Originally posted by: boris
Of course they do. Those movies were in perfect shape when freshly unloaded from the camera...
The only tinkering done to it was ridiculously boosting up the colours and of course the SE changes.
And the funny thing is on any other DVD release people wouldn't even be aware that they used the same master tapes as were used for LD releases.
Originally posted by: Vigo
By the way, the way the 2004 SE looks is closest to what the negatives look like (except the boosting of the colours). No they do not.
By the way, the way the 2004 SE looks is closest to what the negatives look like (except the boosting of the colours). No they do not.
Of course they do. Those movies were in perfect shape when freshly unloaded from the camera...
The only tinkering done to it was ridiculously boosting up the colours and of course the SE changes.And the funny thing is on any other DVD release people wouldn't even be aware that they used the same master tapes as were used for LD releases.
Such unaware people exist everywhere, you are right. But only in the Star Wars fanbase, they get vocal and try to explain the low quality problems away, citing idiotic phrases as "They look great!", "This is the way how these movies looked back then!", "...but they HAVE the right aspect ratio!!!", "as long as they look better than my old VHS, I´m gonna buy them!!!!". Only here, you have people who actually FIGHT FOR low quality.
And, another aspect for the lack of awareness is that LD transfers are not an issue anymore, unless you prefer to buy from very small labels, releasing splatter/zombie/porn flicks.
And you can bet your @ss that this "awareness" will suddenly increase once the first reviews will come out and customers bought those "Bonus Discs".