Originally posted by: Laserman
I think most people just want the movie and the PCM audio.

That's what the TR47 set is all about isn't it? lol

But seriously I agree that that creating a 5.1 track from a source that is definitely not 5.1 will never be worth the effort, and I speak from experience. I have found TR47s PCM track incorporated with Pro Logic of my sound system that "forces" it to a 5.1 experience is more than adeqaute and sounds bloody fantastic, but like Laserman said if someone really wants to make a 5.1, by all means.

In regards to using either video or audio from the upcoming releases, as a purist I have to say I don't like the idea.

Based on the reason that the picture and the sound we will be seeing and hearing from this DVD set will beat the shit out of what was seen in the cinemas around the world, as a great majority of the audo is being re-produced from original sounds, and the picture as we know has gone through the Lowrey process which leaves nothing but a few specs of film dust if you're lucky, and probably not even that. lol

Using just the LDs is a way of maintaining the moies as we originally saw them, and in some cases the LD are better than how many people saw the movies. When I was younger and the movies were aired on TV they were aired in Pan & Scan, and the colours were awful.

If anything, to some up this longer than I expected post, by using the less than perfect LD sources, when I watch both the anamorphic and TR47 versions and see the dust specs, and see the slight lack of sharpness etc at times, I'm reminded I am watching the Star Wars films as they were originally made, where this is not sign of 1990s and onwards "digital" technology.

Cheers

RATLSNAKE