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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
some may not support the new technology of HD. I say it's about damn time we can get our movies in an uncompressed audio and video package like blu ray, or HD DVD.


Ummmm, HDTV material is also compressed....
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Right, HD approaches 35mm quality- it doesn't match it.

So, did anyone catch the SEs in HD this week? How did they look?

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Those screen shots look AMAZING. Wish I had an HD set-up. But my dvds will suffice for a while. Those movies must have looked damn sweet over the weekend, tho.
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I have these downloaded.

They look AMAZING, especially on a large screen.

Shame we it's the SE though.

The audio is PAL and is slightly faster of course.

Working on correcting it though.

Again, these versions KILL DVD.

If you can't see the difference, get your eyes checked.
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my friend recorded them to his DVR, but it's my understanding that one cannot stream cinemaxHD movies from the DVR, for C5 reasons. i hope these show up somewhere. it'd be worth dedicating a hard drive to them. he says they look awesome, and i really want an HD version for my projector.
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Has anybody opened up their DVR, put the HD in a Linux system and tried to copy the files?
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Can someone please tell me why everyone here is so thrilled to see these 1997 SE versions in HD? They're by general knowledge the worst-of-all Star Wars versions ever, so why bother?

And as far as adapting new standards goes. Personally I'd first have to see the electronics and entertainment industry together support only ONE system. I'm not going to invest (heavily) into a system that could become the next Video2000 or Betamax (for all you youngsters: these were rival and some may say technically superior video tape systems to VHS in the late 80's and early 90's).
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Originally posted by: vtpeters
Can someone please tell me why everyone here is so thrilled to see these 1997 SE versions in HD? They're by general knowledge the worst-of-all Star Wars versions ever, so why bother?

And as far as adapting new standards goes. Personally I'd first have to see the electronics and entertainment industry together support only ONE system. I'm not going to invest (heavily) into a system that could become the next Video2000 or Betamax (for all you youngsters: these were rival and some may say technically superior video tape systems to VHS in the late 80's and early 90's).


Its just exciting to see Star Wars in HD--in the same way that seeing the SE's on the big screen again, while sucky in one sense, would still be thrilling.

As for format wars, this is not an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray release, its a high definition television broadcast. No doubt it will be put onto on an HD format at some point, but i think by the time that happens (circa 2009/2010) the format war will have hopefully be decided.
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Originally posted by: vtpeters
Can someone please tell me why everyone here is so thrilled to see these 1997 SE versions in HD? They're by general knowledge the worst-of-all Star Wars versions ever, so why bother?

Actually it's the 2004 dvd released versions that are running on Cinemax in HD. Watching them is still awesome in HD even with all the changes. I just try to ignore those when I see them.
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Originally posted by: vtpeters
Can someone please tell me why everyone here is so thrilled to see these 1997 SE versions in HD? They're by general knowledge the worst-of-all Star Wars versions ever, so why bother?

If you would have read the whole thread, you would have seen how I was talking about that the added cgi effects in the SE scenes look even more crap in HDTV. Apart from the 2004 "colour treatment" (although it seems that it has been corrected again), the restauration effort is awesome. This is how the OOT *COULD* look.


And as far as adapting new standards goes. Personally I'd first have to see the electronics and entertainment industry together support only ONE system. I'm not going to invest (heavily) into a system that could become the next Video2000 or Betamax (for all you youngsters: these were rival and some may say technically superior video tape systems to VHS in the late 80's and early 90's).


Yup, I´ll sign that!
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Originally posted by: yanksno1
Originally posted by: vtpeters
Can someone please tell me why everyone here is so thrilled to see these 1997 SE versions in HD? They're by general knowledge the worst-of-all Star Wars versions ever, so why bother?

Actually it's the 2004 dvd released versions that are running on Cinemax in HD. Watching them is still awesome in HD even with all the changes. I just try to ignore those when I see them.

Okay, now I'm lost! The HD screenshots of the restored Jabba-Solo Hangar scene from Episode IV seems to be taken from the 1997 SE version. The 2004 SE Jabba looks bad, the 1997 SE Jabba looks even worse and I believe the screenshots are from the worst looking Jabba (aka, the 1997 SE version). But, I could be mistaking.

If either of these two versions receive the HD treatment, it makes one seriously wonder if the OOT will ever see a DVD or HD (on Blu-ray and/or HD-DVD) release ...

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Originally posted by: Vigo
Originally posted by: vtpeters
Can someone please tell me why everyone here is so thrilled to see these 1997 SE versions in HD? They're by general knowledge the worst-of-all Star Wars versions ever, so why bother?

If you would have read the whole thread, you would have seen how I was talking about that the added cgi effects in the SE scenes look even more crap in HDTV. Apart from the 2004 "colour treatment" (although it seems that it has been corrected again), the restauration effort is awesome. This is how the OOT *COULD* look.
True, except for the 'enhancements' made to the SE releases.


And as far as adapting new standards goes. Personally I'd first have to see the electronics and entertainment industry together support only ONE system. I'm not going to invest (heavily) into a system that could become the next Video2000 or Betamax (for all you youngsters: these were rival and some may say technically superior video tape systems to VHS in the late 80's and early 90's).


Yup, I´ll sign that!

I'm affraid the HD format 'war' will rage on for a while. When the smoke clears and one format remains still standing on its feet, I'll concider buying into HD. Until then, DVD on SD (Standard Definition) will do ...