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ChainsawAsh
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THE STAR WARS SAGA - 1080P AVCHD DVD-9 for PS3 & Blu-Ray players - Episodes 1, 4 & 5 available now
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Date created
16-Apr-2009, 11:22 PM
darthmunky said:

Aaaaw. Are there any theatrical versions that are actually good quality with the correct color that are available on dvd? Or do you if there is any way to convert this to DVD format?

Well, these aren't theatrical versions anyway - ESB is a 1080p restoration of the 1997 SE, while ANH is basically the 2004 SE with Han shooting first (both color corrected, naturally).

If you're looking for the 1977, 1980, 1983 theatrical versions, the 2006 DVD release (which we call "GOUT" here) is passable, though it's non-anamorphic from a laserdisc master.  That's probably the best quality of those versions available, and it's not terribly difficult to make anamorphic versions.  The color is a bit washed-out, but it's better than the 2004 DVDs - the biggest problems with those are the high level of grain and bad digital noise reduction that tends to smear the image in some scenes.

If you're looking for the 1997 versions, this would be the best available for ESB, and there are DVD sets that use the laserdisc transfers of the 1997 SEs, but none of those are particularly great (though someone on this forum is working on a "Super Set" that combines the best available sources), and those wouldn't have particularly great color, either.