.: LeeThorogood's PAL LaserDisc Preservation Project :. - '97 SE Finished '95 THX Finished - '97 SE Uploaded '95 THX Uploaded to the newsgroup — Page 11

Author: LeeThorogood
Time: 31-Jan-2011 1:54 AM (Edited)
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Okay I know these aren't what you were expecting / asked for, but I further tweaked my calibration settings so ROTJ will need re-rendering. In the meantime however Star Wars has been re-rendered and re-authored with the latest calibration tweak so that one is 100% finished. :D

Enjoy

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Author: The Aluminum Falcon
Time: 31-Jan-2011 2:31 AM
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Those screen shots look nice! I'm really loving the (finally) two-eyed stormtrooper. Yay, hurray for less DVNR!

Author: LeeThorogood
Time: 31-Jan-2011 8:39 AM
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Unfortunately I can't afford a properly calibrated monitor like what LFL use so I apologise if the colours are messed up. J/K

I intentionally included the "Look Sir! Droids" shot and the Mos Eisely drive by shot to show how little DVNR smear this release has. :D

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Author: Murry Sparkles
Time: 31-Jan-2011 9:18 AM
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Really looking forward to watching this , excellent work Lee.

Author: Moth3r
Time: 31-Jan-2011 10:04 AM
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Yes, this does look very nice.

I'd be interested in putting the six shots as shown here up for comparison.

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Author: LeeThorogood
Time: 31-Jan-2011 12:03 PM
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Ask and ye shall receive:

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Author: link343
Time: 4-Feb-2011 2:44 AM (Edited)
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lee, I thought this project was for the 97 special edition? Those screens look like the original version.

EDIT: read some of the past pages and got my answer. Could you post some screens from the Special Edition films? The Jabba scene from ANH would be nice.

Author: rockin
Time: 4-Feb-2011 9:41 AM
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Looks amazing.

Can I ask, have they been converted to true anamorphic widescreen Lee?

Author: LeeThorogood
Time: 4-Feb-2011 9:53 AM (Edited)
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link343 said:
lee, I thought this project was for the 97 special edition? Those screens look like the original version.

EDIT: read some of the past pages and got my answer. Could you post some screens from the Special Edition films? The Jabba scene from ANH would be nice.

If I get some time I will try and post these. ;)

rockin said:
Looks amazing.

Can I ask, have they been converted to true anamorphic widescreen Lee?

Hi Rockin,

What's your definition of 'true anamorphic widescreen'?

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Author: dark_jedi
Time: 4-Feb-2011 10:02 AM (Edited)
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LOL, he probably wants to know if you encoded them in 16:9? and Lee the screens look nice, but a little to smooth\soft\blurry not sure what term to use, but a little to much of that for me.

Author: msycamore
Time: 4-Feb-2011 10:03 AM
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Looks very nice, could you perhaps post some screen-caps of these shots? http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Original-Theatrical-Versions-2006-DVD-Flaw-List/post/462787/#TopicPost462787

I'm curious if these French LD's have the same color issues. Also, could you check the asteroid chase in Empire, I'm interested to know if it have the blue colored TIE-lasers the '95 PAL-VHS had. Thanks.

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Author: dark_jedi
Time: 4-Feb-2011 10:10 AM
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msycamore said:

Looks very nice, could you perhaps post some screen-caps of these shots? http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Original-Theatrical-Versions-2006-DVD-Flaw-List/post/462787/#TopicPost462787

I'm curious if these French LD's have the same color issues. Also, could you check the asteroid chase in Empire, I'm interested to know if it have the blue colored TIE-lasers the '95 PAL-VHS had. Thanks.

That lights on the Special Collection don't change.

Author: rockin
Time: 4-Feb-2011 10:24 AM (Edited)
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LeeThorogood said:

link343 said:
lee, I thought this project was for the 97 special edition? Those screens look like the original version.

EDIT: read some of the past pages and got my answer. Could you post some screens from the Special Edition films? The Jabba scene from ANH would be nice.

If I get some time I will try and post these. ;)

rockin said:
Looks amazing.

Can I ask, have they been converted to true anamorphic widescreen Lee?
Hi Rockin,

What's your definition of 'true anamorphic widescreen'?

From the little info that I have read, aren't most laserdiscs which are said to be 'widescreen' are only letterboxed (like GOUT) and not truly anamorphic in the sense of filling the screen properly in 16:9? Correct me if I am wrong, but I have yet to see a laserdisc in true 16:9.

dark_jedi said:

LOL, he probably wants to know if you encoded them in 16:9?

Yes.

