I’d love to have a go if you can send me the link. Thanks in advance!
I checked the version they’ve downloaded to the boxes, plus the one screening on Sky Cinema Premier. I haven’t purchased it from the Sky Store, but I’d guess it’s the same.
Just quickly checked and Sky’s version is the 2.4:1. No expansion in the IMAX shots.
Thanks so much for this! I’ll hopefully get chance to check it out properly soon and I’ll be seeding for a while!
That’s great - thanks very much! I’ll download and seed so others can benefit too.
Merry christmas Poita! Glad all is well with you and your family. I’ve downloaded the preview but looks like people have beaten me to full reviews of what’s there and what’s missing. I’ll see if there’s anything else I can spot though.
I won’t send a PM as requested, but if anyone knows where the 35mm scan of Song of the South could be acquired I’d appreciate it. I’ve been gifted the Taschen Disney Archives for Christmas and would love to see an HD quality version of this film after reading Leonard Maltin’s write up about it in there. I tried the Spleen and Usenet but only the DVD version is on the latter. Thanks!
I know my posting this is doing anything but help this thread slip down to the second page, but I’d really like to have access to the ongoing discussion too. I’ve really enjoying following progress so far.
I’ve burned all the 50gb discs (Imgburn onto Verbatim discs via a Pioneer burner) and have no issues playing them back on my PS3. They don’t work in my Panasonic Blu-ray player, but I’ve found that’s true of all 50gb discs, so nothing specific to these.
These discs are amazing njvc, thanks so much for all your hard work on them. Helping to seed the ROTJ 50gb’s on the spleen now.
Just wanted to quickly say that I grabbed this release last night and it’s amazing. I’m continually surprised by how privaledged I am to have discovered this forum, and I’m very thankful to those who work so hard to bring us releases like this one. It’s been a difficult and busy time for me recently, but I hope to be able to contribute more in the future.
Where did you find this? Hadn’t realised it was out yet. Would love to see it.
That’s fantastic that v2.5 has the scanned footage replacing the out of focus bit from the BD. It’s my least favourite part of the official release. I might hate all the new effects but at least they were intentional - the out of focus bit is just a straight up mistake that should never have passed QC.
Actually it’s still not as bad as Jedi Rocks. Nothing is worse than that!
A massive thanks in advance to Harmy for all the work he’s put in to this. Looking forward to checking out the Grindhouse and V2.5. Even if it’s only in the Grindhouse I’m looking forward to seeing the section that’s out of focus on the Blu-ray done properly. A shame that the ‘professionals’ at Lucasfilm couldn’t even scan the film properly!
I stumbled onto this forum shortly before Christmas when I heard about Harmy’s work. I’ve been lurking since but had to join to thank Team Negative1, Harmy and everyone else who’s been working to preserve the Star Wars I remember seeing as a young boy at the cinema in 1981.
There’s a level of work that I can’t even comprehend with these projects, an incredible amount of knowledge and more than that a huge amount of love. Watching the despecialized edition the other day and now the silver screen edition has really taken me back. Just amazing.
A huge thanks from me to everyone here.