FremenDar007

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

I found all over the web, but still not found an HDTV version... does it *really* exist?!? If someone has it, or know where to find it, please let me know!

Of course, from BATB on, I'll use the X9 for any laserdisc capture involved in a preservation project!

 Nice! I haven't found any 1080i HDTV broadcasts with the film grain retained. Shall I make a new thread about the Laserdiscs I'd like to see preserved?

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

Found that a German DVD has some extras... here you are the info:

KinoWelt DVD (anamorphic 1.85:1)

Making of "The Arrival" (7 minutes) - featurette
Behind the Scenes (5 minutes) - featurette
Interviews with:
Charlie Sheen, Ron Silver, Lindsay Crouse, Teri Polo, David Twohy, Thomas G. Smith, Cyrus Yavneh, Chuch Finance (7 minutes)
Theatrical Trailer (German / English)


Pioneer Laserdisc Boxset

Extras:

Running audio commentary by director writer David Twohy
Original documentary (exclusive to laserdisc) featuring interviews with:
Charlie Sheen, Teri Polo, Writer/Director David Twohy, Producer Tom Smith, Production Designer Michael Novotny, Director of Photography Hiro Narita, A.S.C.
Also includes: behind-the-scenes footage, storyboards and an alternate ending.
Theatrical trailer

For sure, laserdisc has the audio commentary not found elsewhere; for the other contents, I have not found further info to know if the DVD first three extras are actually the same material found on the laserdisc commentary...

These would be great. But I'd still want to go for a HDTV 1080i master, not from the Blu-ray. As I've mentioned all the non-audio extras should be grabbed as mid or low bitrate AVC. I'm still interested in this too. Use the X9, of course, with the LD. X9 should be used with all your LD grabs anyway.

borisanddoris said:

I honestly think the transfer is great.  My idea would be to sync it to PCM and cut that MGM logo off the head.  :)

 What about the Orion logo?

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Doctor M said:

I believe ADM was talking about working in HD, but I haven't heard much from him on the site lately.

The reason most of my HP edits are DVD5s are because the official DVD9 releases tend to be full of extras that can be stripped and are badly encoded to start with.  All the ones I worked with could be re-encoded OPV with Q values less than 10.  Yeah, the sources are that soft.  It's also why they look like crap on bigger HD screens.  I think it was done on purpose to push people into Blu-ray.

Will I do any HD HP edits?  Maybe eventually.  I'm just starting to transition to HD in general but haven't done any real editing in the format yet.  A computer upgrade would be required too.  So, not for a while.

I suggest building a new computer part by part if you do the research first. What I really want to do is make a BD50, if all scenes are 1080p, of the ALIEN: Extended Cut which is 130+ minutes long. It already exists as either a DVD5 or DVD9 but I'm itching to make it a BD50.

I could work on some custom Blu-rays based on ripping and Handbrake but I'm not going to go for it awhile. It'd just be the movie playing similar to an AVCHD but a BD25 or BD50. I suggest going with Optical Quantum for blanks.

It's interesting because I recently became a fan of Harry Potter last year. Only watched the movies on Blu-ray and the first two in theaters.

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Doctor M,

Any chance for any HD Extended Editions for any of the other Harry Potter films on a BD50? DVD is dead to me at the moment. Or a DVD9 would be fine.

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Hal 9000 said:

And I think it needs a good coat of film grain too.

 YES! Especially if it matches the EE BD's of The Lord of the Rings.

No 1080p HD version?

Jonno said:

FremenDar007 said:

Did MAD MAX have an original track on Laserdisc in PCM? Glad it mentions which Blu-ray release to use, since I do have quite a lot. I'd rather use the original MGM release instead of the 2013 WB one.

Depends on your definition of 'original'. There are plenty of discs containing the original mono mix from the 1980 US release - some in digital PCM - but that was the American-accented dub.

Indeed the only DVD and BD releases containing the Australian English mono mix - the true 'original' - use lossy Dolby Digital. AFAIK the track included on the BD (both MGM and WB, which are essentially the same release) is as good as it currently gets for that film.

