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Commander-Dan

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#287134
Topic
Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
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Well, I recently broke down and bought one of the boots online in order to get this film on DVD. I'm tired of waiting on Disney to make up its mind regarding a release.

The thing is, I'm not sure what "version" I ended up with. The disc contains the movie, the 1972 TV trailer, the 1946 Radio show, and the Coal Black cartoon, and that's it. Here is a screen capture of the menu:

Menu

I was rather disappointed in the picture quality of the movie, as the fan preservations I have seen of the original Star Wars trilogy were much better in comparison. The movie looks as if it was dubbed from a video tape, and the audio is out of sync (lags behind the video). There are also no chapter stops on my copy! Here are a couple more screen captures:

Image 1
Image 2

I would be most curious to see and/or get a copy of one the transfers mentioned in this thread, and though I am somewhat tech-savvy, I don't claim to know anything about torrent downloads and such. Any help and/or advice would be much appreciated.
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#275698
Topic
To those who own the OOT Sept Release & an HDTV
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The officially released non-anamorphic DVDs are watchable, but the image is predictably soft. The DVDs also suffer from a great deal of ghosting and grain, and this is very apparent on a large television. Pixilated edging is also apparent in many scenes. Even so, these DVDs definately get watched in my home the most when I am in the mood for Star Wars. In fact, I haven’t really watched the SEs in some time.

I have a 65” Mitsubishi rear projection HDTV. I am playing the DVDs with an Oppo DV-970HD, unconverted over component video. The upconversion seems to yield an ever-so slightly better picture than conventional 480p.

I think these definitely look better than any of the previous “fan preservation” editions that I have seen. Still, this is far from the best non-anamorphic presentation I have seen for a widescreen film. The Abyss is still the best non-anamorphic widescreen DVD in my book.

Additionally, the discs are actually improperly tagged as containing 4:3 material. Non-anamorphic DVDs containing widescreen films are usually tagged as such. The aforementioned Abyss is a good example. Advanced DVD players (such as my Malata DVP-520) will automatically frame the movie properly for a 16:9 TV without having to zoom or scale the picture, even though the disc is non-anamorphic.

The original Star Wars DVDs, however, get grouped along with a few rare releases such as Sister Act 2; in that these DVDs were mis-tagged as containing 4:3 material. As such, I have to manually zoom the picture to properly fit my 16:9 Mitsubishi HDTV.

There actually seems to be some confusion here in regards to the term “anamorphic” and how it is applied to DVDs. There is actually no way to make a non-anamorphic DVD anamorphic. It either is or it isn’t. Using a DVD’s zoom or scaling feature can in no way change the content that is encoded on the disc. It only frames the picture accordingly by cropping the encoded image.
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#244220
Topic
And on the 8th day, God created socks that wont stay up, mosquitos, Taco Bell, and Letterboxed DVD's. It was not good.
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Only referring to when you post on forums (such as here) where there are individuals with a variety of differing political viewpoints. Simply makes for a friendlier atmosphere.

Contradicting myself? Not all at. I suggested it is best not to use political analogies, and while I commented that I could come up with an alternative, I did not.

Nor will I.

Cheers…
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#244122
Topic
First Impressions of the OOT ...
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Well, despite my assertions I would not buy this, I broke down this morning and picked up Star Wars (IV) at Wal-mart. I brought it home to compare to “Dr. Gonzo’s” anamorphic laserdisc transfers, and here are some observations:

I viewed this on my 65” Mitsubishi HDTV, and did comparisons using both my Toshiba HD-A1 HD-DVD player and my Malata DVP-520 DVD Player (via component video connections in each case.)

The picture quality is definitely an improvement over the laserdisc transfers. The picture has more clarity, and the colors are a tad more vivid. Still, this transfer has its problems, largely because it is non-anamorphic. “Stair-stepping” is visible on many images, and is easily apparent in several scenes on my 65” screen.

Also as previously reported, the subtitles (when Greedo speaks) are cut off at the bottom on a widescreen TV when one zooms the picture to frame it correctly.

I made a discovery that I have not yet seen on any of the internet forums that I frequent. The disc is not correctly “tagged” as a widescreen film.

I own a Malata DVD player that will automatically frame non-anamorphic DVDs on my 16:9 TV if the disc is tagged properly. Even though a disc may be 4:3 non–anamorphic, most letterboxed DVDs are still tagged as containing a widescreen film (The Abyss DVD is a good example). When this is the case, my Malata automatically zooms and frames the picture accordingly for 16:9 TVs, without me having to manually zoom the picture.

This DVD is NOT tagged correctly, and as such, I had to scale the picture manually.