STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW — Page 1004

Something to consider whilst working on this edit:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3031/what-s-the-best-animal-to-slice-open-and-crawl-inside-to-stay-warm

I honestly would say that the SD ANH:R definitely outshines the Bluray. Adywan's release offers very consistent quality, where scenes on the bluray were hit and miss. Some looked great while others, especially in constrast to the preceding scene, were greatly overwhelming.

It also seems as if some edge enhancement was used in a number of shots in the OT blu-rays also, which doesn't surprise me since these BD's are essentially the dvd masters.

As far as we can gather, the 97 SE was scanned at 1080p (the same resolution Episodes 2 & 3 were recorded at) and further modified at that resolution into what was put on DVD and shown on HDTV. That 1080p master was again used for the Blu-ray, uncompressed, but still bearing a lot of the problems the DVD apparently had at its source.

The resolution is better, everything else is pretty much the same, because they come from the same master, so it's simply perfectly true.

Let me stress that Episode 1 was mastered at 2k Episodes 2 & 3 were recorded at 1080p. Lucas doesn't want the "second" trilogy outshining the "first", does he now?

It seems that although it was shot at 1080p, it was mastered at 2k:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121766/technical

I'm guessing 2k will be the next home format, so SW is future proof for a little while....

Guys, we're talking about the master of misdirection here, remember?  How many times did he lie and say he was done modifying the films?  How many times did he say the OT would never be released on DVD in any form?  How many times has he retconned his own personal history of the making of the films?

To that end, how do we know he hasn't already had better scans done of everything we want and is holding out for future releases?  He's sticking with his "2K scan" story for now because that's the limit of what current home technology can deliver.  If he released better versions now, he wouldn't be able to infinity-dip later on by selling it to us again as yet another "improved" version.

Well, actually 2K is 2048x1152 but that's a difference hardly worth getting excited about and it is doubtful that it will be the next home format, since the difference would be practically unnoticeable, so there would be no good reason to make a whole new format for it.

I just read somewhere that there are currently some 4K TVs being introduced to the market and 4K capable Blu-Ray players should be introduced soon. When that becomes standard, the prequels are screwed and in the current state of things, so are the OT SEs (and so is Avatar for that matter).

Harmy said:

When that becomes standard, the prequels are screwed and in the current state of things, so are the OT SEs (and so is Avatar for that matter).

They can still be released uncompressed.

Uncompressed would definitely be nice, but that becomes an issue of replacing BluRay with a new format that can handle it.

I'm slightly confused when it comes to 2k, because it seems that the official resolution of it is 2048x1556, which is another million pixels when used in its entirety, but is a 4:3 format

I've always wondered why BluRay opted for hardcoded black bars rather than anamorphic... seems anamorphic full 2k might be a worthy step up in HD quality... 

Way to bum everyone out asterisk :P 

We're just waiting for the internet Gods to return Adywan to us :)

He is returning.

He never left, he's just over there --->

he may leave again after banging his head on his desk for all this off topic stuff :P