Info Wanted: Trilogy Videos picked up at a car boot sale

gpforhire said:

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I don't have a video player to check the quality or such like but wondered if anyone know if its worth bothering to convert them to film or not.

Convert them to film? I'm assuming you mean convert them to DVD, unless you own a film projector?

Of course it won't be DVD quality but they are pre-DVD special edition so I'm not sure what changes (if any) they have

For a comprehensive list of changes, check this thread:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Complete-Comparison-of-Special-Edition-Visual-Changes/topic/11927/ 

They are

Star Wars (Digitially remastered, closed captioned (subtitles?!) HiFi Stereo (bleugh) 1995

ROTJ (Digitally remastered, special widescreen edition, letterbox version (2.35:1), closed captioned HiFi Stereo) 1995 - mould on tape edge so might be buggered)

ROTJ (Digitally remastered, HiFI Stereo, closed captioned 1995)

ESB (Special Widescreen edition, letterbox version - unopened 1994)

Star Wars (Special Widescreen edition, letterbox version 1994)

ROTJ (Special Widescreen edition, letterbox version - unopened 1994)

 

Just realised that my descriptions might be useless so I can post pics if anyone wants to take a look. Should I keep them protected or plonk with the rest of my collection as something to look at but not really worth anything.

Personally I don't think they are worth preserving, as these versions are already preserved in better quality from laserdisc. But others may disagree. Are they PAL or NTSC? 

p.s. Not sure if this counts as memorabilia discussion or not so could a mod move it if I've got it wrong

Just noticed this. I don't think it belongs in the "theatrical vs SE" forum; I can either move it to memorabilia discussion if you want to talk about old VHS tapes, or preservations if you want to talk about converting them to DVD?

pants...

I collect all types of Star Wars tapes, so if you can upload a pic or something I would very much like to see what you've got.

Thanks.