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Was the Original Trilogy ever released to Super VHS?

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Just curious..... laserdisc is good, but I'd rather have Super VHS if possible (better resolution).

Troy Heagy


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The Greatest VHS Boxset of star wars is definatly (no doubt)



The Limited Edition "Executor" Boxset (1995)




"A Jedi can feel the force flow through him".
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3 posters of IV, V and VI

Script of the trilogy

leaflet of matte paintings

From Star Wars To Jedi... (1985)

Classic Creatures- Return Of The Jedi (1983)

The Making Of Star Wars (1977)

SPFX - the making of the Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Supplement material of star wars DE as follows..

Interviews of Lucas, Burtt, Muren

Lapti Nek - the music Video from Jabba's palace

A Tour through the Ranch...

"How the Walkers work" featurette

Jedi's Videomatics - featurette

Asteroid Sequence, with Storyboard


What do you think of that?




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Originally posted by: Jedikev
The Greatest VHS Boxset is definatly (no doubt) - The Limited Edition "Executor" Boxset (1995)


THIS IS NOT "SUPER VHS"

At least it doesn't sound like it??? I don't see any "S-VHS" markings on that picture you posted?

troy
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That's the last time i'll ever help anyone.
"A Jedi can feel the force flow through him".
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That's pretty damn nice. I wouldn't mind getting ahold of that box set myself. Probably costs 100 bucks now though.
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Jedikev

All I did was ask a question: "I don't think that's the Super VHS set, is it?" What the hell are you offended about???????

troy
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Oh shit, i forgot are you an American because the Executor Boxsets were released in the UK and have a PAL Format.
"A Jedi can feel the force flow through him".
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I can view PAL.

But I'm more concerned about the format. Not just plain-jane VHS. I am looking for *Super* VHS.

troy
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Originally posted by: electrictroy
Jedikev

All I did was ask a question: "I don't think that's the Super VHS set, is it?" What the hell are you offended about???????

troy


I have anger issues, i'm a very angry person who's pissed constanatly.

I went through the hassle of getting that image and got a negative repsonse from you, who would'nt be pissed. also you've never heard of Sean Devlin have you?

"A Jedi can feel the force flow through him".
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Okay, I've been using S-VHS since 1988, pretty much the year it was introduced. The only pre-recorded titles I ever saw were from Paramount and the late Orion Pictures. They must have been marketed pretty badly, as I only ever saw them for sale at a high end video store where I bought my first editing decks way back in 1993. AFAIK, Fox never licensed films in any other videotape formats besides regular VHS and Beta. Ironically, they have released titles in the recent HDTV Digital VHS format, but not Star Wars...
And for the acronym confused, Super-VHS is the semi-pro broadcast cousin of VHS. It boasts 400 line resolution. (About equal with LD, but without LD's video gremlins.) It carved out a niche with people wanting to shoot better looking video in those happy go lucky pre-DV days and small tv stations that couldn't afford to go Sony. It never really caught the attention of Joe VHS consumer, but did find a second niche as a way to record digital sattelite for several years. There are still a few decks on the market, but they are pale ghosts of the machines I have. Most VHS decks on the market now have the undocumented feature of playing back S-VHS tapes at VHS resolution. (Kind of pointless, IMHO.) And now, you know the rest of the story!
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Where were you in '77?

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Originally posted by: SilverWook
(SVHS is about equal with LD, but without LD's video gremlins.)



Video gremlins?

troy
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The Limited Edition "Executor" Boxset is a great item with lots of cool extra goodies and awesome packaging (I wish I had it), but all of the content can be found on the Definitive Collection laserdiscs.
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Interesting Silver Wook. I have a JVC 9-something. I wonder if that has the undocumented feature. Personally, i love a lot of it's features as well as the s-video out(tapes look great on my Loewe D-TV). If only the loading mechanisn wasn't so problematic. Still, it's better than the Mitsubishi S-VHS in the kitchen.

What do you have?


Made for IE Forum's Episode III theme month - May 2005.

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"Still, it's better than the Mitsubishi S-VHS in the kitchen. "

I just find that to be a funny sentence.

<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>