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File Name: bd-sw1977.nfo

Star Wars

1977 Theatrical Edition

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Custom BD-50



Source: Premiere HD, Sky HD, and 2006 Limited Edition R1 DVD Disc 2

Length: 2:01:07

Video: 1080p23.976 MPEG-2 39.62Mbps

Audio: English AC3 2.0 Dolby Surround 192Kbps

(Source: 2006 Limited Edition R1 DVD Disc 2)

Subtitles: None (hardcoded English for Huttese)

Chapters : 50 chapter marks from DVD

Menu: None





This is a 1080p HD version of the original theatrical edition with appropriate scenes

upconverted from the DVD. No attempt was made to clean up or enhance either source in

any way. Maximum bitrate was used to preserve quality. MPEG-2 was chosen simply because

it was easier to deal with at the time and at these bitrates the codec makes no difference.

You will need an electron microscope to see the difference from the original captures.

This was a personal project for me. You may like it or you may not. I don't care.



If nothing else it is a good illustration of all the changes. There are two places where

I left in extremely minor changes because it would have meant editing a lot of footage

around them. See if you can spot them.



I hope this will at least spur others with more skills than I into creating better HD

versions of the original unaltered theatrical editions, instead of wasting your talents

on retarded fan edits.













rapidoor

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File Name: bd-sw1977 BDInfo scan.txt

Disc Title: Star Wars

Disc Size: 37,867,185,169 bytes

Protection: AACS

BD-Java: No

BDInfo: 0.5.4



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Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB / Dolby Surround



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4 0:04:53.209 0:02:35.155 40,010 kbps 46,946 kbps 00:07:03.172 41,400 kbps 00:07:03.172 40,703 kbps 00:07:03.256 208,595 bytes 627,814 bytes 00:05:50.516

5 0:07:28.364 0:01:26.961 40,001 kbps 43,751 kbps 00:07:42.044 40,741 kbps 00:08:48.861 40,338 kbps 00:08:08.946 208,547 bytes 646,651 bytes 00:07:43.045

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8 0:15:24.048 0:03:56.110 39,651 kbps 47,162 kbps 00:15:39.063 41,259 kbps 00:15:38.979 40,547 kbps 00:15:38.896 206,722 bytes 828,929 bytes 00:17:02.438

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13 0:28:52.605 0:03:21.201 39,984 kbps 45,028 kbps 00:31:22.589 41,085 kbps 00:29:02.907 40,588 kbps 00:29:02.991 208,457 bytes 967,484 bytes 00:29:03.158

14 0:32:13.806 0:02:19.138 40,001 kbps 44,206 kbps 00:32:17.101 40,935 kbps 00:33:05.024 40,407 kbps 00:33:51.946 208,549 bytes 739,621 bytes 00:33:05.108

15 0:34:32.945 0:02:01.371 39,991 kbps 43,918 kbps 00:35:23.371 40,844 kbps 00:36:10.751 40,384 kbps 00:34:42.246 208,493 bytes 733,137 bytes 00:36:10.835

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17 0:38:45.698 0:02:35.405 39,991 kbps 44,796 kbps 00:39:26.197 41,004 kbps 00:39:25.404 40,589 kbps 00:39:25.029 208,493 bytes 926,387 bytes 00:39:25.654

18 0:41:21.103 0:00:49.549 39,977 kbps 44,543 kbps 00:42:06.524 41,344 kbps 00:42:05.648 40,368 kbps 00:41:34.533 208,422 bytes 639,148 bytes 00:41:35.242

19 0:42:10.653 0:01:49.025 39,996 kbps 44,193 kbps 00:42:57.741 40,905 kbps 00:43:38.115 40,515 kbps 00:43:37.990 208,519 bytes 709,639 bytes 00:43:05.332

20 0:43:59.678 0:03:01.181 39,724 kbps 46,898 kbps 00:44:28.999 41,455 kbps 00:46:51.099 40,710 kbps 00:44:28.957 207,100 bytes 765,315 bytes 00:46:15.647

21 0:47:00.859 0:02:05.125 39,968 kbps 43,413 kbps 00:49:03.065 40,586 kbps 00:47:19.670 40,297 kbps 00:48:41.084 208,376 bytes 655,621 bytes 00:49:03.774

