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#733052
Topic
STAR WARS: The Completionist's Saga (Episodes I-VI) Blu-ray Set (* unfinished project *)
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JawsTDS said:

For ANH '97, I have a chance to use a film print

That would be awesome! It would render pretty much every HD ANH special edition release obsolete. Assuming that the print is higher quality than negative one's work, the two could be combined to create a new despecialized and semi specialized as well!

Needless to say, I am looking forward to this release...

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#731812
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Windows TEN
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Although I am a linux person, I still think Windows is better than Mac. I think that Windows 10 is going to be awesome. It looks like the perfect merge of Metro and Classic.

I heard that the reason Windows 10 is called that is because legacy software thinks Windows 9 is Windows 9x.

At least the reasoning makes more sense than the naming of Xbox One.

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#731208
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Reconstructions vs low quality originals
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I heard some comments about this topic, but I wanted to organize these comments into one thread.

If you had to choose between a reconstruction of star wars like Harmy's, or the JSC/Defcol-Faces-Gout/Puggo/97LD/97DTV releases, which are lower resolution but consistent in quality, and in some cases provide more detail upscaled than that which is scrubbed from the 2004 transfers, which would it be?

Note: Preferring Harmys because of the audio options doesn't count.

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#728850
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Mods please delete this thread. I am sorry for attacking Hotrod.
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DrCrowTStarwars said:

TV's Frink said:

No, it's an idea almost as bad as starting a thread about paying for things with laserdisc audio.

 Can someone please explain that thread to me because I still have no idea what it is going on about.

How do you pay for something with the audio,and why only audio from laserdiscs? Why not CD,DvDs,tapes,or BluRay discs?

What did I miss because I am completely confused.

 Honestly, I (the one who posted the thread) don't quite understand it myself :P. I only posted it to split conversation from the Harmy's respecialized thread. To be fair, it's not supposed to make sense. Just go with it.

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#728746
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Info Wanted: Fan edits, preservations... and US Colleges...
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I guess I will have to save up money for the X0 laserdisc player. Not likely to happen though :p

A couple questions first. Do the Japanese Special Collection laserdiscs and the japanese episode 1 laserdisc set have english subtitles? Do some versions of the Special Widescreen Edition laserdiscs have better quality than the JSC laserdiscs?

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#728577
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Info Wanted: Fan edits, preservations... and US Colleges...
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As of this writing, I am in college. Unfortunately, I am worried about whether I am allowed to watch fan edits and preservations, let alone download them, during free time in college. Although I live off-campus, there are times where I have free time in college while I wait for my next class to start. This site isn’t blocked, but tehparadox is. Also, torrent downloading of any kind (legal or otherwise) is not allowed, partially because of the school internets monthly data cap. Sometimes I am afraid that if I bring my personal laptop to school, I would get in trouble for watching projects like the star wars despecialized. What do you recommend in my situation? Should I stay completely legal until I graduate (that means GOUT , and I would probably want to buy a laserdisc player in the future. Of course since I’m in college, I don’t have enough money to buy a high end laserdisc player, and such a thing isn’t a neccesity anyways. If worst comes to worst, do the 97se NTSC VCD’s look better than the 2004 DVDs?) ?

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#728269
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Info Wanted: What is the best Fan preservation of the Original Star Wars available?
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If you want a reconstruction, go for the despecialized.

If you want a '93/GOUT based source, go for Dark_Jedi/Team Blu's projects.

If you want an '85 soruce, there is althor113's JSC blu-ray taken from a mid-end laserdisc player and Return of the Jedi from The X9 Project taken from the Pioneer HLD-X9. If you want the trilogy from the HLD-X0, you will have to provide it yourself.

If you want a fan made film transfer, the Puggo Grande, Puggo Strikes Back, and Return of the Pug 16mm transfers are available (the last one hasn't been released as of this writing.) Team Negative 1 is using 35mm sources for their own project, but it hasn't been released yet.

I can't think of anything else to say, so...

Handman said:

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