In the first post on this thread it says:
"The ISO image can be burned to a DVD-DL and should work in most Blu-Ray players.
To burn, you can use image burn following thse instructions: http://onlineitpro.com/?p=181"
but when I click that link it says:
"Error establishing a database connection"
Is there an updated link to get the ISO? Thanks.
They're also on Demonoid...
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bucoholic said:
TV's Frink said:
Well, since you didn't read the first post, I'd just wait if I were you.
Actually I did read it and as I stated I signed up for an account with myspleen and my account is not letting me login, so I am not able to request an account with myspleen torrent. tehparadox is taking for ever to download.
Did you try using the password reset option? I think I had to do that.
BobbyDigital - that isn't a link to the ISO anyway, it's a link to instructions on how to burn the ISO you've obtained from elsewhere onto a DVD9.
I see, Erik. Thanks. I was able to find the despecialized versions elsewhere.
Harmy, I can't thank you enough for all your efforts. I watched EP IV 2.5 tonight, and it is amazing. I avoided buying the blu-ray box set, and I haven't seen Star Wars in a long time, several years at least. Tonight, I got to visit an old friend again, thanks to you and all the contributors.
It was very easy for me to make a blu-ray, once I got the MKV. Use tsMuxer to make a BDMV folder, and ImgBurn to burn a single layer blu-ray. That's it. The second I was done burning, PowerDVD started playing it. My Oppo player recognizes it like any other blu-ray, and plays it without a hitch. It looks and sounds fantastic, even projected on a large screen.
Yes, I didn't buy the blurays either since I have the 06 DVDs and don't see the point in paying again for the exact same 2004 transfer released in 2011 on BD! If they'd done a fresh scan, which we all believe Disney is now doing, I would have considered it.
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RU.08 said:
which we all believe Disney is now doing
I'm hopeful, but I wouldn't say we all think they're doing that now.
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Lucas always liked doing that, just sitting on the SW trilogy and not releasing it, he refused to release it on bluray or hd-dvd in 2006 (when it was re-released on DVD that same year as we all remember), and for five years until 2011 by which time he could have had new transfers done as is the norm now for HD, but he didn't. So what was the point in waiting 5 years to release it in HD?
Disney should be keen to avoid getting the same reputation.
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You should own the official BD in order to download the Despecialized or any restoration or fanedit based off of the BDs!!!
Harmy said:
You should own the official BD in order to download the Despecialized or any restoration or fanedit based off of the BDs!!!
Seconded. Guys, please review the forum rules.
This is especially important in a popular (outside of OT.com, too) thread like this one.
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And it's not hard to find the individual Blu Rays cheap on Ebay these days.
Where were you in '77?
The blurays are the same as the DVD, just in a different resolution. Like most people here I own more than one copy of the SW trilogy on home video.
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Well many BDs come from the same master as their DVD counterparts but that doesn't mean they are the same thing - the resolution is the main difference between the two formats after all.
Like it or not, the policy is that if you want to download an HD restoration, you have to own the BDs and it makes sense because since the added resolution is the main value added for the BDs, acquiring the film in higher than DVD resolution some other way without also buying the official HD release is piracy.
Well I think that's splitting hairs, IMHO. We're not talking about two different products, we're talking about the same thing released in different home video formats. I'll buy it in the future when there's a better quality transfer, I've already bought the 2004 Lowry "restoration" (supervised personally by George Lucas). Lucas declared that it was the definitive version:
“The other versions will disappear. Even the 35m tapes of Star Wars out there won’t last more than 30 or 40 years,” he said.
“A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version, and you’ll be able to project it on a 20ft-by-40ft screen with perfect quality.
"I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s, to go back and reinvent a movie.”
And that was around 2004 or 2005 wasn't it (before the "GOUT")?
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Thanks to the Internet, it's becoming harder and harder to make things truly disappear. xD
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In most cases your argument would be understandable. But never in Star Wars.RU.08 said:
We're not talking about two different products, we're talking about the same thing released in different home video formats.
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I agree that it's not just splitting hairs as far as the DVD vs. Blu. The same logic would suggest that torrenting a blu ray rip is fine if you own the 10 year old DVD based on the same transfer. (not making an argument on piracy as a whole here, just that what I've described would never be okay for a group trying to follow the rules). As doubleofive said, the difference between releases is of course even greater where SW is concerned.
I think the takeaway message is: It's counterproductive to say in the official thread, which is linked from various places, why you haven't bought the official product. Even if it's to give some polite praise.
AntcuFaalb said:
RU.08 said:
which we all believe Disney is now doing
I'm hopeful, but I wouldn't say we all think they're doing that now.
To be clear: we're certainly not all sold on the fact that they're going to be releasing the OOT. Isn't the fact that a 4K remaster of some form has been done basically confirmed, though?
Why is this even a discussion?
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Notes-on-Piracy-Please-Read/forum/17/topic/13347/
This is really a very small difference of opinion, I can see some have a different opinion to me and that's fine. There's no need to be preachy about it. I own several copies of SW. I have uploaded well over 1TB (probably more than 2TB) on just the SW DE 2.5 torrent alone, the main thing I have done with it is to seed it for others, I think I watched it once from start to finish.
@doubleofive - since Lucas clearly said that DVD version is the definitive version, changes present in the 2011 version run counter-intuitive to the argument the buy it instead of the DVD. ;)
@towne32 Yes, the remaster will still be the SE or so I expect, and as I mentioned when that is released I'll buy it. And then I might do my own version.
I mean no disrespect to Harmy or anyone else, and this is where I'll leave my part of the discussion on this.
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It's not an opinion, it's a forum rule. Sheesh!
Yes, from a draconian interpretation, a more liberal interpretation says I do own the source material, on a different format. The rule says "content providers deserve to be compensated", which I agree with, I disagree with compensating them TWICE for the same transfer. And that's now where I'll end my part of the discussion.
I own up to four copies of some movies already, the last thing I need is to buy more duplicates in my DVD/BD collection.
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How convenient that you only quoted the part of the rule you agree with. Not to mention that you are going against Harmy's wishes, which is really disrespectful.
Would you please shut up about your disregard for the rules? People like you get projects and websites shut down. Take your piracy elsewhere.
what u have to unserstand is not just the rule, but WHY it is in place. The only reason lucasfilm has not shut down all of our operations is because we aren't profiting, and we aren't costing them anything. If we all were to be lenient about not having to own the source material, we would be costing them money because people would be getting fan edits and restorations instead of the official BDs. If you want harmy to be able to continue to do what he does without any problems and if u want ot.com to continue to exist, u should really own the official release or at least not flaunt and defend the fact that u havent bought it.
Ultimately that rule exists to protect ourselves. We want this sort of thing to continue to be possible to create and share, right? Then let's follow the rules and not jeopardize it senselessly.