22 0:49:05.984 0:01:15.909 38,095 kbps 47,152 kbps 00:49:39.267 41,135 kbps 00:49:06.902 40,642 kbps 00:49:06.151 198,612 bytes 412,813 bytes 00:50:08.505

23 0:50:21.893 0:01:18.703 39,761 kbps 45,101 kbps 00:50:53.967 41,196 kbps 00:50:32.946 40,661 kbps 00:50:31.820 207,298 bytes 702,628 bytes 00:50:50.881

24 0:51:40.597 0:00:08.133 40,558 kbps 44,038 kbps 00:51:40.597 40,802 kbps 00:51:40.597 0 kbps 00:00:00.000 211,452 bytes 320,245 bytes 00:51:48.480

25 0:51:48.730 0:02:42.620 39,906 kbps 46,941 kbps 00:53:57.567 41,397 kbps 00:53:57.692 40,713 kbps 00:53:57.692 208,054 bytes 778,221 bytes 00:54:28.682

26 0:54:31.351 0:02:12.674 39,878 kbps 46,913 kbps 00:56:35.141 41,239 kbps 00:55:32.579 40,701 kbps 00:55:32.454 207,907 bytes 486,361 bytes 00:54:37.899

27 0:56:44.025 0:03:57.695 39,944 kbps 46,036 kbps 00:57:56.973 41,208 kbps 00:58:44.395 40,665 kbps 00:58:36.971 208,252 bytes 568,722 bytes 00:57:29.404

28 1:00:41.721 0:03:05.810 39,473 kbps 47,250 kbps 01:01:52.709 41,355 kbps 01:00:48.811 40,661 kbps 01:01:52.083 205,795 bytes 589,223 bytes 01:00:47.185

29 1:03:47.532 0:02:05.750 40,007 kbps 44,108 kbps 01:04:03.089 40,810 kbps 01:04:04.340 40,396 kbps 01:04:04.340 208,580 bytes 711,110 bytes 01:04:27.071

30 1:05:53.282 0:04:10.250 39,988 kbps 43,951 kbps 01:07:46.979 40,746 kbps 01:08:52.670 40,378 kbps 01:08:03.954 208,480 bytes 649,565 bytes 01:08:07.708

31 1:10:03.532 0:01:39.974 39,986 kbps 43,650 kbps 01:10:33.729 40,724 kbps 01:11:35.249 40,351 kbps 01:10:33.312 208,469 bytes 613,474 bytes 01:10:33.771

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33 1:14:45.063 0:01:55.740 39,940 kbps 46,798 kbps 01:16:06.270 41,560 kbps 01:16:05.519 41,177 kbps 01:16:04.268 208,227 bytes 612,980 bytes 01:15:31.902

34 1:16:40.804 0:02:19.514 39,867 kbps 47,175 kbps 01:18:50.183 41,312 kbps 01:18:50.225 40,693 kbps 01:18:50.183 207,848 bytes 774,186 bytes 01:17:41.073

35 1:19:00.318 0:03:30.835 39,860 kbps 46,400 kbps 01:22:03.251 41,378 kbps 01:21:09.948 40,686 kbps 01:21:37.100 207,810 bytes 630,094 bytes 01:20:32.869

36 1:22:31.154 0:02:01.996 39,844 kbps 46,166 kbps 01:22:49.297 41,378 kbps 01:22:49.381 40,665 kbps 01:22:49.214 207,728 bytes 555,221 bytes 01:23:40.348

37 1:24:33.151 0:02:53.923 40,029 kbps 44,443 kbps 01:24:40.492 41,057 kbps 01:24:36.488 40,557 kbps 01:24:35.445 208,694 bytes 653,784 bytes 01:24:42.285

38 1:27:27.075 0:03:52.106 39,963 kbps 44,044 kbps 01:29:30.782 40,887 kbps 01:29:28.363 40,416 kbps 01:29:25.526 208,350 bytes 694,357 bytes 01:31:02.039

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42 1:37:08.280 0:01:47.607 39,997 kbps 46,662 kbps 01:38:39.872 41,256 kbps 01:38:39.830 40,666 kbps 01:38:39.997 208,528 bytes 684,870 bytes 01:37:38.602

43 1:38:55.888 0:01:12.572 40,018 kbps 43,534 kbps 01:38:56.096 40,617 kbps 01:39:16.283 40,323 kbps 01:38:56.096 208,636 bytes 671,305 bytes 01:38:56.263

