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Post: #322205
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/322205/action/topic#322205
Time: 28-Jun-2008 12:27 AM

negative1: There was a place willing to handle the scan of the 16mm we almost got, so what's the difference with 35mm (other than the cost involved)? :) If we could line up a place to take care of the scan, those guys that offered to help chip in for the cost of the 16mm print would no doubt be more than willing to help with a 35mm print. :)

Post: #322203
Topic: Max_Rebo's '97 SE superset' preservation (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/322203/action/topic#322203
Time: 28-Jun-2008 12:21 AM

MoBiUs: There were 1080p HD broadcasts of the Star Wars 1997 SE on television? In which country or countries were they shown?

Post: #322178
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/322178/action/topic#322178
Time: 27-Jun-2008 10:07 PM

Way to go, negative1 ! :)

Post: #322173
Topic: Info Wanted: Pittrek's "pure" '04 DVD/GOUT hybrid OT project...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/322173/action/topic#322173
Time: 27-Jun-2008 9:56 PM

PaulisDead2221 is working on just such a project as we speak (see link below). :) Looks like the results will be great. :) Apparently he's using the 2004 DVD set as the main source, then the 2004 alterations are being removed and replaced with the real scenes from the 2006 unaltered Star Wars trilogy DVD set (GOUT). Correct the colors in the 2004 DVD footage to match the quite accurate Star Wars colors from the 2006 GOUT set, plus convert the GOUT footage to anamorphic to match as close as possible to the 2004 footage, pull it all together carefully and sync it with the DD 2.0 soundtrack from the GOUT set, and you should have one very nice set of the unaltered Star Wars trilogy on DVD. :) http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-The-Vintage-Edit/topic/8069/

Post: #321918
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/321918/action/topic#321918
Time: 26-Jun-2008 2:13 PM

These people ought to be smart and keep all sales private, not on auction sites.

Post: #321704
Topic: Wookie Groomer's 1080p Star Wars Saga project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/321704/action/topic#321704
Time: 24-Jun-2008 3:28 PM — Edited 24-Jun-2008 3:32 PM

I wanted to say that Wideload has been really great with helping out fellow Star Wars fans to get this 1080p set, he's a fine example of what this forum is all about. :) Apparently the quality is quite high and Wookie Groomer did a superb job transferring it from the original copy from German t.v. :) Could someone please re-upload the 1080p 13 gig set of the prequels, as many seem to have missed those? :)

Post: #321570
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/321570/action/topic#321570
Time: 23-Jun-2008 2:53 PM

Oh man, a 35mm print! If we could get a hold of that and scan it... :)

Post: #321443
Topic: Star Wars Prequels/Original Trilogy: The Complete Scores (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/321443/action/topic#321443
Time: 22-Jun-2008 4:30 AM

GoodMusician: If recall correctly, you fairly recently put together an Episode III score that you found surprisingly solid after scouring for the best possible sources. If you can upload that to your site or to PSYCHO_DAYV's in FLAC files, please let us know. I have the Episode II set you put together and it's excellent, it would be great to hear an Episode III set. :)

Post: #320872
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320872/action/topic#320872
Time: 16-Jun-2008 2:13 PM

Oh well, maybe next time. :) Puggo, what about that print your friend has? It would be *very* interesting to see what a scan of that looks like (whether it has A New Hope in the title or not). :)

Post: #320790
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320790/action/topic#320790
Time: 15-Jun-2008 7:09 PM

Sounds good. I'm praying that we win this! :)

Post: #320783
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320783/action/topic#320783
Time: 15-Jun-2008 6:33 PM

Well, I understand about the possible trust issue and so on. But perhaps if donations were made to some long time member who everyone here knows well and has established an excellent reputation then this would not be a problem? People here make donations all the time to worthy Star Wars preservation projects and such by respected members, because we know that only serious fans even work on stuff like this. After all, this place if filled with some of the most dedicated Star Wars fans you'll run into, we all have the same goal in mind. :)

What we don't want to have happen is some guy win the print who no one here even knows, and then there goes the scan. So whatever we're going to do, we'd better do it quick. This is a chance to finally get Star Wars on DVD the way it's supposed to look, full DVD res, anamorphically enhanced, on a dual-layer DVD and with no SE junk to worry about. Let's find some way to make this happen. :)

Post: #320773
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320773/action/topic#320773
Time: 15-Jun-2008 2:51 PM

Owen-Lars-Kenobi: That's the idea! Exciting, isn't it?!! :)

If negative1 is going to be doing the most intense bidding on this print, then I suggest anyone that want's to kick in to help pay for the print get a hold him right away and tell him how much you'll send him to help pay for the print. This way he will know how much he can bid and we'll have one bidder out there with enough money to put on the print that we are very likely to win. :)

So let's figure out one guy, either negative1 or another of the posters, that will represent the forums here and let that one guy go all out on the bidding for the print, with several forum members backing him with donations. This will give us the best chance to win the print. If we spread the bidding out among ourselves, we'll never be able to bid as much as one guy bidding for all of us, so to speak. We have to hurry on this, there isn't much time left. :)

Post: #320771
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320771/action/topic#320771
Time: 15-Jun-2008 2:40 PM

The big difference here is that if we get a good scan of a nice print, it will give us ready access to a higher res pure non-SE Star Wars source than we've ever had before to work with. :)

The goal, of course, is to be able to put together, after preservation/restoration techniques have been applied, a dual-layer DVD of Star Wars that will easily surpass the 2006 DVD set (GOUT) in terms of resolution and general clarity and picture quality. And if we have a full DVD resolution or even HD resolution scan of a print, that will allow the preservation/restoration specialists on this forum to do just that. :)

Post: #320692
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320692/action/topic#320692
Time: 14-Jun-2008 3:18 AM

Puggo makes a good point, let's be sure just what kind of transfer we are talking about here. It has to be a frame-by-frame direct scan to get the kinds of results we are thinking of. If we get a print, whether it's Puggo's or this auction one, it would be good to see Puggo's scan results. Because like he said, he would do this with maximum care, a really meticulous transfer done by a fellow Star Wars fan. :)

Post: #320676
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320676/action/topic#320676
Time: 13-Jun-2008 11:48 PM

PaulisDead2221: That sounds like a dream 16mm transfer. A full 1080 scan would mean a superb dual layer DVD could be made from it. Plus a full HD version could be made, too. :) Would that scan be at 1920x1080 at 24 frames per second?

