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#105614
Topic
Blu-Ray & HD-DVD development
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/105614/action/topic#105614
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"The merged format will make use of Sony's 0.1 millimeter Blu-ray disk technology with Toshiba's software in place for reading and writing from the disk and handling copyright protection. Toshiba's 0.6 millimeter HD-DVD disk technology will be dropped."

If this turns out to be true, this means the discs will hold 50 Gbs, vs. 30 Gbs. That will be nice.

"How much of an improvement will it be over current top-tier transfers, like LOTR, SW PT, Matrix, ect?"

Well, just for perspective, an uncompressed capture of the SW LD is 20 Gbs. Using HuffyUV (with a 4-1 compression ratio) comes out to around 30 Gbs. If you could see the Huffy capture of SW, and compare it to the MPEG-compressed DVD version, you would see a stunning difference in detail, and this is just at 480 lines of resolution. As Jay noted, HD-DVD/Blu-Ray has the capability to go to 1080i (although the HD spec goes to 1080p), so the amount of detail possible is far greater, on par with what is actually scene on a movie screen.
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#105307
Topic
Letterboxed Widescreen vs. Anamorphic Widescreen Discussion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/105307/action/topic#105307
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"I would argue that since everything's moving to 16:9 HDTV eventually, the tiny compromise in picture quality made for those aging 4:3 sets out there is worth it."

While I do think both versions are fine for now (since most people still have 4x3 sets), I would agree that the difference is not always noticeable. My neighbor's Sony 4x3 has anamorphic squeeze, so I was able to easily compare the anamorphic and non- transfers on the same size screen. Fine details were fantastic in the anamorphic version, but the overall picture looked almost identical.

Mind you, however, that this was Gladiator, and a true anamorphic transfer. When it comes to making anamorphic DVDs from the LD transfers, we simply don't have the means (see Laserman's post) to really add the extra information to the extent that I would like to make up for the inevitable loss in resolution when downconverted to 4x3. I would much rather watch a 4x3 transfer on my 4x3 tv, because in my mind, it's the best picture I can get at that point in time. (I also don't like unnecessary filtering/downconverting, etc.)

In other words, my preference for 4x3/16x9 really depends on the source material.

That being said, I ran across a really cool PAL->NTSC conversion procedure that I'm dying to try out.
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#104769
Topic
What happened to the 'used' universe?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104769/action/topic#104769
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"Lucas says that it is because in the prequel era, everthing was well kept and maintained but when the Empire took over and times changed, things fell into disrepair."

Just another way of saying he wanted all his CG to look shiny and pretty. I noticed that the ships in the middle of the Clone Wars look pretty damn sparkly as well. It would appear that the "garbage filter" was applied to the writing, rather than the visuals.
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#104550
Topic
Info Wanted: LD FAQ - especially re the Faces & Definitive Collection LDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104550/action/topic#104550
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"Thanks. What are the problems with the Definitive Collection?"

Flaws list.

"But even the newer players that will; will they step frame & perform all the slow-mo features, etc. on CLV discs, or do you still need CAV for that?"

I have a Pioneer 701, and it performs all these functions on my Faces set.

"Sorry for all the noob questions, but all the LD stuff is still fairly new to me. I was at least smart enough to read up to know that i wanted CAV format & a double sided player though."

Not a problem at all. I use to contribute regularly to an LD FAQ thread on TFn. I love spreading the word of LD.

"Oh, & i've seen mention of extras on the Faces discs. what are they?"

Each has an different interview with Lucas and Leonard Maltin (It's the same interview, split into three parts.) There are no other extras (and the interview is boring. )