44 1:40:08.460 0:01:59.285 39,904 kbps 46,012 kbps 01:41:51.355 41,334 kbps 01:41:51.313 40,629 kbps 01:41:51.313 208,041 bytes 578,192 bytes 01:41:32.419

45 1:42:07.746 0:04:40.405 39,489 kbps 47,186 kbps 01:45:38.457 41,663 kbps 01:43:49.932 40,700 kbps 01:46:00.270 205,880 bytes 714,530 bytes 01:46:07.694

46 1:46:48.151 0:05:35.960 39,668 kbps 47,362 kbps 01:49:52.711 41,566 kbps 01:48:49.356 40,753 kbps 01:49:52.752 206,810 bytes 807,828 bytes 01:46:48.693

47 1:52:24.112 0:02:28.898 39,377 kbps 47,783 kbps 01:54:06.548 41,671 kbps 01:54:03.545 40,946 kbps 01:54:03.503 205,293 bytes 607,028 bytes 01:53:28.134

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QUICK SUMMARY:



Disc Title: Star Wars

Disc Size: 37,867,185,169 bytes

Protection: AACS

BD-Java: No

Playlist: 00000.MPLS

Size: 37,839,931,392 bytes

Length: 2:01:07

Total Bitrate: 41.65 Mbps

Video: MPEG-2 Video / 39619 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9

Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB / Dolby Surround

"Leia shoots first"

File Name: bd-tesb1980.nfo

The Empire Strikes Back

1980 Theatrical Edition

----------------------------------------------------------

Custom BD-50



Source: Premiere HD, Sky HD, adywan,

and 2006 Limited Edition R1 DVD Disc 2

Length: 2:04:52

Video: 1080p23.976 MPEG-2 34.52Mbps

Audio: English AC3 2.0 Dolby Surround 192Kbps

(Source: 2006 Limited Edition R1 DVD Disc 2)

English AC3 5.1 448Kbps

(Source: adywan Theatrical DVD audio fix)

Subtitles: None

Chapters : 50 chapter marks from DVD

Menu: None





This one is actually watchable. In fact the first BD is pretty much crap.

Restoring Star Wars and Jedi is difficult. Empire is a different story.



The transition between shots is not jarring. Or Jar-Jaring. The results

are much better this time.



There are only 4 shots taken from the official DVD footage (which still

looks better than the first film's). About 160 seconds are from adywan's

Theatrical DVD, which is much better quality, and the Grandma Emperor scene

(48 seconds) is from adywan's SE 1080p release. The opening crawl is from

Sky HD and the rest of the movie is the unaltered Premiere HD capture.



No color co-wreck-tion was done to the HD footage. I've seen a few

different attempts at that and they all look terrible.



I decided to keep as much HD footage as possible this time and ignore

extremely minor changes. With that in mind here is a list of



What was not restored in this film:

-----------------------------------

The shot of the Imperial Probe Droid flying away is slightly modified.



An extremely minor difference in Vader's first scene. If you can spot

this you get a Wookiee cookie.



Numerous tiny differences in the Battle of Hoth (lasers bolts and some

backgrounds). You would have to compare frame-by-frame to even notice

these.



Despite the new transfers having more picture information in most shots,

some Falcon cockpit shots have a slight zoom-in in this film. You would

have to compare side-by-side to see the difference.



R2's panels were originally black in space shots due to the limitations

of blue screen used at the time. This was fixed for the new release. You can

justify this as being a simple color timing difference (even though

technically it is not).



Different clouds in the background of one Falcon cockpit shot and in one shot

below Cloud City. No need to be anal!



Han's shadow/vest shots. I couldn't justify putting Harrison's close-up

in SD for this one minor thing.



One shot on Dagobah where the new edit is off by a few frames (but still

stays in sync with the original version). This is true of many of the optical

wipes as well. Again, nothing that can be detected without a frame-by-frame

comparison.



Lightsabers. The new version of the trilogy has thinner lightsabers to make

them look more like the prequels, and I hate them. This was actually the

main reason why I started this whole silly project in the first place.

But I think most people probably don't care about this and they want the

lightsaber scenes in HD. So here you go.



Admiral Piett and his Lieutenant had reverse insignias due to the film

being flipped. This was fixed in the new version and I left it in. Sue me.