Author: Moth3r
Time: 4-Feb-2011 10:47 AM (Edited)
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Yes, the laserdiscs are 4:3 letterboxed widescreen. However, it looks like he has upscaled this to convert to 16:9 anamorphic widescreen (the clue is that the screenshots are 1024 x 576 not 768 x 576).

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Author: msycamore
Time: 4-Feb-2011 11:11 AM
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dark_jedi said:

That lights on the Special Collection don't change.

Yeah, it seems that color glitch in the garage is only on the '93 NTSC-master. It's not like that on my PAL VHS, I'm just curious if these LD's comes from a different master than the VHS tapes.

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Author: LeeThorogood
Time: 4-Feb-2011 11:12 AM (Edited)
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dark_jedi said:LOL, he probably wants to know if you encoded them in 16:9? and Lee the screens look nice, but a little to smooth\soft\blurry not sure what term to use, but a little to much of that for me.

Unfortunately the softness of the image is a feature of the 1995 PAL release. :(

Moth3r said:However, it looks like he has upscaled this to convert to 16:9 anamorphic widescreen (the clue is that the screenshots are 1024 x 576 not 768 x 576).

This is correct I have converted the letterboxed 4:3 to anamorphic 16:9. :)

msycamore said:Looks very nice, could you perhaps post some screen-caps of these shots? http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Original-Theatrical-Versions-2006-DVD-Flaw-List/post/462787/#TopicPost462787

I'm curious if these French LD's have the same color issues. Also, could you check the asteroid chase in Empire, I'm interested to know if it have the blue colored TIE-lasers the '95 PAL-VHS had. Thanks.

I will see what I can do. ;)

EDIT: I am just watching Empire now to check I am 100% happy with it, and I can confirm the TIEs in the asteroid field have blue lasers. :(

While I am here I just want to repeat/confirm what Moth3r has said before that the 1995 THX PAL release does still suffer from DVNR smear, although not to the same extent as the GOUT. :(

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Author: LeeThorogood
Time: 5-Feb-2011 7:44 AM
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As I get closer to being ready to upload both the '97 SE and THX trilogies I was wondering, what would people prefer I upload first? I have a hunch more people are interested in the THX trilogy but I thought I would ask in case I was wrong. ;)

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Author: rockin
Time: 5-Feb-2011 7:51 AM (Edited)
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I would say the 97 SE ones, since there is hardly any ESB and ROTJ 97 SE to download, except for one very compressed avi copy.

Author: msycamore
Time: 5-Feb-2011 9:34 AM
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LeeThorogood said:

I am just watching Empire now to check I am 100% happy with it, and I can confirm the TIEs in the asteroid field have blue lasers. :(

Ah, okay. Thanks for checking. It's weird, I wonder what really caused all these minor color problems with some of the optical effects in the '93/'95-telecine.

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Author: Jetrell Fo
Time: 5-Feb-2011 12:52 PM (Edited)
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LeeThorogood said:

As I get closer to being ready to upload both the '97 SE and THX trilogies I was wondering, what would people prefer I upload first? I have a hunch more people are interested in the THX trilogy but I thought I would ask in case I was wrong. ;)

Well, I do happen to have your SE 2.0......if it would help, I would consider uploading them to Demonoid so you could concentrate on your Coffret THX release.

I would probably need to know how exactly to rip it and your 2.0 tech specs and information so I could post them for people asking questions.

It's just a suggestion anyways......

Author: link343
Time: 5-Feb-2011 3:54 PM
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The Special Editions. Hard to come by online these days. There are tons of Pre-SE copies floating around. Wouldn't hurt to release them second IMHO.

Author: LeeThorogood
Time: 5-Feb-2011 5:51 PM
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I have started uploading my '97 SE Star Wars (ANH) to a.b.sw my ISP recently upped their upload speeds so hopefully this will be done in a day or two. I will then upload the rest of the '97 SE before moving onto the THX Coffret set.

Speaking of the THX Coffret set, I am just watching Jedi through now, assuming there are no problems that will be Jedi and the Coffret set as a whole complete YAY! :D

Those of you who have requested screen shots I will try and post them tomorrow. ;)

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Author: link343
Time: 5-Feb-2011 6:11 PM
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Lee, do you mind if someone uploads these to a torrent site (i.e demonoid)?

Author: LeeThorogood
Time: 5-Feb-2011 6:16 PM
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link343 said:

Lee, do you mind if someone uploads these to a torrent site (i.e demonoid)?

Not at all. :)

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Author: The Aluminum Falcon
Time: 5-Feb-2011 6:21 PM
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Can't wait to see the '95 set eventually! This set looks awesome. I really liked your '97 SE set, so I can imagine the great work you've done with the other one.