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Luke30, Gundark wasn't saying that it would only be released on HD-DVD, he was saying that he stands by his earlier comment about it being released only on HD-DVD and that comment is that it won't be released only on that format. I can see how his post might be misread, but you've gotta go back for the reference statement to clarify his comment.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
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Thanks, Bossk. Thought I'd lost Luke30 to the dark side for a bit there.

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No prob. I misread it initially as well. Took me a second or two.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
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i am proud to say that i didnt misread it, but i can see why people wouldve misread it. must be that i was drunk while reading it, so i understood the contrary to what i was supposed to understand, namely misreading it.
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Ah, now I see, when Motti's drunk, his mind works backwards. That explains a helluva lot.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
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So my logic only works on inebriates? Great...

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no no gundark... dont think like that.
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How will lucasflim go about producing the extras for the original star wars trilogy dvd's?
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That would depend on if they produce any new extras, besides the obligatory commentary track. To get an idea of how studios go about producing extras, see if you can track down the DVD Discoveries disc. There's links to it on dvdtalk.com and hometheaterforum.com.

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I think HD is gaining popularity. Look at DVD players a lot of people thought they were only a fad and would never last. But now they’re the norm and VHS is going the way of the dodo. Although I think VHS will stay around until there is an alternative -inexpensive- way to record of the TV. My brother is going all out, he’s getting HD TV, surround sound... he has two huge bass speakers. The list is endless.
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How whould lucasflim go about rematering the audio and the picture for the dvd's of the original trilogy?
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Should already be done as far as the picture goes. In terms of sound, hopefully the master tapes still exist, then it would be a matter of "baking" them before they can be transferred to 24 bit and cleaned up.

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GundarkHunter What is master tapes?
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Master Tapes are the original medium onto which the edited film was recorded. From the master tapes, a copy master is created, and then the mass-produced consumer copies are made from that. Usually, there are very few copies of the master tapes and all of them are created from the original, edited and remastered film footage. By the time we get a copy of a VHS tape or some such, we are in possession of at least a "fourth generation" copy. A generation refers to the step in the recording process from which your copy comes. For example...

The original filmed footage (generation one) - master tape (gen 2) - copy master (gen 3) - your personal copy (gen 4) - a copy of your tape you made for a friend (gen 5) - and so on down the line.

Production studios want to try to eliminate the number of generations that a movie goes through before it gets out to the public because, as was the case with VHS, with each generation you tend to lose image and sound quality. VHS suffers from a medium malady known as magnetic fallout. When a VHS tape is made, all that is happening is that the magnetic heads in a recorder are reorganizing magnetic particles that are attached to the magnetic tape in a cartridge. However, the process of reorganizing these particles is never 100%. So, with each generation, let's just assume for the sake of argument that it's only a 95% accuracy in reorganization. By the time we get to the consumer copy, if there are in fact four generations, our copy has 80% of the A/V quality of the original filmed footage. Digital media does help with this as there is much greater accuracy in making copies of A/V information that uses 1's and 0's than that which uses magnetism. But, there is sometimes a much richer feel to the magnetic versions. It's what we've become accustomed to. You've gotta admit that even though the sound and picture in AOTC were much crisper (being filmed in digital), it just felt "different". You may not know exactly why it was different, but it was. It was the same argument that fans of vinyl make... vinyl, being an analog medium instead of CD's digital medium, is richer and doesn't sound as clean and overproduced. Some people like the cleanliness of the digital format, others don't, many more just don't care.

I may be off on how many gens there are in the process, but this is the best I could do on such short notice.

Hope this helps.
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--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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The original star wars trilogy will look great on dvd and on any other digital format.
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yes they will luke30...
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Will lucasflim remix the audio in 5.1 dolby digital ex for the dvd release of the original trilogy?
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i would believe so.
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Actually, I think somebody said a while ago that there is some severe bad blood between Lucas and the folks at Dolby and that's why he has his THX sound and remix system. So, I don't think this will happen. Do you recall that too, Motti? It was a while ago on the board.
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No, there's no bad blood b/w Lucas and Dolby; the boys at Skywalker Sound (including Gary Rydstrom) actually helped to develop DD 5.1 EX. It's DTS GL doesn't really like.

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I thought DTS was developed by Dolby as well. If not, who did develop DTS?
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--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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isnt DTS sony? not sure though, going out on a limb here.
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Ah! That's right! Thanks, motti.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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youre welcome.
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Love having people around to help me figure things out.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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