In the final shot the characters standing in the window have slightly

different framing. Big whoop.



Triple passworded for your protection. For elitists only.











rapidoor

No 'bitrate png' in NFO.

File Name: bd-tesb1980 BDInfo scan.txt

Disc Title: The Empire Strikes Back

Disc Size: 34,599,421,695 bytes

Protection: AACS

BD-Java: No

BDInfo: 0.5.4



Notes:



BDINFO HOME:

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INCLUDES FORUMS REPORT FOR:

AVS Forum Blu-ray Audio and Video Specifications Thread

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1155731





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Disc Title: The Empire Strikes Back

Disc Size: 34,599,421,695 bytes

Protection: AACS

BD-Java: No

BDInfo: 0.5.4



PLAYLIST REPORT:



Name: 00000.MPLS

Length: 2:04:52 (h:m:s)

Size: 34,477,166,592 bytes

Total Bitrate: 36.81 Mbps



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MPEG-2 Video 34516 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9



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Codec Language Bitrate Description

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Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB / Dolby Surround

Dolby Digital Audio English 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps / DN -4dB



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5 0:08:17.830 0:01:48.942 36,619 kbps 45,770 kbps 00:08:33.679 40,033 kbps 00:09:33.781 39,538 kbps 00:09:33.322 190,912 bytes 587,077 bytes 00:09:27.525

6 0:10:06.772 0:02:42.036 37,964 kbps 46,141 kbps 00:10:38.846 41,126 kbps 00:12:20.865 40,595 kbps 00:12:20.781 197,925 bytes 674,639 bytes 00:12:31.041

7 0:12:48.809 0:02:15.135 35,293 kbps 45,355 kbps 00:15:02.776 40,710 kbps 00:13:57.920 39,617 kbps 00:14:43.132 184,000 bytes 587,056 bytes 00:14:35.124

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15 0:29:20.425 0:01:59.494 38,735 kbps 46,364 kbps 00:31:07.949 41,212 kbps 00:31:07.866 40,600 kbps 00:29:30.226 201,944 bytes 764,997 bytes 00:30:36.584

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QUICK SUMMARY:



Disc Title: The Empire Strikes Back

Disc Size: 34,599,421,695 bytes

Protection: AACS

BD-Java: No

Playlist: 00000.MPLS

Size: 34,477,166,592 bytes

Length: 2:04:52

Total Bitrate: 36.81 Mbps

Video: MPEG-2 Video / 34516 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9

Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB / Dolby Surround

Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps / DN -4dB

"Leia gets laid"

'RotJ' NFO:

Return of the Jedi
1983 Theatrical Edition
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Custom BD-50

Source: Premiere HD, Sky HD,
        Return Of The Jedi Theatrical (GOUT Sourced) Custom DVD - by DarkJedi
Length: 2:11:42
Video: 1080p23.976 MPEG-2 34.70Mbps
Audio 1: English PCM 2.0 1536 Kbps (LaserDisc audio by Belbucus)
Audio 2: English AC3 2.0 Dolby Surround 192 Kbps (Official DVD)
Audio 3: English DTS 5.1 1509 Kbps (LaserDisc upmix by hairy_hen)
Audio 4: English AC3 2.0 384 Kbps (LaserDisc audio from DarkJedi DVD)
Subtitles: None (hardcoded English for Huttese)
Chapters: 50 chapter marks from DVD
Menu: None (use your remote to switch audio)
Authored with: Sonic Scenarist BD 5.2

http://comparescreenshots.slicx.com/comparison/71685

(The last one is to show you that any artifacts you see were already present
in the original cap.)


I wasn't planning on doing this one since I thought it would be unwatchable
like the first one, but then I realized that the bulk of this film was
unchanged. And I used a cleaned up source for the DVD. The image is perfectly
stable, there are no lines on the side, almost no aliasing, and the noise has
been cleaned up (OMG DNR!). Thanks to DarkJedi. I think it blends pretty darn
well with the HD. Judge for yourself. And again this is just a straight edit
between the two versions. No fancy CG restorations. There is only about 5
minutes total of DVD footage. The rest of the movie is from the 1080p cap.

