This Info/Feedback thread is all abouth the “Farsight” Original Trilogy Set that was posted on Myspleen.net
This info was lifted from myspleen…
Major differences in this version compared to others are Anamorphic video, ac3 sound, improved video bitrate, and an extremely high amount of care taken to ensure that the result is as good as possible given the source (an old film print on analog medium).
Source is the 9-disc LaserDisc set, the best available source for these versions of the movies. Encoded through S-Video, with great care to get 0 dropped frames, correctly merge the 6 disc-sides per film, properly convert the framerate, deinterlace the video, clean up analog noise w/o blurring the image, normalize the sound, and fix the various field-order errors in the original source. Basically, it’s unlikely you’ll see a better version of these films any time soon.
The Lowdown…
Star Wars - Original Trilogy - The “FARSIGHT” Edition includes an EXTRAS disc - The extras come from the Definitive Laserdisc set, and includes all the documentaries, interviews, trailers, concept art, production stills and a DVD-Rom folder with the stills from the LD!
DVD Information
- 4 DVDr’s
- Source - U.S. Definitive Collection LD rip version
- NO Menus
Trilogy Tech Specs
- 4.26gigs, 4.22gigs, 4.22gigs
- Anamorphic Widescreen Enhanced for 16x9 Monitors
- Video: 4-6 Mbps (average bitrate) / Encoding: ~ 4500kbps 3-pass CCE @ 23.97 fps
- Audio 1: Dolby Digital 2.0 (192 Kbps)
Extras Tech Specs
- 2.40gigs
- Interactive Menus
- Video: 4.46 Mbps (average bitrate)
- Audio: Main - Dolby Digital 2.0 (256 Kbps)
This complete Trilogy was added to my collection just recently - I’ll post a review when I can but Please feel free to leave your reviews here also!!