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#230996
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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I don't think it's solely the fact that the Faces set is CLV, that is responsible for the lower image quality. Though I wouldn't know exactly what is. So you have them yourself, don't you notice any difference?

It's true what is said about the PAL players, so that's another reason to go for NTSC.
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#230981
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230981/action/topic#230981
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Originally posted by: Mielr
Isn't it also true that a LD set equivalent in quality to the NTSC "Definitive" or "Faces" sets, was never released in the PAL format?


The '95 PAL releases are better than the Faces set, but the DC is much sharper than both. The PAL discs have some advantages though, despite being less sharp. The starfields as a key example.

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#229438
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~~~Segaflip's Newsgroup Posting List~~~
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229438/action/topic#229438
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Currently posting my own Blade Runner transfer of the '87 Criterion LD (supplements included). As my capture device can only handle PAL, I "captured" it with the DVD-recorder, creating a 8 GB source file which I re-encoded with CCE. The on-the-fly compression of the recorder did only leave minor artifacting to my surprise, so it came out pretty good. But I am really curious how it holds up to the other transfers. Do you have one lying aroud Sega?

EDIT: If you want to take a look, it's in a.b.boneless under "Blade_Runner_Original_Cut". You can pick any rar and make it a mpg. And check out my cool ascii in the nfo
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#225077
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Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225077/action/topic#225077
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Originally posted by: THX
As far as official releases go, the Japanese Special Collection is supposed to be the closest, color-wise. Remembering the colors accurately is apparently a neurological impossibility. Comparison to theatrical reels won't help unless you have a non-faded print, hence Lucas's dye-transfer reference print.


I don't know if they color corrected that, I suppose not, but the prints were already 10 years old by then. I expect it to be like this: the earlier the release the closer to the original. My first issue PAL LD's look so damn clear and authentic, it really stunned me though I had already seen nearly all other SW LD's. The crawl and opening shot are even anamorphic widescreen, all the stars are there, I can tell you that. I'm sure that's the best LD representation of the crawl. To the X0 guys: I have three copies of the ANH LD, and a 2950 or 909 to cap it with. I'm planning to capture the whole trilogy and release it next week. I'm telling you guys, this is really something to look forward to! But the point is, I expect that one to be very close to the original: ANH was released in '82 (one of the three copies I have was still in 24 years old shrinkwrap when I got it).
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#224906
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Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224906/action/topic#224906
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Originally posted by: zombie84
As for the physical act of scanning a 35mm print--i work as a motion picture camera assistant and as such i frequently deal with and meet people in film labs and transfer houses. Lets just say i know more than a few people that would be willing to give this a shot.


So the only problem is getting a print that's in good condition, not all of them look like the picture Zion posted. There are so many collectors with Star Wars prints, surely there are a bunch who got their hands on prints that haven't been worn out, and have them stored properly. And if you have one of those you don't have to do "years of cleaning up", just put the laserdisc audio with it, done. We just have to start a crusade to find one of those people...
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#222496
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222496/action/topic#222496
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Ehh.. indeed, the quality is pretty bad. Lot of compression and the downscaling hasn't helped either. Dammit! Thought I'd get me a nice peak behind the scenes. Let's hope he uploads the DVD sometime soon

No without kidding, you can just make out that the transfer was pretty sharp, but probably TR-47 looks the same downscaled like this. Doesn't reveal anything we didn't know yet.
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#221597
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Preserving the "German" Original Trilogy (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221597/action/topic#221597
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Video 2000 rocks!

If something is time-compressed you can't sync it up directly, you'd have to un-time-compress it first. As far as I know they didn't tamper with the pitch on the time-compressed releases, so you could probably just stretch it up. And don't you think you should include an English track too? It's nice to preserve the audio tracks you grew up with, but you prefer the original audio too right? I think changing all the voices and making them German would be much worse then any of the SE changes...
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#209992
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Subtitle position
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/209992/action/topic#209992
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Bought the DVD "A Murder Of Crows" about killing lawyers who keep murderers out of jail, while knowing they are guilty. Had seen it a few years ago, really liked it. So I pop it in, first thing I notice is that it's 16:9 widescreen, but not anamorphic. Could have known, since it's a RCV release. But since it's PAL that's not a major issue. The thing is, they placed the bottom subtitle line in the lower black bar, so on a 16:9 TV it's out of picture (or you'd have to set it in 4:3 mode). Now what I can do is demux the DVD and rip the subs, and build it all anew. But that will take one to two hours, and you never get the subtitles looking as good as official ones (at least with Adobe Encore, which is what I use).

So I was wondering, is there a way to alter the alignment of the subtitles in the IFO, or another way without having to rebuild the DVD?
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#207123
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Info: The LID Project: Laserdisc is dead.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/207123/action/topic#207123
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If you're going for the best quality, don't even think about buying the NTSC DVD's. On top of that, the vertical resolution of LD is 480 for NTSC and 576 for PAL (same as DVD) it only differs horizontally. As can be read here. Of course everyone here is supposed to be in state of euphoria about the upcoming release, and if it will really be straight transfers, without screwed up color/contrast/brightness BEYOND REPAIR as on the '04 DVD's, video-wise the LDs will indeed be obsolete. As a LD fanatic, I regret to say it (also because the SW LDs will be worth a lot less money than they are now) but that's just a fact. The main thing is, that has yet to be seen. Personally I have the feeling they will tamper the footage either 1: to let the ESE look better, or 2: to "enhance" them and give them the same appearance as the '04 DVDs. In the case of the latter option, the material will be useless for any OT recreation attempt, as with the '04 DVDs. Fan edits can be entertaining, but any random VHS or LD transfer has more OT spirit than an ESE DVD with some desperate polishing applied to it. To give one practical example, the brightness/constrast levels on the DVD have resulted in a LOT of detail loss in the dark areas, beyond repair, beyond getting it to look OT. That is one of the reasons why the X0 project may still look better than the upcoming official release.
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#205876
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~French Coffret Trilogie LD to DVD transfer~ (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/205876/action/topic#205876
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It's also by far the highest amount of rot I have ever seen, the other two are nearly rot free, I find this very awkward. Rot is caused by oxidation of the foil due to contaminations during the production of the disc, right? I hope TooT can still clean it up. I will be doing the enitire first issue PAL trilogy, so if it works you'll see the result show up on a.b.starwars. I'll create a thread for the project when I start capturing. It will be a 100% straight transfer (except for the TooTing on ANH) so the largest amount of time will go into encoding. The hard pat is to clear op 80 gigs of didc space.

P.S. Did you get the PM?