Kurgan said:

So I take it the Prequels are the same "cuts" as the DVD editions, and the OT are the "2004 editions" right?

Of course I don't have any High-Def hardware at all (and my current PC hardware couldn't handle it even if I did have the right drivers/software installed), but I thought I'd ask. ;)

Can someone post some comparison shots?

It's nice to know though that by the time I DO get one, there will be a six film saga waiting for me (if a decent official one isn't out by then). Once these are out, and with these and the wookieegroomer versions to compare with, anyone can do a color-correction, sound-fix if they wish (since, believe it or not, there are actually people out there... though not me of course... who prefer the 2004 editions, but admit that they have a few glitches).

To be honest i wouldn't use either mine of Wookiegroomers versions as a basis for an edit. No disrespect to Wookiegroomer of course but you want to work with the best quality encodes and they were the original german braodcasts that were the x264 16gb+ releases. Both mine and wookiegroomers have artifacts that aren't there on the higher bitrate file, and i know that wookiegroomer would agree with me on this. Never work from a re-encode. Always use the original

Also i may use the laserdisc 5.1 audio track for the OT so you can chose between either the 2004 5.1 or the laserdisc 5.1 (and have boba fetts original voice) to give a wider choice. but maybe the commentary will have to go for those and i would ahve to return them to the '97 SE trilogy and not the 2004 set