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msycamore
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Info Wanted: Pre-'93 Japanese Special Collection LD transfers?
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29-Jan-2011, 4:32 AM

dark_jedi said:

Darth Mallwalker said:

Haven't transcribed the mint marks from the sequels yet, but I will...
No secrets

You should do that set d_j
Lot cheaper than JSC on eBay too, I'll tell ya
Your rendition could easily become the 'best currently available'

 

You have links to the 3 we would need? on Ebay and LDDB?

He provided the link in that other thread: http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/36787/1130-85/Star-Wars%3A-A-New-Hope-%28FOX%29-%281977%29

Darth Mallwalker said:

sequels mean ESB & ROTJ wearing SWE jackets, mastered by Technidisc in 1993-94
To my knowledge, they didn't suffer any 'incredible shrinking ratio' like ANH, so maybe they were never remastered, or retelecine or whatever.
It's possible they're made from same master tape as earlier Pioneer pressing SWE, and presumably JSC, so they'd be missing few frames between reels in that case.

On the other hand, if they'd been remastered from '93 telecine they should indclude (nearly) all frames as GOUT, but without THX smear. [This appears to be the case for ANH, at first glance anyway.]
They were cheap enough, so I decided to take the chance and try to answer that question. This is the hypothesis, to prove or disprove...

Interesting, thank you for the info. :) Please post some possible interesting finds on the Empire disc when you get the time to check it.