Sorry for the first release of "Star Wars 1977 BD" sucking so bad. After I
finished it I decided it wasn't worthy of release but then I changed my mind.
And then I changed it again. Just like Lucas! Please delete all copies of it.
It's an embarrassment. My own personal Holiday Special. I do plan on
revisiting it at some point with much better source material and not being so
anal about restoring every tiny change. Stay tuned.

If you didn't download "The Empire Strike Back 1980 BD" because the first
release scared you off, please do get it. It is actually quite good and is
undoubtedly the best quality out of all three, mostly due to adywan's
restorations. Search for bd-tesb1980 in cause you forgot :) Google "rapidoor"
for the standard password.


What was restored:
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-All audio changes are restored in case that is not obvious from the track
 listing. But please note that the 5.1 upmix has changes so it is not fully
 theatrical, and the AC3 2.0 384Kbps track doesn't appear to have surround
 encoding.
-Opening Logos
-Lapti Nek music sequence
-Removal of 2 new shots of Boba Fett in Jabba's Palace (blatant pandering to
 fanboys...). I had to use one subtitled shot from the DVD, and it's in the
 black bar unlike the HD scenes. Sorry. I suppose a better person could have
 re-rendered the subs. But at least it's the same color.
-No more Banthas in desert
-All shots of Sarlacc pit
-No rope around Han's feet
 (The next 85 minutes is pure HD since there were no SE changes. Hooray.)
-Anakin's death scene. How dare Lucas erase the amazing performance given by
 Sebastian Shaw's eyebrows! (A couple of Luke shots probably didn't have to
 come from the DVD but it makes the scene flow better.)
-Shot of rebel fleet flying away from Death Star
-Shot of Death Star explosion
-End celebration including Force Ghosts and Yub Nub!
-End credits (The last shot was heavily cut in the SE so it had to be
 restored no matter what, and it wipes to the original credits.)


What was NOT restored:
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-Any minor special effects clean-ups (duh). There are a lot of them.
-Lightsabers
-One shot of Black&Blue R2 in spaaaaaaaace
-No color co-wreck-tion. Seriously, just stop doing this. It never looks
right. I doubt anyone is using professionally calibrated monitors when they
are trying to "fix" the colors. And they probably aren't doing it
scene-by-scene either. A one-time blanket adjustment is not going to do the
trick. Most of the ones I've seen just end up having a yellow tint instead of
a blue tint. It doesn't look anything like the previous transfers. And the
crushed blacks is obviously not something you can fix either. Just leave it
alone. You can't really "correct" the colors without losing something with
it. We are not working from an original source here after all.

The new transfers are not that bad other than maybe the lightsabers in
a few shots. You get used to the blue tint after a while too. It seems like
almost every new HD transfer on Blu-ray gets this blue/aqua tint now (Star
Trek II, Gladiator re-release, Gangs of New York re-release, Blade Runner:
Final Cut, Heat, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, et al.). It's just par for
the course nowadays. Deal with it. And who is to say how accurate an old 1993
SD master was in the first place. It does look pretty dull by comparison now.
I never understood why people said Yoda was green until I saw the new
transfers. So there!


Nerd stuff:
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I probably could have used a couple of shots from the DVB broadcast of the
1997 Jedi SE but it just has too much blockiness.

FYI the official Jedi theatrical DVD has an error at 0:47:43 on a reel change
where two frames are essentially missing. The HD cap is NOT missing these
frames however so an audio edit is required here (these frames were on
previous LaserDisc versions so we know it's not an SE change). There is also
another DVD error at 1:38:33 on a reel change but there is nothing missing,
there's just some combing.

The SE DOES have an extra frame at 0:36:24 on the Tatooine fly-away though.
It's actually the second to last frame of the shot. It's an extra in-between
frame of the X-Wing flying away. Maybe the original was just missing a frame
here all along and they fixed it. I could have kept it and edited the audio
to match, but I decided to cut it out in order to stay pure to the original
version of the film. :P

Most of the time when there is a new shot inserted in the SE the original
shots around it are actually cut by a few frames. In case you are wondering
why some shots were restored even though there is no visible change, that's
why.

And in case you don't know, the opening trailer on this disc was shown with
the original theatrical release of Return of the Jedi in 1983. ;)


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BTW adywan, your name was never mentioned when I first referred to "retarded
fan edits" but I'm glad you assumed it was about yours, and then proceeded
to attack me like a little crybaby. Maybe it's just your ego thinking that
*your* fan edit is the only one anyone has watched. Or maybe you think your
edit is retarded too. For someone who is supposed to be so widely regarded
you sure do act like a petulant child.

