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Ric Olie said:

You ask me, the only reason chess is not as popular in the US as football is because there isn't any violence.

 Solution?

That reminds me, I once saw the same Samsung model I have in a store - with a huge ugly store logo permanently burnt into the screen. Another reason I got worried about burn on mine.

Should have asked your advice before buying, I guess...

Anyway, revised advice to HotRod - don't get a Samsung plasma for gaming!

marin888 said:

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this set.

If you do latterbox version best source is

The.Godfather.Trilogy.BRRip.XviD.AC3-ViSiON

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So... Rev W Awdry. Wrote the popular children's books collectively titled The Railway Series, which was the basis for the Thomas and Friends TV show.

He made a classic work "Henry the Green Engine" in 1951.

But, in 1972, the story was attacked by the national press for containing the phrase "as black as niggers". To solve the problem, he changed the offending sentence to "as black as soot", which has been used in all subsequent editions of the book.

Err... can't see many people complaining about that one.

It's not a myth - at least, it might not be a problem on a high end Kuro, but I assure you on my entry level Samsung panel (bought in 2008) I get traces of game score counters, or that bloody CBeebies channel logo, showing up even the next day.

The worry of permanent burn was enough to make me turn the contrast right down on the Wii input.

The manual for this panel has screen burn warnings on the front page, and a statement to say that screen burn is not covered in the warranty. The menu also has several options for avoiding or rectifying screen burn (a whitewash, a b/w scrolling pattern, options to pixel shift a PC display at periodic intervals, and for setting the brightness of the "windowbox" bars when displaying 4:3 material).

Conversely, my Hitachi LCD panel has none of these options. It mentions image retention briefly in the manual, and says it can easily be rectified by turning the display off.

See No Evil said:

Hopefully it doesn't breach any rules, let me know if it does.

To clarify the rules:

If you were just adding the original audio from VHS to the video from the official DVDs, that would be classed as a Custom DVD - you can still talk about the project, but you're not allowed to talk abut sharing it.

However, as your project is purely a Preservation of the original VHS, then there are no such restrictions.

See No Evil said:

Being the geek that I am, I'm interested in the technical details of this project - what VCR you're using, what capture device, software, etc.

Ok, well I'm using a JVC HR-S7600EK S-VHS PAL VCR, connected to a PC with an ATI All-In-Wonder 128 AGP card via an S-Video cable and Left & Right audio phono leads.

Nice VCR - has a built-in TBC I think. Don't know much about the capture card, but the later ATi Theatre chipsets are known to be pretty good.

... BeLight & BeSweet to encode the AC3 audio,...

BeSweet's AC3 encoder used to be buggy, don't know if it's been improved. You should probably look at using Aften.

I know you recommended & used the Lagarith Lossless video Codec for the Evil Dead Laserdisc capture, and I did test this out as well as Huffyuv, but I was getting dropped frames with Lagarith, but none with Huffyuv, really it just comes down to compression, the quality between the two is virtually identical by the time you get to the finished DVD, so I'm happy to stick with Huffyuv.

Both Lararith and Huffyuv are lossless, so the quality is not "virtually" identical - it is "exactly" identical! As you say, the only difference is that Lagarith produces slightly smaller intermediate files (and it is compatible with more colourspaces - not an issue here).

I found the thread by opening the Project Index and hitting Ctrl+F. There's also an entry on the wiki, but the listing doesn't contain any details whatsoever.

It's slightly confusing because the (very old) thread starts out talking about a fan edit, but as far as I can tell the DVD that was uploaded to TPB was just a preservation of the widescreen LD.

An anamorphic enhanced  2.35:1 picture will still have the black bars.

I managed to find SotSRestored24.mpv on my hard drive, which was I think your test sample, but I don't seem to have anything fom the original capture.

Hi, good to see you again...

Being the geek that I am, I'm interested in the technical details of this project - what VCR you're using, what capture device, software, etc.

It would also be interesting to see screenshots comparing your preservation with the official DVD.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Keep-fan-edit/topic/3445/page/2/

For gaming, I'd say an LCD - plasma TVs are more vulnerable to screen burn.

Has anyone asked Puggo if he'd be willing to transfer the 8mm film?

