Originally posted by: Davis
No, because it's not true to the original. There are shots on that disc that were modified for the 2004 SE, and they weren't replaced with the original video.
According to the people that released it on MySpleen, all of the Special Edition shots in all 3 movies were deleted. Replaced with the original video from the LD rips.
Colors on the LD I can't comment on. I can imagine there might be better transfers of it out there someplace. Part of the reason for this thread was to find out.
Originally posted by: Davis
So I'd say no- pick up the official DVD for $18 next month, which contains the actual original movie.
No, because it's not true to the original. There are shots on that disc that were modified for the 2004 SE, and they weren't replaced with the original video.
According to the people that released it on MySpleen, all of the Special Edition shots in all 3 movies were deleted. Replaced with the original video from the LD rips.
Originally posted by: Davis
And the colors are screwed up. And the encoding is pretty lousy (I don't know about Empire and Jedi, though).
And the colors are screwed up. And the encoding is pretty lousy (I don't know about Empire and Jedi, though).
Colors on the LD I can't comment on. I can imagine there might be better transfers of it out there someplace. Part of the reason for this thread was to find out.
Originally posted by: Davis
So I'd say no- pick up the official DVD for $18 next month, which contains the actual original movie.
Now this comment I can't wrap my head around. First of all the OT isn't going to be $18 next month. That's just for 1 of them. So you're looking at over $50 for the entire OT, since Lucas is forcing you to buy the SE versions as well. On top of that, the video quality has been confirmed by LucasFilms themselves as being no better than anything you can find from what has been released here. No thanks.