Karyudo

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Post: #241779
Topic: Info Wanted: Mono mix - German Versions?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241779/action/topic#241779
Time: 6-Sep-2006 5:19 PM

Originally posted by: Vigo
The German version I own is the 1995 THX Laserdisc which I used for comparison. Rumours are that the 1993 "Silverscreen" release contains better audio than the 1995 THX LD.

Hmm... I own both, but I've never once listened to (nor captured) the audio. Maybe I should!

Post: #241777
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241777/action/topic#241777
Time: 6-Sep-2006 5:17 PM

Is the fan version going to be POUT (Preservationists' Original Unaltered Trilogy) or FLOUT (Fan-edited Lucas Original Unaltered Trilogy)?

Post: #241726
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241726/action/topic#241726
Time: 6-Sep-2006 2:04 PM

I'm kind of hoping the X0 Project comes up with a kick-ass tutorial...

Post: #241467
Topic: In defence of the 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241467/action/topic#241467
Time: 5-Sep-2006 5:26 PM

What did you use to calibrate your set?

Post: #241437
Topic: In defence of the 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241437/action/topic#241437
Time: 5-Sep-2006 3:01 PM

Originally posted by: Moth3r
All this time I thought the blue colour-cast to the Tantive corridors was due to poor quality control. But no, evidently, George Lucas aimed for the colder, bluish tone!

Someone should have told the director of Episode III -- the Tantive corridors there are nice and snow white!

Post: #241203
Topic: Info Wanted: Will the 2006 Japanese OUT look better than the 2006 US OUT?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241203/action/topic#241203
Time: 4-Sep-2006 4:43 PM

Originally posted by: Dunedain
Of course, that's assuming there even is a Japanese version, which I have heard no mention of at all so far.

You mean this?

Fox Japan - Episode IV Limited Edition

Post: #241200
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241200/action/topic#241200
Time: 4-Sep-2006 4:37 PM

In other words, any place where there was already a thriving legitimate home video market.

I lived in Japan for three years, and never saw a VCD of any kind for sale. But used LDs? Hell, yeah.

Post: #241155
Topic: Info Wanted: Will the 2006 Japanese OUT look better than the 2006 US OUT?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241155/action/topic#241155
Time: 4-Sep-2006 12:56 PM — Edited 4-Jul-2020 11:22 AM

Originally posted by: SilverWook
So, does the difference between NTSC systems explain why Japanese LD’s often seem to look better than their American counterparts?
I wonder if the OT bonus discs are coming out in Japan…

That begs an interesting question, actually. (A question that was originally posed in the X0 Project thread…)

I wonder: Will there actually be a difference in how the discs are mastered for the Japanese market?

Anecdotal evidence:

there are always releases of Star Wars for the Japanese market. If anything, Star Wars is probably like 7-11 and Mickey Mouse: made in the USA, but more popular and more widely available in Japan than at “home”
there has to be a separate edition for Japan, due to the need for subtitles (and dubbing, at least for the 2004 DVD release).
most DVD players these days will output “blacker-than-black” – presumably 0 to 7 IRE
the LD masters appear to be the same for the Japanese THX LDs and the US Faces LDs (same dropouts, etc., for example)
the Japanese THX LDs look nicer (at least in my opinion) than the US Faces LDs

Post: #241154
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241154/action/topic#241154
Time: 4-Sep-2006 12:55 PM

Originally posted by: SilverWook
So, does the difference between NSTC systems explain why Japanese LD's often seem to look better than their American counterparts?
I wonder if the OT bonus discs are coming out in Japan...

That begs an interesting question, actually. Which I have posted to a different thread...

Will the Japanese OUT look better than the US OUT?

Post: #241038
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241038/action/topic#241038
Time: 4-Sep-2006 12:44 AM

Am I that predictable? Perhaps I am...

I am now waiting for Laserman to show up and trump us all, as usual!

Post: #241002
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241002/action/topic#241002
Time: 3-Sep-2006 9:52 PM

Originally posted by: Darth Richard

Originally posted by: Dunedain
The Special Collection laserdisk set from Japan, is that in NTSC format? I think they use the same NTSC video standard in Japan as we do here in the U.S., but I'm not sure.

yes NTSC just like the in the USA.

Not quite: Japan uses NTSC-J, which has no pedestal (I think it's called?). So blacks run from 0, not 16. In other words, NTSC-J is a little better than what's available in the US or Canada, because it has a slightly wider dynamic range. Of course, it sort of makes sense that this fix was made, because NTSC wasn't adopted in Japan until after it could have been fixed in North America, too. But by then it was too late...

Post: #240666
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240666/action/topic#240666
Time: 2-Sep-2006 11:57 AM

Originally posted by: Dunedain
...and tell only those who absolutely must know about it.

Like Laserman.

(And me!)

Post: #240407
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240407/action/topic#240407
Time: 1-Sep-2006 1:52 PM

Originally posted by: DarkGruson
I even know someone who could do the transfer for us. [...] We could never obtain the 35mm prints though.

How about this: find a reel of 35mm film—any copyrighted movie on 35mm—hand that to your contact, and see how that turns out. If that's a smashing success (post some frames here for an opinion on just how smashing?), then collectively we can concentrate on getting a 35mm print of the droids we're all looking for.

All these film project ideas have suffered from this cart-before-the-horse problem. It's like thinking, "Gee, it'd be so cool to drive around in a Formula 1 car," then buying the hugely-expensive F1 car without first figuring out the equally tricky (but probably cheaper) problem of where to drive it.

