AntcuFaalb

msycamore said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Nice! This might just make me a P&S fan.

Why wasn't this transfer used for the '82 LDs?

No idea why they made two different transfers that same year:

'82 CED / LD / HBO broadcast (time compressed)

'82 betamax / VHS / '85 LD

It is a little weird, they are also made from the same film elements. I actually like some aspects of the time compressed transfer as well, just unfortunate that it is time compressed. A good preservation of both these historical video transfers would be nice.

Should we ask SilverWook to preserve his '82 Rental Betamax tape?

pat man said:

It's a type'o

No, it's not. It's a deliberately-inserted attempt to destroy the petition.

We're on to you pat man. We also know that you were pat man 2 and pat man 3.

Davnes007 said:

AntcuFaalb said:

syarwars is great but it will be better

Who will be responsible for making it better?

Someone who can SPELL-CHECK.

;)

I should have written [sic].

I didn't type that; pat man did.

msycamore said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Nice! This might just make me a P&S fan.

Why wasn't this transfer used for the '82 LDs?

No idea why they made two different transfers that same year:

'82 CED / LD / HBO broadcast (time compressed)

'82 betamax / VHS / '85 LD

It is a little weird, they are also made from the same film elements. I actually like some aspects of the time compressed transfer as well, just unfortunate that it is time compressed. A good preservation of both these historical video transfers would be nice.

LOL! Someone has the '85 LDs on eBay for $99 each!

syarwars is great but it will be better

pat man: How will syarwars be better? Who will be responsible for making it better?

Jetrell Fo said:

I'd be curious to know which one was first too.  I mean it's weird for a place to take something down with no explanation to the original uploader about what issues there were to begin with.........I'm glad I got to snatch it before it went poof.....and it is cool of AntcuFaalb to put it up somewhere else if it's needed by others.

I can do it tonight.

I'll use 7-Zip to split it into two separate archives and then I'll upload each half to a dummy Google Drive account.

pat man said:

 I found my petition signature :). 2,389

Cheater!!!

msycamore said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Are the colors the same?

The colors in retardedted's preservation are wonderful.

Yes, it is the exact same transfer. They are nice and vibrant, it is a little red tinted but not much was really done with the actual hues in these old video releases, it is the brigtness, contrast and gamma that was fiddled with but that greatly affects how the colors look of course.

Nice! This might just make me a P&S fan.

Why wasn't this transfer used for the '82 LDs?

I am now a proud owner of the Japanese Special Collection, too.

TV's Frink said:

59 :)

Challenge: Find pat man's petition signature.

GO!

frank678 said:

AntcuFaalb said:

FWIW, these colors are very close to what's on PS78.

I disagree I think PS78 has a greater depth to the colours in it, once you pump them up a bit i see an appreciable difference, like say the rich blue in the paintwork on R2D2 / the reflective quality of the C3POs metal, the official telecines always flatten/simplify the colours by being over bright. (The PS78 is dark, but theres richness in the darkness)

I demand PS78 be released once more AntcuFaalb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, I promise that it will get released sometime soon.

However, it won't be as good as it can be, due to the AGC-related problems.

:-(

Anyway, I find that PS78 is a bit too green-tinted for my taste.

msycamore said:

AntcuFaalb said:

ilovewaterslides said:

Alright....  hopefully the guy who won this bidding is a member of OT.com and will give us the nicest transfer ever.  It's impressive how a 30 year old VHS can actually look better than some DVDs out there.

I own a copy and plan to do a transfer of it soon with my Panasonic AG-1980.

If you really like this transfer, I can recommend the 1985 CAV standard play LD, uses the same transfer.

Are the colors the same?

The colors in retardedted's preservation are wonderful.

Harmy said:

No.

Damn! I was hoping you knew of some proprietary and/or commercial color-matching magic.

Harmy: Do you use any automatic color-matching tools? If so, which ones?

bkev said:

 

msycamore said:

Teeceezy said:

Hey guys does anyone know what happened to msycamore's m2v? I was checking my seeds when I noticed the m2v said 'Failure: Torrent not registered with this tracker'. I went back and checked MySpleen and the m2v is gone. Anybody know why?

Yeah, I noticed it was removed. Don't know the reason behind it, maybe they deleted it because it was a video only file. But they seem to approve audio only uploads so I honestly don't know...

That's the second unusual removal I've heard of recently from myspleen. I wonder if they're getting stricter with uploads.

I can upload a copy of it somewhere on the WWW if someone needs it.

FWIW, these colors are very close to what's on PS78.

ilovewaterslides said:

Alright....  hopefully the guy who won this bidding is a member of OT.com and will give us the nicest transfer ever.  It's impressive how a 30 year old VHS can actually look better than some DVDs out there.

I own a copy and plan to do a transfer of it soon with my Panasonic AG-1980.

_,,,^..^,,,_ said:

There is a french version ("Les Coulisses D'une Légende") on the fourth CLV side of ROTJ, in the french "pyramid" box set.

The resolution is not that high, but the colors seems correct (better than the many pynkish scenes found on ANH in the same boxset); there are some french subtitles (in yellow, mainly when showing some of the movies scenes) but I bet they are on the screen for less than 5% of the time, and maybe could be erased using the japanese counterpart, if in the same frame there are no japanese subtitles...

Are you willing to do a capture of this, Andrea?

For the record: This VHS preservation has the best colors I've ever seen.

Doctor M said:

Anyone have suggestions for alternate private torrent sites or feelings about Usenets?

My vote is for Usenet.

If you're looking for a premium Usenet provider, check out usenetserver.com.

It looks like a city, Harmy.

Please start the Encodism movement.

I'm probably speaking only for myself when I say that I don't like movies to look too realistic.

I prefer the appearance of a pristine (I hate dirt and scratches) 16mm print. The hazy glow, the softness, and the grain structure all help to provide an aesthetic I find pleasing.

Puggo GRANDE is too dirty for me (sorry Puggo!) to enjoy, but this sample frame from it demonstrates how I'd prefer to watch most movies.

Note: This isn't AR-corrected. Also, I uploaded it to imageshack.us so as to not kill Puggo's bandwidth.

Also, do realize that this isn't because of nostalgia. I'm 25, so I definitely wasn't around during the heyday of 16mm.

Is it possible that the AGC in the Panasonic AG-1980P is causing the problem(s)?

If so, does anyone know of any early VCRs produced without AGC circuitry that can be modded for S-Video?

Another fan of the "yellow tint" here.

msycamore said:

When it comes to motion smear, ESB '97 is generally much better than GOUT-ESB but everything is really.

Damn! This brings us back to square one!

I guess the question is: Is it worth it? Would anyone actually be interested in the result(s)?