skyjedi2005 said:
the 2004 cut being the only one never released on laserdisc.
the real gem and beauty of my collection is the studio ghibli gai ippai boxset.
it may be on laserdisc but it still features Hi Vision remasters, nausicaa of the valley of the wind has the best laserdisc transfer i have ever seen, limited by the fact that it is letterboxed and interlaced.
the 2004 cut being the only one never released on laserdisc.
the real gem and beauty of my collection is the studio ghibli gai ippai boxset.
it may be on laserdisc but it still features Hi Vision remasters, nausicaa of the valley of the wind has the best laserdisc transfer i have ever seen, limited by the fact that it is letterboxed and interlaced.
I don't think the 2004 version not being on laserdisc is any loss. That has gotta be the worst version of the films despite the fact that it's the only anamorphic transfer.
The version that looks interesting to me now is the Special Edition. It had a film restoration that actually featured a competant color timer. I think a 97 box set went for only $10 on eBay. Does that sound right, the version that's not on dvd still goes for less than the Definitive which somebody mentioned he recently got for $40?
How do the unaltered dvd's compare to the Special Collection or 97 Special Edition laserdiscs?
Do you have any more info on the Studio Ghibli lasers? Man, I'd love to see a picture of those. Don't some of them have older dubs that the Disney dvd's do not? How good was a Hi Vision transfer, are there any pictures around that compare it?