Neil S. Bulk said:

... The 5.1 track on the Raiders DVD was derived from the original 6 track mix. Nothing was added or taken away. The mix was done at Paramount and not Lucasfilm. Had Lucasfilm been involved, I'm sure new elements would have creeped in, but as it is, the DVD IS the original mix. And the original Dolby Stereo track was derived as well from the 6 track master. This isn't a case like Star Wars where multiple mixes were made.

The digital PCM track on the widescreen laser disc is wrong! It has at least one sound effect that is different from the original film and the analog sound on the original LD is pretty fuzzy sounding. Neither are worth preserving.

Neil

Neil can be considered an authority on such matters.

Are you talking about this LD release that had a Dolby Digital audio track?

If it really was remastered from the 70mm audio, it's quite possible that the surround (rear) channel is mono - this was the configuration for 70mm 6-track sound around that time (left, centre, right, surround, LFE left, LFE right).

Dolby Digital tracks can only have one LFE channel, so the audio would be actually be 4.1 (or maybe 5.1 with "dual mono" surrounds).

Anyway, I don't have the laserdisc, nor the facility to capture Dolby Digital streams off LD. But this sounds like an interesting bit of history to explore.

With thanks to andy_k_250 for the original list and spoRv for the update.

RELEASED

Alien Appendix #1 (Alien Evolution)
Alien Appendix #2
Alien Appendix #3
Alien Appendix #4
Alien Appendix #5
Alien Appendix #6
Alien Appendix #7
All Summer In A Day
Apocalypse Now: The Workprint
Banned Bond: The Criterion Collection
BBC’s 1995 Forbidden Weekend
Book Of The Dead
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Child’s Play: Widescreen Edition
Clive Barker’s A-Z Of Horror
Conan The Barbarian
Condorman
Crocodile Dundee
Dad Savage
Dick Spanner PI
Doctor Who: Shada
Dr. No (see “Banned Bond”)
Eddie Murphy: Delirious (Live)
The Fantastic Four (1994)
Forgotten Bond: Thunderball
Fright Night Part II
From Russia With Love (see “Banned Bond”)
The Game: Criterion Edition
Ghostbusters: We’re Ready To Believe You
Goldfinger (see “Banned Bond”)
Group Madness: The Making Of Yellowbeard
Gumby: The Movie
Halloween
Harry Potter: TV Edits
Hearts Of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
Howard The Duck
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Inside Jaws - A Filmumentary
The Invaders
Jaws 2: The TV Airing
Jaws: The Documentaries
Johnny Mnemonic: Japanese Cut
Jurassic Park
The Keep
Kidco
King Kong (1933): Criterion Commentary
Koyaanisqatsi: IRE Fullscreen Version
The Last Of The Mohicans: Theatrical Version
The Legend Of Billie Jean - (original thread)
Let It Be
Little Shop Of Horrors
Lord Of The Rings - regraded
Magical Mystery Tour
Mahoromatic Limitless
Matinee - (HD version)
Metropolis - The Giorgio Moroder Score
The Monster Squad - (original thread)
My Summer With Des
Nezha Conquers the Dragon King
Night Of The Comet
Night Of The Creeps
Night Of The Living Dead (1990)
Night Of The Living Dead: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
Nine Inch Nails: The Broken Movie
Noble House
Payback: The Workprint
Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back
Police Story
Poltergeist: E! True Hollywood Story
The Princess Bride: The Criterion Edition
Queen - Live In Budapest
Rad
Raiders Of The Lost Ark: The Adaptation
Raiding The Lost Ark - A Filmumentary
Robinson Crusoe On Mars
Robotech: The Untold Story/The Movie
Rush, The Preservation Edition
Se7en: Criterion Edition
She’s Gotta Have It: The Criterion Collection
So Fine
Song Of The South
Sonic The Hedgehog (SatAM)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - ABC cut
Star Trek, The Motion Picture: FanFiltration Mega Set
Street Fighter II- The Animated Movie
Superman short films
Superman, The Movie: International Salkind Version
Suspiria (Laserdisc PCM Audio Version)
The Blood Of Heroes (see “The Salute Of The Jugger”)
The Evil Dead Treasures Collection
The Godfather Saga
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Mary Whitehouse Experience
The Matrix
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
The Thing (1982)
Thunderball (see “Forgotten Bond”)
THX 1138: The Original Version
Trancers
Transformers: The Movie (1986 animated version)
Twin Peaks - Pilot Episode (Alternate Ending)
The Uncanny X-Men: 20th Anniversary Edition
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? - uncensored
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?: Uncut Version
Yellowbeard
Young Indiana Jones