Post: #240340
Topic: Slideshow of ANH changes since 1977
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240340/action/topic#240340
Time: 1-Sep-2006 9:55 AM

Same way you'd capitalize Wild or Avalanche, when talking about certain hockey teams, or Jazz or Heat (basketball) or United or Arsenal (soccer/football): 'Rebel' is being used as a proper noun (being used as an adjective?).

Post: #240304
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240304/action/topic#240304
Time: 1-Sep-2006 4:34 AM

Originally posted by: mcfly89
The FCC is forcing television stations to conform to HD standards, and over the next several years, all stations will comply to these standards [...].

I don't think that's right. What the FCC is mandating is that all over the air TV stations conform to a (the ATSC?) digital standard. ATSC covers both SD and HD digital resolutions. So SD could be with us for quite some time to come, and TV stations will not be forced to upsample SD to HD.

And of course all bets are off when it comes to cable or satellite or IPTV. Although I guess of those, only cable still has a large analog subscriber base.

Edit: Ha, ha: I said "us," even though I'm Canadian, and therefore the FCC has no (direct) power over me...

Post: #239223
Topic: Slideshow of ANH changes since 1977
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239223/action/topic#239223
Time: 28-Aug-2006 5:11 PM

I could almost have lived with a ronto in Star Wars, if there'da been a subtle homage to see. Like a Jawa surfing down a ronto tail?

On second thought, Star Wars was fine how it was. Doesn't need rontos, more Jawas, or homages.

Post: #239107
Topic: So, this is how the DVDs are going to look...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239107/action/topic#239107
Time: 28-Aug-2006 10:32 AM

Originally posted by: boris
There's less colour information on Laserdisc too.

How so?

Post: #238955
Topic: So, this is how the DVDs are going to look...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238955/action/topic#238955
Time: 27-Aug-2006 5:12 PM

Originally posted by: Vigo
You can not add picture information where there is nothing. [...] Again: YOU CAN NOT ENHANCE THE PICTURE QUALITY BY UPSCALING A NON-ANAMORPHIC FRAME TO ANAMORPHIC.

Sure you can. You've got more pixels to play with, and thus you certainly can "enhance the picture quality." It won't be as good as a real anamorphic transfer -- you are certainly correct in implying that there is no new real picture information available by upsampling -- but with clever algorithms it is definitely possible to make an upsample look nicer than the input. Check out Doom9.org to see examples.

Post: #238949
Topic: So, this is how the DVDs are going to look...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238949/action/topic#238949
Time: 27-Aug-2006 5:00 PM

I think a couple of these have answers:

A3: Sadly, yes, there will be widescreen and fullscreen discs available in North America. Note that it's only the 2004 SE version that will be fullscreen, though: I believe both FS and WS versions will have the same non-anamorphic widescreen OUT included.

A4: It looks like at least Best Buy Canada will have an exclusive tin case containing all three films. The price at the moment is CA$ 87.99. But strictly speaking, the three films are available individually for the first time on DVD.

Post: #238850
Topic: Remember what Lucas said about the OOT not existing....?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238850/action/topic#238850
Time: 27-Aug-2006 3:57 AM

Originally posted by: Knightmessenger
Didn't Lucas try to talk Spielberg into editing Last Crusade digitally rather than by cutting the film?

I think you'll find that the AVID system is for making edit decisions digitally, not edits. I believe the film is still cut, once the EDL is worked out on the AVID. Might not be true any longer, now that 2k scans are getting to be commonplace, but Last Crusade is certainly pre-DI territory.

Post: #238849
Topic: So, this is how the DVDs are going to look...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238849/action/topic#238849
Time: 27-Aug-2006 3:48 AM

Thanks, boris. The specs for R4 releases don't have any omissions or other annoying features (like higher compression or something stupid), do they? I've read in the past that often the R4 release of some films is compromised in some way, when compared to the R1 -- or even the R2? -- release (which is one of the reasons that antipodean consumers have a high rate of region-free DVD player adoption, presumably).

Post: #238789
Topic: So, this is how the DVDs are going to look...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238789/action/topic#238789
Time: 27-Aug-2006 12:19 AM

I want the highest quality OUT DVDs, so I'm thinking of getting the PAL versions. So I'm going to have to buy from someplace overseas. I'm an English speaker, so I may as well buy from the UK, Australia, or NZ. And of those, I imagine that the UK market is by far the largest, and therefore the selection and prices will probably be best.

So, for those of you in the UK (Moth3r, for example?), which online retailer would you recommend?

I'm in Canada, so I could also work out something if somebody wants a Best Buy metal case. (Please don't PM me; send e-mail to the address below).

Post: #238557
Topic: .: Revenge of the Jedi 0.83 MS Edition :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238557/action/topic#238557
Time: 25-Aug-2006 7:03 PM

What Austrians throw on the barbie?

Post: #238287
Topic: Info: Original Trilogy in HD screening this November!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238287/action/topic#238287
Time: 24-Aug-2006 8:15 PM

If they figured out hieroglyphics from the Rosetta stone, and cracked Enigma during the war, surely it's only a matter of will, money, and time to decode storage media from more recent eras?

Post: #238050
Topic: Info: Original Trilogy in HD screening this November!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238050/action/topic#238050
Time: 24-Aug-2006 2:47 AM

I want one of these.