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#247704
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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/247704/action/topic#247704
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Originally posted by: vbangle

Just one question though, What causes those little white specks of noise? How does that stuff make it into the video?


The White noise you describe is just dust and dirt from a negative image (like an original camera negative or an internegative) that when printed to a positive image becomes white. Make sense? Then the black specks is dust and dirt on the positive image.
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#246886
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Preserving the...<em>cringe</em>...Star Wars Holiday Special (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246886/action/topic#246886
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Originally posted by: Zottig

Have there been any new transfers? Every one I've seen seems to over filter or smooth the video. What's considered the best transfer these days? I have like 5 and they all have different short comings.


Ben


I know what you're talking about when you say smooth the video, and there's really nothing that can be done about it since 70s television technology had that flaw in it in the first place. Not to mention the fact that it was recorded on VHS in the 70s.
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#245350
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The Trekkies Are Unbelievable
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245350/action/topic#245350
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Wow, I just checked out the Star Wars boards and those people are upset that the effects weren't upgraded ENOUGH!

I agree that it's nice that we can get the original series in their original form on DVD, but what's strange is how they're saying that they needed to redo the effects so they could bring the series to Hi-Def... I'm pretty sure the old effects were done in 35mm as well. I hope they preserved THOSE reels.
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#242822
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9/11 5 years later
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242822/action/topic#242822
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I was in my first year at college (university), and I didn't have classes on Tuesday so I slept in until around 11, 11:30. I woke up in my girlfriend's room, and walked down to mine to get a change of clothes and I remember hearing my neighbor screaming, "what the fuck is going on, man?". I just shrugged my shoulders and left my dorm. I made it down to the Student Union where I ran into my girlfriend who was telling me that the pentagon was gone, that the world trade center was gone. I thought to myself, "Gone? Uhh..what...how.,,eh?" Typical "does not compute" inner dialogue. We went to a group of people that were watching the news on a big screen television and that's when I saw my first images of the destruction. We held each other's hands while silently watching TV.

The worse thing I remember were all the people jumping to their deaths, and how they'd loop that footage over and over.
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#239329
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The Wizard (1989, Fred Savage) Enhanced version (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239329/action/topic#239329
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I just rented the DVD and here's my review:

In a nutshell, this DVD is really barebones. There are two menu screens: the static main menu which has two choices (Play movie / Languages). The languages menu title is misleading because the only option you have to choose from is English subtitles.

So in all there are 2 static menus, one video track, one stereo audio track and one subtitles track. They obviously did not put a lot of resources into this movie and quite frankly, I don't blame them. It's a small cult film, and to have it in anamorphic video on DVD is great and more than what George Lucas will give us.

On the plus side, the video quality is very nice for a budget release. The colors seem natural and the dirt and grain is minimal and non-obtrusive. The Dolby digital soundtrack is probably the same mix from the film's release and I don't have any issues with it. (can I be honest and say that 5.1 surround can be really distracting? I don't know why, but I prefer stereo mixes than surround sound mixes). Another good thing with this DVD is that it is single layer. While the compression might not be of 'superbit' quality - it makes it easier to create backups of this movie on cheap SL-DVD-Rs with no additional compression.

So there you go. If you can remember the days of VHS when all you got was the movie and you were satisfied, this release will please. If you wish for more features, i believe this forum can take care of that.
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#239055
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Slideshow of ANH changes since 1977
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239055/action/topic#239055
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Honestly, a lot of the pictures of the 1997 version look BETTER than the 2004 editions. You really see how much they crunched the colors and lost all the detail.

How is that better?!

My favorite is picture 28 - when the big ronto passes the land speeder when Luke and company get stopped in Mos Eisley. Wow...what an improvement. A high-rez texture in my face.