Originally posted by: bkev
IMO, the GKar set seems to have better colors - but, the TB has greater detail. Unfortunate about the stars, I wish you luck in fooling around with that.
I'm not sure I posted the best shots for colours as generally the TB has better colours, the GKAR is less saturated and a bit over bright.
the actual image resolution of both the TB and the GKAR is 704x408, they are anamorphic but the bars aren't the right width so they appear squashed vertically, but I'm pretty sure the actual aspect ratio is 2.35:1 (or close to it), I have yet to check but I'll let you know when I do.
Originally posted by: bkev
OK, so uh... one question: these all have different amounts of footage, right? Some cropped in areas and others not? Would it be easy to combine them, or not worth the time?
Then again, I could be wrong about this whole thing.
IMO, the GKar set seems to have better colors - but, the TB has greater detail. Unfortunate about the stars, I wish you luck in fooling around with that.
I'm not sure I posted the best shots for colours as generally the TB has better colours, the GKAR is less saturated and a bit over bright.
Originally posted by: Dunedain
Max_Rebo: Thanks for the info.! I see what you mean about the video, the TB version has better detail and clarity than the GKAR version. There is perhaps the slightest hint of grain in the TB version, but as you said, it appears to be just a natural film grain, not noise, so that's fine, no problem at all. And the picture does indeed look great in the TB version, superb detail!
Here's a better example showing the difference in the grain:
Originally posted by: Dunedain
What is the resolution of the TB version? Do you know if the TB version video is in the same aspect ratio as the video in the U.S. Star Wars 1997 SE widescreen laserdisk set (which is 2.35 to 1, I think)?
Max_Rebo: Thanks for the info.! I see what you mean about the video, the TB version has better detail and clarity than the GKAR version. There is perhaps the slightest hint of grain in the TB version, but as you said, it appears to be just a natural film grain, not noise, so that's fine, no problem at all. And the picture does indeed look great in the TB version, superb detail!
Here's a better example showing the difference in the grain:
Originally posted by: Dunedain
What is the resolution of the TB version? Do you know if the TB version video is in the same aspect ratio as the video in the U.S. Star Wars 1997 SE widescreen laserdisk set (which is 2.35 to 1, I think)?
the actual image resolution of both the TB and the GKAR is 704x408, they are anamorphic but the bars aren't the right width so they appear squashed vertically, but I'm pretty sure the actual aspect ratio is 2.35:1 (or close to it), I have yet to check but I'll let you know when I do.
Originally posted by: bkev
OK, so uh... one question: these all have different amounts of footage, right? Some cropped in areas and others not? Would it be easy to combine them, or not worth the time?
Then again, I could be wrong about this whole thing.
THE GKAR and TB are framed/cropped the same (except in the first shot) and they should have the same footage it's just that the TB dropped a few frames when it was captured. So it is very esasy to combine the TB and GKAR, but it wouldn't be worth using laserdisc material if that's what you mean.