I thought the MGM USA Blu-ray has the original Australian in lossless but a 5.1 remix. Only looking for the Original Australian mono in PCM. The WB Blu-ray has the American dub remix as lossless though and I already have both Blu-rays. For MAD MAX 2 I have both the original release and the 2013 remastered release. Also MAD MAX: Beyond Thunderdome. The Blu-rays. So I could make BD25s of 2 and Beyond Thunderdome?

EDIT: I'd plan on using the PCM or whichever for the 4K remaster for Ghostbusters as a BD25 mebbe. No idea though.

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It's The Hunt for Red October, not The Hunt For The Red October. The Living Daylights should be 007 15 then the title. For the rest of the original mixes for the James Bond movies, especially Sean Connerys, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, et. al

Did MAD MAX have an original track on Laserdisc in PCM? Glad it mentions which Blu-ray release to use, since I do have quite a lot. I'd rather use the original MGM release instead of the 2013 WB one.

woodsyallen said:

What about Traffic? It seems every home video release is ever so slightly different. They each have the tints for each story but no two release look identical. Even the "directors approved" criterion Bluray looks different from their original DVD colour timing. 

The Criterion Blu-ray uses practically the same master for the Universal Blu-ray release, just compressed differently. No idea about their DVD of it, especially since Blu-ray has far better color output compared to DVD.

Would there happen to be a HDTV broadcast of Waterworld? Even the Blu-ray is DNR'd. I know, not Laserdisc though.

According to lddb.com http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/09310/43118/Waterworld-%281995%29

A 4.0 channel DTS theatrical mix that was remixed to 5.1 at DTS insistence for the DTS LaserDisc release.

dark_jedi said:

So which version do I have that I posted screens on a few posts back? is this the "wanted" version or the "shit" version lol?

Look through the ones you downloaded and torrented to see which ones have the best film grain retainment. Nothing which looks DNR'd. Larger filesizes with film grain kept would be best.

It's one of the main reasons why I loathe YIFY. Too compressed and low file sizes.

Now we wait to see if there's a large filesize of a 1080i broadcast of the 2002 version. Again for BD25, not a BD5 or BD9 which is AVCHD.

zeropc said:

FremenDar007 said:

 

FLAC and not WAV?

flac = lossless and half the size. you want wav? transcode flac to wav ;)

I'd rather have uncompressed fullsize wav compared to FLAC. Why the unneeded compromise? So please upload the original uncompressed WAV.

Would plan on making a BD25 of this. Using the uncompressed WAV original mono track, I wouldn't use FLAC anyway, with the AVC of the USA 25th Anniversary Blu-ray sitting on my shelf.

So is this a torrent or on TehParadox? ISO or the BD folder format?

Optical Quantum 4X logo top BD25s are damn cheap for a spindle of 50. $27 USD from Amazon USA. Just be sure if you're using IMGBurn you have Verify click always.

I'll be removing all dub-tracks before I burn this to disc. But yes I'm leaving the English subtitles.

DoomBot said:

Screen shot comparisons....

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/38412

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/38413

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/38414

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/38415

 

Now it seems the spoRv version appears similar to the original color scheme of the first release of The French Connection on Blu-ray and the HD DVD appears similar to the Filmmakers Series Blu-ray release.

Doesn't matter. I'll put the BD25 with the UK Blu-ray and USA HD DVD releases of this film.

zeropc said:

i'll make it short ;)

the original mono audio for evil dead 2 was never released on dvd and blu-ray for unknown reasons. after numerous re-releases after re-releases it's clear that we will never get it. however, it doesn't mean we can get it at all. luckily the good old laserdisc releases where always fortune to have it. with the help of jj666 and myself we can finally enjoy the original monaural audio of this classic movie with the high-def video presentation - if you have the u.s. blu-ray that is ;)

source: evil dead 2 s.e. blood red laserdisc - pcm captured via toslink by myself
synced by jj666 to the u.s. blu-ray (25th anniversary edition)
release format: flac, 16bit dual-mono at 44.1khz
download: pm me for the download link

please note: if you share this on another place, then don't forget to give credit to the people making this release possible.

FLAC and not WAV?

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

BDgeek, thanks for the compliments! But without the help of the other members (Jonno in particular) this project could not be done!