WORK IN PROGRESS:

200 Motels
The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen: The Criterion Collection
The Adventures Of Superpup
Akira: The Criterion Collection
Amadeus - Theatrical Restoration
Back To The Future - The Ride
Blade Runner: The Unauthorized Off-World Box Set - (covers)
Borat: The Promotions
Bruce Campbell Project
Captain EO
Charlie Chaplin: The Shorts
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind: Criterion Edition
The Compleat Al
Dawn Of The Dead Ultimate Edition, Volume 2 - The Ultimate Companion
Day Of The Dead Companion Project
The Decline of Western Civilization, Part II: The Metal Years
Disney’s Beauty And The Beast
Doctor Who: The Trial Of A Time Lord
Escape From New York
Fear And Desire (see “Kubrick: The Early Films”)
Film Studio/Company Intros
The Fisher King: The Criterion Collection
The Godfather Trilogy, 1901-1980
Gorp
Heil Honey, I’m Home
Howard The Duck: Remastered
Howard The Duck: Special Edition
If…
The Incredible Jewel Robbery
The Indiana Jones Project
James Bond (see “Forgotten Bond”)
Jaws the Revenge
Jaws: The Documentaries
Josh and S.A.M.
Kubrick: The Early Films
Lensman
Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Mission Impossible 3: The Hype
MTV’s The State (see “The State”)
The Muppet Christmas Carol: Complete Widescreen Edition
Muppet*Vision 3-D
The Mysterious Cities Of Gold
O Lucky Man
Out Of This World
The Plissken Files Project
Power Rangers Direct-To-Video Specials: Preserving The Pain
The Quiet Man
Reckless
Robocop - Director’s Cut 1080p
Robocop - ITV Family Friendly “Freakin’ Airhead” Version
The Salute Of The Jugger: Extended Version
Saturday Night Fever: PG Version
Scrubs: Best Buy Bonus Discs
Small Wonder
Spider-Man 2: Sam Raimi’s FX Extended Director’s Cut
Star Trek: Bonus Discs
Star Trek: Preserving Star Trek
Star Trek: Theatrical Versions
The State
Super Space Fortress Macross: Laserdisc Preservation
Supercop 2
Supergirl: Extended Edition
Superman IV International Cut
Swamp Thing - Uncut
Terminator 3-D
The Great Escape
Trainspotting: Extended Video Version
Vanishing Son Series
Waterworld: Extended Edition
X-Men 3: Misprinted Bonus Disc
X-Men: The Animated Series

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Number of signatories has now reached the first thousand...

I've always thought of force sensitivity as something anyone can develop with training, but some are naturally stronger than others (and this strength is hereditary).

The ban on marriage is a prequel idea; I don't really pay much attention to that.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/ESB-and-ROTJ-Wishlist/post/392473/#TopicPost392473
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Trivia/topic/11113/post/392384/#TopicPost392384

Not sure what's going with these two.

RATLSNAKE: Please read this thread:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Image-Sizes-in-Signatures/topic/10616/

Choppy playback may be rectified by using a faster AVC decoder. CoreAVC is generally regarded to be the fastest, but it's not free. If you have a dual core (or higher) CPU, you might get acceptable results using the latest build of ffdshow with ffmpeg-mt enabled.

Or, if you have a video card with DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA), you could try using Media Player Classic Home Cinema - the GPU does the decoding relieving some of the load on the CPU.

Jay said:

doubleofive, your links are throwing errors because those posts don't exist. I have no idea why you'd receive e-mail updates for posts that don't exist. Perhaps the posts were deleted before you had a chance to view them.

There have been several occasions where users have accidentally double/triple posted recently; whenever I come across this I tend to remove the duplicate posts. Perhaps this is what happened.

One way would be to use an AviSynth script thus:

AviSource("your25fpsfile.avi")
AssumeFPS("ntsc_film", sync_audio=true)

which will play at 23.976fps in any media player.

Another option would be to use the ReClock DirectShow filter.

Official trailer here:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43605

What's a PAL file?