Warbler said:

why do you hate the blu ray format?

i'm against it for a couple of personal reasons..

1) i'm moving away from physical formats, in favor of disk files

2) sony (and other companies) pushing yet another format, that who

knows how long it will be around, and being stuck with yet another format

3) need an easier format to work with (blu-ray files are a pain) compared

to other convertible ones

if they know enough to dig deeper. The point is, they shouldn't have to. Lucas shouldn't be trying to erase them for existence in the first place.

only people that bother watching documentaries and maybe are old

enough to remember the originals will really care. other people will just

watch the movie once in awhile, and not really notice or care. what the

motivation for Lucas is won't really change the existence of these.

somehow I think a professional studio would be able to do a better job at restoring them than amateur fans.

you would think that, but look at what 'professionals' have done so far..

not very technically inspiring, and thats what led us to this in the first place.

besides, there are plenty of 'professionals' on this board that are

volunteering their time and efforts for free, to do this. i looked for 2 years

for a commercial place to help transfer the 35mm prints i have, and only

because of this board have i found contacts to get them done without

having to pay at all... i think we're in good hands here..

later

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