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Info: A year ago I spent $80 on ebay... and a year later I found this site.

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…and a year later I found this site. August 2004 of last year I was searching every single place to find the OT on DVD. Of course, the anxiously awaited special special editions were being released in a couple months. I still wanted to watch the OT, in widescreen. I have never watched Star Wars in its original widescreen form other than when the 1997 editions came out on the big screen and I went to see that. Mind you, I watched my VHS first edition release about 20 times. So I finally found this site http://starwarsdvd.maclenet.com/ . After stumbling on that I realized there are original widescreen editions out there. So I turned to ebay where you can find everything. At that time, there were two sets on ebay. Dr. Gonzo’s set which was going for around $100-120cdn. It came with the white “Definitive Collection” covers. The set looked really nice. Then there was Cowclops set dubbed “TR47” at the time. It was going for $50-60cdn. So I opted for that set which came with original TR47 DVD covers. At this time, I didn’t know anything about torrents nor did I know other people were sharing this movie through P2P. Yeah, I was pretty stupid I guess. It arrives at my door and I’m extremely happy with the set. No menu’s but the video/audio quality is superb. At last, watching star wars as how it was intended.

A year later I pop in Star wars after seeing revenge of the sith. About halfway into the movie it just stops and freezes. WTF??. I paid $70 for these discs with shipping last year and this is what I get. I tried it on two other DVD players and same thing happened. I finally aquired a DVD burner(NEC 3420A) and popped it in there for a scan disc run. The last few of the VOB files are corrupt.

A last, I find this site and its just amazing the generosity and kindness that goes on here. I can’t believe how many edits there are now. My personal favourite is still TR47 for video/audio quality, Editdroid for the menu system, Dr.Gonzo represents “Definitive Collection” feel. I asked a question just now where to find the gonzo set and it was answered within a couple hours, so awesome!!!. I’ll be passing these movies along to my friends hoping that nobody else gets duped the way I was.

Once again, thank you guys for your incredible knowledge and these forums.

BTW, I do own the VHS “faces” widescreen black box but just don’t own a vcr. Who would want one these days anyway?.lol

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Pretty much the same story here. . .EXCEPT. . .

It was September of 2004. . .

I did a little more research (i.e. i found TR47 actually selling these)

Got the DVDs directly from TR47 for. . . . . .I forget!. . .a lot less than $60 CAN though. . .

Found this site before my DVDs eve arrived (was searching for info on TR47. . .there were different sets around and I wanted to know the differences, etc and find some reviews)

Found Rikter. . .and got the Dr. Gonzo Anamorphic set from him.

Now it's (almost) a year later and I've since gotten the editdroid versions on myspleen (thanks rik!) and the wookiegroomer splitscreen set on a.b.starwars. (thanks "The Dark One!!") This is a great place for information and to learn how to get these films. I'm really excited about the X0 project (check it out if you haven't already) and can't wait to get my hands on "the classic edition." My girlfriend doesn't understand why I need to watch 50 different versions of star wars, but at least she ACCEPTS it! LOL

-James
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Glad to have you onboard, shadow_cruiser. Stick around for awhile.

<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>

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MeBeJedi - Did your TR47 DVD's come from TR47 himself or from someone selling copies of the TR47 set?
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Sorry, that question was directed to shadow_cruiser.
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Mingus - I actually did find this site right after I bought the DVD's. I believed I signed up too but I can't remember what the username is now. At the time, I didn't know anything about torrents nor did I want to learn anything because either way, I had no DVD burner. Which is the reason I bought the DVD's in the first place. Thinking of it, with that money spent, I could have bought a burner. After I bought the DVD's I learnt you could buy them from TR47 directly for cheaper too!!. The X0 project does look amazing, I love the updated screenshots that they post and I'm looking forward to that set the most. Something I'm willing to spend money on for sure. My girlfriend always hates I have so many star wars versions, 6 in counting. She also hates the star wars movies in general but loves AOTC and ROTS becuase of the love story, LOL.

MeBeJedi - I will be around awhile for sure. This place is great and I check the forums regularly. I'm currently downloading your prototype dvd, thanks for the hard work.

Observer - The copies came from ebay but I honestly can't remember. Maybe it was TR47, did he sell these on ebay too??. I tried looking for the paypal receipt but its nowhere to found. Speaking of which, they are TR47 covers but modified from the ones I've seen here, mainly from the Cover Collection Pack Rikter compiled. Widescreen is at the top and on the back, there's a white box that says disc features with audio,video,other.

I tried seeing if I could copy them the other day. All DVD's stop at 80% including the bonus material. Maybe the original maker put some kind of lock in this thing if thats even possible?
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I'd like to provide you with answers to your questions, but A) I don't have a set of my own yet to compare with you and B) I have very little knowledge in general about burnig DVDs. I prefer just to shell out the small amount of money and get someone who knows what they are doing to do it for me. Sounds lazy, but...well, I have no excuse.