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Info Wanted: How is there Anamorphic Fan Edits but not Lucasfilm OT DVDs

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How is it possible that fan edits, like Cowclops’ for istance, is taken from the 1993 Laser Disc and is Anamorphic, but Lucasfilm’s version is from the same source but will not be anamorphic???

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1) The so-called "anamorphic" fan DVD sets are not true anamorphic transfers, they are scaled up from the letterboxed LD source. These "fanamorphic" transfers can look better on a 16:9 TV than a letterbox transfer, as the scaling is better than your TV could manage in real time (see Moth3r's set for a good example of this).

2) Lucasfilm's version will not be from the same source, as it will be from the digital tape master used to make the analogue Laserdiscs, and therefore should look considerably better than any DVD sourced from an LD.
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as the scaling is better than your TV could manage in real time


CRT televisions (which still have the best SD picture quality IMO) don't scale anything. I made an anamorphic version of my non-anamorphic Dark City DVD because I could see the gaps between scanlines.

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Absolutely ! On my TV the letterboxed dvds leave VERY visible gaps between the scan lines. I avoid wherever possible. It kind of spoils the viewing because I know it's there and I know if it were anamorphic I wouldn't see it.
No idea why LucasFilm couldn't spend a day reencoding this to an anamorphic ratio. But I'm sure the fan edits will look better on my TV than the official version.
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Originally posted by: Senator_Polk_of_NJ
How is it possible that fan edits, like Cowclops'for istance, is taken from the 1993 Laser Disc and is Anamorphic, but Lucasfilm's version is from the same source but will not be anamorphic????


Well, they are not FAN EDITS but Preservations and Lucas is just trying to make another million dollars, just WAIT and see in another year well get another "limited" edition but it will be anamorphic THEN he'll redo it a third time in HD. I really can't believe that most folks haven't noticed that he really likes the cash he generates from all of these so called "Last time ever", "Limited Edition" and "Special Editions".

“My skill are no longer as Mad as the once were” RiK

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The worst thing about it the most people on this board will buy all stuff with STAR WARS printed on a DVD CASE.
So do I, so just count:
1 = DVD of the New One = 24,95€
because you want all 3 it is 24,95€*3= 74,85€

74,85€*OT.com= $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

(OT.com= The number of Members in this Forum)
You can also add every other Forum like MF.com or starwars-union.de
its so funny.

But i cant wait for the DVDs.
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5543/yodabg2.png
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"fanamorphic" transfers"

LOL...someone should trademark that.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>