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Post #601252

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spoRv
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The 1997 OT Special Edition Trilogy Preservation Standards Thread (* unfinished *)
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Date created
11-Oct-2012, 6:58 PM

So, is the 1997 SE laserdisc caption still needed?

Let me know, as I have several PAL and NTSC laserdisc players (between them, the Pioneer HLD-X9) and the following discs:

NTSC USA LDs:

  • Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (1997) [4102985] (X2)

 

PAL UK LDs:

  • Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (1997) [EE 1232]

 

PAL FRANCE LDs:

  • Star Wars: Coffret Trilogie: Edition Spéciale (1997) [604735]

 

PAL GERMANY LDs:

  • Star Wars: Trilogie: Special Edition (Krieg der Sterne) (1997) [604705]

 

PAL ITALY VHS:

  • Star Wars: Trilogia di Guerre Stellari Edizione Speciale (1997) [6047WS]

 

(the last for the italian language... if only I could find those 3 DVD-R taken from TV, with italian language but formatted at 1.85:1 so useless as video, but with stereo AC3 at 384kbps if I well remember)

Following my calculation, a capture for each CAV side will be less than 5GB without audio and using Huffyuv - so at least (if I'm lucky) an empty DVD-R will be used for each side, but I'm sure a DVD-R DL will be used anytime...

If I can tell my opinion, I will use the AVCHD format, as it is compatible with PAL and NTSC at standard definition, the video quality is better compared to DVD - using dual layer DVDs, AVC compression at 5:1 or 6:1 will be really good - and is easy today to find BD players which play AVCHD - also PS3 plays it!