I haven't forgotten the rest of that. I understand the industry has moved on.
I am just saying that it's better than what I had before, and I'm just trying to illustrate why it seems a little extreme to say you can't watch it, or that your only choice is to love the SE.
Set against the backdrop of growing up in an era where it just didn't get better than laserdisc, the way some people make it out like they just can't watch it because it so horribe seems a tad over the top.
How many of us were fine when we got our widescreen VHS's back in the day?
How many of us were upset about the graineyness when it was out on laserdisc?
It's not that they got worse, it's that we became more demanding.
For me, wether I was watching it on Pan N Scan or on my black and white TV in my room, or even just listening to the storybook album before I had access to home video, the spirit is still there. To me these movies trancend their presentation.
I'm not saying anyone else is wrong for not being able to enjoy it unless it's the best it can possibly be in this day and age, I'm just saying that to me the September release seems to be a whole lot better than what we had before. Even if it isn't PAL resolution laserdisc, I still don't have to flip the disc during each movie.
Last night I popped in Star Wars on my PC and got fairly close to the monitor. I can certainly see what you guys are saying about the resolution and the jaggy lines and the graineyness. But at the same time I think the colors and general sharpness is pretty good. One thing I love the most about this release is the way you get the image instability. To me that instantly nails that feeling I had watching the originals in the theater, where it all looks so real, but has that twitch to it that your brain adjusts to, but still gives you that slight feeling like you are hallucinating or something. Like this "reality" is slightly off the tracks.
I really enjoyed watching it on my PC, but I'll have to try to get my hands on a widescreen TV to see exactly what you guys are talking about.