This bootleg subject has caught my attention, and I have read all the pages and found out that this subject has became a complete mess!! We need to compile all the information and compare, trully compare, these differente bootlegs versions !!
I sujest the following:
Every one tries to describe at best their version, the technical details and the content (extras and others), and then everything is organized and joined in one single thread to compare the pros and cons of each version.
Screenshots are essential, and must be taken in the most identical way possible by everyone.
I suggest everyone downloads this aplication so that the screenshot are independent as possible of software and contrast/brightness settings etc..
Open the vobs from you DVDs with the VirtualDubMod executable, choose a ramdom frame of the movie, and just press "Shift+1" to save a screenshot of the movie in PNG.
Put as the filename, the frame number if possible (it is under the slider)
Send them to me and I will host them if you need to.
sergio.miranda@sapo.pt
After the first screenshots are posted here, I hope that people try to take similair shots of the same parts in their DVD to compare all versions in a equal way.
Screnshots of the menus can be taken if the right .VOB is open.
Go to "File"->"File Information" to cess very detailed information on the MPEG2 and audio stream. Post it too if possible.
This may become something that requires some work but isn't this all we want?? To have the best possible version to keep the OT intact??
If I could get my hands on all these bootlegs out there, I would join up the good parts of the several versions and to ultimatly create the best possible DVD, but I don't live in the Us and I can't get them easealy so I must rely in the information you provide to decide witch one to get.
I would create a new topic just with the important stuff but I want to get some impressions first...
Just one more question, already partially made by LaserMan:
Some boolegs refer to having Dolby Digital 5.1 souns. Did any of the laserdiscs have this?' or is it the work of someone using another LD source??
Can you give me some explanations of the diferences between the several LD editions of the OT??