Originally posted by: generalfrevious
I have a silly question, but I think it could clear things up for me, and its about the change in video technology. How can the best laserdisc transfer from the 90s end up being the most visually unwatchable DVD today? And, are the 2006 SW DVD's analog?

It does seem like we've gotten pretty spoiled sometimes, doesn't it?

I remember when I got my first VCR and my first VHS tape of Star Wars in the early 1980's, and how thrilled I was. The fuzzy nature of VHS didn't bother me then- I was just in awe of the ability to play my favorite movie on my TV- whenever I wanted to! WOW! It was a pretty neat thing back then. I watched that old VHS tape a million times (or, at least it seemed like it).

To answer your question, the 2006 DVDs are indeed digital (like all other DVDs) and they were made from the 1993 LD masters (which are also digital) but the LDs themselves were an analog medium (at least in terms of the video- the sound was digital).