The reason why I didn't use your insignia scene in Empire is because I didn't
like the artifacting in the part of the frame where they were replaced. This
change didn't bother me and I wanted to keep as much original high quality
footage as possible as I stated. (BTW you still missed another fixed reversed
insignia on another officer in a later shot. Plus some later shots of blue R2
and one shot of Cloud City. Not to mention countless audio changes. In your
own words: epic FAIL!!!) Otherwise I am grateful for your restoration work
and that is why I used it with proper credit. Which is still better than
butchering someone else's film with a retarded fan edit, not thanking him at
all for making the film in the first place, and all the while cursing him for
making HIS own changes to HIS own film.

And pro-tip: up the bitrate on your encodes and stop trying to fit HD onto
DVDs. Your AVCHD releases are absolutely pathetic. I don't know how anyone
could miss all of that obvious pulsing on Episode IV. It's clear as day.
Everyone who is praising these releases at originaltrilogy.com needs to get
their eyes checked. Seriously. Or just stick to your VHS since you all
obviously know nothing about HD quality.

adywang's AVCHD vs. source:
http://comparescreenshots.slicx.com/comparison/71838

This is what the kids call EPIC FAIL!!!!1111oneone

Isn't it funny how "old" MPEG-2 beats the pants off this low bitrate
crapfest. I guess it's more about who is using the tools rather than the
tools themselves.


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(What's up with fan edits anyway? I don't get it. If you don't want the
filmmaker to change his film why would you want some random person on the
internet to do it instead, with even lamer looking CG and more unnecessary
"fixes"? Anyway...)

Oh and uhhh...thanks to the Fat Bearded One. And I don't mean Zorba the Hutt!

Look ma no password

Space for General Comments

Do I know what this is? Not beyond the .NFO posted to a.b.sw.

What does the bitrate image/info help us out with? Is it created to determine peak 'action' points which might need to have their bitrates changed to fit the bluray format

'rapidoor' seems to be an entity/organization/something with ties to or are ABHDTV REVIEWS.

If someone does try to download it, this might be helpful:

http://www.binsearch.info/viewNFO.php?oid=37736514&server=

The .nfo was created to spur reaction, try not to get too excited.  Enjoy the ironies in it.

"Retarded fan edits"?

TV's Frink said:

"Retarded fan edits"?

I saw this a while back.  As I said to Adywan, from the tone of these remarks, I have a strong suspicion as to who the creator of these editions is...

.

.

Info like that, I'll pass on this for sure.

What was NOT restored:
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<snip>

-Lightsabers

<snip>

The new transfers are not that bad other than maybe the lightsabers in
a few shots. You get used to the blue tint after a while too.

Yeah I saw that too when I was browsing the Star Wars usenet group. Seems like that guy has a grudge against Ady for some reason. Pretty sad that he can't be man enough to properly discuss whatever the issue he has with Ady like an adult.

Don't let him get to you Ady, this person has just made themselves look really kind of sad and pathetic by going to such lengths.

And pro-tip: up the bitrate on your encodes and stop trying to fit HD onto
DVDs.

This is also stupid.  Not everyone can burn BD's, brainiac.  I for one am very thankful for AVCHD.

none wrote:

The .nfo was created to spur reaction, try not to get too excited.  Enjoy the ironies in it.

thanks Moth3r, would not have gotten the RotJ update in a timely fashion.

"This is a 1080p HD version of the original theatrical edition with appropriate scenes upconverted from the DVD. No attempt was made to clean up or enhance either source in any way."

Do I take this as meaning he just grabbed the HD SE files, and then edited in pure GOUT scenes as-is? Because if that's true, I don't think it would really be watchable. He said about 5 minutes are from the GOUT for ROTJ, so I guess he put the whole scenes in instead of shot-by-shot. This was probably for the best since the back-and-forth quality change will not be so disorientating, but it still will be so distracting that I'm not sure what the point of watching it in HD is, especially with the screwed up colouring (which obviously will not match).

If I'm reading those NFOs right, that's a whole BD50 being used ... yet the audio is 192kbps 2.0 AC3?  At least use the PCM, there's sure as hell room for it ...