beyourowndensity said:
towne32 said:
iamsometal said:
After purchasing the retail versions of the films:
Download the .iso files from wherever you can find them. You'll need to burn them to Verbatim DVD+R DL discs. There's a helpful video on youtube that will walk you through the process. Just search "How to get Original Unaltered Star Wars Trilogy on Blu-ray." Ignore the blu-ray in the title, this video will explain how to burn to DVD+R DL discs.
I'm not super familiar with the DVDs, so density can ignore me if I'm wrong, but isn't the DVD-DL an AVCHD? And wouldn't that be of no use to him without a blu-ray player?
I thought the only native DVD versions were DVD5s, but I could certainly be wrong. Anyway, the main point of this is good. Density, you can google to find torrents of the DVD versions of despecialized. And google how to use torrents if you're not familiar. Once downloaded, use imgburn to burn it to a blank DVD (the above discussion was whether or not you need a single or double layer DVD - I'm not sure). You might find a ".iso" file as described above, or it might be a folder full of files. I've only seen the latter for the DVD5 Harmy releases. Either way, imgburn can do it and google has anything that we might be leaving out of these posts.
Wait, what is meant by "after purchasing the retail versions of the films"? I already have the Special Editions, are the retail movies required for me to download the Despecialised versions? And are there certain types of discs I can use to make the DVDs higher quality without making them unusable on a DVD player? (to add further confusion to the "which disc" argument)
I'm a girl, by the way. Just putting that out there. XD
It's a wink and a nod thing, it's better to have purchased the films in retail and treat these as "backup" versions. You've already bought the SE's, so you're good. You already own it, so you're not really "Stealing" it.
If all you need is single layer DVD's (I know nothing about the DVD versions but if it's a DVD5 version you'll only need a single layer) buy Verbatim DVD+R AZO's, like this. No DVD's you buy will make the films look "better" or playback at a higher quality, it's just a matter of disc reliability. Verbatim AZO's are very high quality for the price, while others might fail after a period of time, tend to burn with errors (leaving you with a handful of coasters in your spindle of discs), or your player might have trouble reading 'em because they were manufactured with cheap materials.
Google your DVD player beforehand and make sure it can play +R's, it almost certainly can. If not, buy the -R Verbatim equivalent, just make sure they're AZO's (they have an entire line but their AZO line is the best and most reliable. Look for the "AZO" icon on the package, or if buying online make sure it says it in the listed specs.)