AntcuFaalb

darth_ender said:

Those of you who contribute to it (DuracellEnergizer, Antcufaalb, Leonardo, Bingowings, DominicCobb, Neglify I think), I am disappointed that you feel that this little chuckle is more worthy of defending and in fact deserving of further joking.

Meh, this is something on which we'll have to agree to disagree. I'm sorry if I offended you, d_e. Still friends? :0)

MaximRecoil said:

Not exactly. LaserDisc = 425 lines of composite video (1 channel), while DVD = 480 lines of component video (3-channel, YPbPr).

Minor nitpick: You're confusing horizontal and vertical resolution. ALL NTSC LDs are 480i; that is, they have 480 visible* rows/scanlines and that's all you can say because LD video is analog and each scanline isn't composed of discretely quantized units such as pixels. For proof of this I suggest you research the design of CAV LDs, among other things.

The 425 value is an approximate of the number of columns per scanline as provided by Pioneer (and other LD manufacturers) in their LD literature. It's a TVL value, not a pixel count, so you'd have to multiply by 4/3 in order to get an approximate pixel count.

Want a real mindfuck? All NTSC VHS tapes are 480i as well. The columns per scanline on the other hand... well... they're a bit shy of the ~425TVL available on LD. :-P

(* The true visible value is somewhere between 483 and 486 depending on how you interpret the various standards related to the NTSC system. The only constant value here is 525 which includes both visible and "invisible" scanlines. This is why NTSC is called a 525-line system.)

TV's Frink said:

Start your own forum and you can allow all the links you want. Be sure to let us know how long it lasts.

>1 year for AMPS :-)

OK, I'm starting fresh and laying it out first so that we're on the same page.

My display and eyedropper are 8-bit sRGB at PC levels [0,255]. My source is v210, which is effectively 10-bit Y'CbCr at TV levels [64,940] with some values falling outside of that range that will have to be folded into the valid range or clamped.

The reference I'm using is:

Calibrating the luma gives me spot-on RGB24(0,0,0)/Y'CbCr30(64,512,512) for black; RGB24(255,255,255)/Y'CbCr30(940,512,512) for white; and RGB24(191,191,191)/Y'CbCr(720,512,512) for 75% gray.

Unfortunately, this also brings my red, blue, and green down to well below 191, respectively.

I really don't know what to do at this point. :-(

Darth Lars said:

I.e. people who are real Star Wars fans, not just people who think that the The Holy Original Trinitylogy rules all and bitch and moan about how everything else that is Star Wars isn't like the Star Wars of their childhood.

Don't you think you took things a little too far here? Couldn't you make your point without trying to insult the users of this forum?

"I'm a bigger Star Wars fan than you are!"-type pissing contests are pathetic, don't you think?

Here's how I feel about Star Wars:

    1. http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/ROTJ-is-the-best-Star-Wars-film-discuss/post/637326/#TopicPost637326

    2. http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/ROTJ-is-the-best-Star-Wars-film-discuss/post/637329/#TopicPost637329

My opinion hasn't changed and I have significantly less respect for the PT and EU. Do you want to rip me apart next? :-P

Thanks for the help, Spaced Ranger. I figured out my issue: I was looking at the wrong reference numbers!

> Jacen, Jaina, and Mara

I'm going to vote NO because these names sound like trendy names given to US-born kids in the 90s and 2000s.

Getting closer, I think...

I'm pretty sure the luma is properly calibrated here or, at least, it's close. I can't figure out how to maintain the luma calibration while fixing the chroma.

TV's Frink said:

Apparently I missed something.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Please-delete/topic/17042/

The lesson is to always quote someone when calling them out.

This is kinda my fault. I told him to complain on OT.com after he posted his piece on MySpleen.

Feallan said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Can someone repost the image(s) to imgur? I can't see it/them due to some wonky firewall issue. Thanks! :-)

 https://i.imgur.com/TIwMirB.png

Wow, thanks!

Can someone repost the image(s) to imgur? I can't see it/them due to some wonky firewall issue. Thanks! :-)

Tyrphanax said:

I'M ON TO YOUR HINTS, FAALB!

lol, what hints?

Tyrphanax said:

AntcuFaalb said:

I'm so happy this film survived that my spleen hurts. Ouch!

IS THIS A HINT?

Nope! Just lots and lots of pain in my spleen.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone.

Danfun128 said:

by unlimited I didn't neccesarily mean data. I meant pay once, never again. As in *not* a subscription model. As in permanent access.

Oh, I see.

I'm so happy this film survived that my spleen hurts. Ouch!

AntcuFaalb said:

Fang Zei said:

We already heard Roger Christian say that his movie (forgot the name of it) might be included in said digital extras.

This reminds me: Black Angel (1980) is already on iTunes. Has anyone here deDRM'd it?

The answer is: yes. Looking into this nearly caused me to rupture my spleen. I may need medical attention.

Hey zombie84: Are you still planning on doing a v2 of The Secret History of Star Wars?

Doctor M said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Doctor M said:

Yeah, something else that probably needs to be updated on the list.  I thought I had heard bad things about it... must start list of the latest releases.

Overall good, but a naive sharpener was used, so the grain is really, really pronounced like the BD release of Earthquake (1974).

 Completely amused by "naive sharpener", but I get your meaning.

Yeah, just a silly 3x3 kernel for sharpening, applied with no grain reduction at all. I love grain, but this is GrainCity™!

Doctor M said:

Yeah, something else that probably needs to be updated on the list.  I thought I had heard bad things about it... must start list of the latest releases.

Overall good, but a naive sharpener was used, so the grain is really, really pronounced like the BD release of Earthquake (1974).

Danfun128 said:

Why isn't there any one time payment unlimited usenet access? Is that too much to ask?

Nope! usenetserver.com has $5 unlimited 3-day subscriptions with 20 simultaneous connections and SSL. Enjoy.

Welcome back!

Can someone help me calibrate these color bars? I pulled 'em from GGV1069 and did the capture the same way I did my THX 1138 captures. I can provide a 10-bit sample, if needed.

WTF is an "Inquisitor"?

doubleofive said:

I don't see how the DE is a backup of the Faces Laserdisc. It's certainly sneaky...

Yep. That's why I think it would be hard to convince a non-OT.com-savvy rep to pull the auction.