the DVNR.
You can take it for granted that Lucasfilm monitors this site, and so I could easily speculate that they've employed a team to clean up their 1993 digital master beyond the extent that you could with the LD captures. Of course I can only speculate on this, and I'm not in anyway saying it will happen - it's just a thought. Another thought is that if you started with the OUT DVD's and cleaned them up, wouldn't they look better then the cleaned-up X0 capture?
Anyway, I'm going to do other things now so until tomorrow or whenever I return - stay well.