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Post #497506

Author
OmegaMattman
Parent topic
.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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Date created
9-May-2011, 1:01 AM

Unfortunately, and with no disrespect to Zion or the X0 team, the X0 transfer just doesn't really offer anything of use.  When you break it down, it's still just a transfer of the '93 Star Wars LD, though from a solid LD player with no compression artifacts.

But, it does have it's own issues.  For starters, and this was mentioned a few posts back, there is obvious dot crawl.  Luckily, most of it is easy to remedy.

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/5900/x0b0.jpg

Second, there are some occasional instances of video drop-out.  While rare, they are usually of such extreme that entire frames might need to be replaced.

http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/8229/x0c0.jpg

Finally, the opening ANH text has some issues with the yellow letters.  I don't know if it has to do with the dot-crawl...or what.  But, in my opinion, it renders the X0 transfer an unsuitable source for the '81 opening...unless someone knows a way to clean that up.

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/8302/x0a0.jpg

Plus, it still has all of the wonderful ugliness associated with the '93 transfer, securing GOUT as our best (yuck) current source.