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Post #68154

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justlnluck
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Info Wanted: The laserdiscs vs. The best bootlegs
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Date created
28-Sep-2004, 5:20 PM
Well for me, I was really looking forward to the TR47 set. But unfortunately, it appears slightly less stable and more pixelated on my computer monitor than the Dr. Gonzo set. Maybe on the TV, it would look better...? I use WinDVD to watch both of them. I also noticed, in both sets, some vertical bands that disort the brightness. These are especially noticeable in the Dr. Gonzo ROTJ. I suppose this was caused by interference in the cables that transfered the original LD source onto the computer?

When it comes down to it, I prefer the anamorphic set because it provides clean artificial black bars instead of pixelated bars with splotches of dark greys. Like Pagz said, it would be nice if non-anamorphic transfers could have their black bars excised and replaced with clean ones.

Also, if you have both the Gonzo and TR47 sets, take a look at the title scrolls to see if you notice the artifacts in the text of the TR47 version that are absent in the Gonzo version.