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oojason said:

Some general info for the Original Trilogy on CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc)…

This is a brilliant post oojason! Thanks for compiling everything into one place. 😃

To add, here’s a discussion of the Star Wars (ANH) CED releases from the excellent CED Magic site, which in turn links to a nice document from 1995 on the deleted scenes:

http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/star-wars.html

A promo shot of the Star Wars CED collection:

http://www.cedmagic.com/mem/rca-laboratories/mem468.html

Here’s a technical discussion of the time compression that features a couple of OT alum:

http://www.cedmagic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2390&sid=9e45cd4ea4bdfa5ff59545afe0ac4408

I’m curious, what’s wrong with the home video versions which would require a scan of the 35mm?

Thanks for doing this!

I have the Criterion Laserdisc but never managed to a complete a transfer: let alone one on this scale. 😮

Can you share some images? 😃

oojason said:

Strange… especially as looking through this thread members on here have helped fellow members acquire this Edit - and also even pointing out it is available publicly on usenet. So not quite ‘unfindable’.

It seems you did not try PM’ing the thread creator / Editor to see what options there are on how to acquire this?

Nor did you read the Welcome to the OT.com; Introduce yourself in here thread - where a lot of useful info and helpful links are located.
 

Though you did fancy having a rant instead…

Indeed, with their only post they launched into a rant… 😮

oojason said:

And alienating the helpful members on here who would have likely provided you with assistance in finding this Edit… probably to the point your rant may have made them think twice about doing so.
 

As has already been stated, their attitude appears to be steeped in pure entitlement. Every single project on here has been undertaken by volunteers who’ve devoted their time, money and efforts to locate, preserve, restore and archive films and TV programmes in their best possible presentation. Often with painstaking commitment and all completely for free and that’s not even mentioning the technical advice that’s provided again for free - and has helped me on countless occasions with information and solutions.

It’s a community that I’m proud to be a member of and it bears no resemblance to their description. 😃

You’re welcome. 😃

digitalfreaknyc said:

Where did that quote come from?

Google is always your friend. 😉

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/vmven/indiana_jones_the_complete_adventures_bluray/

Die Hard 2 is on MySpleen.

Ah, I (mistakenly) thought 1.66:1 was the theatrical AR.

Reportedly it’s Verhoeven’s preferred AR for the film. Hence its usage for the Criterion releases.

I definitely prefer the film in 1.66:1.

ThiefCobbler4ever said:

Bumping this thread to let you all know that Arrow has announced their edition for RoboCop on Blu-ray (US and UK) which will include (in addition to the Unrated and TV cuts) the original theatrical version for the first time officially on Blu-ray!

https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/robocop-limited-edition-blu-ray/FCD1918

Excellent news, thanks for sharing this information! 😃

According to the details tab…

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

^This means that the Criterion release still remains the best version for the OAR.

ZigZig said:

I’ll try to capture the .TS stream (unfortunately, my IPTV provider streams ORF1 at 720p, not 1080p).

Thanks, 720p is much better than nothing imho. 😃

If someone with access to ORF1 could agree to record it, we could confirm this. 😃

SF01 said:

I’m bought industrial JVS VHS duplicator and I will be making my own copies, if anyone’s interested.

Of what and from where?

Can you give more information about this? I’m certainly curious.

Alexander.

Top: DVD. Bottom: Open Matte SDTV.

I’ve got some to contribute to this list. For starters, here’s 300: Rise of an Empire.

Of course, each comparison has the theatrical AR from a home video release at the top and the bottom is the open matte SDTV broadcast.

More to come! 😃

You’re welcome J! 😃

Yeah, I picked up the October 2019 film guide and there’s a lot of interesting stuff in there. It won’t be feasible for me to catch everything that I’d like to see, so I’ll get them on DVD/Blu-ray.

oojason said:

Please let me know when there is a UK airing - I would very much like to see this.

Really intrigued by her story - thanks for posting it up mate.
 

Update time: it’s on at the BFI and the Vue West End during October 2nd and 3rd.

I’ve booked for the 2nd. 😃

https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=2119A679-94F0-47F9-B477-381B14FBB464&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=DD801430-4778-48DD-AD59-E6B0E5F907FA

Brodnation said:

I have the Ortofon 2M Blue. It’s a mid range moving magnet cartridge.
I really like it

Edit: Bronze
The Ortofon Bronze.
Sorry I forgot cause its
my new cart. Had the blue for so long. Sorry

Good choice. 😃

I’m looking forward to listening to your handiwork. Thanks for your efforts with this.

Thanks!

A matter of technical curiosity, which stylus are you using? I have the Stanton 680 on my SL-1210.

TomArrow said:

Personally I’d release in 96kHz/24bit. Even if you can’t hear the difference, at least it allows some more editing for those who want to do it. It’s supposed to be a kind of archive after all.

I’d also welcome a 94/24 release for us audiophiles who’d definitely appreciate this option. 😃

SpacemanDoug said:

Though the unique thing is sometimes the first DVD release had extra bits not seen in the TV versions of the episodes, but sadly they were omitted on the re-release due to them wanting to reflect the original BBC broadcast versions

That’s interesting and also disappointing that they didn’t include the extended episodes as alternate versions on the re-release. Doing so would have given fans the best of both worlds.

😄 We’d only the need the episodes (movie length?) that are affected on home video. I reckon that between the two of us that we can get this done. Hit me up in PMs?

Damn it! 😦

Thanks for checking. You’re right, let’s see what happens. Shall we both record the episodes in question? 😃

Cheers mate.

I hadn’t seen that thread. Thanks for the heads up. 😃

Baobab Archiver said:

…but a couple of syndicated episodes which we may be lucky enough to get broadcast unedited.
Could be wrong though, as I’m by no means knowledgeable on the series.

Yeah, I mentioned that in my original post. This I suspect might interest people the most. They’re airing a 16:9 version of the pilot - was the series shot with HDTV protection? If not then its been cropped and it might not be worth recording the episodes if they’re in the wrong aspect ratio. 😦

Just happened to look through the EPG and discovered that they’re airing the pilot tonight and it would appear, also the entire series over the coming weeks/months.

Given the information in this thread, the soundtrack has been restored for the Blu-ray releases but they lack some of the original movie length versions of the episodes. They’re included on the DVDs apparently but it might be worth capping them in case of soundtrack substitutions.

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/TV-shows-on-DVD-edited-either-due-to-syndicated-prints-or-music-rights/id/69081/page/2#1293628

Let me know you think. If there’s enough interest, I’ll clear some space on my PVR and record the whole lot.