Help: looking for... HDTV Special Editions....

Author: dickalan
Date: 6-Mar-2009, 1:51 PM

Author: dickalan
Time: 6-Mar-2009 1:51 PM (Edited)
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Hello! I’m a total newb here. So i hope i’m not messing up with any of the rules here. I’ll do my best to follow them.

So what i’m trying to ‘preserve’ (collect) is the original theatrical 77, 80, 83 trilogy.

I think i’ve found what i wanted: (The Original Unaltered Trilogy)

From what he said it’s the 2006 bonus discs but somehow he got it to be fully widescreen instead of it cut off or whatever the problem was with those…

So a perfect theatrical release on DVD?? CHECK

Now i guess what i’m asking for here is if anyone can upload (becuase i couldn’t find it) the 1997 HDTV Special Editions? So I can burn it onto a single DVD, not DL. I know that seems like it defeats the purpose (downgrading) But as far as technology goes this is all i have at the moment. (newly wed trying to save up)

So yea the 1997 HDTV Special Edition on a 4.3 GB DVD upload to demonoid would be AWESOME!!!

Thank you guys soooooo much, i love forums where people actually take ACTION!!! and not just sit around and talk about crap… 😃

OHH and one more thing…the torrent of disc 4 of the rowman transfer with all the laserdisc special features is ‘dead’ there. Meaning nobody is seeding so i’m stuck at 21% so if anybody can reseed or start a new torrent with this it would be awesome!

OOHHH AND ONE MORE THING -sorry

I don’t get how newsgroups work? is this how most files are transfered around here? Could somebody explain it to me? I see all these people talking as if they have eachothers files but no info on how to get them…

THANK YOU GUYS STAR WARS IS RAD!!!

Author: doubleofive
Time: 6-Mar-2009 2:21 PM
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dickalan said:
Hello! I'm a total newb here. So i hope i'm not messing up with any of the rules here. I'll do my best to follow them.

So what i'm trying to 'preserve' (collect) is the original theatrical 77, 80, 83 trilogy.

I think i've found what i wanted over at demonoid posted by 'booster2' if you do a search you can find it with: (The Original Unaltered Trilogy)

From what he said it's the 2006 bonus discs but somehow he got it to be fully widescreen instead of it cut off or whatever the problem was with those...

So a perfect theatrical release on DVD?? CHECK

Basically its a crop with some stabilization scripts ran on it. Hardly perfect, but definitely better from my understanding.

Now i guess what i'm asking for here is if anyone can upload (becuase i couldn't find it) the 1997 HDTV Special Editions? So I can burn it onto a single DVD, not DL. I know that seems like it defeats the purpose (downgrading) But as far as technology goes this is all i have at the moment. (newly wed trying to save up)

So yea the 1997 HDTV Special Edition on a 4.3 GB DVD upload to demonoid would be AWESOME!!!

I don't believe the 97 SE was ever shown in HD. Just the 04 SE. See Adywan's 1080P AVCHD for the closest thing.

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Author: ChainsawAsh
Time: 6-Mar-2009 3:03 PM
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Someone's working on an LD preservation of the 1997 SE if I'm not mistaken.

Author: dickalan
Time: 6-Mar-2009 3:11 PM
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Here are the best versions available:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-film-versions-and-best-DVD-sources/topic/6126/

Its says:

"Star Wars Special Edition (1997 version)
Differences: various added scenes and digital alterations
Best source: TB digital broadcast transfer"

So, What is the TB digital broadcast transfer?

Author: ChainsawAsh
Time: 6-Mar-2009 5:11 PM
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I believe it was taken from a German broadcast. There's a person working on an "ultimate edition" preservation of the 97 SE, and that's one of the sources. (I was wrong earlier about the LD to DVD preservation, I was thinking about this one)