I decided to drop the DTS-HD MA (if someone with the BD wants to use it, he just has to remux this project video with that audio); using all the soundtracks I listed, there is about 18GB for video, more than enough to retain the best quality available - think that the original HD-DVD video is about 12GB...

Do you still want the DTS-HD MA audio?

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dvdmike said:

Why would Universal licence them just to be shown up?

They already have been shown-up...and seem to be just fine with it.  Look at Shout's "Halloween II" versus the original Universal Blu-ray.  It might come from the same initial master, but Shout's is a cleaner presentation.  Plus, Uni allowed Shout to include the TV Cut, which they themselves had no intention of releasing.

Shout's upcoming "Darkman" will doubtless exceed Uni's existing BD as well.  And, I'd say Universal would not be licensing to Criterion if they did not expect their own editions (like that of "Brazil") to be totally surpassed.

If Universal was concerned with being "shown-up", they'd limit Shout to movie-only releases, such as Disney pulled with Anchor Bay.  Remember that "Watcher in the Woods" debacle (which was spawned by "The Happiest Millionaire" DVD)?  Or, they'd keep everything in-house.

I meant with PQ not extras, Halloween is debateable and only a few have new masters (The Game etc) as for Darkman, the BD already beat the HD-DVD (rare) but the most we can hope for is the HDTV version that resolves grain better.

I would love to be wrong but I doubt it

Darkman on Blu-ray has better grain retainment compared to the HD DVD? I'm missing something. I'd like to see screencaptures of the HDTV version in 1080i without filters applied.

The MGM DVD release is damn nice for Army of Darkness since it's been sourced from film instead of video.

The Anchor Bay black cover, green titles for EVIL DEAD has both open matte and matted for widescreen presentations. I love it for the nice grain retainment. I don't have the Limited Edition Blu since I have the other EVIL DEAD DVD releases, including the 3-DVD Ultimate Edition.

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=1946&disc2=1947&cap1=18127&cap2=18138&art=full&image=2&hd_multiID=182&action=1&lossless=1#vergleich

The 25th Anniversary USA/Canada Blu for EVIL DEAD II: Dead by Dawn from Liongate/Alliance is the best release compared to the overly filtered original from Anchor Bay. At least for the USA and Canada.

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=406&disc2=405&cap1=4196&cap2=4184&art=full&image=9&hd_multiID=126&action=1&lossless=1#vergleich

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=406&disc2=405&cap1=4198&cap2=4186&art=full&image=10&hd_multiID=126&action=1&lossless=1#vergleich

Again for EVIL DEAD II. The Kinowelt release isn't something to be recommended to buy when compared to the 25th Anniversary Liongate/Alliance Blu.

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=406&disc2=405&cap1=4197&cap2=4185&art=full&image=11&hd_multiID=126&action=1&lossless=1#vergleich

Will there still be plans to release the Evil Dead Treasures on multiple BD25s? Would only need to restructure for Blu-ray but everything kept the same. Menus for the Blu and the menus removed from the DVDs. I wouldn't mind using a multi-disc Viva Elite Blu-ray case with matching cover.

EDIT: EVIL DEAD 2: Dead by Dawn. Link comparisons for bitrate, lossless and uncompressed audio including disc size for the Anchor Bay and Lionsgate/Alliance 25th Anniversary releases. Obviously the 25th Anniversary is the release to buy on Blu-ray for the motherlode of special features.

http://www.blu-raystats.com/Stats/Details.php?ifb=EvilDead2DeadbyDawn_13138300683

http://www.blu-raystats.com/Stats/Details.php?ifb=EvilDead2_12236116233

digitalfreaknyc said:

 

applecakes said:

I don't think the blu-ray has the walkie talkies. Here is a screen snapshot.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/screenshot.php?movieid=7850&position=16" target="_blank" title="www.blu-ray.com/movies/screenshot.php?movieid=7850&position=16">http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/screenshot.php?movieid=7850&position=16

Hopefully Eloitt says 'penis breath' ;)


 

We know it doesn't. It's the 1982 version.

I'm looking for the 2002 version.

 

I'm looking for this too and hoping DFNYC can make a BD25 outta this version. To put with the official Blu-ray as a second disc.

DFNYC, did you already make a DVD5 or DVD9 with all the LD extras?