Octorox said:
well the original was 16gb. this is compressed to 50gb and ady's was compressed to about 8gb. Of course the quality is going to be better, however a BD25 definetely would have been enough

Plus the german broadcasts are 1080p, not DVD quality

Yeah its been upscaled to 50gigs by recompressing the 16 gig file at a higher bit riate, that doesnt mean you get any more detail, in fact at 50" or higher screen I wonder if it wouldn't be even softer than the 16gb version.

As for the German broadcasts, they might be "1080p" but it looks like a more uncompressed version of the 2k transers done in 2004. If an actual Blu-Ray were to be made today from Lucasfilm, I'm sure we would see a 4K or 8K transfer from the orig SE negative, I recommend you compare the Wizard of Oz 2K DVD to the new 8K Blu Ray. It would be that drastic and an improvement. Just cause it fits on a BD-25/50 doesn't make it so, this reminds me alot of the the 16bit wars of the early 1990s lol Then we had 32 bits then 64 bits... really it comes down to the source material, to get the Life like expierience on Bluray you need a higher transfer from the film stock.

Personally, I just dont see the point for downloading 45gb of data that is the same detail as the 16bg version, of course there is color correct, but none of us here would have known that if it weren't for Ady posting pics. And lets not even bother with the DTS claim... Which brings me back to WG's wierd behavior here on the boards.. haven't seen that kind of stuff since Anti-Matter...