Puggo: This print you have access to, other than the fact that it has A New Hope in the title, is the visual quality of the print better than the one up for auction? The opening title can be used from existing sources that don't have A New Hope in them, if need be. It's the visual quality of the movie that really matters. :)

Post: #320648
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320648/action/topic#320648
Time: 13-Jun-2008 7:34 PM

Hmm, I'm not quite sure how this works. Maybe it's just a matter of having the resolution needed to do an anamorphic DVD and you don't need an anamorphic lens at all for the scan.

We were told that's why the 2006 Star Wars unaltered trilogy DVD set would not be anamorphically enhanced, because it was being taken from a source (the laserdisk master) that hadn't had an anamorphic transfer from the film print in the first place. But maybe that's not the same thing as what we are talking about here.

Perhaps one of the film transfer specialists here can help explain this. :)

From what Puggo is saying, the vertical resolution will be full, which, if I recall correctly, is the most important thing. So that's great news. :) And the aspect ratio can then be adjusted so that's it's correct, no vertical stretching and so on. :)

Post: #320569
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320569/action/topic#320569
Time: 13-Jun-2008 1:59 AM

Puggo: Would it be possible to replace the lens you have now with an anamorphic one, if someone could loan you one for this project, so the print could be captured in an anamorphic resolution/aspect ratio (not sure what the correct technical term here is), and thus be anamorphically enhanced on the eventual DVD transfer? :) A 720 x 480 anamorphic DVD transfer would rock. :)

This is all very exciting! :)

Post: #320534
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320534/action/topic#320534
Time: 12-Jun-2008 5:55 PM

Well, if someone were to provide an anamorphic lens (if one could be added in) for use during the project, that would help considerably. :) Would that then mean this could be captured at a res equal to or greater than DVD?

Because a capture at or above DVD resolution would mean that a superb dual-layer DVD could be made from that. This could be better than even the official Sept. 2006 DVD set, because it would be anamorphic and from an overall higher res source (above laserdisk res). In fact, even just having the print captured in anamorphic form would make it better than the GOUT, because that alone would provide higher res than a non-anamorphic source. Plus it would fit on widescreen t.v.'s without any need for zooming or stretching, which harm visual quality. :)

Post: #320462
Topic: Info: another 16mm print of SW on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320462/action/topic#320462
Time: 12-Jun-2008 2:02 AM

Man, you'd think a dedicated Star Wars fan with access to the right equipment would have bought one of these by now and scanned the thing in at high res for a DVD preservation for Star Wars fans. Maybe someone on here will win this Star Wars prints and do just that. :)

In fact, Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda offered to use his 16mm Workprinter to effectively scan in a print of Star Wars at high resolution if someone could provide him with one. Not as fast or efficient as a big professional machine, but apparently it's supposed to work great. :) See the thread link below (from before the new forum software) for details. If someone here would win this Star Wars print, Puggo could scan it in for them and then it's on towards Star Wars DVD heaven. :)

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Making-our-own-35mm-preservation-my-crazy-proposal/topic/5853/page/8/

Post: #320097
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320097/action/topic#320097
Time: 7-Jun-2008 5:14 PM

Thanks for the post. :) You can see how much cleaner the picture is on the X0, very nice. :)

Post: #319902
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319902/action/topic#319902
Time: 5-Jun-2008 1:46 AM

Yeah, the X0 machine is supposed to be superior to all other laser disk players, the best picture quality possible. I'd like to see those comparison shots, too. :)

Post: #317519
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/317519/action/topic#317519
Time: 11-May-2008 1:33 PM

Certainly the project is still on, even if updates lately have been rather slow. :)

Post: #317351
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/317351/action/topic#317351
Time: 8-May-2008 5:23 AM

Any update, guys ? :) I hope Laserman is feeling better.

Post: #317350
Topic: Max_Rebo's '97 SE superset' preservation (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/317350/action/topic#317350
Time: 8-May-2008 4:47 AM

Max_Rebo: Any update on how things are going? :) This is one of the best looking Star Wars preservation projects ever, really looking forward to watching these. :)

Post: #309106
Topic: Help: looking for... 1997 SE TB Digital Broadcasts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309106/action/topic#309106
Time: 4-Feb-2008 6:07 PM

Max_Rebo: Yeah, I suppose the image could be stretched the precise amount needed to correct the degree to which the PAL image is squashed, so that it exactly matches the correct 2.35:1 aspect ratio of Star Wars. But would stretching the image to correct the squashing cause it's own image artifacts, or does the video look perfect (as if the image had never been squashed or stretched at all) just like the 2004 DVD after the stretching correction is applied? You have my confidence that it can be pulled off.

By the way, if you want any info. on how to handle putting the few frames you might need from the GKAR version into the TB version, you might want to ask the guys from the Star Wars X0 Project, they had to do the same thing with the U.S. Definitive Collection laserdisk set. They might be able to help with how to make the colors and such match up perfectly between the two sources, and maybe other stuff, too.